Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-29
LoTTlE KENDALL, HoTCHKISS
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Especially in the first half of his work,
before his tongue is able to fashion the
English again and when he is strug-
Cling for mental clarity as well as
verbal command, his performance is
wonderfully impressive. The avoiding
OF the ludicrous is not simple when
| only grunts and gesticulations are
permissible. But Mr. Willard makes
! the broken down condition of the old
soldier so real and so appealing that
even the silliest spectator is hushed
into respectful and sympathetic si-
| lence.
Manager Drown has advices that
Robert Lorraine and his excellent COM
pany have scored heavily with their
admirable presentation of Bernard
Shaw's Man and Superman" in Chi
| cago. The management has arranged
to extend the engagement beyond the
| original four weeks at first booked and
1t now is certain that the clever COM
| edy Will remain here until May IL. 1t
also is the hope to prolong its stay in
| dehnitely. The disaster at San Fran
/ cisco cancels, of course, the ten weeks
| engagement the company and comedy
were to have on the Pacific coast, aud
1t is Manager Powers wish to buy Off
| THE Heir to the Hoorah." which was
to have come to his theater on May 90
for the summer, and to retain Mr..
Lorraine and his company for the hot
months.
Manager Thomas G. Baker of the
Grand has a letter saying that the
happy and prosperous career of "The
College Widow in Chicago reached
the century mark at the Studebaker.
This Tooth performance of Mr.. AIDES
was celebrated by changes in the
| personnel of the cast, which, it is con-
ndently asserted, win give the play the
best ensemble of players that has yet
appeared. The best of Mr.. Savage's
| two companies are to be amalgamated.
the newcomers being Gertrude Quin-
| ian, Frederick Burton and Dan Coll
yer, each the original of their respect
i've roles. Miss Quinlan appears as
Flora Virgins, Mr.. Burton as Bub
Hicks and Mr. Collyer as Matty Nc
! Gowan
The Shuberts have sued Grace Van
Studdiford for $4,000 damages because
| OF her withdrawal from the cast of
Lady Teazle," which compelled them.
they allege. to close the season of that
opera. Lillian Russell is expected to
be among the witnesses at the trial of
the suit. AS Gracia Quive of the Bos-
tonians, Mrs. Van Studdiford was a
lesser light After her marriage to
Charles Van Studdiford, of a wealthy
st. Louis family whose fortune became
depleted the statuesque wife re-
entered the stage to recoup their for
tune and succeeded fairly we'll
Pauline Hall closed her season in
"Dorcas" at Denver the other day after
a successful tour. Miss Hall will at
once re-enter vaudeville.
William Collier and company will
| sail for Australia in April for an ex-
tended engagement. Mr.. Collier will
appear in 1.-THE Dictator" "On the
Quiet" and other plays. He will re-
tI1rn via London Xyh he xtyi1l -,
appear. "The Dictator" is the play
that brought about Joseph Galbraith's
downfall as a matinee idol in Los An
geles-for time. at least.
THE Belle of Mayfair" in which
Edna May is to appear in London, is
reported to be a modernized version in
theme of Romeo and Juliet" Cour-
tice Pounds is to be the Romeo in the
cast, and Miss Mays sister Jane is
also member of the cast. Some day
the fair Edna may revive 1.-THE Belle
of New York" and all the men will
turn out to see the original bewitching
Salvation Army lass
Just why ambitious dramatists per-
sist in writing and producing plays of
a pseudo historic nature--plays whose
main call for recognition comes from
the accuracy of the drawing rather
than the dramatic force of the action
or the excellence of the acting--is a
problem not yet solved. New York. as
usual, has it's share OF these plays this
season, and all have been unsuccess-
full in the attempt to arouse anything
like enthusiasm. The last to hoist its
colors and make bid for box office
patronage is Benjamin Chapin's "Lin-
coln." 1t was exhibited from the same
boards which only a few days before
were tramped by the Rev. Mr.. Dixon's
"Clansman" and Mr.. McLaren's Red
skim
Mr.. Chaplin, before he went to New
York with his new piece was very
careful to announce that he had never
been an actor until he wrote this play
Actor, dramatist. star at one bound is
quite a gymnestic feat, and one calcu-
lated to arouse modicum of interest
in the player. if not in the play. The
Chaplin programmes even have foot
notes with references to books showing
that scenes and text are historical