Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-25
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LOCAL PLAYHOUSES

AUDITORIUM--Anth Hopes ro-
mantle play, 'sThe Adventure of Lady
Ursula" WIN be put forward this week
by Lewis S. Stone and his Auditorium
company. Lady Ursula, the title role,
will be played by Miss Florence Oak
ley. The part will afford that brilliant
young actress one Of the best oppor-
tunities for effective comedy she has
had during her local career. The ad-
venture of Lady Ursula is the donning
of her brothers costume in order to
gain entrance into the house OF a wo-
man-hating bachelor. who has averred
that never again shall woman cross
his threshold. OF course, Lady Ursula
does gain the desired admission, there
by winning wager, but only after un-
dergoing a series of remarkable ex-
periences. Mr.. Stone himself will have
the important role of Sir George Syl-
vester. Every member Of the Stone
company will be engaged in the per-
formance.
Following "The Adventure Of Lady
Ursula" the Stone organization will
give the first performance by any
stock company of George Cohans pop
ular comedy, ''Forty-five Minutes from
Broadway" in which Mr.. Stone will
be seen as Kid Burns and Florence
Oakley as Mary Jane Jenkins. An of
the original Cohan music will be intro
duced in the performances.
BELASCO - The Belasco theater
changes its routine somewhat this week
by opening its doors tonight with its
new production. The change is due to
the fact that Mr.. Warfield does not act
Sundays. tom Moore" is the play to
be produced. It's plot is woven about
the life history OF the Irish poet-doubt-
less with many fictional threads twined
in the woof of fact, but with pleasing
effect. It tells the story OF Tom Moore,
the youthful country poet, and Bessie
Dyke, the bright-faced country school
teacher; of Tom Moore, the starving
genius in a London attic, and of Bessie
hDyke, the celebrated actress; of Tom
Moore. the subject of royal favor, and
of Bessie Dyke, the loving but proud
woman; and. at the last, of Tom Moore
struggling against poverty and against
himself.
Mr.. Van Buren, will be cast as Tom
Moore, while Miss Taylor will be seen
in the lovely character of Bessie Dyke,
which was played here several years
ago by Miss Amelia Gardner. The
scenery of the production Is new and
the costumes of the period are to be
faithfully reproduced. Not the least at
tractive part of the production will be
the appearance of Master Vernon Bet
tin, the boy soprano of Christ church,
who will sing old Irish melodies.
Following "Tom Moore" the Belasco
company will produce Brown OF Har-
ward"
BURBANK-For the second week OF
Miss Florence stones engagement
with the Burbank Theater stock COM
pany. Manager Morosco VIII offer a
production, the first in stock in this
city, of Frank Wyatt's farce comedy,
''Mrs. Temples Telegram" The story
briefly outlined tells how Jack Tenn
ple becomes stranded for a whole night
in midair, in the car of Ferris
wheel with Mrs. Fuller as his com
panion. Both are released from their
predicament in the morning when the
mechanism of the wheel is repaired
The husband, Jack Temple, makes his
excuses to his wife but is scorned, so
he resorts to lie. and says he spent
the night with a sick friend, John
Brown. At an opportune moment
Frank Fuller, his friend, arrives, is
let into the secret and assumes the role
of Brown. Meanwhile the wife in a
rage sends a telegram to John Brown
asking him to call at once. When
| the real John Brown does come he is
followed by his wife, who thinking
he has an engagement with some fair
one trails him to the Temple resi-
dence. Fuller, who is the bogus
Brown, has everything his way until
ths arrival of the real Brown, and then
/ things begin TO mum. Mrs. Brown flies
into a rage and poor Fuller. when he
| least expects the shock becomes aware
| that it was his own wife, Mrs. Fuller.