The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 3, 1904, Page 19

UNDAY, APRIL 3, 1904 19 { FRANCISCO CALL, S ' 1 ] | surprised was perhaps because again—w wouid you take Na t was all tears somebody . said hac Hale' to Eng- the American ‘He seized and donned a very negligee sort of helt—considering the f him—before going, with the explanation: “Excuse me; this iIs not a piece of apparel, you know. It is just to get a laugh.” He went to get It. I bad been blaming the brilliant per- sonality and parts of Mrs. Fiske for the unexpected apparent flatness of the Byron country. Yet evidently that was not it. And yet, there was that clever Hungarian. seemingly with both sturdy brains and heart at his back. Then again some one had since sensed a star Harr rest LTy PO LERDING PTIV .‘"“i Y WZIroZ old Baldwin was standing. very able critic on your paper —Mr. Barnes.’ I bowed gladly for Mr. Barnes. “There was another on the Post,” the actor recailed. He smacked his lips naively over the one joke of the erview that fol- lowed. It was toothsome enough, how- eve “The Post man said of me,” he smiled, “ ‘Mr. Byron dies in the first act—'tis well” I shall never forget that. He was an awfully nice fellow, too. Knew him well. Perhaps that was why he said it.” Mr. Byron told me then that Mary Mannering was the fairest actress he had ever played with; that she is only anxious for all the people in her com- pany to get their due prominence; that stars are by no means all like this, and so on—you've heard it be- fore. I sprung Shakespeare on the situa- tion then and the actor acknowledged that “Shakespeare is the real thing, k and Petruchio.” iy INTERESTING PLAY AT THE THEATE FOR THE COMING WEEK the new 1d will be seen Monday, artistic the kind oser and librettist has turned most that any na- A well known writer has the fol- wing to say . Held’'s manager, Florenz 4 Jr., has staged this produc- n gloriously and w an eye to detail. which lifts it out of the those musical plays produced regardless of expense, are for the most part so many vards and yards of gorgeous costumes and- bedizened clothes. more artistic setting could be iz than that of the first scenme. tollows a moeonlight scene by the lake at the Chateau de Compiegne, the in- terior of the Grand Opera-house in with the opera ball in progress, de in the wood at Dauphine and a final magnificent tableau, showing Napoleon’s entrance into Paris. Richepin's scenario, upon which Jo- seph W. Herbert has embroidered this charming book, is to the effect that there was once a great man in Franee named Napoleon. He feil in love with Mille. Mars, a beautiful and virtuous actress, but when his Minister, Fouche, brought the young woman before him she pleaded so eloquently for the pardon of her flance, an of- ficer of the guard, that Napeleon not only pardoned him, but made the young man sit on a garden bench be- side him while Mlle. Mars recited for their sole benefit the legend of “The Lion and the Mouse." 2 by his kindness and gal- . the actress was always loyal to him during the year of his banish- ment and was the first to wave his embiem in the faces of his enemies on the eve of his return to Paris. From this scenario Mr. Herbert has made a No 1 ‘Mam'se legitimate “There are lon, Napeleon’ which are played the revelation. To say that it was formance Miss Held of her mure, she played without a trace of the cotte."” Joseph Herbert plays A N e Fouche, w the lilliputian, is del s the caliboy at the C superb a settin, an hanced by s« selle Napoleon™ becomes of the first class. It NOTES OF NEW PLAYS AND GOSSIP ANENT WELL KNOWN PLAYERS of Jose. ioes not icago engage- ts consti fortunate. ng Edw , Charles Trai Arthur viola one is Time and aghin Weiss as "ce! quartet gramme. worlk very dering. F there nish camnot decide. ime, has a owerful tone d unbes o cal comedy out of the r Mrs. Fiske will give us more [bsen this week at the Grand Opera-house in the short play “A Dell's House that will be put on in conjunction with “A Bit of Old Cheisea” on Friday and Saturday nights and Saturday after- noon. “Divereons,” with “A Bit of Old Cheisea,” will be the bill from Monday until Thursday evenings. Anna Held, as elsewhere pre with beauties galore and Mon pin’s “Mam’selle Napoleon,” Joseph Herberted for the stage, will be at the Columbia to-mor- row might. o A Willie Collier's delightful farce “Om the Quiet” will be the Easter attrac- tion at the Alcazar. T “Mr. Pickwick™ still goes to the tune of a lively success at the Tivoli. . el e Fischer's will begin to-might the sec- ond week of “Kismet,” that is being largely enjoyed by the faithful. P “McFadden’s Flats™ the California to-night. The Orpheum will have a raft of gnod things this week, including Blind Tom, the negro pianist, whose feats are too well known to require description: La Belle Guerrero and a couple of dancing dervishes named Omar, sub-headed as “the human top,” and Morgiana. o e Hawley and Vass, comedians, head- line the week’s Chutes bill. > . e The Central will have the old favor- ite “Around the World in Eighty Days™ as the week’s attraction. . will be up at The Alameda Lustspiel announces is presenting Graeetti's week, where been very Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch” has made a hit in Boston. started on his Felly."" BTHL Macdoweil has recently mdensed versien of Creatore and his band are a late sen- n Milwaukee, ¥ Wrie Mement w ge to his rane soon retire from h in Texas. ry Miller is to revive “Frederic at the Hudson Theater. On account of the remarkable suc- cese of his play, “By Right of Sword, Ralph Stuart has canceled his Western engagements to meet the demands of the Eastern managers. & w.ie Louis James and Frederick Warde are nearing the end of a suecessful tour in “Alexander the Great™ and a Shake- spearean reperteire. e Dustin Farnum of “Arizona™ fame is now playing the title roie in “The Vir- ginian. The play, according to re- ports, is highly successful. P e Grace B. Hughes, the author of “Sweet Jasmine,” has asked for an in- junction to prevent the further presen- tation of “Sweet Kitty Bellairs.” She alleges that David Belasco obtained most of the plot and dialogue of “Sweet Kitty Bellairs” from “Sweet Jasmine.™ Mr. “Belaseo disclaims any knowledge play which, while it possesses charm- another German performance at the of either the play or its author. has a modest “Mr. Pi ing ar and ca Ewick™ itself the Dickens book all of the little ste n whi tal tha the characters would have borne tak- g al I mean by After Webb's Pick- if rather light of weight e best bit of is well char- acterized and lefined. Hartman, again, is less fortunate than usual as Sam Weller, suggesting som= than the dapper ttle Cockney of the book. But there is plenty of entertainment in the piec that has to date met with lively favor. It should not be forgotten that the chorus is three times better than that of any organization that comes to town, and that in comparisen with “Silver Slippers” and things, “Mr. Fickwick™ as the Tivoli gi it grand opera. “The Begzar Student,” Milloecker's charming comiec opera, will follow and the Tvoleans are giving their best to it. Signor Russo and Caro Roma will reappear therein and the production promises to be of sumptuous sort. - . - Censtance Crawley, wheose Every- man in the Ben Greet production of the old morality play was so charm- ing, returns here shortly with Mel- bourne MacDowell, who will give in May a season of Sardou at the Grand Opera-house. SRR Julia Marletwe will revive “Ingomar™ in Pittsburg this week. supported by Tyrene Power in the title role. ¥ from mmor- the. Sl e vl nterpreters. wick, good Brownlow's Jingle i work in the piece. rather