Arizona republican. [volume], March 22, 1914, SECTION TWO, Page PAGE FOUR, Image 16

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THE ARIZONA REPUBLICAN, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 22, 1914
News Of The Theaters, Music
PAGE FOUR
With the exception of the coming
production of "Secret Service," by
the Elks, on April 14, 15 and 16, the
fast dying season holds little of in
terest to the theateigoer. "Secret
Service," however, looms up as a
very bright spot at the end of the
calendar. Rehearsals are well under
way and the production promises to
he exceptionally good. The story of
the play, which was perhaps, the
most successful ever written and
played by William Gillette, is laid at
Richmond, ami the action takes place
in the space of three hours in one
night during the siege of that city
by the northern army. The hero,
who might also be the villain, is a
northern spy who is working in the
southern lines. It is a character
quite out of the ordinary, and in
spite of the fact that a spy is gen
erally a much hated thing, he holds
the sympathy of the audience from
curtain to curtain.
The play teems with sensational
incidents, and there is a thrill every
minute, with marehnig armies, bat
tle effects, and tense situations. The
comedy is supplied by a pair of
juvenile lovers, and the pair of young
people who are to take these parts
is going to hand Phoenix the most
delicious laugh of its existence.
The cast has not yet been an
nounced, but it contains many of
the Phoenix favorites and will also
introduce some newcomers to the
amateur stage.
Kitty Cheatham
To all tliise who were privileged
to hear Miss Kitty Cheatham, when
she was here last season, the news
that she has recently received the
greatest honors ever bestowed upon
a woman by the University of Ber
lin, will not be surprising, but none
the less gratifying.
This wonderful little woman has
conquered the German capital, just
as she has conquered every other
city in which she has appeared.
Mar el Prevost, the great French
academician, has said of her that
"she has the most expressive hands
in tile world, the heart of a child, the
soul uf an artist, the understanding
of a true woman, and the technique
to send it all over the footlights."
At the invitation of the faculty of
the I'niveisity of Berlin, she recently
appeared before the student body
of 14.(100 at the Royal Academy of
Music. The Courier, commenting on
her performance, has this to say:
"Kitty Cheatham brought us beau
tiful, moving old negro songs of
slave days. They are tender songs.
Miss Nellie Andrews, of the Boston
Ideal Opera Co.
fuil of melody, and of a simple child
like faith in God, and they are born
of the Christ love of the redeemed.
Their ryhmic subtlety gives them a
note of inexpressible appeal. With
wonderful artistry, the singer evoked
the spirit of the songs, so that the
crowded concert hall the evening
gown all externals were obliterated,
and in their place a vision of faith
ful Mack souls. The songs were ac
companied by great compelling ges
tures. When, however, she sang the
tender, little songs of childhood, she
was quite another being those fool
ish, adorable nursery verses set to
meny tunes. Everything was in
keeping. She was a child that was
why she found the magic fairy key
of childhood. There was profound
silence while Miss Cheatham recited
Wilde's Selfish Giant," which made
a strong appeal to us, because we
are acquainted with its subtle sym
bolism. Cut it (like all else Miss
Cheatham does) is an entirely dif
ferent thing, when this clear, pure
voice gives it to us. The unlovely
falls away and there remains only
HM'S WIGWAM
child-like, joyous feelings and newly i
discovered beauties."
Miss Cheatham is now in this
country again, giving her annual
spring recitations in New York, Bos
ron and Philadelphia. It is possible
that she may be heaid in Phoenix
again next autumn. It is certainly
to be hoped so, for no finer artist
hair ever apepared in this, or any
ether, part of the country. I
VUrgaret Anglin in "As You Like It"
Miss Anglin has just appeared as
Rosalind in "As You Like It" at the
Hudson theater, and although some
what divergent, the critical opinions
are for the most part highly favor
able. The company, however, were
far from enthusiastically received,
and apparently the production, which
was so loudly hereakled, failed to set
Broadway op fire.
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Something About Los Angeles'
Little Theater"
After a brief, if violent, struggle,
the "Little Theater" which Los An
fttlos expected so much from, passed
into the discard, and a letter from
one of the actors in the company
contains a great many interesting
comments, from the poon of view of
New Yorker, at least, on the the
ater, its m ini gement, and the city of
Los Angeles itself.
There are some of the things he
savs:
"We have had just six good audi
ences one each week on Monday
night, when we presented a new bill.
It was not until the fifth and last
week but one that it suddenly oc
curred to the management that by
coming down to $1 prices we might
do a really respectable business.
Then they tiled it with success for
tile last week, bat by that time we
l ad all got our notices, and, to tell
the truth, no one seemed in the least
bit anxious to stay on.
