The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 31, 1897, Page 27

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1897. ABOUT OPERA, DRAMA, SINGERS, PLAYE & i FRANCESCO COLLENZ I suppose the gold brick experts who unloaded Corinne and her company on e Columbia management last week will »w hasten back to tha original business fgirdling theagricultural districis with a series of one zht standups, and later repair to their baronial manageries in the *trovolis and say sarcastic things about Francisco as a showtown. I feel sure bearded representative * with the audience Monday night and lent his hands and feet tothe making spontanecus applause will not deal tly with us. Perhaps he will even go ras to induce other managers who le similer attractions to exclude San sco from the Petaluma circuit. 5’ The oven conflict of opinion between every managerof a tenth- meets with tenth-rate re- chance of sk ng his own n the reflection of Mr. a deal of “me 1 the little offices on the close of the season. Broadway Not long ago Chicago developed symp- - YL CLEQPATRA VICINI. toms of fastidiousness, even to the point | of calling Mr. Frohman to task for the jodor of his French iarces; whereupon nearly every one of the little | sheets” that are sent by New York the- | atrical boomers to dramatic editors | throughout the land bore witness that the { tenth letter of the alphabet symbolized Chicago. Then “Secret Service” went 10 Chicago and there played to the largest audiences of 1ts life. Mr. Frohman im- | mediately sent a letter 10 Manager Harry J. Powers, which I take not to be confi- dential since it was printed in last Sun- day’s Times-Herald. Here it is: I hope the time will come in the courseof a couple of years when we together may be able to take another theater in Chicago and give Chicago what it merits—a thoronghly well- equipped stock company. Iwant io produce | in New York, London and Chicago. and I hope thatwe will be able to get together in this ar- rangement. I am extremely grateful for the very kind feeiing which has been ex- pressed toward me by the Chicago press, and in fact the public, and although I have had some few hard knocks in regard to some of my work lately in Chicago, I have no doubt that tosome extent it was merited, but any er- | Tor was not intentional. | That tetter woull”incline the_casual | reader to the belief that Mr. Ffobman can be soft and humble on occasion. Per- haps he will reconsider and send us *'Se- cret Service'’ as a last chance. Mrs. Ryley’s **An American Citizen’ Is not a play that calis for any special effort on the part of a critic, but to us it seemed to be a charming i.ttle piece in its kind, and faultlessly tailored to the most popu- lar, if not the most artistic, mood of Nat { Goodwin. The New York critics have re- ceived both play aud ) layers with frugal demonstration; in ract, half of the prin- | cipal eritics of the big dailies gave their | attention to the premiere of “Cumber- land '61," a roaring war melodrama by Franklin Fyles, and ignored Good- { win’s opening, which was unfortunate | enough to occur on the same night. By several critics Nat Goodwin is called a good comedian, but not gooa enough to | venture the little touches of pathos that are asked for by the part of Bereslord Cruger. x *e | In the same newspapers I read that Hel- ena Mo jeska—one of the five living ac- | tresses who are really great—deciines to | play in New York this season, and gives for her reason that she can find better ap- i CHARLES DICKSON, BALDWIN. *‘press | PIETRO VALLINI OF THE vreciation of herartin any other city in | America. " Tome there seems 10 be a somewhat ob- vious analogy in the two foregoing items of news. e | But New York has seen one play this | season that, irom ail accounts, 1s the | greatest thirg of its kind ever done. It iy “The Devil's Disciple,” written by George { Bernard Shaw, the most brilliant of the | London dramatic ecritics, the Irishman who believes that Ibsen is better than Shakespeare and Shaw better than either, and it is being presented by Richard Mansfield, whose ovinions of himself as an actor will quite cope with those of Mr, Shaw in the matter of playwriters. From a hundred descriptions it would s-em | that the play is one of tremendous dramatic strength—in sheer incident ana situational invention compel the in- terest of the