Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-20

of Nazimovas earliest successes. Naz-
imova's Nora will undoubtedly go
down into theatrical history as one
of the greatest characterizations of
the ezra.
For the concluding performances on
Friday and Saturday nights and Sat
urday matinee "The Fairy Tale will
Nazimova herself produced for the
first time in English at Chicago on
the 18th of last September. 1.-The
Fairy Tale" is translation by Nina
Lewton from "Das Marchen" by Ar
thur Schnitzler, an Austrian author.
Nine. Nazimoya is bringing with
her the entire Nazimova theater COM
pany. of which the leading man is
Brandon lyman, who has been with
the star ever since she began play
ing in English. Mr.. lyman will ap-
Lear as Alfred Allmers in Little
Eyolf," as Thorwald Helner in "A
Dolls House" and as Theodore Den@
ner in "The Fairy Tale" Others in
the company are Messrs. L. Race
Dunrobin, Fred L. Tiden, Reginald
Mason, Orlando DAILY, Thomas Rus
sell, Edward r. Mawson, William Has
son, Mrs. Jacques Martin, Miss Ger
trude Berkeley, Miss Theresa Max
we'll -Conover, Marie Allen and Elsie
| Esmond.
OLYMPIC-Alphin and Fargo of
the Olympic will present their clever
company next week in who's Who"
another of the late Gotham successes
which Charles Alphin brought with
| him on his return from New York.
Numerous cases u mistaken iden-
! tity furnish the foundation for the
better part of the comedy although
there are plots and cOunterplots with
] rrDla 1Gf iG Cfp ppy IN
with comic interpretations and the sit
uations that follow zone another in
fast succession are extremely ludi-
crous. tNN
Jules Mendel will have a Teuton
comedy role, which will give him many
opportunities for his choice sort Of
making. The entire strength Of
the capable Olympic company VIII as.
sisf him in making this show one of
the funniest of the season. '
Ten singing and dancing specialties.
featuring the beauty chorus and some
particularly beautiful scenic effects,
will aid in making this a pleasing Of
fering, while in important roles ana
song numbers will be seen Monte car
ter, Dave Norris, George Knight,
Leonard Brisbane, Hazel Douglas,
Margaret FaVar, Dorothy Rdymona'
Estelle Benson, Rosabelle Cohan, Gale
Henry and Vera Ransdale.
ORPHEUM--The mere announce
ment that the new Orpheum bill open
ing Monday matinee is headed by
Augusta Close is sure to be hailed with
delight by every lover Of cleverness in
vaudeville. Miss Close is one of those
who have carved Individual inches for
themselves in the variety hall of
fame Her pianologues and spoken
songs are quite apart from the usual;
she has that charm of personality and
that "way with her" that sets her
upon a pedestal of her own. Her
songs, as she delivers them, reveal her
rare~ talent for limitations and char
acter drawing, and it is little less than
revelation to listen to her descrip-
tive verses, to which she plays her own
piano accompaniment.
Another most welcome announce
ment is that the big scream" this
coming week viii be Willard Simms
and his company in FLINDERS Fur
nished Flat" No one can fail to re-
memper Simms, who, as Flinders, takes
a fiat and tries to paper it himself
with that cheerful idiocy with which
NUTS are gifted. How he. succeeds in
smearing his paste from fly gallery
to vampire trap needs no further