The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 9, 1899, Page 29

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL , SUNDAY, APRIL 9, 1899 29 —_— e e e e R e e 8T o - a! It have or fate us in bunches T t seems the ke al- good Here By Ashton Stevens. forgiven incidents did not project. The new shows of a Kind pitted | freshen the old subject much. There igainst the other in three | was not encugh of singularity in the theaters. It is an embar- ts or purposes of the three individ- f riches. A town twice a uvals to arouse serious interest. But 1is one could not do them all | Mr. Davies' facetious writing for some Comic opera is an excellent | subsidiary roles was clever and more s freshes the ear, brightens | original. ‘ nd soothes the system. Who| “The Weldons," writes Mr. Dithmar s y an occasional dos of | in the Times, “is full of promise, and It acts on me patent | though it is lacking in certain quali- ne does on other person After | ties supposed to be essential to popular ¥ night melodized nonsense I |success, yet it is superior to some plays ke s down and writing to [ recently seen here in both invention how much better I am |and construction t three acts of his rightly | The Herald mentions the author's N re. A good comic opera | curtain call and si “The play v is one the most nourishing, | proved to be a well written, well con- Ky t n life, But there is | structed society drama, its theme be- 1 ! as too much of it. When | ing the estrangement and.subsequent ended “The Black Hussar Open- | reconciliation of husband and wife.” g" at Grand Saturday night al In the Evening Post Mr. Towse 1 seemed glad and grinning. It [ writes: “The new four-act social e spring time in th r. | drama by Hubert Henry Davies proved lay 1 1 was to be a promising work, albeit bearing t opening The dia- ldenlocks were ht found B ess somen next imbia w ni the ith is the r kind de 1 ess seri t even Ita s a better piece was Hussar,” and 1 was but my tem E T rt of enter- N paid first- s system goes back on him, how other ( imb has done well ng tk regular Bostoniar s T t quite so well ( 2 use not well at all s be comic opera the n ld comfortably take i ver of comic opera is par r ate in t of the and pe Die hed p! is a good one Black Hussar y creditable and ap 1 who v | succe ayhouses tnes: But wh plainly ) have ¢ , on th put was sug Moros ssionately | g ars in their hands and it was s was not my « serious ? Read the theatrical receipts of the a more or the | has 1| To { many marks of inexperience. logue was of fair quality and one or of the situations decidedly ef- tive, two | Grand Opera House morrow evenin Company will present Johann Strauss’ pretty comic opera, “The Queen's Hafdkerchief,” which has not | formed here in a long time the most popular works of the yrics. It will have an elaborate and the following will be the cast Hattie Belle Ladd; Queen Daisy and Eleanor Giusti alternating Irene ith Mason; Marchion ereal nd Miro D alternating; Don Sancho, Arthur Wool Minister of War, Wini rne of Finance, Nace Boneville; Mi | Interior, A! Arnold; Antonio Uther; Dancing Master, Signor of Ceremonies. Margaret T The Golumbia. The engagement of the favorites, the Bostonians, is rapidly coming to a close at the Columbia Theater. The third and final production of the season is to be that ever popular composition, ‘“‘Robin | Hood,” which will be staged for a week nning to-morrow night. Monday's rmance of the De Koven and Smith ra_will be one of note, as it will mark thousandth rendition remarkable ver been equ ition in this coun have omic rove a is doubtful itten which will if a f‘ % BELLE | \ “z| LADD- GRAND OPERA .m?.wm successor to this amusing and ineful emanation from the pens of De n and Smith. The Bostor will ‘Robin Hoo ame effective nner as has mar presentation luring the im.