most commonplace play- goer, for whom, you may be sure, it was | ! never written. Shaw is a satirist, whose | bumor leads him to look upon the worid | | as as bad as it is rather than as good as it should be, and, until aimost the last min- | ute of tne last act of *'The Devil's Disci- ple,”” he turns topsy-turvey the code of | morals and philosophy that have obtained with dramatists since before the day of | Shakespeare. u#o I heard a Shaw story the other day that ought 1o be printed. It | it to bis profession to piay | After the first performance he and Shaw supped together, and by no possible strate- | &y could the critic of the Saturday Re- view be led up to the subject that was 1uppermost in Tree’s mind. Finally, as they were saying good-night, Tree biurted out, ay, old man, you haven't told me what you thought of Hamlet!” “Haven’t 1?” said Shaw. *“Why, I think it’s the best p'ay Shakespoareever wrote.” *"e | Another Frohman letter is printea in ! the Mail and Express, an organ which the | little Napoieon delizhts to grind. It was | the Mail and Express, if you remember, | that interviewed Mr. Frohman on the | subject of us. Now it prints him in this { truthful mood : press signed udent of the Drama.” It seems to me that it would b2 both novel and instruct- | | ive to find out just what the public could or | would say with regazd to & new produc:iou. } It seems to me, furthermore, that, providing a way could be found for the public voice to express itself, we would iike to hear it most of | allconcerning an unconventional and peculiar | theatrical outpui. I bave in mind Francis | Powers’ “The First Born,” now in course of production at the Manhattan Theater. This piece occurs to me in this connection not so much because it is managed by Duvid Belasco end myself as because I have wondered what are the specific causes of the really extraor- diuary success of this piece reflacting the life and customs of the Chinese. I write to offer a first prize of $25 and a sec- ond prize of a Lox to see Mr. Powers' play at | the Manhattan for the bastand the next best theatrical criticisms written with regard to this production by strictly non-professional writers. I would suggest, if the Mall and Express is desirous of ascertaining the views and the manner of ascertaining them of theater-goers —as distinct from dramatic critics—that your | paper appoint judges to pass upon the relative | | merils of manuscripts seat in to you in such a | competition. Possibly some remarkable ane- iytieal aund fertile articles will be unearthed in this way. . | e Ican understand Mr. Frohman’s eager- ness to manufacture a new kind of | dramatic critic, but why loose the dan- | kerous amaleur on the “‘perfesh.” Surely there are indigent gentlemen of letters in | New Yourk who would write Mr. Frohman | eny sort of eriticism he wan's for $25. ASHTON £TEVENS. Galifornia. | Tuesday nicht will tell the tale of the | Italian O era Company at the California | Theater. Much has been writien about as on Beerbohm | Tres, who, like all actors, feit that he owed | “Hamlel.”” | I have read the letter in the Mail and Ex- | A DEL CONTE. this organizaiion and a great deal is ex- pected of it by the people. The pri admission are nominal and if the Princi- | pal<, chorus and orchestra anything like | line up 1o the kind words that have been lavished upon vress the local musfc-lover will have occa- | sion for joy, As previously announced the work chosen for Tuesday’s opening is Pon- chielli’s *'La Gioconda,” a melodious and etrougly aramatic opera of the better Itaiian school, which was presented at the Tivali this season for the firs: time here. Nina Mazzi will sing the title role. The other principal paris will be intrusted to Cesare Cioni, Giuseppe Agnostini and Adelina Fauton On Wednesday night Verdi’s “Masked Ball,” an opera that is practically new to the younger generation here, will intro- duce seversl singers who are not in the oconda” cast. A double bill of “‘Cavalleria Rusticana” ana *Pagliacci” is announced for Thursday, and at the Saturday iiatinee the never-to-be-buried “Trovatore” will demand good singing. “Ernani,” which has not been given re for some littie time, is announced for | ¥riday, and “La Boheme,” Puccini's [ | musical version of Murger’s Quartier | Latin classic, will be given the first pro- | | duction in this country