The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 12, 1902, Page 11

Iways done more line of pat- and this to give a har- n encouraged tle O'Farrell street give show, em, have had their expense and s if they had neses or Pineros, that budding . It up to could do and e r otherwise ac- r deser the Iit- e to their be ors. 1 you nother chance on that Francis Powers, which to be ncisco its that hyp- Born,” and caused gement twice to lose “When Turk Meets rth.” But Powers on to back him: it rk to reckon the the by Charles otta Coleman. They play untried very odds in his favorin the age tr He has r of the Alcazar for e scrapbooks only know he has put through in company work cov- French farce to he time a man has ical detail of & hun- finite variety he technique of the stage. only one-balf of the and commeretal, opin- whether it is the bigger e t ning. from Il ML It is too soon {5 even guess whether Bryant has originality mn his concep for even the title of the or the smailer haif. jons, play is unrevealed owing to copyright pe- cul fes. This much is told—the scens is laid in rural New England, probab'y among Mary E. Wilkins'. types, and Mr. Brysrt went East last summer to study the local colo Mrs. Coleman is an Eastern wgman now, a Californian originally. and one whom San Francisco remembers as a writer. Her stories were mostly laid in ezrly alifornia days, in the northern part of the State, above the mines. where primitive pioncer life flourished. Mr. Bryant is already collaborating with her on another play, lald among the scenes and people of her stories. As for Powers’ new play, it is as wildly eccentric as all of them. It is called “The and deals with Buddha Like all of his, it must big failure—he is Enlightenment” and reincarnation. be a big success or a never non-committal. The play i€ founded upon the life of ama Buddha and is by far the most ambitious thing that Powers -has. yet done. It is a poetical drama of deep eth- ical purpose. Ahdra of the first act, after- Prince Gautama,, “resolves never ny circumstances to take the life llowman and gradually comes to lusion that to take the life of Tong. An act of mercy to a encompasses his death, but the next incarnation con- r. where he comes to life s Prince Gautama in act second.” T in which. he gives his life for the starving tigress is the flercely dram- atic ending of the first act. The scene s laid In the mountains. The cry of a tiger is heard coming from a covered hollow. . T know that cry! 1t comes from a s Too weak to roam ad for foed. Her savage cubs tug at her brea Drawing the 1ife out of her body. This starving beast hes had no food But bones and bits of flesh I've thrown Into her lair. He then appeals to the soldiers for her life, but in vain. He intimates that he will give himself to her for food. His wife, Halya, implores him to live, but in vain At st: No! I will not harm thee, mother beast, Or any other thing that lives! The law of self T will not follow! When man shall love 2il Jiving things The law of justice will be known. (Throwing weapon to the ground, rving tigress he auickly uncovers lair. A low growl comes from tiger.) Feed upon me, starving mother! 1 give my flesh and bones to. thee! (Throws himself into the lair. There is a fierce roar from the hollow and noise like the crashing plunge of a beast. Hal- va screams and falls prostrate.) Besides what 1t 1 doing for local tal- s some new things on s the old and tried. is a weird and naughty mystical farce that has never been seen the pond. London was It is the story of a mis- lady who is brought from the form of a serpent. The who brings her warns every one st letting the serpent out from its and every one obeys strictly until a certain lady lets fall -Ler opera glass, breaking the top of the box. Out comes the mischief-making lady, who thereupon, proceeds very mue to turn things topsy-turvy in the same way as the magic power in “A Midsummer Night's Dream,” 50 that fairy queens fall in love with asses and so on through the dramatis personae. The play is =aid to have every advertising advantage that the risky ele- gives. It was given to the Alcazar David Belasco, who has the American . and the local house will be the America to produce it. For the White R is still another new production, or as good as new. It has been tried on one r two small Eastern dogs, but San Francisco will be the first of the Dig cities to It is an Irish historical drz orical in the sensc that all the nt day faddish plays are —a background of history is painted over with colors of fiction. The War of