Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-16
AT THE THEATERS

have been largely augmented for this
production, the program showing no
fewer than thirty speaking parts; and
there will be a chorus of thirty-six
young men and women. The comedy is
in four scenes-the first showing a
boulevard outside of the Cafe de Ia
Regence, Paris; the second, ring in
M. M. Drivellis circus; the third, the
office of the Paris commissa1re OIL po-
lice, and the last, the artists ball at
the Partisan casino and pier. Elabor-
ate costumes have been made especially
for this production, and new scenery
has been built which, it is promised,
will prove a revelation of the resource
of the Burbank's scenic department.
1.-THE Circus Girl" written and COM
posed by such we'll known men as }. L.
Tanner Adrian Ross, Ivan Caryll ana
Lionel Monckton, was first produced at
the Gaiety theater, Tendon, under
George Edwardes' management; and
was brought to this country by the late
Augustin DAILY, who staged 1t at his
New York theater, where 1t ran for a
year, the run being interrupted then
only by MIR. Days death. At that time
it was pronounced the best of the many
musical comedy importations. The
great length of it's cast however, and
the necessity for elaborate scenic effects
prevented
the piece never has been seen west of
Chicago. 1t never has been played any
where in stock, and never has been pre-
scented before at less than $1.50 prices.
In the name role of the comedy Miss
Agnes Cain-BroWn, especially engaged
to play the part, will make her debut
before a Los Angeles audience. Miss
Cain Brown is a young woman OF pleas
ing personality and of a daintiness
IxyI1 FRITZ Sphnff- She is
winsome and petite. but she has big
voice, and the songs which fall to the
lot of La Favorita, the circus girl, Will
be well sung.
There are eighteen big musical num-
bers in 1.-THE Circus Girl" including
the famous clown chorus the bathing
girl chorus and the gem of the piece,
"A Simple Little String" other popu-
lar numbers are "Mi-Careme, THE
Barman," 81 Love Her" THE. Uses of
Advertisement" LA Favorite," I'm the
Ring" "a Wet Day." 1.-THE Master of
the Ring" "a Circus Girl" and Wine,
Woman and Waltz"
The assignment of characters viii
present William Desmond as a British
nobleman, whose disguise as a cannon
king in M. Drivellis circus leads to
all sorts of amusing complications, in
love and out of it; A. Byron Beasley,
as the proprietor of the circus; Henry
Stockbridge, as an American bartender
in love with a tight rope walker, played
by Mango buffet; Blanche Hall, an
English convent bred girl, who falls in
love with the glamor of circus life;
Charles Giblyn, as the commissaire OF
police: Harry Mestayer, as the Hon.
Reginald Cover; Wayland Trask, as
the "Terrible Turk" a wrestler; John
w. Burton, as Sir Titus Wemyss;
Louise Royce, as his wife; William
OF Of q Pofps Fred
erick Gilbert, as the ring master, and
Carol Marshall, as Nine. ORWELL.
ORPHEUM-"There is a time for
laughter" it has been said-and that
time is this week, beginning Monday
matinee, May II, at the Orpheum. For
merriment is the keynote of the whole
coming bill, even the followers being
of the hilarity-provoking sort. In fact,
of the five incoming acts only
one can be taken seriously, and
all of the followers are humorous.
Heading the newcomers is Frank Fo-
garty, 1.-The Dublin Minstrel" Mr.. 70
garty is trimming with natural irish
wit; he is so superlatively good that
he Is the one monologist in the land
entitled to headline honors. He was
born laughing; he has kissed the Bar
ney stone; he has all the inherent love
of wit of the Celt, and his penchant
for Irish bulls" is tremendous. He
will appear with his own line of stories,
all patented and full of mirth. Paul
Sander brings another bit of fun In
his miniature cirque, a group of i'm
mense dogs which he has trained to
initiate various animals of the jungle.
He puts these CANNES through their
PAGES, the whlie-he being ventrilo-
quist-he makes them say funny things.
The combination is delight to chill
dren. and grownups find in it much
hilarity. Fred Rays players, with
1.-THE Noblest Roman of Them All,
depict how Roman tragedy doesn't
TRACE. The act is the broadcast bur-
lesque, but it is so cleverly constructed
that it never offends even a Shakes
pearean devotee. Hawthorne and Burt
complete the new coming funmakers.
They have a series of vaudeville conf
calities, and their line of joshing talk
is hilarious and original. The one seri-
Gus spot is taken by Arcadia, a skilled
violinist and a lovely singer, educated
for grand opera but finding wider OPP
portunity-and more money-in vaude-
vile. The followers include Margaret
Moffat and company in that great