Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-09-14
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| Parepa ............,......... May Nannary
Jurors, guests, etc.
by sIDLE LAWRENCE
Hal Reid. who has penned more melo-
dramas, good, bad and Indifferent than
any other contemporary playbuilder,
nor excepting Theodore Kremer, never
wrote a better piece than "At the Old
Cross Roads," which May Nannary anu
her company are presenting at the Feo-
nle's theater this week. The play has
heen seen here many times in the past,
but seemingly has not worn out IT'S
welcome. az a crowded house greeted
the opening performance yesterday ait
ernoon.
"At the Old Cross Roads" is a melo,,
drama OF miscegnation. Its centfai
figure is Parepa, a servant ana sup
posed Octoroon, whose daughter mas
been educated as white girl ana IN
Ignorance of her mothers identity. the
discovery Is made to her under particu-
larly harassing circumstances. In the
end. however. Parepa is proved to be
Spaniard, not a part negro, and the
story ends happily.
Parepa with both skill and dignity.
She Is admirable In her emotional work
/ and does very human piece OF act
ing in the third act, where Parepa wins
the forgiveness of her daughter for ner
supposed deception. Charles CaIKlns
plays Doc Kerr in straightforward
| fashion. and Winnie Baldwin, young
Los Angeles girl, gives surprisingly
clever portrayal of Mississippi, a col
ored boy. Willard Clawson is stlted
and unnatural in the part OF Dayton
/ Thornton.
Eat the Old Cross Roads" remains at
the Peoples through the week. IL Is q
| 5,ox of re- LIND and il has
| been well produced, the scenery and
| lighting effects being pleasant incidents
to the relation of the stage story.
Jules Eckert Goodman, author OF
1.-THE Test" which will have its hrst
production on any stage at tne Aual-
| forum Monday, September %, will ar
rive In Los Angeles tonight from chi
cago, where he has just had the graft
| fication of seeing another play OF ms,
| 1.-THE New Generation" successfully
produced by Louis Mann. Chicago
critics were unanimous in the asser-
ton that in 1.-THE New Generation the
native stage has received a notable
| contribution to its dramatic literature.
1.-THE Test" is regarded by Mr.. Good
man as even superior to the LOUIS
! Mann play. 1t will afford Florence
Oakley her first real opportunity 10
demonstrate her talents as an emo
tional actress, while Lewis Stone and
the members of his company at the
Auditorium will all have roles in which
their individual worth will be proved
Mr.. Goodman is a Harvard graduate
and q reception is being planned fol
him to meet the Harvard men II
Southern California. Prior to trying
his hand at playwriting, Mr.. Goodman
was editor of Current Literature. A
H. Woods, hitherto identified with pop
| x,1-trad r7aAI0dra TlnQ fxyilI hr0ak fUff
the two-dollar syndicate theaters with
1.-THE Test" and will head party OF
New York managers who will reach
Los Angeles next week, to be present
at the first performance of the Good
man piece.
There has been such a really ire
mendous demand for seats for the mat
inee performances of the Lewis s.
Stone company at the Auditorium that
Manager Blackwood has decided to add
regular Tuesday afternoon perform
ance to the weeks presentations. This
will give Auditorium patrons matinees
every Tuesday, Thursday and Satur-
day. The first Tuesday matinee will
be played September %, when Richard
Harding Davis Soldiers of Fortune
will be the bill.
Henry Miller had a conference in
Chicago a few days ago with Charles
Ram Kennedy, author of 1.-THE Ser
want in the House." at which it was de-
cided soon to produce another drama
by Mr.. Kennedy entitled 1.-THE Winter
! Feast" This play was written before
1.-THE Servant" and is in an almost an
tithetical style, being rather romantic
and melodramatic in its setting. Its
, scenes ara laid in Iceland of the heroic
, age. when Druidism still fingered there
, and there is an echo of the early dis.
coVery of America as Vinland by the
sturdy Icelanders of that time.
In 1.-THE Winter Feast" as in "Tht
Servant" there is certain moral mo
tive. Here the authors effort is to IL
, lustrate again how truth and brother
= hood save humanity by showing how
= hatreds destroy. 1t is sagalike story
of bitter hatred which finally engulfI
all-both those who hate and those whG
are hated-in a great disaster. A pow
erful figure Is that of an Icelandi
, priest of the old religion, and there Il
7 a love romance involved in the plot
: Where "The Servant" is modern ant
: everyday in its aspects, 1.-THE White
= Feast" is picturesque and strange.
"The Winter Feast" will be produce
j., | for the first time on any stage in Chi
! cago within a few weeks, and Tyron
Power, the drain man in "The Ser
want in the House." will have the roll
Of the Icelandic priest. The perform
ances will be confined to matinees.
Miss Blanche Bates made her frs
appearance last week at the Belasc
. | theater, Washington, in new play Q
' American life by William ]. Hurlbur
: called 1.-THE Fighting Hope" The cas-
; comprises only five people and the &C
: ton transpires in a single scene-th
: library of villa on the Hudson rivel
= The leading role, Anna Dale, gives Mis-
. Bates a character distinct from an
she has hitherto assumed. The com
: pany includes Charles Richman, job
z w. Cope, Howell Hansel and Miss Lie
= retta Wells.
"The Typewriter Girl" revived by Il
O Gayety company at the Grand opeI
: house yesterday, is the same old 81
Q we saw there a few weeks ago. 1t n
I tains all the old numbers, which, aft
ali. are the backbone of burlesql
offering, and has several new one
The principal addition Is the swir
9 song and see-saw number, former
:, given in "rhe Girl, the Man and Il
. Alimony." The undressing scene
. again in evidence, with as little excu
a as before.
@ "The Pit" Charming Pollock's dri
matization of tho story by the Ia
Auditorium tonight with Lewis S. Stoi
Is in the role created by Wilton Lackay
ot A large number of auxiliary playe
10 has been engaged and big produl
l. ton is promised. 1.-THE PITT has bes
+ seen here before and Mr. Stone himee