‘-l ten In .the cast ill be H. ( Arna as you know, the crowd | Nottingham, W. H rowd tlejohn, Jessie Bartlett Davis . yale, Helen Bertram as Maid Marian s Willlam Lavin_as Robin Hood, William 5 t prices, we will soon h | Broderick Will_Scarlet, George Froth- to observe thelr effect in the | iNgham as Friar Tuck, W. H. Fitzgerald % 1s Guy of Gishourne, Josephine Bartlett e Sauer, the planist. | is Dame Durden and Carofyn Daniels as itinees in the Grand Opera | Annabel L 19th and 218tdnst.; W Roland Reed in his latest comedy suc- kil g With | oqe. “The Wrong Mr. Wright,” will foi seats selling for $3. Rosenthal | 1ow the Bostonians at the Columbia The- s many matinees the week fol. | ater on the 24th inst. Isidore Rush is his same place with the same | '¢ading woman. ng for 31 n.f \\qm the mn\mg The Galifornia. r f i rked l‘" T OF Wall | bye California Theater will be re- or marked-down Rosen- | nened once again on the night of Mon- day, the 17th inst., by Johnny and Emma & o » Ray in a fun piece called “A Hot Old receipt from | Time.” The engagement is for two 3 eeks. The v& are said to have made correspondent giving the dicts) of the metropoli- the play by Hubert s of this city, which was Theater last the students of of Dramatic will remember sharp, informed criticism in the Letter, and for a d in the Baldwin Pilar Morin. He is a voung fellow of per- glishman by birth, an 1gion; and he has not verness but the energy that ry Dav Impire 1 by emy afternoc n Aca Davies you tic things. That this play. 8 48 not turned out to a world-beating winner will not phase him in the least. He has more. and I'll wager better ones—where this came from. Anyway he has been in- troduced to the New York theatrical vorld by Daniel Frohman, and has re d the serious attention of several f the big criti Also he has experi- d the joy of being brought blush- to the footlights on the occasion of den premiere. is what Mr. Fyles says about The Weldons” in the Sun “The au- offered no general variant from othe had written on the same ping sence The wife was on the point of at midnight in her husband's but his unexpected retury | to have L big hit in plece, and a “ompetent company of singers and spe- ciali &8 The Aicaza- | When “Humbug” was given in the Al- | st December it quite taxed the of that cozy theater and many welcome its revival to- night. The plot deals with the cobbler and the daughter of a butcher, who marry, each pretending to be & child of noble biood. Many and hu- morous are the situations that arise out of the appearance of the good but lowly parents. Mr. Hastings will be the social- Dirick son of a cobbler and Miss Fitzallen the daughter of the pork merchant. After the revival of “Humbug” the Al- cazar will stage a farce by the unusual (and one, too, not prophetic) title of “A Bad Lot. it The Belasco-Thall Company has just closed a big week’s business at Fresno Snd will open in Hanford Monday even- Ing ward Seott has fully recovered from his recent iliness and will play this week I ofrison’s representative Is mak- ‘tive preparations for his opening Alcazar next month. The Morri- t three months. doubtless will mMorrow on of a th season will 1 The Tivoli. The Tivoll has added to its long list of successes in the extravaganza line an- other triumph in George E. Lask’s spec- tacular operatic fantasie, ‘“‘Beautiful Goldenlocks.” The scenery, costumes, properties, accessories and light effects are the most brilliant, tasty ard dazzling that have been geen in this city since the days of David Henderson's productions at tics Say About Hubert Davies' Play stopped her flight, and his kindhearted | the s induced her to give up the | & the Southwell Opera Lace been per- It is one of famous | composer and is full of bright and catchy mount- lamotta d Goff: Minister i OC‘OOOQOOO000OOOOOOQQQQOQQD).‘.tCiDODCH}UUQQDDDCYQC!OGDQOQQCU}QOD‘ AN OVERDOSE OF COMIC OPERA 2 What the New York Cri R s e e e R el R R AR TR R 3 F-F-R<R-F-F-F-F-F-R=F-F=F-F-F-F-F.F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F=1J o k=3 k=3 f=3 o f=3 o pud bed irand Opera House. BEvery one in the cast has worked hard to make the piece a go, and since the opening night been whipped into better and more able form by quickening the ac- and cutting out much waste mate- ““The Little Trooper,” Della Fox's AMUSEMENTS. COLUMBIA THEATER. Last production of the season. BOSTONIANS Presenting the ever-popular ROBIN HOQD LAST W BOSTONTAN 1 MONDAY, APRIL 24, ROLAND REED, Accompanied by ISADORE RUSH, will pre- Broadhurst's brilliant comedy, April cent George H. “The Wrong Mr. Wright” Summer Is Coming—So Is Z5A-HOT OLED: TIME”"... CALIFORNIA THEATER, April 17. CHUTES AND 200’ JOE, SALLY AND CONGO In the FREE THEATER every Afternoon and Evening, Except Amateur Night. OLA HAYDEN The Phenomenal Girl Barytone, Direct From the Orpheum. PROFESSOR