The San Francisco call., 1908-04-05


John Drew visited this city when. IN
May. he will appear at the Van Ness
theater in MY Wife"
clara Morris has written a play about
Sarah siddons. in which the scene
where the heroine was Kissed from .
London stage is disclosed
1t is related Of Robert Mantell. who
will appear in a few weeks at the Van
Ness theater, that he is one OF the most
thorough students OF Shakespeare on
the stage-ss7.
George III. Timmons. who is one OF
the best negro impersonators on the
stage. has made a big hit as Shiny in
Cupid at Vassar." which viii be at the
American this week.
James X. Hackett. the failure OF
whose play. John Glayde's Honor,
left the star without production this
season. viii appear In stock company
in Washington for a season or rour
weeks.
Lewis Morrison's version OF "Farst''
viii be revived next season with new
spectacular features Florence Rob
erts. who will represent her late hus-
bands estate. is interested in the pro-
duction.
One of Nat Goodwins successes. Tn
Missouri" viii follow Secret Service"
at the Alcazar with Bertram Lytell as
Goodwin made one OF his greatest sue
cesses.
Kolb and Dill will end their engage
ment at the Circle theater April 4. 10
make room for the new musical review
-.
make a road tour of three weeks. play
! ing Brooklyn. Newark and Baltimore.
After that they will return to Broad
way for an indefinite stay.-Nsw York
Mirror.
The present tour OF Francis Wilson
in When Knights Were Bold" viii be
one Of the longest ne has played in
many years. His season opened at the
+ GsaEriek, New York. in August and will
close next June in the northwest
Martin V. Merls's scriptural play.
! The Light Eternal is announced for
production In the. near future at the
; EAlcazar, It had it's. premiere here sew
( eral years ago and was used as a We
hieIe in which to star James Neill and
Edythe Chapman in the east
Among the bookings at the American
theater for the near future are Mrs.
Temples Telegram" which viii follow
Cupid at Vassar" Max Figmans ; re-
turn engagement in The Man on ths
I Box" the Pollard opera company. and
! The Country Squire" a new pastoral
drama.
Miss Lulu GIaser. who is playing the
widow in Webers burlesdue on The
Merry Widow" is reported to be on the
point of leaving that company. She
will stay but two weeks longer and
will then be put at the head Of her
show. She denies she intends going
into vaudeville.
Only two cities in the United States
will see "The Thief this season. for
at the close OF the big New York run
at the Lyceum theater the play will be
brought to the Van Ness theater. At
the expiration OF it's engagement in
this city the company will return to
New York for an indefinite time.
Williams and Walker recently cele-
brated the sixteenth anniversary OF
their theatrical association. A big jubi-
lee performance OF "Bandana Land
was given last Monday in New York in
honor of the occasion. The partners
first appeared together in a sort of
wagon minstrel show. travelling out OF
san francisco, says the New Ork IeIe-
graph. AT the first performance il was
discovered that the program needed
lengthening- Accordingly sketch was
improvised with Williams and Walker
in the principal roles
After appearing in vaudeville for
several seasons they obtained an en-
gagement in Canary & Lederer's pro-
duction of The Gold Bug" which was
presented at the Casino in 1896. The
late VIII A. Mcconnell then took them
under his wing and presented them in
The Senegambian Carnival" Under
his direction they created mild sensa-
tion at Roster & BiaHs.