Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-02
Mantell Shows His Genius
in Representing Macbeth

Some" 1.-THE Bachelor" ~ lily" "Girls,"
and q number of others, including the
perennial favorite, "Cld Heidelberg"
Two of the plays secured, the names of
which Mr.. Shubert requested not to be
made public at the present time rep
resent a pair of the biggest successes
the Shuberts have ever had. They
are at present being played in the east
with unqualified success.
This big play deal was made direct
with Mr.. Shubert and this policy of
getting plays from the producing man
ayers direct, without recourse to the
play agents is in line with the plan
recently adopted by the Belasco man
agement, a policy that has brought
to the Belasco some of the biggest sue
cesses of the native stage, including
"The Call of the North" from Henry Il.
Harris, "The Commanding Officer,
from Daniel Frohman, Fifty Miles
from Boston," and "Forty-fve Minutes
from Broadway" from Cohan and Har-
ris, "The Widows Might" and THE
Barrier" from Joseph Brooks and
Klaw & Erlanger, "Way Down East,
from William A. Brady and other
proved successes.
George Broadhurst yesterday turned
over to Mr.. Blackwood the completed
manuscript of his newest play, which
will be known as "The Price" 1t is
considered by Mr.. Broadhurst to be
his biggest and best work. The play
will be produced for the first time on
the Belasco stage in the near future.
William A. Brady will come to Los
Angeles for the purpose of witnessing
the Belasco company's performance OF
Mr. Broadhurst's new work THE car
den of Lies" which is scheduled to
have its footlight baptism at the Belas-
co three weeks hence. The Belasco
players and the mechanical staH nave
been actively at work preparing Tor
"The Garden of Lies under the per-
sonal direction of Mr.. Broadhurst.
If all acts were possessed of as much
merit as the acrobatic turn presented
at the Los Angeles theater py Joe
Boganny and his troupe of "lunatlc
bakers. vaudeville would be as near
state of perfection as it is well to nave
any amusement The Boganny act Is
one of the best and most enjoyable
dumb turns ever seen in Los Angeles.
II has dash and go. There is never a
second of the time allotted to the act
that the audience is not kept highly
interested and amused. Much comedy
of a kind unusual in acrobatic acts
adds greatly to the gayety of the turn.
tiff and one of the troupe is by no
means the least worthy portion of the
Offering. Boganny and his assistants
scored a tremendous hit yesterday
afternoon
Emerald and Dupre presented a
sketch entitled "A Hot Scotch" in
which Highland lad and lassie were
burlesqued in riot of fun and
dancing. Why is It that nearly every
stage Scotchman is represented as
being more or less under the influence
OF LIQUOR? Not all Scotchmen are
drunkards, albeit vaudevillians would
have us believe so.
"The Girl of the Times" a dramatic
sketch in which a bachelor, girl
working up a sensational newspaper
story, a policeman and supposed
burglary are the component parts, Is
poorly acted. Mr.. Tremayne Is too
''stagey" and speaks his lines too fast
The Four Dancing Bells. who sing
poorly but dance WE'LL the Four Me-
lanis, italian street singers, who have
good voices and please immensely;
Frank Marckley, veritable king OF
the banjo, and a moving picture shoW-
ing the daily tasks of modern mes
senger boy, complete the program
which, taken all in ALL is worth while
The sale of seats for Blanche Walsh
who will begin a weeks engagement al
the Mason Sunday, will open tomorrow
Miss Walsh. who last appeared in Los
Angeles eight years ago, is presenting
'The Test" a play of conditions of to-
day from the pen of Jules Ecker'
Goodman, a former San Francisco
newspaper reporter who has risen tc
fame in the dramatic world in less thar
four years. The actress is supported
by George Howard, for several years
leading man with Ethel Barrymore
and an exceptionally strong cast.