Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-17
The Weeks Bills

The Weeks Bills
MAsoN-May Irwin in Mrs. Black is
BELAsCo-"Friends.
Vinegar Buyer"
GRAND-"Queen of the HighbinderS.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
CHUTES-zoo, Musical Comedy. Band
Concert.
THE welcome announcement is made
that the ebullient May Irwin, who
4 has returned to the stage after a
noticed absence OF two years, will ap-
pear in this city tomorrow night in the
Mason opera house, coming direct from
her prosperous New York and San
Francisco engagements, the former Of
which extended through the greater
part Of last season. The entertaining
comediehne is again appearing this sea-
son in an offering by George ". Hobart,
who calls his latest work Mrs. Black
is Back" The names of Irwin, Hobart
and Mrs. Black is Back" are slgnif1-
cant, and no comment is necessary to
point to the humor contained In the
combination.
Some one has called the comedy a
paradox, and parenthetically explained
the matter as logical farce" While
the situations and lines are as funny as
most exaggerated and absurd farcical
concoction, the composition has the ad-
vantage of being logical and containing
some dramatic force. Miss Irwin Is
always funny in the delivery Of her
lines, irrespective of their merit. She
is, naturally enough, in her happiest
vein when the lines are modernly bright
and sparkling such as the ones sup
piled her by Mr.. Hobart. In addition
to we'll constructed farce, Miss Irwin
supplies an extra entertainment In the
rendering, in the Irwinesque manner,
of a program of new songs written
especially for her.
Charles Darnston, dramatic critic of
the New York Evening World, gives q
fairly good idea of what one may ex-
pect in Mrs. Black is Back" which
May Irwin and her New York company
will offer in this city at the Mason for
lnTee IlSllIo, UCShiliiii6 hiS-Ne
mrs Black is Back got back to the
Bijou last night and Broadway was
real glad to see her. Who isn't glad to
see May Irwin with the blonde hair,
the broad smile and the broad-no, she
is much thinner, but broad still describes
the smile And every one had one OF
those smiles with her in her delightfully."-
pleasing little comedy. Hobart really
evolved probable plot for her and
distributed through the three acts much
genuine wit. In fact he has given her
the best comedy she has ever had. This
much is due Hobart, who has provided
something more than senseless chatter
brainless chaff and Bloomingdale plot.
broadway has missed May irwin
and IL she doesn't stay back after the
welcome she received last night re-
newed success has no fascination for
her. She was at her best, and her own
songs, SO inimitably done, were given
with all the old sparkle and life. She
Is in a class by herself. If you lose an
election bet, find yourself victim Of
melancholia, meet with business re-
verses or get Tilted by your best girl
she'll make life worth while with her
story of her automobile ride. She'll
make you laugh, too, when you hear
her tell of how before marriage you
call him or her your ideal, and then
after marriage call for new deal.
May Irwin surrounded herself with
a good company. May -Donohue as the
cook is especially deserving Of men,
ton. She was capital. May Irwin or
George Hobart has had trouble with
tile cook. This cook insisted upon
room with southern exposure and
then threatened to quit because there
was too much exposure.
go and have a laugh with May
Irwin and forget your troubles"