Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-23

dropped into the Office last nlgnt
n and executing a clever flank
movement captured the only extra
chair In the room. which he promptly
unanswered into a position of vantage
near my desk.
Say" he began, "Mestayer made a
great hit with me last night as
Jacques; and as for Florence Stone,
the greatest since Mary Anderson; I've
seen 'em all and l know"
Jacques" 1 relnrted. whats the
matter with you. Mestayer is playing
Major Something or Colonel Somebody
this week. Where did you get this
1.-TWO Orphans dream, anyway"
1.-TWO Orphans nothing I'm
talking about LAS You Like It." Saw
it last night. All-star cast, too. Fine,
young fellow, fine"
Patton is yearning for you, my
friend" / answered. do you feel sort
of queer upstairs in the place where
the gray matter ought to be? This
seems to be a most pitiable case. What
caused it anyway"
20, well, If you're going to get per-
sonal, / suppose it was an after-the-
theater rarebit. When 1 came down
stairs for breakfast this morning l
looked in the papers and didn't see
anything about that performance, so
1 suppose it must have been a dream.
1t was great show, though. Simply
great. The production was equal to
Ferris best and the scene in the for
est of Arden was one of the finest
things / ever saw in a playhouse. The
cast-say, that cast sounded so good to
me that l wrote it down for you. Here
it is. What do you think of it?'
He passed over a sheet of paper on
which was ritten the rarebit all-star
cast for "As You Like It." Here it is,
just as 1t came out in the dream:
Gas YOU LIKE tn
fAueu uuke ............... Harry Glazier
Duke Frederick Joseph de Grssse
amens ''................ Lewis Stone
jacques .'............... Harry Messenger
lie Beau ................. Harry van Meter
Charles, the wrestler. Charles Eyton
OhVer ...-...............A A. Byron Beasley
Jaques de Bots. ....... William Desmond
Orlando .-............... Hobart BoswOrth
Adam ...................... David Edwin
Oennis ........-............ H. CHM
Iouchstone ....-....... Henry StOckbridge
CORN .......-............ George Barnum
cylvius --....s.s.......... Howard Scott
Nihiam s.-......-........ Richard Vivian
Hesalind ..,................ Florence Stone
Seha .-'......... Blanche Hall
IhoeDe '.''.....'''..... Florence Barker
audrey -........s...... FanehOn Eyerhard
How do you like the cast?" he
queried when had finished reading it.
Looks good on paper" | answered.
You bet it does. 1t was good, too.
Finest performance of "As You Like
IT. / ever saw. Florence Stone was
immense; and say, in that Ganymede
costume she was a dream"
Sure" 1 admitted. They were all
dreams. weren't they?"
Il suppose you have heard that Ed
die Foy intends to play Hamlet with
May Irwin as Ophelia?" continued the
Regular Theater-goer.
Press agent yarn" rejoined. ''Wish
you'd get out of here; I'm busy
Softly, softly, good my liege. How
does this strike you for local "Ham-
LETT cast? / bet it would be funnier
than anything the Foy-Irwin bunch
could put up"
"HAMLET, PRINCE OF DENMARK"
Ciaudius, king of Denmark. Dick Ferris
Hamlet nephew to the king, .,......
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS John DAILY Murphy
Poionius, Lord Chamberlain. ...........
:........:.:...:..., Charles Ruggies
Horatio, friend TO Hamlet. sedley Brown
Laerfess s0n OF Polonius HI s. DuffieId
Rosencranz, courtier. -. Henry Stockbridge
Guildepstern Hugh MetcaIf
0srie .........,............ Willis Marks
a priest. Joseph Galbraith
Marcettus .-............ Joseph de Grasse
Bernardo ................ Frank Beamish
Francisco, q soldier. .....A Byron Beasley
Player -......-.......-.... John w. Burton
..........-..... William ferance
'....s-..s'....... Eieanor Carey
First grayedigger --...... William Desmond
Secand grnvedigger. Joseph Kiigour
Gertrude, queen of Denmark .......
opheIia, daughter to PoIonlus .........
................... Carrie Clarke Ward
Ghost .........-.... Master Peter Clancey
Ordinarily I am peace-loving citi-
zen, but Carrie Clarke Ward as Ophelia