The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 7, 1896, Page 30

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JUNE 7, 1896 1f the Daly season had Jasted two weeks instead of three it might have been written down a bright and sbining success. For the first two weeks the houses were big, and the company was on its mettle, but last week the cheaper rates of the Frawley | company drew away many of the Daly disciples, and seeing the audiences grow smaller by ‘degrees, and beautifully less, was evidently depressing to the perform- ers. It is true that “Twelfth Night”’ was excellently acted on Monday, but as the week progressed the troupe grew jaded and careless, and “The Great Double Bill” was an exhibition of how slovenly good actors can be when they are mnot tuned up to concert pitch. With the ex- ception of Clarke, the members of “The Belle's Stratagem’’ caste had forzotten | their lines, and needed the efforts of the prompter as badly as those cock-sure amateurs who trust to remembering it all on the night. Even the great Ada Rehan had neglected the little detail of refresh- ing her tired memory, and after flounder- ing through part of one of her opening speeches she gave it up as a bad job, and began all over agai All this was to be regretted, because a company that has the name, and asks the prices of the Daly troupe, cannot afford to be slovenly, under any circumstances. Considered as a whole, however, the season just passed was a success. The best vale- | dictory we can give Mr. Daly is that he will find some stronger plays than those hy-washy adaptations from the German —“Guc and “The Last Word”—and | that fortified with them, he will speedily return to us. [t is too soon to judge the strength of the new Frawley troupe, for “The Two | Escutcheons” brought forward only a few sample members of the big troupe which Daniel Frawley seems to have behind him. Apparently Frawley is aiming more at satisfactory all-round performances than astronomical displays of large stars, sur- rounded by small satellites. . The star system has ruined opera in this country, and is threatening to ruin the drama, so | that Frawley is to be congratulated on | having none of it. The Eastern papers are getting up sen- sational articles headed “Theatrical Dis- asters,”” “Breakers Anead for Managers.” According to these organs, ruin es the theaters in the face, and itis | only a question of a short time before half the big theatrical managements in New | York "go down, as Abbey, Schoeffel & | Grau have gone down. “It is folly,” says the New York Herald, “to pretend not to | see what is clearly apparent to every man- ager in the country, what is known to every actor and stage hand in the pro- ion—that the theaters have been losing | money right and left, and thatunless there | is a determination among the managers to | look the trouble squarely in the face, find the cause and effect the cure, the season of 1896-97 will be more disastrous still, the | failure of Abbey, Schoeffel & Grau will be duplicated in other high quarters and | managers and actors will face widespread | disaster.” The Herald has interviewed a number of managers to discover, 1f possible, the cause | of the trouble. The replies given are many and various. A. M. Palmer blames hard times; William Lederer lays the fault at | the door of the cheap theater; T. Henry French says dear theaters have made the mischief, and Wilham Harris of the Gar- rick Theater considers the bicycle the root of the whole trouble. He is not alone in this opinion, for a number of other man- | agers consider the insidious wheel the worst enemy they have to contend with. Augustus Pitou, however, pretty nearly hits the nail on the head when he says: “My opinion is that a good deal that has not been up to the proper standard has been offered to the public, and the public Columbia Theater. The Frawlev Company will give the first San Francisco periormance to-mor- row night of “Brother John,” a comedy drama written for William H. Crane by Miss Martha Morton, the lady wio won the New York Herald’s prize for her play “The Merchant.” “Brother John” is said to have been suggested by some lines by Cotton, stating that all true joys must spring from home, and that the people who roam are but foois. The rhyme is rather jingling, but the sentiment is all rignt, and around it the authoress has built a comedy drama that was a success in New York, The character who gives the title to the