Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-09
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MASON-' Inc S06p1erQ hlilSs VIII
Wright Lorimer as star, win open ;
weeks engagement Monday night
MIR. Lorimer comes heralded as ;
scholar graduate of oxford univer
sity, although of American birth, anC
a. man who has devoted considerable
time to Biblical research. THE Shep
herd King takes as its theme the
beautiful and romantic story of David
the shepherd lad, psalmist and after
ward king of Israel. Massive scenic
establishment and rich costuming
with armor and all the accessories ol
a dramatic spectacle, are promised
If the staging equals that seen in the
eastern production the promise is not
overstated 1.-THE Shepherd King Is
presented by a company of more thall
125 persons, With special music. All
the leading events of David's life are
portrayed with realism, his single
handed battle with Goliath of Gath,
the giant warrior of the Philisunes,
being related by an eyewitness fFoI1l
back stage. The camp of Saul in the
valley of TGlah. with its running brook
i'm the distance, the courtyard of the
kings palace with its oriental splen-
dor. and David's entrance after ms
long exile. the cave of the Wltch OIL
Endor. are among the scenes. star
and play will remain for the entlre
week. including wednesday ana sat
urday matinees.
1RBANK-Manage Oliver Moros-
90 announces for Aviation week David
Belasco's powerful drama of the ClVll
War. "The Heart of Maryland Mat
fnees will be played as usual on sun
day and Saturday. THE Heart OF
Maryland will be the second of David
Re1asco's PLAYS to be seen at the Bur
bank under the auspices of the Mo-
rosco- -Belasco enterprises. 1t is in four
acts and the Burbank's scenic depart
ment has faithfully copied, even 10
details the designs sent here Tor the
purpose from the Belasco theater, New
york. The play will introduce to local
theatergoers Miss Ethel Won Waldron,
a Young woman of much personal
charm. who comes here from Chicago
to play ingenue roles with the Bur
bank company, and who is credlted
nv Chicago reviewers with having done
much deserving work while a MEM
Der of the Bush Temple stock company
in the Windy city. Miss Won Waldron
will make her local debut as Nanny
MacNair a young girl of northern
s;,r,i1,3a tlies who is q guest in south
n lieutenant in the Confederate serv-
ice, Miss Frances Nordstrom, who
has made a strong impression during
the past fortnight as "The Girl IN
Belasco's "The Girl of the Golden
West" will play Maryland Calvert,
the role which first brought Mrs. Les
lie Carter prominently before the pub
lie. A. Byron Beasley will be seen as
col. Allan Kendrick, L. S. A. who
wins Marylands love. Other players
will be David NJ. Hartford, under
whose direction the play has been pro-
duced, II. s. 'Duffield, Harry Mestayer
,tcha w. Burton, Henry Stockbridge
David Landau Willis Marks, F'reder-
ick Gilbert. Miss Louise Royce and
Miss Lowell Alice Taylor. The COM
pany has been largely augmented for
this play
MAJESTIC-"King Dodo." first and
most grotesque of mum berless recent
stage monarchs. will be the attrac-
tion for the week, with matineeS on
Wednesday and Saturday, beginning
tonight King Dodo is looking for a
fountain of youth, and, in order to
regain his lost years, has all the
clocks and calendars in his kingdom
turned back a trifie of thirty years
and keeps his court physician in con-
stant dread of a violent death if he
does not discover for him the elixir
of eternal youth. Finally he does find
the fountain through an accident, and
once he is young again he discovers
that youth, too, has it's drawbacks,
for in becoming boy he has lost the
love of a queen to whom he has taken
a violent liking. Fortunately another
accident" gives him back the years.
John Cort has given king Dodo'
an entirely new dress. The costumes,
scenery and effects are said to be even
more elaborate than the original road
production. Charles II. Jones, who
staged the former presentation. was
specially engag ged for this. Richard
Kieserling, also with the original, is
the musical director. The company
includes Eleanor Kent, San Fran
cisco" girl, who has made an enViable
name for herself in light and grand
opera in the prima donna role of
Piola; William Friend. whose last APP
pearance here was in the role of the
Welsh Rarebit in 1.-THE Land of Nod,
as the king; Los Angeles daughter,
little Zoe Barnett, as the Sprightly
Annette, singing the popular number,
''The Tale of a. Bundle Bee; Laura
Millard who was for two seasons the
favorite prima donna with the old
TiVoli company, as Queen Lii; VIII
liam Herman West, also an old TiVol1
favorite, Dr.. Fizz: Osborn Clemson
Pedro: Louise Mink, Angela; and
Charles J. Udell, Nudge. Many en-
comiums are passed on the chorus by
the judicious advance representative
ORPHEUM-Begi Monday mat
inee. January 10, the Orpheum will
present as its headline attraction an
act not seen in this country before
but one long popular in Europe-the
Klein family of cyclists. 1t has beer
a long time since a wheel act has beer
seen at the Orpheum. The Klein fam
ily have layed two solid years ir
Berlin alone. There are seven in the
troupe. including four pretty girls, anG
they all perform startling feats, sucf
as playing a fun brass band while
riding each on a single wheel. There
is much grotesquerie about their work
also, and a genuine sensation is prom.
ised. Fay, two Coleys and Fay, who
as minstrels journey "from Uncle Ton
to Vaudeville" have a slender skit
Just enough TO carry their songs ant
ickes They are old-time minstrels, the
men, while the girls are extremely
modern. The Four Readings are Eu
ropean importations, hand balanceri
and equilibrists Their flying leaps arr
eulogized and abroad they have
proved very popular. Carl Nobel il
scandinavian and a ventriloquist-
the first such combination extant
There have been men of this sort from
Germany, England, Scotland ant
america, but he is the first Swede t,
take UP vocal deception. Eva Taylo
and her clever company will appea
this week in Lawrence Grattan's new
farce. "Dfeamona,' Florence Bindle!
win have some new material; Harr7