The San Francisco call., 1910-09-29
ellen TERRY HAS
LOCAL ENGAGEMENT
Former Associate of Henry Irv=
ing Will Discuss Bard of
Avon's Works
Two, San Francisco Women Will
Appear With Henry Miller
at Columbia
By WALTER ANTHONY


Ellen Terry. who has made eight
American tours since 1883, is coming
back again and is booked to appear in
g san Francisco within few months
The great Shakespearean actress first
came to this country with Henry
Irving. That was in 1883. She will
begin her ninth American tour in
November and viii reach this city early
next year, the dates not having been
defnitely fixed. The local enga cement
Of the noted actress is under the man
sgenent OF Whitley and Tuttle.
Miss Terry has three diseourses
which she viii give while here:
saa kespeare's Heroines,' Letters in
Shakespeare's Plays" and Shakes
peare as Prophet" She will act scenes
from the various plays which are
prominent In her eXpositions.
Has there ever been a dramatist,
wonder" writes Miss Terry in her
autobiography, whose roles admit of
as many different interpretations as do
Shakespeare's? There lies the immor-
tality as an acting force. For times
change, and parts have to be acted
differently for different generations.
some parts are not sufficiently uni
Nersal for this to be possible. but every
ten years an actor can reconsider a
Shakespeare part and find new life in
IL for his new purpose and new audi
ences.
That's the best of Shakespeare. I
say His characters can be Interpreted
in at least eight different ways and of
esca way some viii say, That's
Shakespeare.
It is an interesting fact that the cast
appearing in Henry Miilers support
next week at the Columbia theater
contains two well known actresses
who We're born in San Francisco and
gained their first stage experience in
TINS city. Laura Hope Crews made her
stage debut here when she was years
Ola, playing The part of Ediths in .srhe
Burg lar with Joseph R. Grismer and
Pnoebe Davis Four years later she
achleNed the distinction of being the
star OF a play called SPRAY" which
was staged at the Baldwin theater. She
continued 20 play child parts until she
vas l. Years Of age after which she
temporarily deserted the stage to at
te1id the state normal school, Upon her
return 10 the stage she Joined the
--lcazar stock company and worked her
way up 10 leading roles Her last an
4earaace here was with Henry Miller
and MS company at the Van Ness
Lheater in the productions of "The
Great Divide" and sThe ONLY W.. :,
0hL Tole OF the wife in Henry Miller,s
production Of Her Husban nd's WIFE
Josephine Lovett. who pIavs +to
second wife in Her Husbands VIE >,
Salned the greater part of her ste 1a
experience IN New York productions
1 ~as seen mere last season as lead
,.g woman with Robert Edeson in "A
Mans q Man" IN "a
me writer promises in advance not
70 make a pun on Jess Dandy. F,yen -
[1enrl Iressitt, who tells all about ..Tbe
iiHce le OF risen proves to have de-
waited not a hairs breadth from, tha
truth concerning the excelIencies -
me big company which is coming 70
tne savoy next Sunday evening 7 win
not work Jess Dandys name into an,,
criticism Of the performance.
Jess Danny is the Hans Wagner in
manager Henry W. Savage's production
me Prince Of Pilsen," and he is
salo by others besides Gressitt 70 he
as his name implies, just great
II you remember The Prince of Pill
sen YOU viii recall the funny foun-
tain scene where Hans Wagner takes q
shower. Dandy wears no rubber suit.
but takes the water like hero.
The company which is coming Is
promised 10 be one of the best that
Savage. who produced The Merry
Widow, has ever assembled, and that
goes for looks and singing and comedy
requirementsA
A fair correspondent, signing herself
A Constant Reader" asks this dis
turbing question:
DO YOU intend to interview Thurs
ton HaIl2"
Thus does the sttery inspired by
the thought that somebody reads me
constantly suffer disconcerting blow.
j have already, fair but -inconstant
reader, interviewed Thurston Hall, and
can prove it in the issue Of The Call of
Sunday morning, August 2s.
However, I harbor no malice, as wit
ness these answers to other questions
from the same source:
Thomas Chatterton says he is %
gears old. Augustus Phillips is at
present with the Edna May Spooner
company: which is playing leads" in
the south, much of the time in New
Orleans.
Since the retirement of Jane Gordon