MARTIN'S DOG CIRCUS. ASCOTT and EDDY, Grotesque Acrobats. WAY and MAITLAND, Comedy Sketch Artists NEW MOVING PICTURES, See LUN the “‘Maid of the Air,” and the LONDON MAZE. Reserve Seats by Phone Steiner 1851, EL CAMPO, THE POPULAR BAY RESORT. Now open every Sunday during the season. Music, Dancing, Bowling, Boating, Fishing and other amusements, Refreshments at city prices. Fare, round trip. 25c; Children, 15c; Including admission to grounds. THE 8TEAMER UKIAH—— ‘Wil leave Tiburon Ferry at 10:30 a. m., 2 and 4 p. m. Returning, leave El Campo al % a m, 4, 3 and 5 p. m, comedy opera that was given by her in the Baldwin several seasons a | low “Beautiful Goldenlocks.” | e ! The Orpheum. | The Orpheum’s bill for this week, will tion of the combined Hop- | ins anic stars and the big | Orpheum features, the wno.e augmented | by two new ac Several of the hold- | evers will apnear in new material, notably Marshall P. Wilder, Kara and Josephine sman. The new acts are Lillian Burk- hart and her clever company and Mile. ara Lardinois. The former is pleasantly | be a continu ki Trans MLLE. SLARA ~ | AMUSEMENTS. |GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. 2—Afternoon Recitals —2 SAUER WEDNESDAY - - April 19th ——AND— FRIDAY - - - - - April 21st AT 25— PRIC FROM. : .81 TO 83 KNABE PIANO USED. The sale of seats will begin at Kohler & Chase's and the Opera House Box Office Sat- urday morning, April 15 ...OLYMPIA.. Eddy St.. Cor. Mason. ONLY FREE TH TER ON THE PACIFIC COAST PLAYING HI CLASS EAST- TRN ARTISTS. RETURN FOR ONE WEEK ONLY OF Sherman & Morrisey Celebrated Knockabout Comedians. The Queen of Coon Singers, QUERITA VINCENT The Hit of the Season in All New Songs and Dances. SIG. ANTONIO VARGAS Famous Barytone. MARIE WOOD, CARLTON AND BOYCE AND | TEN BIG ACTS. MATINEE SUNDAY, ADMISSION FREE, 1 | remembered from her successful engage: go, will fol- | ment of one year ago. opens in_ her latest comedy hit, “The Lady a Hallowe'en idyl Miss Burkhart carries her own special scenery urkhart_ wifi ch week of her Lardinois ig a chanteuse from the Folies Bergeres, Paris, and is credited with doing the neat- | her line since the days of | Her work is all of Parisian | aid, clean | id to be | = Others on the bill are | i | the Hengler Sisters, Pantzer Brothers and | Max Stein of the Rowan Tree, by Grant Stewart, and for which and special put on a new comedy stay at the Orpheum. music. Miss ea, Mille. est turn in Anna Held. music hail order, but, so it is and artistic. Her costuming is something superb. Polk and Kollir The Chutes. At the Chutes Free Theater next weck be offered. Ola. Hayden, than whom no lady now on an unusually good bill will the vaudeville stage has a better bar: tone voice, will more than renew her O pheum suce Martin who do everything but as will also May and_Maitland, sketch artists. Joe Storms Jr., N7 L MACDONALD.. CoLUMBIA AMUSEMENTS. ) F OM 1 1B | Super tive in all our productions. | TO=NIGHT ; ATIONAL 1 TUTION | sUNpary.. THE of the BL. HUSEAR. 9 [0 IND WEEK F 3INS MONDAY, APRIL 10 With a glorious production of Strauss’ waltz opera, The QUEEN’'S LAGE HANDKERCHIEF, | Cast with the full strength of the SOUTHw ELL OPERA COMPANY And the greatest A §2 production at these pop lar_prices (reserved). . y matinee Saturday, ing_ higher. Week of April 17 Wilson's _version obowski's opes member in the SEATS NOW ERMINIE,"” 5 SLLIN This time she educated dogs, alk, will be new, comedy orang- ING singing chorus in America. c and_$1 ceves 50 outang, Sally, The Olympia has and Morrisey, dlans, who play a | ment. The Four scored quite a hit w cialties, remain, an Tuesday evening in Hall. are: Pletro M Cathcart, George Bert Van Cleve, rin Comment and Plays an Ryan, the Maurice Cramer and Harry Braham. THE OUTER WORLD chimpanzée, and Congo, gorilla man, will continue to entertain. The &;mp}x a new bill for this week, at the head of which are Sherman the knock-about come imited return engage- Miltons, who have vith their musical spe 1 Querita Vincent has a whole string of new songs, le's Benefit. Max Steinle will be given a benefit by the professional friends a week from this the Sherman & Clay Among the prospective participants o, Polly Tupper, Jack harles Parent, Waterman sisters, News of Distant d Players. Miss Blanche Bates, who has made two striking hits in such quick succe