The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 31, 1903, Page 46

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY. MAY 31, 1903 | l ORNELIS VAN DER LINDEN, managing director of the Royal Dutch Opera at Amsterdam Holland, and one of the most favorably known musical men in his cou B n New York to study American methe n& sra opera, and to determine the advisability of bringing a company of his own to t ry If ly com ns, He Van organize a | opera in Philadelphia some | eadjacent to New York. The direct such that h seric of prod e believes that with effor templated move ly. Whe | wusic lovers offered him remain in H for his tr charming that the zenit | fort s the kingdom icements to he is belove and h pointed o and before Herr Heinr taken the place ¢ | presario of the Met in New York, a managers and meetings with Herr Van der L. by appointmen d the men went most minute detail the plan of establ grand opera ir to New York 1 the fa Metropolita mpany " in the habit of makiug weekl ) the Quaker City & the % snough support can be derived from I re and Wa » make the son pay, Herr W aka matter In case it is echeme Herr Van der Lind a stock company himself tak sell the res see’ the best composers When che « s brought with him »mpl st t the opera “I al." which Frau Richard Wagner i r 2 preserve for Ba reuth was the wish of Rick ner that the productions be made that city unt ear 1913 and d eve a big block to t who ar rmances ot e — (= B 27O S s (0> > s S TR I | prevent script from In spite of these effort the sentimental | order comy 1 tume plans as well | the manuscript and if | in America. he will | preduction in Ams ‘I The moment Herr ¢ | that the director wa | | | rare score, he attempt der Linden to part with it. Tt oftered is said to be large, but nt that offer has not been 7 | reason that Herr Conrled was %o / | anxious to procure the manu. was | that he has declared ntentio £ pr ducing “Parsifal” at the Metropolitan early in the fall. Whether he has a ¢ y he will not say, but it is believed that simply owns the orchestration, which can t be bought from almost any music pub- e < et Dale, wh < lisher. n yed by Mabel Gi Herr Van der Linden is a remarkable Miss Dale excels over her man in many ways. He is a stude * bis real name had not been fully ascer- G0uUnod, has led orchestras all 4 tained Zurope, a ay almost any instr ment He h: n decorated by the late King and pre: Queen of Holland, and has medals from half the exclusive mus eal societies of Europe. The people his native city have, since his depart: raised a fund of 200,000 florins to in grand opera next season He was in receipt this week of a lett &iving these facts and if he does not main here, he will, upon his retur Amsterdam, be able to carry out hi Francois Villon lived in the slums of Paris, vet he wrote ideal verses that touched the Alpine peaks of thought He wrote of noble warriors, of lofty deeds and minds, yet he himself moved among the gutter creatures of Paris. His intense longing to accomplish great thin to live beyond his surroundings is shown in every verse he has writte; He has been called a cutpurse, a swords- man, a brawler, yet always a poet and . oo , A0 a dreamer. Swinburne has named him ductions on the most elaborate scale “The ctest singer of us all,” and d again, “Our sad, bad, glad, mad brother.” Mme. Emma Eames sailed M = ng him one Stevenson has written of him unkindly the Sardegnia for Genoa. She in P dians on the st g ” o directly to her castle at Vall sa Lodgings for a Night,” which the S° directly S . novelist afterward repented. Some f':“'““,‘ \""W‘y"’__ Sishay thete, prob- orians tell us that Francols Villon 2PIV 80ing to Paris for the, winter. Mme died upon the gallows, others again that Lames said that she dld not expect opportunity the ous Augustin Daly musical return to New York for the next S mnes he was banished from Paris and died in i Py e A England, and still others admit that his Season, although she may com> ¢ _— gl g : end. like much of his