The San Francisco call., 1906-10-14
Some Players We've Seen.

Before leaving New York for this
city the ColoniaTs leading woman was
rendered by the Izetta Jewel Social
Club of Harlem box party and a re-
ception at Keith & Proctor's 125th
Street Theater. On her entrance to the
box she was received by the audience
enthusiastically and later in the even
ing was presented by the company Of
which she had long been member
with an elaborate gold-mounted um-
brella. appropriately Inscribed
This is from Philadelphia: Florence
Roberts came as stranger. but will
go away accredited with genuine
success. 1t is rarely new star makes
such positive hit as Miss Roberts did
at the Broad. She seems to be remark
ably we'll equipped for both strongly
dramatic as well as sympathetic roies.
her voice being under complete control
Her work in this play indicates what
could be expected from her in a more
evenly cons structed work"
A California club is being organized
came from this State 1t is estimated
that fully 500 players are native Calf
fornians Among them are David Be-
lasco. David warfeld, Ben Teal. w A
Brady, Max Freeman. Blanche Bates.
Lolita .Crabtree. Phoebe Davis. Flor
ence Roberts and ROsabelle Morrison
II
with the Moore stock company at Ro-
chester. n. Y. and after short visit
at his home in Detroit will come to the
new Alcazar Theater.
Wilton Laekaye promises to equal
his fame as an actor by his ability as
dramatist His dramatization OF Vic
tor Hugo's novel. Les Miserables.
under the title OF The Law and the
Man has received unstinted praise
from the dramatic critics in Chicago
He will be seen as Jean Vatican in
Broadway house early in December.
IT is said that Phoebe Davis may
take over the Blanche Walsh produc-
ton of The Kreutzer Sonata" Miss
Davis yearns for rest from Anna in
Way Down East" which she has
played continually for ten years.
Arrangements have been completed
whereby William H. Crane and Ellis
Jeffreys are soon to appear jointly In
a revival of she Stoops to Conquer"
that most famous of comedy classics.
by oliver Goldsmith. The New York
engagement is announced for January.
following presentations IN Chicago. ST.
Louis. Pittsburg and New Orleans
The play was last revived two seasons
ago. with Eleanor Robson as the lead
ing feature of the organization. Mr..
Crane last appeared as Hardcastle. the
role in which he is to be seen again.
more than twenty-three years ago.
when he and Stuart Robson, as Tony
Lumpkin, starred in the old comedy
for an entire season
Mrs. Fiske will open her season
early in Milwaukee. where number
of her plays have first been seem Chi
cago will follow. and after a brief pre-
liminary season in the West. Mrs.
Fiske will appear at the Lyric Theater.
New York, for an extended engage
ment.
Edith Mason and her husband. Tom
Persse. are on the road with Those
Primrose Girls"
Asked why so many Iegitimats
actors go into vaudeville. Robert Hill
lizard replied: For one thing, there
is much more consideration shown to
him. not alone by the audience. but
\ behind the stage. He is not subjected
to the tantrums OF the stage manager
or the producer of the play, who have
their own ideas how part should be
played. and who expect their whims
to be carried out even II the actors
reputation suffers thereby. have
PLAYED all over this country and in
England and have found that vaude-
. Vile audiences are more sympathetic
: than others. The work Is not easy.
for there are two performances a day.
but the emoluments are greater, and
this attracts many stars from the
legitimate stage"
Adele Block is playing the part of
Celia in The Kreutzer Sonata" with
Bertha Kalich at the Lyric Theater.
, New York.
During it's Philadelphia engagement
the Sothern- -Marlowe company Will
give for the first time in English on
the American stage. John the Bap-
tist." by Heinrich Sudermann. one OF
the most vivid and dramatic of the
great Germans powerful plays. The
! company has also in rehearsal at this
time Gerhert Hauptmann's "Sunken
Bell" the symbolic and spiritual drama
. in which Mr. Sothern was seen sew