Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-08
WS AND VIEWS OF THE DRAMA LOCAL AND GENERAL

Londe and Tilly and Armstrong and
Clark, with new motion pictures.
misunderstanding Sunday matinee,
the stock company will offer the big
gest production of its present season
of melodrama, presenting Mark II.
Swans famous melodramatic success
"a Man of Mystery" the play in which
Richard Buhler toured this country
few years ago With great success. The
plot concerns the efforts of DR.. Leslie,
the heavy role of the play, to gain con-
troll of people by his wonderful chemi-
cal Inventions which he uses for un-
scrupulous purposes This proves
basis for many exciting scenes, in some
ways similar to "Dr. Jekyll and Mr.,
Hyde" There Is also a vein of comedy
and an interesting love story.
George Webb will be seen in an ex-
cellent role, that of Richard GlenWood,
The Shadow, while the role of Dr. Les
lie will be played by Jack Mcdonald.
OF much interest also will be the re-
appearance after two years of Frank
Frayne, one of the favorites of the
days of the Ulrich stock company's
melodramatic productions at the
Grand. Mr.. Frayne will be seen in
the role of Noah, the chief comedy
part. The two leading feminine roles
of Kate Burke and Florence Glenwood
will be played by Grace Rauworth ana
Fora Bates.
LOS notwithstanding Monday
matinee will be an all-new vaudeville
bill, including two acts direct from
Hammerstein's Victoria, New York.
Heading the bill are Foster and Foster
in their skit entitled 'The volunteer
Pianists." Foster and Foster have been
known as 1.-THE men who make a piano
Ar,l IL ~ nd fhrnn0hnIIf fhara
an abundance of comedy. Mile. Rialta,
with her company, will present sketch
entitled "The Artists Dream" With
Mile. Rialta will come j. Louis Mintz,
a tenor, who during the action of the
sketch sings many songs to his own
accompan animent. The Emperors OF
Black Face" Gillihan and Murray,
will also appear In their latest laugh
creator, "a Bit of Burnt Cork and
Barrel of Fun" Mabel Carew will Of
fer bits of musical comedy taken from
some of the best known musical sue
cesses of late years, and Wyatt ana
Rice will appear in their racing sketch
entitled "The Unexpected" New inn
ported comedy motion pictures will be
provided.
UNIQUE-Opening Monday matinee,
the bill will include Kelly and Vio-
lette, popular holdovers, and Carroll
johnson, minstrel The former team
will sing, Miss Violette exhibiting some
new gowns. Johnson has been styled
"The Beau Brummel of Minstrelsy
was formerly a popular end man, and
has presented his act successfully In
England. The Unique players will
offer another James T. Kelly comedy,
"The Plumber" of many complications
resulting from an attempt to collect
bill, chase by the debtor and the
secreting of the fugitive by an oblig-
ing doctor, played by AL Franks.
young woman enters, seeking a hus-
band for purposes Of social advance
ment The plumber is supplied, and
proves less easy to get rid of than
she fancies, regaining his health and
spelling her scheme. Evelyn Con-
stance replaces May Parker, who goes
on a vacation to Mexico. The usual
number of songs will be interpolated.
Al Franks will sing the illustrated
song. and there will be pictures.
FISCHER'S-Thea attraction for the
week of August 8 will be His Wife's
Family" a musical burlesque, pre-
sented by the Allen Curtis musical
comedy company, now entering upon Its
third local week. Herbert Lindley. the
new member of the company, will ap-
pear In this weeks production. Charles
A. FIgg as Jack Gayboy is to be seen
in a different sort of character from
those he has impersonated the last two
weeks. Arthur Clamage is doc" Knet,
and Allen Curtis, Willie. mother-in-
laws pet. Miss Jean Hathaway will be
seen as the mother-in-law and Miss
Mayme Prayer as Dollie White,
dramatic teacher. Miss Estelle Prayer
will be Irma Miss Anna Davis, Stella,
and Miss Chiquita Winton, Sallie. Song
numbers are: IF I Only Had Sweet
heart" patricia Salome," my Wife's
Gone to the Country" "Bloomin' Lize,"
"Finnigan's Irish Band" Say, Sis, Give
Us a Kiss" and Jack and jill"
Mayrne Prayer, Jean Hathaway, Her
bert Lindley, Clamage and Figg are the
principal soloists.