confronted with a of mmercial A ,-the one in esses, and now ever to engage Miss Bates will wish To do one kind of thing well *“heavies.” is 10 be threatened tion to that single 1l takes his life serio an ambition to make be nothing to be heid forever nately for Miss Bat will o g1ve practica ent, and will wants. n par ““The Great Miladi in “The Muskete more disheartening to ¢ probably on, danger which is the iccess under our pres- tes the critic of the New Both_ these Ruby'’ and were villain- who seeks h her for dvertize: with eternal hmita ne, For an actor who usly as an art, with e the hest of it, there than te. Fortu not without to_her what e n he i 1 efficienc get he Charles Dalton, t cf “The Sign of the season under can theatrical man. aid Clement Scott It gels book day,’ with unspari ““The Drama William Archer, York recently from by many the ablest present gencration. cross the the direction of an of Yesterday which is shortly to be published who twice Marcus Superbus s, will star n t Ameri- he o the cud- his new and To- uses ng hand in arrived in New London, considered Snglish critic of the 'he fact that he will and deprive Lon- don theatricals of two months of his time for the sak our little garded a pleasing i Archer, when seen toria shortly aftter porter for the Worl nplimentar; actors, actresses gers who have re themselves on the L cursory talk, howe vidious comparisons pression of persona words for ever was wige as w is prepared to draw conclusions he of tui 1l as in all the attention he des both in England and America. He has been sent lere especially by the Pall Mall Maga- zine, and it is only fitting that its read should be given the first opportunity of considering his thoughts and impressions. Mr. Arc r has long been an admirer of Ibsen and an energetic advocate of his | plays. He recently p. Ibsen a visit in Christiania and brou piece of information ALCAZAR THE ALWA ROL with | Aprit amusement body a mak on re- Mr. rning his glasses ernorts may be gn of the times at the Waldorf- his arrival by a re- 1d, said a number of things about the American aywrights and mana- itly found a place for ondon horizon. In his ver, he made no in- and limited his ex- | opinioh to pleasant 1d_everything. This rly. When he mparisons and at loss to manr G will not be 1ght back with him a that seems typlcal of AMUSEMENTS. THEATER. CHARITY BALL. TO-MORROW NIGHT...... YS WELCOME AND REED’S... | Excruciatingly Funny Farce, HUMBUG! A BAD LOT TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE Mrs. Ernestine Kreling..Proprietor & Manager —THIS EVENING AT 8— THE BIG SHOW. OUR EASTER EXTRAVAGANZA, BEAUTIFUL GOLDEN LOCKS and FROLIC. MIRTH and MAGIC—FUN MERRY DANCERS- SEE THE CRYSTAL STAIRCASE. A DELIGHT FOR YOUNG AND OLD. —MATINEE EVERY POPULAR PRICES, ic and 0. Our Telephone Bush 9. SATURDAY AT 2.— Market and ITED In Which H VOYAGE AROU The full-rigged ship THE STEEPLECHASE, CENTRAL PARK, Eighth Streets. NSATIONAL ATTRACTION FOR A LIM- PERIOD. Speclal Engagement of CAPTAIN ADOLPH FREITSCH And His 30~ FOOT BOAT, e Will Make a ND THE WORLD. open to inspection after- noon and evening, when the daring navigator will explain its working. No Extra Charge for This Great Ni elty. ROSENTHAL, The World’s Greatest Pianist, | HIS TWO FAREWELL RECITALS ‘AT THE GRAND OPERA-HOUSE | 2% Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons, April and 26, POPULAR PROGRAMMES. POPULAR PRICES. 50c, 75c, $1.00 and $1 10 CENTS Admission, including he Gravity Horses,"” “‘Moving Staire, Ete. Open From Noon to Midnight. ‘GLEN PARK! | | TO-NAY—SUNDAY | All San Mateo electric cars run direct to park 1 entrance. HIGH-CLASS VAUDEVILLE BILL 1VOLI HEATER | ORCHESTRA Admission 100—Take electric line. COMEDY S8KETCHES, GYMNASTICS, MUSICAL NUMBERS, ttc. Concert Selections. Valencia, Mission or Suttér street cars and transfer to San Mateo Glen Park open week days from 10 a. m. e Admission week days, po- the erratic giant. Ibsen has been at work for some time on a new drama. which is now nearing completion and will be pro=- duced in October or November. Instead of blazoning the fact abroad through gents and the accommodating 1ewEpapers, as his English, French American cousins are in the er similar _circum- | kept his mouth shut, even | »m of his fam His own wife complete ignorance as the subject of his forthcoming