Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-11

! Lewis. In the Burbank revival William
| Desmond will play the Drew role;
| Blanche Hall the part created by Ada
Rehan, and Louise Royce the character
made famous by Mrs. Gilbert.
The story presents the matrimonial
misadyentures of Adolphus Doubledot,
young musician. who finds himself
lmeddlesome and interfering mother-in-
| law. He obtains his freedom and soon
after marries again. this time select
ing a wife whose mother is dead and
whom he accordingly regards as a
prize" In the lottery" His second
wife, however has a father, and the
! old gentleman, once his daughter is
safely off his hands, goes upon trip,
in the course Of which he meets and
marres Doubledot's first wife, all in
ignorance of their former relationship.
He takes his bride and her mother to
his son-in-law's home and the ridicu-
lous complications that follow can
readily be imagined.
The comedy is in three acts its
scenes being laid in Riverdale, a fash
ionable suburb of New York city. and
in Newport. Prominent in the Burbank
cast will be John W. Burton, Harry
Mestayer. H. S. Dufield and Margo
Duifet.
GRAND-Starting with a matinee
this afternoon, the Princess theater
company will move intact from Broad
way. where they have been delightins
audiences at the Mason, to Main street.
there to present for the first time To-
cally The Rounders," a musical con-
coction of fun and frolic by Harry b.
Smith and Ludwig Englander. The
full strength of the organization is en-
ployed in the unfolding of the musical
pot-pourri, and the several roles give
great scope for the display of comedy.
Fred Mace has an exceedingly humor-
Gus part as the Duke du Patty de Clam.
May Boley is the Thea" of the cast,
the leading actress of the Theater des
Varieties. Edwin T. Emery is given
the best chance since he has been with
the Princess company in the role or
Maginnis Pasha, an Irishman, wealthy
and willing to spend.
"The Rounders" is declared to be
fetchingly costumed, with saucy chorus
numbers and clever musical interpola-
tions.
THE Rounders" will be the offering
at the Grand for Sunday afternoon and
night, Monday night. Tuesday after
noon and night and Wednesday night
and the latter half of the week will be
devoted to a revival of THE Umpire,
Fred Mace's best role and one of the
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scheduled for Thursday and Friday
nights, Saturday and Sunday after
moons and nights. All the Princess
people have good parts in both musical
comedies, and besides Mace and Miss
Boley, who are cast in the leading
comedy roles, Zoe Barnett, Jim Ste
vens. Helen Darling. Bud Ross, Ed
Emery, Bert Phoenix, Jennie Metzler
and the chorus of forty will be con-
StattIv n tba lin1elioht
MAJESTIC-"s Sergeant Kitty" it's
book somewhat revised since the first
performance, will continue at Man
ager Oliver Morosco's Broadway play
house through a second week, all of
the tuneful musical numbers the brill
liant costuming and the big chorus
being retained intact. There will be
one or two changes in the second
weeks production The libretto has
been condensed by about twenty min
utes Beginning tonight Miss Maude
Beatty will succeed Miss Louise Royce
in the cast, Miss Royce returning to
the Burbank, where she is needed in
"The Lottery of Love" A new set of
costumes in purple and white, the Elk
colors. will be provided for the chorus
in the first act as a compliment to
visiting members of that order. Every
girl in the chorus-and there are al
most fifty of them-will wear the Elks'
color scheme, and the effect from the
front of the house should prove at
tractiVe.
A feature of the new company is
the clever acting in minor roles by
young men and women who are
novices, among them Miss Mercedes
Temple, daughter of Edgar Temple.
There are twenty big song numbers
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capable of puckering the whistling
mouth. The company includes such
singers and actors as Harry Girard,
Agnes Caine- Brown, Marie Nelson
Henry Stockbridge, William Yerance,