life, is shrouded in Spm¢, CONCORts hext spring. She 4 h is sction A Galety Girl | impenetrable mystery. at Covent Garden, Londss & year « “show Runaway Girl,” “The [ In cne of nis verses Villon tells what 2% ¢ » London, a year " . nally » and “A-Couptry } he viv;vuhl dn—rla_fhfl:; grgat things he ¥ PUET T ; byt st + would accomplish—if the opportunity v R - 2 e o o i tmet ew """_(A‘,:"‘d ot ! were given him. McCarthy seized this “:?f;h't[:,.':,l: b b Dsborseaghd b es. Marie Celeste played in London. ; theme for his play and gave to Villon of of what is called “legitimate - drama. He e at first, but fllness compelle of Augustin Daly into Lon- | the drama the opportunity that Villon, wag g popular actor of a Philadeiphia ve the stage, and Flora Zabelle < is well known by the av- ) the poet. had sighed for. He trans- gock company before he went into comia b et e gudwrighrt s iodlgocstanag raaiie Py ik Ml — = = = —&* planted him from his companionship of orers . & g of Isobel Hall's sud theater there, intending to fill its time | . e : 3 i : JGUSTIN < s 5 vice in which he i» plctured in the first rise to fame With Amerions et Lht e PRIMA DONNA WHO HAS WON FAME IN THE LEADING ROLES OF AUGUSTIN DALY'S MUSICAL COME- | act of “If I Were King” (o surroundings @ jefiefeioieiefoieieiiei- bbb+ @ o SR e catont ok : st i DIES AND FOUR OF THE PRETTY GIRLS, IN COSTUME, WHO HELP TO MAKE “A RUNAWAY GIRL" and authority second only to the King of duet in ed into between D George Ed POPULAR. France himself. Through courage and gan an emgagement in Milwaukee in “Du resources of wardes, the celebrated English producer R R e . eyl Dwo Jat. iy ¥ into use. It whereby the latter was to produce his s - —$ these new environments, he lifts himselt G % r f the role, and musical comedies a ater, Daly & “A R tatl e La Big Bit of the. eots Viliow, . 3. Hothern ' will enibody frons Ahe yatte "f,wr;h‘h h?“ had lived, Ethel Barrymore is attracting much at- as found totally inadequate reserving th e chawy and aimost duplicated the Tun of un- preseptation, proving the big hit o s Villon, E. H. Sothern will embody Sothern's portrayal of this marvelous tention in English high society. She i ements. At short notice Miss iz away Girl.” season just closed. When next season in his production of the medieval ro- role has .made the study of Villon 5 the guest in London of the Duchess of to Slol EhEE diadt al Girl” was the first produc- It was during the run of “The Circus opgns in September “A Country Girl” is mance, “If I Were King" at the moral uplift of a man through succes- Sutherland. 3 5 e success of it that shortly r the combination was mf:.!,_ It Girl” that the death of Augustin Daly oc- again announced as the Indefinite attrac- Columbia Theater. ;nerl'uz:s :;:;(?;1&"3‘:“ t;‘m'fiytams and g it ‘° TN was honored with the s a tremendous success from the start curred. Daly’s Brother-in-law, J. C. Duff, tion at Daly's. It is still attracting crowd- viljon lived and loved and sang his Loocri jesson. The role afferds ogacep. Richard Harding Davis has bought the r role. For more than 3 per- and after a phenomenal run in London Who had been associated with him in all ed houses in London. ¥ Songm When Lpuls XI Wie DIOVINE 10 -Ahe" oo wisest range of drsmatic pe Uthers American vights in & shoes Bisy &z 3 s Miss Hall has playcd the n the entire company and production were these productions, became manager of Bia. mosiontASEN et Chs . Bhlitordle- wong T aiVing Fladit of el WAIN 200 o pieve tueh all the ehorde of b A e e M ¥ “San To ie big New York brought over to Daly’s Theater in New Daly’'s Theater in New York, while Ed- is somewhat in the nature of an experi- wyong. or it PA”; ‘X e ainis *‘:S of human Docteur Goudron,” now being playe. in h York. It proved the greatest success ever Wwardes still continued as manager of ment by the Daly Theater people. If the emotion that may ct & strong manly Paris. Mr. Davis will make an adapta- Perhaps no stranger, more contrasting, week pri contradictory or unique