the Roses forms the theme of the plot. * Most of the others on the Alcazar's list are old plays revived, such as “His Jap- THE. SUNDAY . CALL. anese Wi ““The Importance of Being Earnest,” “Squire Kate” and dozens ‘of others which have beén played by stars and stock companies, most of -them hav- ing been seen here hefore. s e oe - May Trwin has returned to “The Widow -Jones,” her old mascat. It.was the..play in which she commenced starrin; Maude Adams is now thirty years old. The English players are making tremen- dous preparations for the coronation sea- son. It will be to England what a ‘pan- American exposition is to us, a season when every one makes-an effort-to put-his best foot foremost. There will be many American dollars translated into English money, and the plivhouses Took forward to raking in plenty of these. Sir Henry Irving has his plans pretty well completed. He will produce a.revival of “Faust” at the Lyceum. * Frank Danlels has a successful. opera this season entitled “Miss Simplicity.” The : hit song is calied “Donm’t Mind Me!" and runs in this wise: Some folks get quickly worried if they little shock, But I'm amongst the number that are firm as any rock. For instance, struck my gaze: My brother Bill with kerosene was setting the house ablaze (Refrain) - 1 sald: Don't mind me. Don't mind me, get a vesterday. when I got home it Just go on; don't mina your pa; he's not a bit pertieular. The house is insured ten thousand plunks, And.it’s worth atmost just three, So.go on, my son, and continue the fun, And don’t mind me. ‘Hilda Spong is to play Esmeralda in 2 new melodrama founded upon Victor Hugo's” “Hunchback- of -Notre Dame.” "It is written by Paul Potter. It will be pro- duced by Dan Frohman at his New York stock theater. Herbert Kelcey and Effle Shannon are playing “Her Lord and Master.” Gillette’s *“‘Sherlock Holmes” Company has been playing in England, and the en- tire company was dined on Christmas day by. Conan Doyle at his home in Hind- head. 2 Terry McGovern has a lurid play by the lurid name of “The Road to Ruin.” Edna Wallace Hopper will retire from the “Floradora’ cast. Her time is fixed for January 25, when the production leaves New York. “Du Bairy,” with a tremendously long cast, opened at the Criterion on Christ- mas night. Mrs. Carter has been getting ready to play it for so long that every one knows what the ‘gist of the play fs. 1t is said to be builded in the clever, sure way 'thdt “all Belasco’s plays are builded, and he is already being accused, as before, of' drawing upon his scrapbook for bits. It is tremendously’ melodramatic * and ‘intense. - The part of Du Barry is, from start to finish, a Leslie Carter role. She is said to rise to a higher plane of emotional acting than in “Zaza.” The first act shows her a milliner. Cosse-Brisac is her lover and she plans happiness with him. Then the plans are broken—the proposition comes that she g0 as a decoy into the gambling rooms of La Gourdon. Here she finally attracts the fancy of the King and later on -reaches her famous position of power in his court. Her real love, her honest love for Cosse-Brisac is always waging war with her life, and in the end she sacri- fices everything to save him. The King becomes antagonized, derounces her, and she is in the end led to death. The tragedy of the' thing is terrible, hopeless. Mrs. Carter is said to give it all the power it calls for. Margaret Anglin _has made a second great hit in “The Wilderness.” 1t is an English play brought over largely for the sake of the talents that Miss Anglin showed in “Mrs. Dane’s Defense.” The play contains strong emotional work and is painted in modern colors. New York 11 CENTRAL e accepts Mis: foremost actresses.” Anglin now as one of ur Nordica is said to be getting ready for a big lawsuit against the United States Government. She wants four million dol- lars that she ciaims belong in her pocket- book because she Is the direct descendant of one Ichabod Norton, who owned ships in Revolutionary that were seized 3 The indemnity col- lected for the sei: was cabbaged by the Government in: ad of being handed over to Ichabod’s heirs. Thomas B. Reed times will be Nordica's lawyer. Frederick Warde is producing a tragedy by Virna Woods, a Sacramento woman. He accepted the play n he was last here, but the production was long Sadie Martinot is talking about starring in Germany. S ts to play Sapho. John D Louise, joined his compa The Goodwins are returning from Lon- don to piay in our’ couptry again. They will produce a new play in the spring. aughter, has