Brother John, is an unsoohisticated kee, who manufactures nats at Bethel, Conn. He is wealthy, and his family, wearying of rural existence, persuade him to let them take a cottage at Long Branch and attempt to make a splurge 1u fashion- able life. Brother John consents and the ladies are sent to the seaside under the care of his young brother, Bobby. The contretemps that befal! them there form the basis of the play. The following is the cast: John Hacket.. Manufactu Bobby Hacket .Macklyn Arbuckie ated Hacket hats. ... William Maitiand His brother. Harry de Rayter. . A Edward Kid .George W. Leslie Mr. Von Sprague. Captain Von Sprague. Of the Old Willlam Enos K yrone Power Goard. Harry Carson Clarke ctory. ‘Wolf Hopkins. Beck Hacket, Johw's sister. ... Miss Blanche Bates fargaret Craven Sophia Hacket Hetty N. Rolan. . Forewon ory. Maggie Rolan. . Miss Hope Ross John's cas! eeper. Mrs. Von Sprague. .Mrs. F. M. Bates fiss Lansing Rowan ter. Miss Gertrude Elliott Baldwin Theater. “In Mizzoura,” in which Nat C. Good- win makes his appearance at the Baldwin on Monday night, is a picture of humble Southern life drawn by Angustus Thomas, the author of “Alabama.” and Chicago it enjoyed long runs. As Jim Radburn, the Pike-County Sher- iff, Goodwin has to bear the burden of most of the humorous as well as of the pn!r.heuc s;:enes. The scenery is said to be a fac-simile of the original which exists i Pike County, Mo., nng.; the llxadtzeme;ll: Frebenas to have made every effort to lift the local coloring from its surround- ings and place it on the stage. One bit of realism, the tiring of a disabled wheel, is sead to have proved very effective. The story of the play is as follows: Goodwin, as Jim depbnrn, the Western Sheriff, loves’a backwoods ‘girl, and pays for her education. When she comes home she fallsin love with a flashy young man ss Phosa McAllster | | In New York | _ATTETIVOLY 9 o S NAT C GooDWIN INHIZZOVRA ar tHe BALDWI MArie MittARD . SCENE FROM'THE MOME SECRETARY 9 AT THE CALIFORMIA (Aruie Jovise Rav w Miss Jerny AT MeTrRoPOLITAN TEMPLE !.Kque, John J. Raffael, W. H. West, Ferris Hartman, Martin Pache, W. H. [Tookur, Fred Kavanagh, Anna Schnabel and Trene Mull. After “Lorraine,” the summer Sspec. tacle, founded on Jjules Verne’s story, “A Trip_to the Moon,” with specially pre- | pared costumes, ballet, etc., will be pro- | duced. This will be followed by 8 season of grand opera. Grand Opera-House. “‘Brother Against Brother,” Frank Har- vey's latest melodrama, is to be produced at the Grand Opera-house to-m.zht. It { has never before been seen on this coast. The story is thrilling enough to delight i even the most inveterate lovers of melo- drama. It deals with a terrible revenge ! which is practiced on one Anthony Rad- | ford. By means of false certificates he is persuaded to believe that his wife is dead, and under this false impression he mar- ries again. For some time he lives in ignorance of the true state of things, then vengeance falls, and he discovers his sec- ond wife to be no wife at all, her son is illegitimate, and the nameless boy who | had become the manager of his works is his real son and neir. There are a number of other unravel- | ings to the plot; the. elaest son suffers in silence, and refuses to rob his half-brother jof his name; the half-brother commits numerous misdeeds, finally setting his father's foundry on fire. In the end, Jasper Crane, who has planned the re- venge, is horrified at the results of his work, and saves old Radford from ruin. ““Brother Against Brother” will be acted by the stock company, and will, as usual, be carefully staged. At the Orpheum. The usual excellent bill has been pre- pared for the Orpheum this week. Some of the most attractive of last week's per- e AR RO St - BLANCHE BATES AT THE coLvMBIA DN O [rto ] Burnier Ay MorOSCOs e S from the city. The father of the girl and the Sheriff are rival candidates for the nomination for the State Senate. Because the gir! upbraids him for opposing her father, the self-sacrificing Sheri& drops out of the race. The city man, the Sheriff’s rival, turns out to be ‘a train-robber. He 18 arrested, put escapes through the aid of the Sheriff, after he resigns his office, his motive being to please the girl he loves, even at the expense of his own feelings and better judgment. The train-robber is afterward shot, however. The girl learns the truth, is deeply affected by the nobility of the Sheriff, and there is a suggestion of