The San Francisco call., 1908-11-15

hicle for two seasons, and when pre-
sented by her and the Manhattan
company four years ago in the Majestic
theater ii was the talk of the town.
Although 1t is not the original drama
tized tale Of a female criminals re-
formation through the influence of for
belonging to Dickens story of nancy
Skies in oliver Twist" it excels all
others of its kind in vividness.
If the play had been produced by
Mrs F'iske as it left the hands of its
author, c. M. S Mcclellan. it would
hardly be adaptable to stock company
use, because he intended it as star"
drama, with only one part OF real i'm
portance. In her revision of the man
uscript, however, the great actress al
tered the situations so that her own
prominence was not out of proper
tion TO that of several other charac-
she was not fearful that some one
else would outshine her, so she bet
tered the general structure by build
ing up the roles OF Sylvaine, the
degenerate Partisan; Schram, the in
herent thief and Kieschna, the stellar
crook. Thereby she provided the
stock companies of America with some
excellent material
In the Alcazar production Evelyn
Vaughan will have the title part, and
no character that she has yet essayed
in San Francisco is more abundant of
chance to exploit her fine presence,
delicate temperament, pleasing voice
and rare technique. She will be ably
aided by Bertram Lyten as Sylvaine,
VIII r. WalHng as Kleschna. Ernest
Glendinning as Schram, Howard Hick-
man as Raoul and all the other Alca-
zar favorites The FIVE acts of the
stage pictures, and the Alcazar's s
corps of artists and mechanics can be
depended upon to do justice to them.
Valencia
This afternoon at the Valencia
theater that sterling Irish actor and
singer. Arthur Cunningham well
known for. years in San Francisco, will
make his first appearance as a star in
Joseph Murphys popular play, The
Kerry Cow" There is no one on the
American stage more suited to this
style of work than Cunningham, and
cisco with his stage manager, w. T.
Sheehan, to cooperate with Sedley
Brown and see that the production Is
letter perfect, predicts a brilliant fu-
ture for the San Francisco favorite
Murphy played Dan O'Hara for 30 con-
secutive years and sees a most worthy
successor in the big barytone.
The story Of The Kerry Cow" which
means the village blacksmith, is
founded on fact and tells of Dan
O'Hara. the smith. in love with q girl
who also has another suitor. Valentine
Hay AS it is crime punishable by
transportation or death to have pixies
formidable weapons-in ones posses
sion. Hay causes several to be hidden
in the blacksmith shop. Dan is ar
rested, but escapes from prison. Just
at the same time as the real maker
of the pixies confesses on his death bed
to the conspiracy against O'Hara. Dan
returns 10 his forge and shoes the horse
which saves his sweetheart's home by
winning a great race. BY means OF
carrier pigeons Nora is informed of
the result of the heats as the race is
run and the play ends prettily and
happily.
Mr. cunninghsm's songs will. OF
course. be a feature OF 1.-The Kerry
Cow. and among his selections will
be Nora. Acushla," Molly Bawn." AR
Boy" The support will be the full
strength of the Valencia stock COM
pany. the scenic effects and costumes
will be correct, and. In short, nothing
will be left undone to make the pro-
duction a notable one. Incidental &c
the production of The Kerry Cow
there will be some spirited Irish dane
ing by those Celtic terpsichorean favor
ties, Clara Coyne, Frances Doherty, Dan
Cotter and John P. Kelleher.
Herman Heller and his orchestra
have Irish music to offer and many
novel effects are promised between acts
The critical competitions on Sunday
afternoons are exciting great interest
and at the matinee today some STARTLING