Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27
Coming Attractions

BELASCO = The Belasco theater
stock company will play Henry Ar
thur Jones powerful drama of modern
life, THE Masqueraders," this week.
Tomorrow nights performance will be
especially interesting from the fact
that 1t will serve to introduce the new
Belasco leading lady, Miss Lillian AL
bertson, who comes to Los Angeles
with fine reputation gained chiefly
in important Broadway productions.
The eternal triangle-the two men and
one woman-is introduced in 1.-THE
Masqueraders' with singularly sue
cessful results. The big scene-the
third act-pictures the villain and the
hero of the play gambling for the life
of the woman. Following THE Mas
queraders" the Belasco company will
give that delightful comedy, His Ex-
cellency the Governor"
MASON-"The Umpire" comes to the
Mason for a weeks engagement, be-
ginning Monday. The cast includes
Fred Mace, Harry Hanlon, Edith Yer
rington, Guelma Baker, Kathering
Bum, Bradlee Martin, George Damerel
and Bert Young.
AUDITORIUM-"The Sorceress," in
which Florence Stone made one of the
most decided hits of her Minneapolis
career. will be this weeks bill at the
new Auditorium theater. The play is
given by Manager Dick Ferris in re-
sponse to the urgent requests of his
many friends here. The play was writ
ten by the great French dramatist,
Victorien Sardou, expressly for Sarah
Bernhardt. The translation to be used
this week by the Ferris stock company
is the one played by Mrs. Patrick
Campbell. Especial attention has been
given to the scenic production, which
will surpass any previous attempt on
the part of the Ferris company, and
Miss Stone has some new gowns from
New York.
ORPHEUM-John c. Rice and Sally
Cohen return this week to the Orpheum
with a new sketch entitled "All the
World Loves a Lover" Villa Holt
Wakefield, society entertainer, offers
a program of spoken songs" Searl
and Violet Allen and their company of
five present a. comedy, 1.-The Travelling
Man." Black and Jones, negro come
dians, in eccentric dances, complete the
list of newcomers. The holdovers are
Howard and Howard. Wynne Winslow,
Jimmie Lucas and the Vassar Girls.
GRAND-Today opens the second
weeks engagement of Rose Melville
in isis Hopkins" 1T the Grand opera
house. Manager Baker says that If
the present glorious weather holds for
the week this show will smash the big
record just made by Buster Brown"
FISCHER'S - Today's performance
will conclude the successful run of
"Dick Tater's Troubles" and on Mon
day the new Fischer bill will be pre-
sented. "A Legal jag" is from the pen
of Fred L. Griffiths and tells an anus
ing story, evolving around the efforts
of good-natured spendthrift, who en-
deaVors to escape his creditors and pre-
serve his inheritance so that 1t will
fetch in sufficient returns to enable
him to live and marry the girl of his
choice. n
BURBANK-"We'uns of Tennessee"
this weeks offering by the Burbank
stock company, was produced here by
the same organization about five years
ago, and scored great success. 1t is
play of much heart interest and
strong melodramatic action. affording
fine scope for the several members of
this competent company. William Des-
mond, Mary Van Buren, Harry Mestay-
er, Maude Gilbert, Harry Stockbridge
and Arthur Rutledge have been cast to
excellent advantage, and a fine scenic
environment is promised.
UNIQUE-The offerings at the Unique
for this week comprise the following:
Bobby Boyle, Widow Davis and their
Gogiligee Girls in "Gogiligee"; Blondin,
comedy wire act; George LeNoir, enter
tanning ventriloquist; the Unique COM
edy company in the one-act farce COM
edy, Lend Me Five Shillings," ar
ranged by James p. Lee; illustrated
songs, and the latest In motion pictures
upon the Unique-o-scope.
PEOPLE'S-The chief fun makers
In the "Belle of Japan" which comes
to the Peoples theater all this week,
opening with matinee Sunday, are an
American kodak agent, the daughter OF
United States sea captain. the old
captain and an old maid. Other char