Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-30
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MASON-An important event of the
current season will be the appearance
of Miss Ethel Barrymore at the mason
opera house tomorrow evening in Lady
Frederick" a comedy in three acts by
w. Somerset Vaughan, the author OF
"Jack Straw" In Lady Frederick"
she apears as an Irish widow, no longer
precisely young, and hopelessly IN dept'
A youth of 81 is infatuated with her,
and as he enjoys an income OF hfty
thousand pounds a year it seems more
than likely that she will marry him.
This prospect is not entirely agreeable
to his family, more especially TO the
boys mother, Lady Mereston, who calls
in her brother to prevent the match
The brother, Paradine Fouldes, 1t SO
hapens, is an old flame of Lady Fred
erick's. The battle that ensues ends
with the effective establishment of the
youth, allowing him to see Lady Fred
erick in the morning in the process OF
putting on her glorious hair and apply
ing her radiant complexion. The cure
is effective.
The play ends with Lady Frederick
in the arms of her old admlref, VINO Is
independently rich
Lady Frederick is perhaps the most
brilliant play that Mr.. Vaughan has
written. Charles Frohman has sur
rounded Miss Barrymore with a COM
pany of exceptional merit 1t includes
Bruce McRae, again Miss Barrymores
leading man; Norman Tharp, Charles
Hammond. Arthur --lliot, Orlando DAILY,
James Kearney, Jessie Millward, Vira
Stowe and Anita Rothe. During Miss
Barrymore's engagement of one week
at the Mason there will be matinee
on Saturday only.
BELASCO-The Belasco theater com
pany will this week offer I. ZangwilFs
delightful comedy drama, Merely
Mary Ann" This is the piece in which
Eleanor Robson scored such an unques-
tionab!e success in the east two sea-
sons ago. 1t is admittedly the best
play that Mr.. ZangWill has ever writ
ten, and will afford Florence Reed a
capital opportunity. The Belasco Or
ganization will be the first stock COM
pany to make use of the play.
The performance will also be notable
in that it will be the last local appear
ance for three months of Lewis S.
Stone. Mr.. Stone will be seen as Lance
lot, the young composer, who struggles
for recognition and success, which are
made the easier by the sympathetic
slayey, Mary Ann. Mr.. Zangwills play
has many delightful bits of keen humor,
while the story itself is full of fine hui
man touches that go to make it a
splendid example of modern stage
writing,
Mr.. Stone will make his temperance
at the Belasco three months hence. He
will leave Monday for Montana, where
he will spend the summer on a ranch
with friends His temperance at the
eBlasco will be made Monday night, Au-
gust 30, when the fifth anniversary of
the theater will be celebrated with
performance of Edgar Selwyns new
play, pierre of the Plains"
Next week the Belasco company will
present James A. Hernes "Shore
Acres"
Richard Bennett, Maude Adams lead
ing man, who will replace Mr.. Stone
during the summer at the Belasco, will
make his first appearance in Los An
geles on Monday night June IA, in his
original part in "The Lion and the
Mouse"
Yielding to numerous
requests for a revival of the play, Man
ager oliver Morosco of the Burbank
theater announces that "Under Two
Flags" will be presented at that house
during the week beginning with Sum-
day matinee and including a special
Monday matinee as well as the usual
matinee Saturday. The piece is a
Naturalization by Paul M. Potter of
Ouida's novel. 1t is the play in which
Blanche Bates made her New York
reputation and which won for that
California actress fame in a night.
Presented at the Burbank a little more
than two years ago with Miss Maude
Gilbert as Cigarette it proved very pop
ular with local playgoers.
Miss Blanche Hall, who has never
before assumed the role, will be seen
as Cigarette and William Desmond will
play BERTHE Cecil. A. Byron Beasley
is the Marquis of Chateauroy, Harry
Mestayer Lord Rockingham, Henry
Sotckbridge, Rake: Willis Marks,
Pierre Baroni; Frederick Gilbert,
Maitre Savignol, and Lowell Alice Tay-
lor, the Lady Venetia. All of the other
Burbank favorites will be in the cast
and there will be also a very consid-
cradle number of extra players.
The scenes of the play are laid in
England and in Algiers, and sump-
tuously elaborate scenic productions lis
promised, feature Of which will be