on Saturday | night. | The names of all the singers have been | | published in earlier issuesof THE CALL. | | They will mean more to us after we have héard the artists in their work. Pietro Valleni, the leader, is spoken of as one of | tue best of the younger ltalian director., | and, of course, a great deai depends on | | him. Tagiiapietra, the chorus-master. wiil also be a responsible factor in the performances, Already there is a brisk demand for | seats, and the managers of the enterprise predict a busy season. The prices range | from 50 cenis to $150. It will rrquixei crowded houses to_suprport a big com- pany and orchestra at these prices, The Baldwin. “Lost, Strdved or Stolen,” which may | be cailed anything from music drama to melodized vaudevi e, comes to the Bald. | win Monday unight in the hands of what | reads lize a strong company. The prin- | | O'Keefe, Oriska Worden, Mabel Bouton, | Harry Clay Blaney, Charles E. Burke, C. | J. Alden, Bert Thayer, Al Holebrooke, | Adelaide Nve, May Mitchell, May Mel- | | bourne and Lucius Henderson. And there | | is a big ciorus, some Spanisn dancers and an orchestra. The story is told in four acts. 1t is all | about & baby—Bidart's baby—which man- | ages to get itself jost in the first act and leads the distracted !ather, accompahied | by three disgusted godfatlhers, a fiercely | | cipal people are: Charles Dickson, Anrna | | | ! | | | | | Mme. Herrmann, Columbia. ADELINA FANTONI. ITALIAN OPERA COMPANY. | will produce | fore, but never at | T e S JAnc A IalL NS | ucia i fDE e GEiETRAE ARG engagement at the Baldwin is for 2 T nurse loses the child on the eve of its) prices of | christening in the first act, and the father | even sironger than before. and godfathers trace it to the barracks, to the prima donna’s home, and finally to | the Louxenbourg Gardens. In their ab- tlem by the Mexican |sence other relatives find the child and it isduly christened to everybody’ tisfac- tion but the disgruntied four. he music is said to be very light and catchy, the dialogue bright and witiy, the .~nunuons| irresistible and laughabvle, and the general construction admirable from a comedy | point of view. H “Losi, Straved or Siolen” bringsa popu- | lar record. 1t ran the hundred nightsin ! New York, fifty in Priladelpnia and | tifty in Boston, and fewerin Chicago. The | two weeks, i Golumbia. | Picture-dancing and good-natured hum- | buggery will chese away the sorrow of | “An American Beauty” at the Columbia | Monday night, when Mme. Herrmannand | anew Herrmann the Great aud ali the old members of the company, including the ever-faithful “Boomski,” will com- | mence a two weeks’ engagement of mys- | stery and magic. Adelaid® Herrmann needs little introduction here—her iliumi- nated dances are pleasantly remembered | by all theater-goers. It is said of Leon Herrmann that he is | the only man in the craft who coula take | the place of his late uncle. Leon's English | vocabulary is less compleie than was | Alexandre’s, but this should rather add | to the fun of the tuing. He has been per- ng in Europe for several vears and k only the event of his uncle’s death that brought him to Americ The late Alexan is said to have be- queathed Leon many of his most precious iilusions, among thew. several that never | ed in public. 1 wers mnirod of Monday 1 bly be the act entitled in wihich a man’s head is seemingly cut from his body. Another special feature is “The Maid of the Moon,’” and the oid Herrmann | illusion, “The Artist’s Dream,” will be | reproduced. i Mme. Herrmann will execute 8 new fire dance, ‘also others, entitled “i'Erolle de | Nuit,” and *Ls Rayon de Soleil.” he sensation Alcazar. During the coming week the Alcazar | “The Hignhest Bidder,” a play that d d much to bring recognition to E. H. Sothern, and one in which ne | starred later. [t has been in this city be- | Alcezar prices. | One of the charms of the play lies in its defined character. Each_ impersonation | stands out we Juck Hammerton, an | auctioneer, is in love with ana desires to | marry Louise Thornhill, but the latter re- | is too wealthy. Her othersnitorsare rather Bonham Cheniot, a genteel middie-aged chap, and Sir Evelaine Graine, the villain of the play. Sne dislikes them both. The Thornuili home is heavily mortraged and is to be sold at auction to t ‘e hichest bid- der. Jack Hammerton is the auctioneer. | Not desiiing to bid himself heengiges the | services of a Jew for that purposc. After the bidding—a strong scene—the Jew is awarded the property. Hammertion pre- sents the deed to the homestead to Mr. Thornbill, who _prevails upon his daughter to marry Hammerton. In the cast will be Wright Huntinzton, Wailace Shaw, Fred Strong, Charles Bates, Miss Foster and Mrs. Bates. The Tivoli. It is the same old story at the Tivoli, “The Geisha,” one of the most satisfy- ing musical comedy productions ever given in this city, and sudiences ihat would shame the proverbial sardine in the matier of tight-squ ezing. 