The San Francisco call., 1909-01-14
SOTH[RN HCOM|NG
TO The VAN NESS
Florence Roberts Will Present
"The House of Bondage
at the American

l itc SctSSIieHl Oh Il. II. SOJnefn at
the Van Ness theater, commencing with
next Monday. promises to be the social
and dramatic event of the season. 1t
will afford an opportunity for society
to attend the performances of one of
Americas greatest stars, and the 4ad-
vance sale of seats indicates wide
spread interest in the engagement.
Sothern occupies the position of the
foremost dramatic artist of this eoun-.
try. and undoubtedly he will be greeted
by large audiences. 1t is now four
seasons since his last appearance in
this city. and theater goers have not
forgotten his magnificent productions
of The Proud Prince and If l Were
King" Next week Sothern will appear
in three of his greatest roles and the
repertoire is arranged as follows Mon
day night and Saturday matinee,
Hamlet; Tuesday, Wednesday and.
Thursday nights he will appear in the
romantic drama, Richard Lovelace."
written by Laurence Irving, son OF
Sir Henry Irving; Friday and Saturday
nights the comedy, Lord Dundreary."
will be the bill.
AMERICAN
has produced none has caused more
discussion or won a more cordial ap-
proval than ''Phe House of Bondage"
in which Florence Roberts will appear
at the American theater Sunday after
non Meanwhile Fifty Miles From
Boston is making a great hit at the
popular house in Market street, and
the Cohan musical play will round out
by rext Saturday night one of the most
profitable engagements which Mana
ger Cohns theater has entertained. The
piece is full of comedy melody, dane
ing and action, and is, in fact, a typ
1cai Cohan play.
ALCAZAR
No more captivating creature than
Evelyn Vaughan, in the title part of
Sweet Kitty BelIairs," has ever graced
the Aleazar stage, and that is saying
a great deal of the clever leading
Woman's charm as the piquant, Irish
widow. But the Belasco comedy has
literary and dramatic brightness be-
sides. It's splendor of costumery and
scenery and the excellence of the many
players employed in its Interpretation
make Sweet Kitty BelIairsr one of the
biggest successes in Alcazar annals.
Beftram Lyteli as Lord verney, How
ard Hickman as Sir Jaspar. Will Wal
ling as Colonel yillers, Burt Wesner as
Colonel MeFiontan, Ernest Glendinning
as Captain OHara and the Misses Bar
rfscale, Browne1l, Belgrade and Bond
have never been seen to better individ-
ual or collective advantage than in
Sweet Kitty"
VALENCIA
In spite of the success which Upton
Sinclair's new and fantastic drama,
Prince Hagen" has achieved at the
Valencia this week, it will be with
drawn at the conclusion of next Sun
day nights performance and an elab-
crate production of sherlock Holmes"
will take the boards Monday night
The play has not been seen here for
several seasons and still stands as one
OF the most dramatic and startling
products of the modern stage. The
cast will be fully adequate TO the de-
mands of the drama. Robert Warwick
will, of course, assume the role of A.
Conan Doyle's hero detective, and
Blanche Stoddard will be in her eIe-
ment as Alice Faulkner.
PRINCESS
Kolb and Dill do not seem to lose
any of the popularity which made their
opening at the Princess a few months
ago the theatrical event of the season.
They are still playing The Politicians
to undiminished audiences and to in
~ SoSii5 CAtHuStdSfil$ Next week Is
announced as positively the last in
which they will be seen in The Poli-
ticians. Elaborate preparations are
being made for the presentation of
Bankers and Brokers'. in which the
famous comedians scored their greatest
hit some seasons ago.
ORPHEUM
The program at the Orpheum for the
coming week has an attractive appear
ance 1t will contain six new acts
Heading the bill will be Miss Julie
Herne, daughter of the late James A.
Herne She is an actress of high talent
and playwright of much ability. The
piece In which she will be seen, at the
head of competent company. is from
her own pen Principal in her support
Will be Charles Martin and William
Pinkham, both of whom are actors of
genius and reputation. Jewelrs mani
klns, Bert Howard and Eff1e Laurence
the Chadwick trio, the Josselin trio of
aerfalists and Edwin LateI will he
among the newcomers who will score
big hits.