Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-08
NEWS AND VIEWS OF THE LOCAL PLAYHOUSES

A portion of the program that will
prove exceedingly interesting to the
little ones as we'll as the older people
is Louise Stickney's dog and pony cir
Gus.
With a line of fast and funny chatter
put together under the title of "The
Doctor and His Patient" Helm and
Cozens will contribute much of the fun
on the new bill.
Closing will be an unusual offering
in L. A. Street mot meaning a Los
Angeles street, but merely the perform
er's name). who offers a unique act in
the skillful juggling and manipulation
of rubber balls.
MASON-Charles Frohman will pre-
sent Maude Adams at the Mason opera
house for an engagement of five nights
beginning Tuesday in j. NJ. Barrie's
comedy, What Every Woman Knows"
The announcement will awaken antici
pations of much pleasure in the minds
of countless theatergoers for reasons
too numerous to mention.
The scenes of the play are Scotch,
and it gives Barrie, a Scot himself.
glorious opportunity for poking fun at
his countrymen. The scenes, however,
might be laid anywhere in the wide
world where there are stubborn, thick
headed husbands and clever, witty
wives to manage them-and where on
the footstool doesn't that condition ex-
list?
without any ado one it taken right
into the domestic circle Of the Wylies
There are three brothers and their shy
and timid sister, Maggie. The boys"
have been the owners Of a quarry, and
as far as money goes may be termed
comfortable. Having had no time in
early life to secure an education, the
brothers miss it and greatly admire 1t
in Others John Shand. their neighbor,
has no money, some learning and an
ardent thirst for more-a thirst that
drives him to break into the Wylies' Ii
brary at night like thief to study the
ten yards of the best books in the
English language that they have stored
there. The brothers catch him, and
admiring his enterprise, see a way of
removing one of their difficulties. They
would like to see their sister Maggie
married. She is a little woman nearing
the spinsterhood age, and not without
a tinge of romance beneath her pretty,
old-fashioned ringlets. But she is so
shy and bashful that somehow or other
the young fellows have overlooked her.
Here is a man who would make for her
a good husband.
Having digested the matter, the
brothers proposed to Shand that they
pay his way through college if at the
end OF five years he will marry Mag
gie-if she wants him then. A most
interesting and entertaining scene fol-
lows in which the matter is discussed.
Maggie, herself, having a word. It
ends with Shand agreeing to the prop
osition and holding to the bargain
when the time comes, although the
girl generously proposes to let him off.
And then for three acts Barrie tells,
as only Barrie can tell, how Maggie
makes a great man of her husband
without ever letting him know what
she is about until the job Is finished
Incidentally too, she saves him from
an affinity"
1t is not hard for one to imagine with
what whimsical humor and gentle pa
thos Barrie could work out such q plot
Neither Is it hard to imagine with what
exquisite touches Miss Adams brings
out the beauties of a character that is
a gospel on wifely devotion. There is
a good deal more in the play than
shows on its surface. Between its lines
there is a world of matter for thought.
The company surrounding Miss Ad-
ans is one of strength and balance.
Richard Bennett plays the part of
John Shand. Character parts are in
the hands of r. Peyton Carter, David
Terrence and Fred Tyler Others in
the cast are Dumsden Hare, w. II. Gill
more, Wallace Jackson, ]. L. Carhart,
Miss Folliott Paget. Miss Lillias Wal
degrave and Miss Lillian Spencer
Matinees will be given Wednesday
and Saturday.
MAJESTIC-Beginn tonight, Kolb
and Dill will offer their greatest and
funniest burlesque, 1.-The Merry Widow
and the Devil" a combination musi-
cal and satirical travesty, produced in
the most lavish style. Kolb makes his
greatest hit as the Devil" a bur
lesque of Monar's satirical creation,
and as the exponent of the willy, cyni-
cal Satan, rendered with his inimitable
German accent, he cannot fail to have
the audience right with him from the
start.
THE Devil" in its original form is
replete with that half humorous sar-
casm which lends itself particularly
we'll to burlesque, and when inter-
mingled with the comedy and music
of Lehars merry Widow" also
travestied to suit the occasion, the
combination Is one Of the strongest
things in the way of a laugh producer
that has ever been put on any stage.
Dill takes the part Of the Devils jan
itor-in- waiting. and is a scream in
the part Of the terrOrized underling of
Satan.
Maude Lillian Berri has a fine part
in that of Fonia, the Merry
Widow" and has a choice bit of
comedy in her scene with the Devil
where he tries to exert his wiles upon
her, Her song sylvia" gives her fine
voice an excellent opportunity.
Percy Bronson plays the part of
Prince Dandilo, and with Miss Berrl
dances the famous waltz, which is
afterward burlesqued by c. William
Kolb and Olga Stech.
The chorus is gorgeously costumed |
for this production, and the scenic eff
fects are really sumptuous.
ORPHEUM-After the strong bill
Just ended at the Orpheum. one would |
think that the manag cement would not |
be so apt to boast that the incoming /
bill is superior to 1t. But the asser- /
ton is confidently made that the pro /
gram to be offered for the week be- /!
ginning Monday matinee viii be a rec !
ord breaker.
Heading the newcomers is Nellie |
Nichols, the only Greek player and |
comedienne on the vaudeville stage. |
P,tt though of Athens this fair maid