Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-13
WHAT TO SEE THIS WEEK AT LOCAL THEATERS
CURRENT BILLS AT
LOCAL PLAYHOUSES

AOA(l4O Al-L5Wlb olOIl6 anu
his associates at the Auditorium thea
ter will present this week for the first
time on any local stage 1.-THE House Of
q Thousand Candles" This is a
dramatizatIon by George Middleton of
Meredith Nicholson's story of the same
name which enjoyed such widespread
popularity a short time ago. Those
who read the book naturally viii want
to see the detective mystery on the
stage, and It Is apparent from the al
ready large advance sale that unusually
large audience will witness the per-
formances at the Auditorium.
THE House of Thousand Candles
has for It's scene a mysterious mansion
in rural Indiana, where dwells John
Glenarrn, an eccentric old man who has
made a singular viii involving his
nephew, John Glenarm, and a beauti
full girl named Marian Devereaux.
Slowly but surely the ven is lifted from
the mystery.
Lewis 8. Stone will have the role of
young Glenarm and Florence Oakley
will be seen as Marian Devereaux. De
Witt G. Jennings, a new member Of the
Stone company, will have the important
role of Bates, faithful servant who
contributes considerably to the mystery
of the play. Mr.. Jennings has just ter
minated an engagement with Charles
Frohman's company in 1.-THE Mollusc"
at the Garrick theater, New York. That
he will prove g. decidedly valuable
acquisition to the Stone company is
unQuestioned, as he is recognized as
one of the ablest character players of
the country. Charles Ruggles also will
have a role of more than usual i'm
portance. Every member Of the Lewis
S. Stone company will be seen in the
presentation of this new play, and a
production of exceptional worth is
promised by the management.
1F nd
will be followed by Paul Armstrong;
comedy drama, 1.-THE Heir to the
Hoorah," with a special Christmas
matinee.
BELASCO-One of the daintiest and
prettiest plays of the past three sea-
sons is Annie Russell's mice and
Men," which is to be presented at the
Be1asco theater tomorrow night. 1t is
a comedy by Madeline Lucette Ryley
and has an even proportion of bathos
and pathos, so cleverly interviewer as
to suit the most critical taste. 1t is
exactly the kind of a play in which
the Belasco company shines, and it will
be given a most adequate presentation.
Mr.. Van Buren,, the popular leading
man of the company. will have an ex-
tremely congenial role, as will also the
other members of the company, includ- |
Smythe and Miss Dorothy Bernard.
"Mice and Men" is a play of a sort
that is always welcomed by the play
going public. The story is founded on
the lines of Burns couplet, 1.-THE best |
laid schemes o. mice and men gang |
aft aglee." For the purposes of pic |
turesque costuming and quaint stage |
settings the dramatist has laid the |
scenes of her play in Old Hampstead, |
England, in 1866.
The story is of Mark Enbury, a sci |
enlist of 40 years, who decides to marry, |
and after casting about among women |
of his own station without finding a |
maid to his liking, he hits upon the |
plan of selecting q girl from a found
ling hospital and training her up to |
occupy, eventually, the position of his |
wife. A dozen young girls are brought |
to his study by the matron, and from
them he chooses Little Britain" a
likely lass, whom he adopts and re-
names Peggy. Upon the very day of her
arrival in the household Peggy meets
Captain George Lowell, a young, DASH
ing scapegrace nephew of Enbury's.
This Lowell is engaged in a very Sc
rious Irritation with Joanna Goodlake.
wife of Roger Goodlake, Enbury's par
ticular friend Hearing of the liaison,
Enbury sends Lowell out of the coun-
try, much to the distress of Peggy
with high favor. Two years elapse, in
which Peggy has grown from the shy
and mannerless lass to a pleasing
young woman of 49, and Enbury is
head over ears in love with her. Then
Lowell returns and Peggy's affection
for him burns with a new and flercer
fame-but Enbury knows nothing of
that. Peggy surreptitiously attends a
ball in company with Low
ELL who by this time tremendously en-
amored of Peggy, proceeds to rid him
self of Mrs. Goodlake.
Enbury. still planning for his mar
riage with Peggy, has purchased and
made ready a cottage at Hampstead.
The wedding day is fixed and Enbury
appoints time to take Peggy through
the house that is to be her home. Low
ell by chance passes that way and en-
counters Peggy awaiting Enbury in
the garden. The two young people
come at length to a full realization of
their love for each other, and Enbury
coming upon them. guesses 1t. He
makes the great sacrifice gently and
kindly, giving to his nephew and rival
the house that he had arranged with
another dream in mind.
The stage settings will be new and !
attractive and the period of the play
will allow beautiful costuming.
BURBANK-Much interest centers {
IN the presentation at the Burbank the |
ater this week of Clyde Fitch's comedy,
The Stubbornness of Geraldine" since I
he play will introduce to Los Angeles
audiences Miss Mary Hall, the new and !
alented leading woman of the Burbank
company. Miss Lowell Alice Taylor, a I
of refreshing methods and C
much charm, also will make her Bur- Q
1ank debut in the Fitch play. I
Miss Hall, though still young, already I
las Travelled far in her chosen profess t
lion. For time last summer she was t
seeding to Margaret Anglins role in I
The Great Divide" She has played a
parts with e. H. Sothern e
nd in the Sothern- Marlowe company, is
md for two years was starred by Da- Il
I'D Belasco in 1.-THE Girl of the Golden q
Vest" Her stock experience, con-
med to the east, has included engage c
nents with the famous Castle Square 81
ompany of Boston, the Pike organiza- g
ion of Cincinnati, the Lyceum forces Il
t Detroit, and the Davidson players ci
f Milwaukee. Miss Taylor is well
.nown here. She is a California girl,
nd for some time past has made her 81
ome in Los Angeles. She has been Il
specially engaged at the Burbank to I'll
lay comedy roles, in which she ex- hi
els. OF
1.-THE Stubbornness of Geraldine" is ct
ne of Cylde Fitch's liveliest comedies. I'll
{ was used first by Mary Mannering fc
nd proved the most successful play in ST
yhich Miss Mannering has starred. st
stubbornness arises over oil
we affair. She is an American girl pc
Flna % in love xHfifI a