Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-14
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BELiASCO-Lillian Russelrs starring
play of the past season, THE Widows
Might will be given by the Belasco
company this week. The piece is new
to Los Angeles and comes with the
reputation of being one of the spright-
liest comedies of the day. Besides
giving all the Belasco players good
chances to distinguish themselves In
dividually, the play will serve to In
troduce Rosina Henley, the new
| ingenue of the Belasco company. Miss
Henley will have a role second in inn
portance only to that of Miss oakley,
and she win have an opportunity to
prove her talents.
The Widows Might" is by Edmund
Day, who wrote The Round Up"
| The story concerns a young widow
whose husband was, before his mar
riage, a member of a bachelors club
consisting of five jolly good fellows.
Each of the remaining quartet OF
| bachelors seeks the hand and heart
of the young widow, and the fact that
| her departed husband left her prac-
| tically penniess by reason of a lot of
| unfortunate speculations does not
hamper any of them in their marital
! quest. On the contrary they pool
their business where the young wild
ow's financial interests are concerned
and give her to understand that her
| late husband was an astonishingly
| brilliant business man. They take off
her hands punches of worthless min
| ing stocks and otherwise give the
widow to understand that her fortune
is ample to meet all reasonable de-
mands. Between themselves the bach
elors have agreed that the lucky one
on the day of his marriage to the
young widow must recompense his
less fortunate fellows for their hlIan-
cial outlay.
With this idea for the foundation
of his play, Mr.. Day has buildcd a
dramatic structure that is pretty sure
to prove one of the brightest and most
entertaining comedies of the season.
| There is fun in generous quantities
in 1.-The Widows Might" and in the
hands of the Belasco company 1t IS
quite sure that the authors witty lines
and situations will find adequate in
depreciation.
Florence Oakley will have the role
o. Mrs. Laura Curtis, the young wild
ow; Miss Henley will be her unmar-
ried- but engaged sister; Richard WV
ian will be the engaged-to-the-s sister
young fellow; Frank Camp, Charles
Giblyn, larry Andrews and Charles
Ruggles will be seen as the widow
hunting bachelors, Wnlle Mf. Z erdHce,
Mr.. Applebee, Miss harrington, Miss
Lowry and Miss Sullivan will all have
good roles.
BRISTOL PIER-Another soubrette,
one of the livelest, is headliner at
Bristol Pier this week. She is Lillian
Gardner, the eccentric person who Gre
ated a furore at Madison Square Gar
den upon her appearance there /She
sings only original music and Is differ
ent from any other soubrette in the
business.
Mabel Kratz the German soprano, is
another who will assist in throwing
action into the Bristol Pier bill. Her
voice Is most appealing one.
Lambert is back again after period
of rest His new compositions are as
pleasing as any work he has done at
the out-at-sea hostelry.
coon shouter is due at the pier,
while several new artists will be add
ed this evening. The Lancaster La
dies orchestra has prepared new rem
ditions for the week also.
BURBANK-The great success of the
Burbank players in musical comedy
has resulted in the production of an
other of these popular George NJ. Conan