Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-10
Coming Attractions


BELASCO-The Belasco stock COM
pany will give j. Hartley Manners and
Henry Miller's ''Zira" this week. 1t was
in "zira" that Margaret Anglin electri-
| fled the theater-goers of New York and
! kept the Princess theater crowded for
an entire year. The Belasco production
will be an exact reproduction of the
Anglin one Mr. Miller having gener-
ously sent on models for the different
scenes. Lillian Albertson will find a
fine chance for her emotional acting in
the name role and Mr.. Stone and the
various other members of the company
will also be engaged in the perform
ance.
MASON-"Mrs. Wiggs Of the Cabbage
Patch" which comes to the Mason
opera house tomorrow night, has be-
come one of the classic figures of
American humor and her appearance on
the stage in the dramatization Of Mrs.
| RiceS book of that name and "Lovey
Mary" have met with a response from
| theater-goerS that shows even more
| than the phenomenal sale of the works
the tremendous hold which the delight
| full mother of Asia, Europena and Aus
| tralia has taken on the popular imagin-
ation The dramatization has coalesced
the two books and accentuated the
highly humorous life of Mrs. Wiggs
and her neighbors in a way that has
charmed all who have seen it. 1t was
here last year.
BURBANK = Perhaps the biggest
| play the Burbank has offered this year
| is "Hearts Courageous" which will
| begin weeks run with a matinee this
afternoon, thus marking the first time
the piece has ever been offered at pop
| MAR rTinnS Of thn nf fIn
production will be the temperance
after a two weeks absence of Miss
Mary Van Buren,. who will be seen as
Anne Tillotson William Desmond will
| be Louis Armand, while Miss Margo
| Duffet, young society woman of Los
! Angeles, will make her first appearance
with the Burbank company as Pauline
ORPHEUM = Lee Harrison, who
heads the Orpheum program for the
week of March II, is an example of sud-
denly acquired fame following upon a
| long dramatic apprenticeship. Harri-
son was seen for many years in minor
parts with various companies. He was
always a careful and painstaking actor
but was never considered candidate
for fame. At last he found the part
that fitted and in a night became one
of the famous comedians of the Ameri-
can stage He will be heard in songs
and stories from life. Claire Beasy's
cats We're brought from Europe by the
| Orpheum. The three Dancing Mitchells
are a negro trio Dorothy Kenton. the
| girl with the banjo, has attracted much
attention by her artistic handling of
this distinctively American instrument.
The holdovers are Cameron and Flana-
| gan, Alan Shaw, the -Four Rianos and
| Charles e. Evans and company.
GRAND-"Human Hearts," an emo
tional drama by Hal Reid, dealing with
one of the ever-present problems of
society, is the Grand opera house offer
ing for the week. Lincoln J. Plumer
and Gertrude Phelps are in the leading
roles. The scene of the play is laid in
rural section of a southern state and
the characters are those usually found
in the country village. with the neces-
sary villain and comedian.
FISCHER'S-Manag Fischer will
present his comedians this week in
"Joe's Family" new farce comedy by
Fred l.. Grlf1iths. Billy Onslow will be
the Irish servant, Tracey McDermott
will be the young scapegrace and Nick
Cogle will have the role of Uncle. Miss
Dollie Graham and Miss Grace Morri-
son Will each have congenial roles. on
Monday, March 18, Manager Fischer
announces that his entire new COM
pany vii lopen for the spring and sum-
mer. This company comes direct from
New York
| UNIQUE-The Unique offers the fol-
lowing attractions for this week. Tony
| Ryder's monkey circus, Four Booths,
sketch artists, presenting "Molly's
Elopement''; Robertson. eccentric black
face comedian; Unique comedy COM
pany in farce comedy Toms Trou-
bles at Long Beach," by James p. Lee
illustrated songs by Homer Long and
motion pictures.
! MISSION East Lynne" win be the
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Acoming week, starting with a matinee