Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-31
1.-THE VlRGINIAN'' AT MAJESTIC;
DITRICHSTEIN FARCE AT BURBANK
BY w. HERBERT BLAKE

tempt to cure his sons of the wild oats
habit.
Alice Lloyd will sing some new songs
at the Orpheum this afternoon and the
new acts include Underwood and SloS-
son in "Dobbs' Dilemma" the Basque
quartet, Belle Davis and her cracker
Jacks" Nine. Panita and Fox and
Foxie's circus. The McNaughtons ana
the Permanes hold over.
Manager Clarence Drown is expect
ed home from San Francisco today.
season of George Broadhurst S
plays will be auspiciously inaugurated
at the Belasco theater tonight by the
production of the most successful OF
the entire list-"The Man of the
Hour" A year ago, when the dramat-
ist was in Los Angeles superlntendlns
the production of 1.-The Dollar Mark,
plans were made for this series OF
plays. Later, at a conference OF MT
Broadhurst, Mr.. Blackwood and Man
ager Brady, held in New York last Oc-
tober, the metropolitan manager final
ly consented to permit the use of "The
Man of the Hour" to open the season.
For the role of Horrigan, the political
boss, James Corrigan has been added
to the company, while new ingenue-
who does not displace Miss Taylor
was engaged as a regular member OF
the stock company. Miss Eileen Erroli,
who has played leading roles with "A
Message from Mars" THE Lion and
the Mousse and 1.-THE Roundup" The
dramatist was especially pleased over
the prospect after the all-night rehear-
sal of his play, held Immediately after
the final performance of "The SPEND
thrift last night, when the Belasco
players went through the entire four
acts of "The Man of the Hour" prop
erly garbed and surrounded by the
scenery. Tomorrow morning the Be
lasco company will start rehearsing a
new Broadhurst play, 1.-THE Garden OF
Lies" although this piece will not fol-
low "The Man of the Hour" THE
Mills of the Gods is scheduled next.
Manager Blackwood of the Belasco
company has secured the Pacific coast
rights to Lillian Russells newest play,
"The Widows Might" 1t is a COM
edy by Edmund Day, the author OF
"The Roundup" Mr.. Day wrote 1.-THE
Widows Might last season while he
was residing in Monrovia. The play
will be given at the Belasco under the
personal direction of the author.
Charles V. Kavanaugh, manager of
the Ferris Hartman opera company
and the Grand opera house, will leave
this morning on a business trip to
San Francisco and New York in quest
of new plays for the spring season.
Alber's big troupe of ten trained
polar bears will be the novelty of the
new bill offered by Sullivan and Con-
sidine at the Los Angeles theater this
afternoon.
Rehearsals will begin this morning
at the Grand opera house for 'Floro-
dora" which will follow 1.-THE Wizard
of the Nile"
Rehearsals of 1.-THE Ringmaster, -
Olive Porter's money-power play, will
begin on the Burbank stage this MORN
ing under the direction of David M
Hartford. The drama is one of the
current Shubert attractions. It's pres
entation at the Burbank will be the
first it has ever had by stock COM
pany anywhere. 1.-THE Ringmaster'
marks the opening of the "neW play
season at the Burbank. 1t will be fol-
lowed by Cameo Kirby" now running
in New York city, and which will be
seen in stock first at the Burbank with
A. Byron Beasley in Dustin Farnum' s
role.
When ''Babes in Toyland" returns to
the Majestic theater next week Gus
Pixley will be seen again in the role
he played here last season. The COM
pany, however, is mostly a new ag-
gregation.