Evening journal., 1905-01-06
Theatrical Notes

Theatrical Notes
William A. Brady's great production
or THE Pit" In which that manager SIS
starring Wilton Lackaye. VIII be seen
here at the Opera House tomorrow af-
ternoon and night The dramatized
version. which has been made by Cham
ming Pollock. required no less than
three hundred people for its presenta-
ton, and viii be a veritable scenic tour
de force, three carloads of scenery be-
ing used in the six great acts that con-
stitute the play THE Pit" promises
to hold It's place in stage history as the
great object lesson against stock spec
ulatlon, or gambling just as Drink
is a sermon against drunkenness, and
'Unele Toms Cabin" crusade against
slavery.
William p. Cullen's great production
of THE Burgomaster" which viii be
seen at the Opera House on Monday
might, Is said to be the handsomest pro-
duction Of the piece that has ever been
taken on the road. The piece will have
its first representation in San Francisco
this season. and viii in April be taken
into the Lyric Theatre, New York, to
run the entire summer. The cast is a
notable one. and includes Oscar L. Fig
man, as the Burgomaster, Charles
Sharp as Doodle; Oscar B. Ragland
Fred Bailey, r. J. Moye. George Nc
TIissock, olga Won Hazfeldt as Willie;
Louise Bracket as Ruth. Harriet Shell
don, Dorothy Rae. Mae Franklin and
the Sisters Lockhart, the great eccen-
trio dancers.
The Garrick has proved a strong at
traction this week for those who enjoy
good entertainment. There are one OF
two good novelty acts on the bill and
the balance is made up of comedy
music and singing. The five Filipino
Girls the Kitamura Japanese troupe
Leonard and King and Kimball and
Donovan are probably the most con.
spicuous features.
Jules Mannikins are big card al
Hammerstein's New York theatre this
week. They come to the Garrick OF
Monday for their first appearance III
this city, carrying a carload of scenery
and other effects.
To a matchless minstrel program
the Al. G. Field Greater Ministries, a
the Opera House on Tuesday night, viii
present as an adjunct "The Astonish
ing AVOIDS" This duo of artists vii
present their Incompatible speciality
the perpendicular bars. Ascending pol
ished perpendicular bars, their bodies
extended horizontally. the muscularit.
and deXterity bewilders the spectator.
The sale of seats for Paula Edwarde.
In the big New York Casino musica
success "Wlnsome Winnie" commences
on Monday Miss Edwardes will ap
pear at the Opera House on next Wed
f nesday night. The production win b.
on the same scale of lavish beauty tina
characterized its long run at bhe New
York Casino. The company, numbering
over fifty people includes an efficien
chorus of attractive show girls and 4
. cast of great excellence, including VIII
J liam Wolff, Richard Chawner w. c
Philip, +. A. Bishop, Edward Paulton
William Corliss. Isobel Hall. Marguerit
] Walker, Ruth Gould and others.
5 Bertha Galland in J. Fred thinner
man, Jr.'s elaborate production OF Pau
kester's stage version of Charles Ma
b jor's novel, Dorothy Vernon Of Had
+ dom Hail." will be the unusually stron
> attraction at the Opera House mex
g Thursday night. Unlike most dramatl
S cations OF popular novels, the stage yer
b sion has done quite as much to max
the book famous as Mr. Majors charm
ing romance has to advertise the play
OF course they are somewhat differen
y in scene and incident, as must alway
be the case where a story is told acros
the fOotlights instead Of between th
pages OF a book. But the liberties tina
Mr.. Kester has taken with the plot ar
y said to have done 50 much to. strength
y en- 1t dramatically that he must be com
k mended rather than condemned.
e "a Midnight Marriage" opened a thre
days engagement at the Lyceum Theatr
yesterday afternoon before a large at
, dience and will remain until saturda
night. The piece tells a story Of youn
girl who singing in a Bowery music hal
for The purpose Of supporting herself an
her crippled mother, marries at midnigf
the son Of a millionaire. A cousin and hi
paramour try to poison her husband bt
, his rescue is the triumph of the wife III
: scenic effects are elaborate. one being
a reproduction Of the worlds greatest or
cheering feat, the New York subway, an
: in which the heroine destroys a dynamii
fuse that was to wreck the train an
kill her husbands father. The cast
strong throughout and the engagemer
will, no doubt be a success.
Terry McGovern, the fighter, who is
appear at the Lyceum the first thrs
D nights of next week I'm For Fame an
s Fortune" has a play which was write
d from his own life, Hal Reid, the authc
q begins with the start OF McGovern in
. lumber yard. His family appear in II
p play under other names Of course and h
= wife is the heroine. The piece ends wit
T. a clever boxing match. Incidentally it
given out that McGovern while he is
this city expects to challenge Britt. WI
Is now on his way east and who is al
e xious for a fight with some one. McGover
u thinks he is entitled to a go and an effo
will be made to match them to fight
j. San Francisco In a short time.
- Lillian Mortimer. whose clover work ,
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