Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-29

understand them the coming Of Edwin
A pallrin's all-star Yiddish company
diract from one of the New YORK 1lu-
disb theaters. to the Mason JanuaSy
. land &. The company is HEADED py
NIiss Rosa Karp, late prima donna anu
leading woman of ThomasneLsky
People's theater, New YORK CITY, anu
David Levenson, recently OF AuxSi 1.s
Grand theater, New YORK. Inc III,
Gern1an. with a slight blend OF He
brew. and Is said not to be dinicult OF
comprehension by anyone toleraolS
familiar with the German tongue
AT Valley Forge" as played by the
Charles ]. LeMoyne players, headeo
bv Mr.. LeMoyne. former Los An
eeles resident, has scored an lnhiie-
diate hit with the clientele or tno
walker theater. The play Is stoIy
az love and devotion in the DAYS oI
the Revolutionary War. The autnor
based IL upon a letter in the archlves
of the philadelphia Historical soc'ety,
written by Capt. Wiltord talrlaA' al al
officer in Washington's forces' 10 ma
sIveetheart, Virginia Preston, noteo
ooionia1 belle ,rhis letter fell into the
hands of one of Virginia's reJecteo
suitors. Lord Henry Carleton, mayor
i'm Lord Howe's dragons. Loro henIy
hastened TO the Hessian camp on ths
Delaware pike, returned with suaE9
and arrested Virginia as rebel ana
traitor. She was taken into the Brll-
ish lines, where she was tried ana colI-
demned. Later Carleton picks a guar
rel with Virginia's brother ana hiiis ilis
him in an unfair duel he S,1.o,,,,, nlee.s LIS
o1rn doom at the fall of yorktown,
when cant. Fairfax kills him. The
nroduction is accurate in detail, WIN
new scenery and costumes
rrba members of the Belasco company
were an unusually busy lot or actor
folk Yesterday. Their morning was de-
voted TO a special rehearsal of ''Through
a Window" called by Mrs. Gertrude
N. Andrews for the purpose OF makiils
a number of sweeping cuts in the ola-
Iooue of her play-cuts that VIII nave .
tendency to quickeii the actlon ol
.Srbrough a window and very ma
terially improve the piece. In the ait
teynoon the Belascoites entered upon
the rehearsals of THE Gringo,' the
new comedy by Robert II. Davis, editor
of Munsey's magazine, and Henry +.
Kirk. an alumnus of the university OIL
california, "The Gringo' was scheu-
uled to have it's first performance on
anv stage at the Belasco next Monday
NIGHT Numerous theater parties have
been arranged for the event, among
them being a block of 265 secured py
local alumni of the university
Miss Bessie Tannehill, whose last
local appearance was with the Belasco
comnany in Hoyt's "A Day ana
Night" has been engaged by the Shu-
harts for one Of the principal roles IN
their new musical comedy The hhg
~ caledonia" Miss Tannehilrs flrst
New York appearance will be mace
Monday, January 10, at Days theaIer'
with yesterdays matinee OF me
rovmalxer" at the Grand opera house
,,,I,;cb was a record breaker for the
Hartman company, Ferris Hartman
apd Toseph Fogarty had given Alb per-
fornances in the delightful Audran
onera since its first production at the
old Tiyon in San Francisco IN May
too1 At that time Mr. Hartman ere
ated the role of Johannes Guggen-
heimer. which he is playing IN TINS
weeks production at the Grand ana
Mr. Fogerty also created the role OF
Count Ballenberg, which he is also
nlaving this week, having played this
pparticular role for over 800 perform
ances and having doubled in the re-
naming few