hls iness to come when the curtain ialls. During his second week Mr. Goodwin will be seen in ‘A Gilded Fool.” California Theater. ‘The members of the new stock company for the California Theater are expected to arrive in this city on Tuesday direct from New York, where they have been rehears- ing at Hoyt's Theater. Among them will be: Herbert Kelcey, J. T. Sullivan, Wil- liam Beach, L. R. Stockwell, Effie Shan- non, Olive Oliver, Winona Shannon and Lizzie Hudson Collier. The season commences on the 15th inst. and the opening Production will be “The Home Secretary,” by R. C. Carton, the au- thor of “Liberty Hall” and “The Squire of Dames.” Kelcey, who acted the lead- ing role in “The Home Secretary” at the | hinge around the following plot: Lyceum Theater, was considered to have found a thoroughly congenial part. The play, however, calls for quite a number of good exponents, and will therefore afford an opportunity for displaying the full strength of the company. Tivoli Opera-House. Dellinger’s romantic comic opera, “Lor- raine,” will be produced at the Tivoli to- morrow night. It was first performed in Vienna some yvears ago and made an im- mediate success. The music is tuneful and rather martial in character, though there are many numbers in which the martial element gives place to a more ro- mantic and lyric sentiment. The book is said to contain plenty of sparkling lines and good situations which Lor- raine, & young French soldier of noble ancestry has been reared by a farmer in ignorance of his true position. He visits the court of Lowis XIV and there meets with a number of comic and romantic ad- ventures, which include his impersonating the King and falling in love with Mad- eline, a young lady who, with her uncle, is visiting the court by royal command. Miss Marie Millard, a young prima donna who has made quite a hit in the East, will make her first appearance in this City as Madeline. The occasion will mark the reappearance of Miss Louise formers are to be held over, and several new stars will be added to the bill. The great attraction of this week, how- ever, will be the first exhibition in this City of Edison’s vitascope. This appar- atus reserbles the kinetoscope in some re- spects, but it throws the pictures life-size on a screen. Craven Benefit. Miss Margaret Craven will be tendered a testimonial benefit on Friday next, the 12th inst., at the New Auditorium. For the occasion the young actress has selected the play of “¥rou-Frou,” in which she will assume the leading role. Itis stated | that the supporting company will be a capable one. A large number of schools teachers have already bought tickets for Miss Craven’s testimonial. Macdonough Theater. There is great interest in Oakland over the appearance of Ada Rehan and the Daly troupe at the Macdonough Theater next Tuesday. “Miss Jerry. A novel form of entertainment will re- ceive its first production in this City at Metropolitan Temple to-morraw. It is entitled “Miss Jerry,” and consists of the reading ot a play, accompanied by a rapid succession of -pictures thrown on a screen to illustrate the text. The pictures dissolve into one another at the rate of three or four to the minute, and as_the figures have all been phou‘n{raphcd from life, and are life-size, the effect is very realistic. 3 The performances of ‘*Miss Jorry” will take place to-morrow, Wednesday and Thursday at Metropolitan Temple. Miss Don M. Cann has been engaged by Manager James H. Love to sing popular ballads in the first production here of ‘‘Miss Jerry.” This will be Miss Don’s farewell appearance, as she goes East to accept an engagement. Dramatic Brevities. Loie Fuller will start west in three or four days with her entire company. Martha Morton has written a new com- edy for Sol Smith Russell, which he is 1o produce at the beginning of his next tour. Oscar Hammerstein has engaged Camille @’ Aryille for his new opera which opens the regular season at Olympia. Joseph Grismer and Pheebe Davies wi}l be in the cast of “Humanity’’ when it comes to the coast this season. Lady Sholto Douglas continues a feature at Tony Pastor’s. Carrie Roma closes her engagement at the Tivoli to-night and leaves for New York to-morrow. Raymond Roze, a son of Mme. Marie Roze, composed the music for Beerbohm ‘Tree’s recent revival of *‘King Henry IV.” Charles W. Swain, comedian of Moros- co’s Grand Opera-house, closes his second year at that house to-night. He intends to remain in the City. Joseph