work. to Brander Matthews and Bronson Howard are reported to be in collaboration on a pl to be used during next by William H. Crane. and in which the famea Peter Stuyvesant, one of the Dutch Governors of Amsterdam, will be the central char season acter. Sarcey “Othello, Franc: “The tion. cl akes the following points about which he has at the seen first act is a marvel of exposi- There is nothing equal to it in our ic tragedy. * * * The second act is very It is all spectacle almost nathing. e. or The episodes with which empty. Nothing happens Shakespeare has filled it are confused and uninteresting. * * * “Happily, the third act is one of the | most beautiful things in any drama, one of ‘(!\'e most affecting and most finished. “In the fourth scenes which are unintere act complic: ing. * there are episodic te the action and The subject it- “If is too uniform and too unhappy. We end by disliking Othello for being too credulous.” The fifth act he approves of. Of course, his criticism, as usual, throws more light on the audience than on the for- eign poet. Richard I lienne is rewriting his ec- centric story, “The Quest of the Golden 1" as a musical play. Mr. Piggott is | aiding him in the dramatization and Mrs. Liewellyn Is to compose the music | | 'That Sardou, in spite of his unwilling- | ness to submit to miscellaneous public- | ity, is not aver to protecting shimself | was shown in his trouble with Paul | Potter over “The Conquero andis now | recalled in connection with Sarah Bern- hardt's revival of “La Tosca.” When this ma was first performed in 1887 its sue- b ed by a morn having previou the piece the effect of certain scenes immediately sued the pape 1S ng W i Gil B the ; a full_description of rdou hie case a vear later. In up s decision "the Premiere du ribunal affirmed that no paper had the ght to divulge the narrative of a play previous to its first performance, since | such a proceeding constituted a real damage to the author. “The Cipher in the Plays and on the ombstone’ is the title of Ignatius Don- nelly’s book now in press. He will pub- lish about three months later another book, “The Cipher in the Ben Jonsc | Plays,” to show that the Jonson play were also written by Bacon. He is so | confident of suc that he will print | the books at his own expense and retain { the copyright, both in America and in England. festival at two weeks, The annual Shakespearean Stratford-on-Avon will last | beginning April 17. “King Henry VI,” part 2, wili be the special revival of the | occasion, but more interesting to Shake- yearean sch s will be the perform- ance of “Hamlet” in its entirety, accord- ing to the quarto edition of 1604. Th | means a | of five acts and twenty scenes, and it will take an entire day, a matinée performance closing with the | play scene in the third act, with the re- evening, and introducing unfamiliar to the unabridged, is and runs to G000 PCOPOOP00000000 The Sunday Call, 32 pages, delivered at youwr home by mail for $150 a year. Subscribe for it. 2090000 ® 0000000 @ 0000000900000 6006 AMUSEMENTS. MATINEE TO-DAY (Sunday), April 9. Parquet, any seat, %c: Balcony, 10c; Children, 10c, Any Part of House. Wesk Commencing Sunday, April 9th, Overwhelming Success of the COMBINED Hopkins’ Trans- Oceanics | L ARD Orpheum Shows! | NEW STAR ATTRACTIONS! The Charming Miss LILLIAN BURKHART And Her Own Company, in Grant Stewart's Fairy Play, OF THE ROWAN TREE." and Clever Comedienne, “THE LADY The Parisian Star, ‘Mile. CLARA LARDINOIS | i Chanteuse Lyric. | | THE TWO GREAT STARS, MARSHALL P. WILDER tertainers, AND— KARA, “THE GREAT,” The King of Jugglers. HENGLER SISTERS, Dancing Soubrettes. JOSEPHINE GASSMAN, And Her “Black Cherubs,” in New Songs and Prince of POLK and KOLLINS, PANTZER BROS., Head-to-Head Balancers. MATINEES WEDNESDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. UNION COURSING PARK. TO-DAY, SUNDAY, APRIL 9th. ALL RECORDS BROKEN. OPEN AND EXTRA STAKES 112 NOMINATIONS. $952.50-PRIZE MONEY-$952.50 TRAIN SERVICE. Trains leave Third and Townsend streets Saturday, 12:55 p. m.; Sunday, 11 a. m., 12 m. and 1 p. m., Twenty-fifth and Valencia streets five minuték later. Returning from park im- mediately after last course. Extra train from park on Sunday at 4:45 p. m. San Mateo elece tric_cars every ten minutes. ADMISSION, 2 CENTS., LADIES FRER.