The San Francisco call., 1904-09-04
k1RIE BEIIEW COMES
BACK TO CITY AFTER
TEN YEARS ABSENCE

After ten years absence Kyrle Bel
lew returns 10 San Francisco to-mor-
row evening TO the Columbia Theater
with "Raffles, the Amateur Cracks
man" comedy -melodrama by z w
Hornung and Eugene Presbrey, that
was one OF the substantial successes
OF the last New York season. The play
is Of exceptionally wide appeal, the
adventures OF the brilliant society thief
furnishing as attractive material as
those Of the brilliant detective, "Sher-
lock Holmes" Mr. Bellew is said TO be
most admirably placed as Raffles, and
Z. N. Hollands impersonation of the
detective, Captain Bedford. is only sec
ond in interest The inevitable love
story is present and claimed TO be
charming, but the chief interest of the
plot lies in the very exciting adven-
lures Of Mr.. Raffies
AS Raffles is rich, attractive in every
way, yet given 10 purloining even his
own guests belongings. the question as
70 what class he belongs to-the klepto-
naniacs or otherwise-furnishes those
given that way with agreeable food for
speculation.
all essentials as that which helped him
play ~RaffNf' 200 times at the Princess
and Savoy ftheaters. New York. last
year. Clara Blandick, Beverley Sit
greaves. Olive Wyndham. Mignon Ber-
anger. Stanton Elliott, Frank McCor-
mack and Frank Connor are in the
company.
Tonight is the last time Of Arnold
DAILY and Dorothy Donnelly in the big
double bin, Candida" and The Man
Of Destiny at the Columbia. Air
Days imDersonation of Napoleon in
the brilliant Shaw sketch is one of the
most powerful and effective portraits
ever seen here. AS the lady" Miss
Donnelly shows all the active intelIi-
gence Of her Candida, with the addi-
tional charm Of a personality entirely
suited 10 the role.
The opening Of the new Majestic
Theater with a new stock company in
In the Palace of the King took place
last night
The AlcaZar has an exceptionally
pleasing bill this week in the patriotic
drama Robert Emmet," in which
White Whittlesey has more than
usually attractive opportunity as the
picturesque patriot Of the name role.
At the California Miss Florence Rob
erts viii this week revive "Sapho." her
great success OF two or three seasons
ago. Miss Roberts art shows percep-
tible growth in her Tess" of this week.
and more may confidently be expected
OF this clever little woman. AS usual
she has surrounded herself with the
best actors possible and has been most
warmly welcomed.
II you have not yet seen It you can
take in this afternoon or evening the
CentraPs Chinese play, The First
Born" 1t Is well worth a visit TO the
uptown theater. This weeks bill is
another Kremer, The Evil Men Do"
and If 1t be anything like Mr. Kremer's
For Her Children's Sake" of a few
weeks ago It can be prophesied as i'm
mortally funny-and vulgar.
The Toreador" is still running TO the
same successful tune at the Tivoli
The serenade" follows in a week. with
Andrew Bogart.
The Annheuser Push" seems 10 have
come TO stay at Fischer's, the bright
burlesQue examining the house nightly.
Miss Mazuma," the piece to follow,
has been written specially for the
house by J. c. Crawford.
THE Great Singing Four" or the
Mendelssohn Quartet, as they are
called in Denver, where they come
from, are headlined at the Orpheum
this week Eva Williams and JAG
Tucker enter upon their third week and
promise something as good as skin
ny's Finish in their new sketch
''Driftwood-" There viii be a matinee
given every day.
The programmes for the two grand
operate concerts to be sung at the AL
hambra Theater on the evening Of the
z1st and the matinee Of September "a
by Nine. Fannie Francisco viii be the
finest offered here in years. The prima
donna begins her tour of the United
States and Canada in this city.
Sunday night performances at the
Columbia Theater viii now be given
for the remainder Of the season. Ar