Bennett tells of a recent per- formance of “Julius Cesar” in which the song sung by the boy, Lucius, in Brutus’ tent was “The Heart Bowed Down,” from the “Bohemian Girl.” Nobody lauzhed. The next steamer to Australia will take Nat C. Goodwin and his company to the land of the kangaroo. Mr. Goodwin will %pni:”his season there with “A Gilded ool John Drew follows Nat Goodwin at the Balawin. He will present R. C. Carton’s success, ‘‘The Squire of Dames,’’ and other plays during his engagement of one week only. One of the first productions Sir Henry Irving will make next antumn is “Cymbe- line,” which he intends to bring out at the Lyceum Theater in London on September 19. He will play Iachimo. New Yorkisto have still another roof garden at the Grand Central Palace. It will be t}pened to the public for the first time on June 23 under the direction of L. R. Mostaniz. Mrs. Arthur Bourchier, known to play- goers as Miss Violet Vanburg, a member of Mr. and Mrs. Kendal’s company during their first American engagement, will ac- company her husband to this country and pln}v the title role in “The Chili Widow." As an instance of the demand for Edi- son’s vitascope, it may be mentioned that on Wednesday of the past week one of the Edison agents sailed for Europe, bearing with him three machines destined for Turkey. The Sultan of Turkey himself will be at the inaugural performance of the vitascope. A novelty in stage mechanism is going to be introduced in a new play whick Scott Marble has just finished for Davis and Keogh. Itis to be a *'dissolving scene’’ on the same principle as Kellar's dissolving woman. An entire scene will dissolve in full view of the audience and without darkening the lights and be replaced in- stantly by another entirely different scene. Lemaitre’s Vanity. Frederick Lemaitre, the well-known actor, was afflicted with an abnormal ten- dency to pride and self-esteem, even for a man of bis profession. His despotic bear- ing toward the employes at the theaters often led to an exchange of angry words. At the fiftieth performance of a plav he would expect the musicians to exhibit the same eagerness to hear him as on the first night. He expressly forbade them to read their papers in_the orchestra during the intervals of playing, as bad been their custom from time immemoriai. Fred- erick pretended ti:at the practice ‘“‘inter- fered with his play.” Now, the leading clarionet at one of the houses obstinately refused to submit to a rohibition which he considered no actor ad the right to enforce, and went on reading as usuval. Frederick protested, swore, raved and asked the name of the recalcitrant clarionet-player. Just at that moment the musician passed through the greenroom. “Is that you,” cried Frederick, in angry tones, ‘‘who has had the andacity to read in the orchestra during my great love scene?”’ *1?” said_the clarionet. “Whata foul slander! You have been misinformed, M. Frederick—I was asleep!” PEN RECOMMENDATIONS. The Victim—But they say fountain pens are not to be depended upon. The Canvasser—Absurd, my dear sirl We have testimonials from the two champions of the world ana from fourteen other prominent pugilists.—Puck. peimai 2L Lot Rl S Kalamazoo, Mich.. is famous. for celery. Thomas Slater's advertisement on page 32. See e —.———— In Persia a nobleman’s wealth is judged | from the number of his slaves. NEW TO-DAY. An Attractive Combination to an intending assurer :—The strongest Company— The largest surplus— The best policy.—See the new Guaranteed Cash Value Policy of THE EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 180 BROADWAT, NY. 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ST 1 Prominent Points of Interest in the United States and Europe. General Admission— Adults, 10¢; Children, 5¢. ' THE CHUTES! Open To-Day From 10 A. M. to 1P M JAPANESE DAY FIREWORKS At 3:30 O’Clock. ADMISSION. .. i CH]LD“IEXLIEM TTY-g0-] MACDONOUGH THEATER (OAKLAND), Next Tuesday—One Night Only, ADA REHAN ani the Daly Company 1n ““The School for Scandal.” -Box office open to-day. Choice seats on sale PACIFIC COAST JOCKEY CLUB (Ingleside Track). SR T round ride, 5o FIVE OR MORE RACES DAILY. (RAIN OR SHINE.) FIRST RACE AT 2:00 P. Il. ADMISSION $1.00. Take Southern Pacitic Lrains at Third and Town- send streets Depot, leaving at 12:40 and 1:15 p, 1g, Fare for yound trip, including admission to grand stand, $1. ‘lake Mission-sireet eleciric Line direcs 10 track. A. B. SPRECKE: Vo PREncEmIN W.s LEAIU.;".