Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-14
Coming Attractions

| II. crane in real good comedy is a
consummation devoutly to be wished.
He has been making people merry for
so many years that no one wants to
! see him do anything else and it may
be said in passing that given the ma
| terial to work upon he can succeed in
spreading good humor with uncom-
mon deftness. The material is said to
be all there i'm the new comedy. THE
American Lord" in which Charles
F,rohman is to present him at the
Mason opera house tomorrow, TUESDAY,
matinee and Tuesday night only.
| George II. Broadurst and Charles T.
Dazey are the authors of the piece, it
being their first joint effort at colabo-
ration. The work had its original pro-
| duction early in October and it was Mr..
Frohmans intention to bring it into
New York late in the spring for a run.
| The manner in which tie comedy has
been received, however, has changed
al this, and 1t is now to De headed for
New York with all possible speed.
BELASCO THEATER-"Mrs Deer
| ing's Divorce" will provide one of the
| strongest attractions of the year for
| the Belasco company the coming week.
| This great comedy was Mrs. Langtry's
| tremendous success and proved one OF
the most popular plays of the decade
The Belasco company will appear to
excellent advantage and the entire
cast of players will be seen. Eugene
That's Lawton will portray Mrs. Lang
try's old role and Joseph Galbraith will
have character of great strength. The
regular matinees will be given Thurs
day and Saturday.
BURBANK THEATER - "Shenan-
doah" is to be the attraction at the
| Burbank theater for the week begin
| ming this afternoon. The record
| earned here by this play lived for al
most two years and was then broken
| only by MoroSco's western play, The
Judge and the Jury" While "Shenan-
| dCah" is a war play in every sense Of
| the word all of the Objectionable fea-
lures of a war" play have been elimi-
mated. One of the features is embodied
| In the fact that not single shot is
discharged upon the stage. Every
ohool child is familiar with the wild
ride of Sheridan that forms so import
ant an event in the play Shenandoah"
| II was that wonderful ride that was
the inspiration for writing "Shenan-
doah" Matinees will be given this
afternoon and next Saturday.
GRAND OPERA HOUSE-The Grand
will return to its own today when the
thrilling melodrama Caught in the
Web" makes it's first appearance at the
matinee. This Is a new piece from the
pen of Joseph lie Brandt, author OF
"On the Stroke of Twelve" and other
SuCCeSSIul nlelOurdnldS anu LellS Inc
story of the tracking down of band
of counterfeiters by police sleuth.
ORPHEUM-The road show will be
the attraction at the Orpheum for one
more week, but will be augmented by
the most elaborate legitimate dramatic
fragment in vaudeville, Edwards Davis
and company in THE Unmasking,"
tragedy in two acts. The story of the
playlet is of the quarrel of two actors
fol in n hanafit nnrfnrTOan of
Richard Ill" and the tragic denoue-
:nent takes place in the duel between
Richard and Richmond on Bosworth
field
MASON OPERA HOUSE - The
young prima donna soprano. Alice
Nielsen, and her company will give a
performance of Donizetti's delightful
comic opera, Don Pasquale," at the
Mason opera house next Wednesday
and Thursday, January II and IS. Miss
Nielsen has returned to her own coun-
try after an absence of four years.
surrounded by a company engaged for
her by Director Henry Russell in Italy.
During her four year tbroad Miss Mel
sen, graduating from THE Fortune
Teller" and 1.-The Singing GirP' of Vic
tor Herbert, has had a great success
at the principal opera house of Italy
and the Covent Garden in London in
the light italian operas. The spright-
llneSS OI IlGI ltiilpGl AACi pcaNty
of person and her sparkling, facile
voice, fit her for the roles of Donizettt
and Rossini as few, even Italian-born
prima donnas, have been fitted. In
Don Pasquale" she is the same Alice
Nielsen, beloved of American audiences
four years ago, but elevated to a higher
power both as an actress and singer.
Pratt is the tenor now accompanying
her, Rosa the basso buffo and Fratodi
the baritone.
MASON OPERA HOUSE-For the
last three nights Of this week, Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday. Claxton
Wilstach will present Miss SOPHIE
Brandt in the romantic light opera,
"a Madcap Princess" which was
Judged to be comic opera hit OF
last season at the Knickerbocker thea
ter in New York. Miss Sophie Brandt
is well known in the east as the
widow in 1.-The Prince OF Pilsen' and
i'm the title role of princess Chlc.
The story of "A Madcap Princess IS
historically romantic lts charaeters
include the famed Mary Tudor, Henry
VIII Sir Charles Brandon, Anne Boz
leyn, the Duke of Buckingham Lady
Jane. Bollingbrooke and many others.
CHUTES-A "magnified vaudeville"
Is what the Chutes entertainment for
Sunday might well be called, for it
will run the gamut of diversion from
splendid music to the first ascension
OF capt. Thomas Baldwin's big new
airship "Arrow Second" which has
been building for some time and which,
II conditions are favorable, VIII be
seen i'm the air Sunday afternoon.
Chaiffarelli and his sterling half
hundred Italians remain the superla-
tive music feature, and two brilliant
programs have been arranged Tor sun
days production.