Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-14
LOS ANGELES HERALD: MONDAY MORNING., JUNE A. 1909

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good reason to look sad. The facial
caricatures-they were mainly nothing
less-made the colonel. judge advocate
and bandmaster as Pickwiek, Wrinkle
and Snodgrass respectively; Under
taker- Lieutenant Beasley as the Rev.
Samuel Stiggins in brocade, "Pigsott
Luce" Desmond as Captain Bowler
and Private Marks as Sam Weller.
The solemnity of the Dickens humor
was there, too, for everybody trod hard
on the cloud pedal" and that pedal
was the patiently bored General Duff
field. The result was a screaming fan
tasy wherein the actors were neither
characters nor even types, but simple
creations of the fiorid Hoyt magma
tion.
Admirable details which caught my
eye or ear were that throaty croak of
Harry Stockbridge, denoting suppressed
tragedy, the accurate widow portrayal
of Miss Taylor, the smile of Miss Duff
fet as the dear, confiding friend, and
Mr. Duffield's consistent picture of the
real soldier, first amazed, then amused
and finally actively ironical. The lat
ter was a piece of real acting, worthy
more pretentious dramatic environ
ment.
Prairie Land" was a clever intru-
sion on the rambling Hoyt action. 1t
took" delightfully."- for all that. But
the better the song, the worse the In
truslon, dramatically speaking. It
ought to be possible to capture the ap-
plause and still not weaken the sur
rounding play action. 1t is for Messrs.
Morosco and Girard to discover way
out of this dilemma.
An apparently we'll grounded re-
port late last night had it that How
ard Scott had signed a contract to
In ,r,ifh ba
pany through the coming summer and
autumn. The statement was positively
made, despite the former announce
ment that Mr.. Scott would open a
New York engagement next month,
as a result of his success in the
Broadhurst farce-comedy, 1.-THE Dollar
Mark" which ended its phenomenal
eight weeks run at the Belasco lit
tie more than a month ago. If Mr..
Scott has concluded to remain here
both the Belasco management and
clientele are to be complimented on
his decision, and, l believe, Mr.. Scott
also.
While she was tripping the difficult
steps of Big Chief Smoke" in act
two of Lonesome Town" last night,
Miss Florence Sherlock of the chorus,
without warning, swooned on the Ma
jestic stage. Fellow members of the
chorus carried her into the wing and
she revived quickly enough to take
her place in the next big ensemble,
"The Land Of Nicotine" Indigestion
is blamed for the incident, which was
hardly noted by the audience, sc
quietly did an understudy slip into her
part.
The Kolb and Dill show entered on
another prosperous week last night and
a big house testified to popular ap-
aarfO mr. m
| the company next Sunday night re-
vival of 1.-THE Politicians will be
given, the production Of Three
Weeks" following a week from tonight
There is this massive merit about
melodrama, that there are no neutral
tints in its moral color scheme. Black
voices and white virtues offer an edify-
ing contrast. This general fact borne
In mind, it need only be added that
the Grand opera house was well filled
last night with the wildly enthusiastic
sort of audience that gloats on honest
thrills, not too subtly administered,
and that the new company amply full
filled their expectations. mo Mother
to Guide Her" one of Lillian Morti-
mers best constructed plays, kept
everyone on the qui vive of interest
The talk is good and clean, and now
and then genuinely poetic in the
| rough, hearty fashion of its kind.
| Among individual impersonations
heed must be given to Alice (Baby,
Lewis, whose "Bunco'' woke the ia.
miliar "melodrama laugh" again and
again. George Field was there with
| his gun play whenever Handsome Vii
| lain Stevens grew too ineffably wicked
Miss Rauworth, as an old gypsy plot
ter, was a genuinely sinister figure OF
shrieking malevolence. Mr.. Webb, as
leading man, and Miss Dalton, leading
lady, played well together, and the first
night showed careful attention to de-
tail In it's staging.
A very tedious male quartet oc-
cupied one wait between acts, and a
welcome bit of speciality by Blossom
Seeley, another. In a brief curtain
speech Harry Earl announced the
policy of the management to be the
production of clean and up-to-date at
fractions, rigidly barring the sugges-
| tive.
"Bunco in Arizona" and "A Mans
Broken Promise" are announced as the
next two plays at the Grand. At every
Tuesday matinee during the summer
Manager Blackwood will give away a
ladies' gold watch.
Richard Bennett will make his local
bow in 1.-The Lion and the Mouse to-
night at the Belasco.
Williams and walkers Chocolate
Drops, with King and Bailey, will head
the new bill opening at the Los An
geles theater this afternoon. The bill
also includes Mr.. and Mrs. Forbes IN
"a Wild Rose" Cal Stewart with his
Uncle Josh yarns. Grover and Rich
ards in skit, Merry Mirthful Mo
ments," Fox and Crystal in THE
Sharper and His Mark" Miller and
Tempest in xix and Trix" and new
motion pictures.
Miss Marie Doro will open the new
week at the Mason in "The Morals OF
Marcus" tonight.
Captain Leslie T. Peacocke. who has
been here while his cousin. John
| Drew, appeared in "Jack Straw" at
the Mason, is the author of several
clever short stories which magazine
readers will recall in current issues.
He has recently disposed Of his latest
play "Killiney," to Mrs. H. c. De-
Mile of New York city, who will place
1t the coming season, probably in her
own Astor theater there. "Mr. Plato s
Conversion" a comedy in two acts. by
Captain Peacocke. has been accepted
by Mr.. Drew for the use of his brother
Sidney.
w. S. Gilbert's jovial three-act
satirical comedy Engaged will be
presented by students of the Dobin-
son School of Dramatic Art Thursday
evening, June II, at Dobinson audi
torium on South Hope street. Any re-
vival of a Gilbert play is welcome to
the admirers of the most brilliant
dramatic satirist in nineteenth century