1f ever the “Geisha” run shou'd cease, Edwin Stevens will give us his version of Rip Van Winkle. From the present outlook, one might take a Van Winkle siesta and wake un in time for the first pertorm- ance. There 1s & fascinaiion about this littie English play of the Jappy-Jagp-Jappy that is indescribavle. It is ruuming suil in London, and with Edwin Stevens, Thomas Leary, Edith Hall, Fiorence Welcott, Tillie Salitg:r and a host of good people in the cast there is no telling when it will be hcard to cease at the Tivoli, The Orpheum. The additions to the Orpheum bill for this week are of the comedy order, and will no doubt tend to make the bill Foy and Clark are eccentric comedians, and ars said to be very clever in their line of fun-making. Next come the Farrells, wio stvle them- selves *‘tie world’s champion cake-walk- ers,”” and hoid the Police Gazstte trophy to prove that they are the champions. Asi trom this their negro songs and <ances are said to be very clever. A new series of views has been secured for the blograph, which is of itself a whole show. Mi'e. Orbasany and her troupe of trained cockatoos have scored a hit. They give a performanca quite out of the ordinary. Press Eldridge will *‘josh” the orchesira and audience for the last time at the mati- nee to-day. The Dunns—Arthur and Jen- nie—remain, and will be seen in a new ® comedy sketch. The Adelphi trio, Ola Hayden, Edna Collins, Hayden and Heth- erton and others will all contribute to the nsw bill. The Knaben-Kappelle have been retained for one week, but that wiil positively close their engagement. Grand. Morosco will revive for this week a sen- sational five-nct melodrama entitled vy which was played at the Grand several years ago with success. The title is t .ken from the convict number by which the hero is designated during his unjust in- carceration in Baton Rouge penitentiary. The scenes will reveal a plantation on the Mississippi, the prison at Baton Rouge, the La Rosaclubrooms, with real cards and real money, and & characteristic mansion- house. The plot abonnds in treachery, despair and heroism. Pasco plays a treble character role, and Miss Hall has two chances in Rose and La Rosa. The Chutes. Adgie and her trained lions have been such a success for fifteen weeks in this city that the Chutes management has en- gaged the dancing girl and her pets for another season. The changes in the pro- gramme for the ensuing week will include | Fairclough ir, an En:lish whistler; Conlon and Ryder, knockabout come- dians, and the Wiiliams brothers, conver- sationalists. The Mullen Sisters, cornet virtuosi. and Mr. Adolph Maginel, a sax- ophonist,will render trios, and the Chuteo- scope will show a number of new pictures. Sutro’s. The Jolly Four, a quartet of girls, will THREE LITTLE RS AND A MANAGER BEATRICE FRANCS. | present their noveity dance, the cham- | pagne quadrille, at the Sutro Baths this | afternoon. A new skirt dance wiil also ba given by them for the first time in tue city. The two Halletts, ecventric come- dians, the Martells, acrobatic, trick and fancy bicyclists, and Charmion will per- form. Charmion has been retained for to-day’s performance owing to the great success of her act. She is booked to ap- | pear at Hammerstein’s O'ympia, New | York, next. The Oberon. | Last week’s programme at the Oberon was another success. The cornet duets by | Messrs. Mahood and Hopkins were re- ceived with much applause. | A farce entitiea “what Happened to Jones,” | which is playing in New York, will celebrate | an anniversary performance before an audi- | ence composed entirely of rersons of the name | of Jones. Four thousand invitations have been issued. | S—— GEISHA GIRLS. 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