character has pany for the c nature, and Sothern has made it a dra- tion for Charles Frohman. matic portraiture that will be referreq ST produced at this theater, but owing to the Daly fact th t Theater in London. The same ar- season is successful and San Francisco had other engagements to TAngement was maintained between these theater-goers give evidence that they want will continue in “San Toy” upon the fulfil its run there was nor As extendeq (Wo as had formerly existed between Daly this sort of thing it is the intention 0 e & stady of boerre, e ot istory. to In the drama for many years to come, _Sir Arthur Conan Doyle has finished his mpt of the play in September. as some of its successors. It was immed- and Edwardes, and the steady production send out the Daly company to the Call- ang perverseness has seldom been met dramatic sctt{lng_‘ “dl‘:”:‘u:hrd o "-n We had one view of John R. Slavin be- lately after this Daly Theater run and of the big successes continued without fornia Theater every summer to produce with in the record of the vagaries ot PLLAYS AND PLAYERS [Adventure of Brigadier Gerard " an ad- fore when he came out here as the star while en route to Australia that “A cessation. the musical pleces that have been the big- manking, and it I8 strange that (hic Vil < L St S Al S, Vianit, St median with Alice Neilson in “The Galety GIrl” Was played at the Baldwin “San Toy" was the first plece produced gest successes in New York the winter Jon'has not been before brought te the pint. The action Is laid in Franee, just Binging Girl,” and yet with that brief for elght performances to phenomenal after Daly's death. This exceeded the previous. If this plan becomes a reality yrominent attention that he recetves ng PeS8Y From Paris.” George Ade's new After Waterloo Napolean is an import- . nce he returns this time as a businese. record of “A Runaway Girl" in London it means the quickest delivery to Ban the hands of Mr. Sothern and Mr. Me. comic opera, is as big a hit in Boston gy 20t Character an e sort of an old friend. It is in the second “The Geisha” followed, and then came by several months, and in New oYrk {t Francisco of fresh New York hits that Carthy, the author. During the last faw it was in Chicago, where it ran for many love. ST I P! tion of the Daly season that Slavin the unprecedented run of “A Runaway has just finished the second year of its this city has ever had. years scores of the most brilllant writers weeks. % , W. Savage has engaged Elliots sh as we have never seen him. Girl,” with it catchy music. This ran in run there, and Is still highly popular. ey of France and England have been fas. S Sf’;m"}K ol off U et o gi‘ s Circus Girl,” which from a London for over two years without a *“A Country Girl” is the latest of this It is that strange character of the cinated by the strange history of this Miss Amelia Bingham's Western tou 1'-:L (;{‘Lh Grand Opera Company for nmext comedy standpoint excells ail of the Daly break and then came to New York for a famous series outside the one which has fifteenth century, sometimes called man whom Sothern is fo present to e " . N SR . has begun. She is playing her repert, Mr. Schenck has become v pleces. 1t was In this that Slavin made run of over 40 p"forma'nrnn. “The Cir- just gone on in London. It was first pro- France's vagabond poet and again the with the undoubted finish of portrayal of the last three seasons, with herputr(r);‘:: f;‘:x’;::h his association with "{!‘:;:g: his great New York hit. He created the cus Girl” came next. This proved the duced in London a year ago, and last Sep- Omar Khayyam of France, and again for which he is so noted. it. Villon litera- supporting company, and will go as h in the latter's lec gart of Biggs, the waiter. It was his funniest of all the Daly musical comedies tember received its premier New York the first great poet of the people, Fran- ture s only a recent fad, for until 1572 West as San Francisco, Mrs. Carter ;:.r (',’.:'35':':“"‘: music dramas, TS