Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-09
THOUSANDS WILL
GO TO VENICE
BERNHARDT PROVES MOST
POPULAR
Pill VIII Open In Great Auditorium
With Production Of "La sor-
oiere"--Advanee Sale Of
Seats Progresses

Los Angeles amusement lovers are
already forming themselves in line to
pay homage to the greatest queen of
tragedy the world has ever known
sarah Bernhardt. Believing that this
is the last chance they will have to
hear this great artist all Los Angeles
is arranging to make a pilgrimage to
the great auditorium at Venice and
pay their respects and their dollars to
the greatest woman on the modern
stage. There is an open sesame to the
purse when the name of Sarah Bern
hardt is quoted. She has poured out
her life, her energy. her genius. her
great vitality. and the world has wept,
sobbed, loved and hated at her COM
mand. Where before she tore passion
to bits the repression of her present
methods only accentuates her intense
feeling making that portion of her
work more realistic.
1t is said to be a modern, dramatic
education to witness but one perform
ance Of the great Bernharda. She sur
rounds herself with a company Of the
best, even those who play the part of
the maid or the porter, she brings from
her theater in Paris. Every electrical
detail is manufa ctured to order and the
to outlined style and the period in
which the scenes are laid. Eighty-one
people constitute the working force of
the Bernhardt company. Two carloads
of scenery alone are employed in the
sumptuous settings of La Sorciere."
The same environment that secured
perfection on the stage at Paris,
Madrid, London and New York has
been transported and will be placed
upon the stage at Venice of America.
For Camille" nothing can be added
regarding the manner in which Sarah
Bernhard plays the role. For thirty
years she has been the ideal heroine OF
the great masterpiece of Dumas fills
Camille" has been chosen as the
matinee play for the Bernhardt engage
ment, and La Sorciere'' is to be the
open bill on Friday evening. For the
closing bill the requests at the present
time are about even. A quartet oi
great plays seems to be in demand. Sc
far the tragic La Tosca" leads the
race. following a close second comes
"Sapho," while equally divided are the
opinions concerning the popularity o1
''Adrienne Lecouvreur" and the Rus
sian nihilistic drama, Fedora"
One of the pleasing features Of the en-
gagement at the Venice auditorium will
be the comfortable manner in which
the seating capacity of the auditorium
is to be arranged and the many minute
details that are being arranged tha
will add to the comfort of the auditors
The advance subscription for seats 1:
now open at Birkel's music store. The
general seat sale opens at the same
place tomorrow morning.
Arrangements have been perfected fol
cars to run every three minutes from
the various centers of the city owe
the four lines running to Venice, ant
the street car service guarantees to lanC
1000 people from the heart of Los An
geles to the auditorium at Venice IL
sixty minutes.
Arrangements are being made on al
the railroads for direct transportation
and the management guarantees com
Portable transportation for ALL Th'
only question that arises in the minds
of those in charge at the present time
is whether the great auditorium thai
seats 5000 people will be large neougf
to contain the many admirers who de-
sire to bid farewell to the great Bern
hardt. Mail orders accompanied by
check addressed to L. e. Behymer al
Birkel's music store will receive promp
attention, and those who are contem.
plating securing seats should do so al
once.