Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-11
OBSERVATIONS BY
A FIRST NIGHTER

VIZ ITH every theater in town open,
w Los Angeles playgoers this week
W will have wide range OF
dramatic attractions from which to
make their selections. OF first I'M
portance is the coming of David War
field to the Belasco theater, where ne
will present 1.-The Music Master"
play which had a remarkable four
wear success In the east but which Is
new to the west. MIR. Warhelds en-
gagement is for two weeks. During
the latter part of his second week ne
will show us 1.-The Grand Army Man:
The Mason presents our old frlendis5
Rice and Cady in Hip, Hip, Hooray,
used last year in New 1orK py Soe
Weber, formerly of Weber and Fields.
Blanche Halls final week at the Bur
bank will be devoted to a presentation
of MY Wife" a comedy which John
Drew and Billie Burke made known TO
local audiences at the Mason rev
months ago, and which should proVloe
Miss Hall with an effective IareWeII
role. Byron Beasley will play Mr'
Drew's role and Charles Giblyn, 1or-
merly Of the Gayety company VIII
make his debut with the Burbank play
ers in the role of the exeitable ana
nirtatious French father.
At the Auditorium the Lewis S. stone
company will put forward 1.-THE man
on the BOX" played here last season by
May Figman, but never before done in
stock. Mr.. Stone will impersonate the
man and Miss oakley the girl
Charmion, whose disrobing act IN
Tnid-air used to create something of
sensation in the days before Salo1ne
came, will be at the Orpheum. florena
Modena comes to the Los Angeles WIN
a playlet, Bargain Mad The Peo-
offar moving niPtllreS OF Ll6
Nelson Cans fight at Colma last month,
thus providing women an opportunity
TO see Just how a championship prize
fight Is conducted. -,
Fischer's introduces a new Leading
man and new priIna donna IN j. Eu-
ward Pierce and Marie Roslyh. Inc M
IJnioue offers 1.-THE Holdup" and the
Fmnire will present Geraldine Ferrar,
who is not the opera singer, however
but a singing and dancing soubrette.
with the fall of the curtain upon
the final act Of "My Wife" at the Bur
bank theater Saturday night Blanche
Hall will bid farewell to the stage,
which she has graced as leading woman
of the Burbank company tor the pdst
four wears. During that time MISS
Hall has played a wide range of char
acters and has played them success
fully. She has proved herself pos
sessed Of exceptional versatility ana
she has won the regard and affection
of a very considerable number of Los
Angeles playgoers.
I have seen her play Porta ana
Juliet. Sapho and Camille, the frisky
widow in Hoyt's "a Trip to China
town" and the enfant terrible of the
same authors "a Milk White Flag.
7 have seen her in problem plays and
farces; in melodrama and comedy; in
tragedy and in musical farce. L have
seen her wiring tears from her audi
ence' one week and amuse them the
next with a f1irty little song, daintlly
sung and gracefully acted. Her YER
satility has been positively amazing.
And she has brought to her every role
a keen appreciation Of its requirements,
Joined to a pleasing personality and
a quick intelligence.
In the common acceptance OF the
term Miss Blanche Hall is not great
actress. She starred for season in
"Zaza," and there are men In Los
Angeles-good judges too-who will
tell you that she is the best soubrette
this city has seen in a decade.
Now she has earned a rest. But
Blanche Hall will return. Manager
Morosco has secured no permanent sue
cessor to her position; nor is he likely
to do so. Next week Miss Florence
Stone will begin a starring engage
ment at the head of the Burbank COM
pany. When she goes another stock
star probably will take her place. and
it is expected that this policy will be
pursued until such time as Miss Hall
conouers the wanderlust and returns
home.
Florence Stone needs no introduction
to Los Angeles audiences. She, too,
is a player of marked versatility and
excellent capability. At the head of
the Ferris stock company she made
many friends here during two seasons
at the Auditorium theater who will