"It's a pity, too, in one way, for
at reasonable prices there isn't a
larger public who are more hungry
i for the theater than right here in
Los Angeles.
"The reason is not far to seek
the population, as a whole, is sick
to death of the 'movies' in every
form, strange as that may sound to
ail easterner.
"Quite apart from the two thou
sand odd and frequently very odd
movie' actors who are working out
here, the lay population get 'movie
pictures' and the jargon of the
'movie' studio for breakfast, dinner
and tea. In fact, they hear so much
about the 'movies' all day Ions; that
it's too much like work to pay to go
to see them.
"Commercially, of course, Los An
geles has gone 'movie' mad; but it
has become an industry out here
iiot a pleasure, nor yet a dissipation.
TODAY AND MONDAY
MATINEE AND NIGHT
Featuring
TOM MIX
Selig Dare-Devil of Northern Arizona Fair
Produced by William Duncan.
And
"Hearts Of Women"
VITAGRAPH
Presenting
Clara Kimball Young
VITAGRAPH STAR.
Also
"BOBBIE"
FARCE COMEDY SCREAM
A Laugh in Every Foot of Film.
SAME PRICES 5c, 10c, 15c
Hart's Wigwam
1 JliM vf
ff
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v"Tf .fj ftA
Claire Simpson, of the Savoy show, with the latest fad, a butterfly painted
on her cheek
Special engagement of
Some Show
TODAY
At The
Regale Theatre
A Victor Drama in Two Parts, Featuring Florence
Lawrence
"THE INFLUENCE OF SYMPATHY"
Imp. Drama "THE FLOWER GIRL AND THE
COUNTERFEITER"
Split Crystal Coined v "A NIGHT IN TOWN"
and "AN INNOCENT BRIDEGROOM"
Frontier Drama "THE WILD FLOWER OF
PINO MOUNTAINS"
gjXXlVVVWVMl mmmmm m m m m mmm m mmmmm m
Th
e
mashville
Students
. 10
PEOPLE
10
in a minstrel first part
and
Four specialties
Two
Shows
Per
Night
Special Matinee
Sunday
Coliseum
at Theer
10c and 20c
"I had, the pleasure of meeting, the
other day, a yn.n; fellow who, oni
in this part of the world at least, is
known as the Kin of I'.ic .Movies."
He j?ets a salary o!' ir,t;.'i a v. e k for
fifty-two weeks of the year. He's
an exceedingly nice chap, hut when
he came over and introduced himself
to me the othir day, until he told
me who he was, I could not place
him at all. Then all of a sudden it
flashed on me. The year that Miss
Aiaiiowe produc-d 'The Goddess of
Reason' at Daly's this younir fellow
was one of the extia bo s. He was
a Rood -look ins youngster. without
any education to speak of, and mur
dered the king's English so barbarous
that the one line which lie was given
to speak he spok.' so abominably
that it had to he taken away from
hiin. Vet. what's the use! The man.
is now the idol of the entire west.
The world do movi",' sore enough!"
Going on a little further he fails
to have of the attractions of the
western metropolis for the P.roaihva;."
ite, and then closes with this one:
"Satuiday, when we were ail pack
ing up after the matinee, an old
peddler put his head inside the Little
theater, and inquired of John Black
wood, the managerial head of the
concern :
" 'Got any junk?'
" 'Yes,' exclaimed Blackwood cor
dially. 'Come round Monday morn
ins, and you can have the whole
theater.'."
Stella AHams Gets a Medal
Possibly this story smacks of the
press mil nt, hut even so. it is worth
the printing, for it is full of inter
est, and as .Miss Stella Adams is
one of tlie most popular movie favor
ites apeai ing regularly at the Regale
theater, it will be especially inter
esting to her many mlniirers.
It was a proud day for Miss
Adams, who is chief of police of
I'niversal Citv, California, when, in
the p-esenee of the twenty-five mem
bers of her female police force, she
mis presented with a medal by Miss
Lois Weber, mayor of the town. The
medal was presented tor wo-k well
done. They have kept mere man
I
Him tWm
f '
fkh
rv h s
...
where he belongs in quiet, peaceful
subjection.
I'niversal City is an interesting
place for two reasons: I-'irst, all its
f I ieials are women. Kecondiy, its
population is made up almost en
tirely of people who are engaged in
the production of moving pictures. '
"ne of the largest film companies;
has its headquarters there.
The town is about five miles from'
I os Angeles. It was incorporated
soon after the women of California
on the franchise. The queens of
the movies were not slow to grasp 1
the opportunity and nominated such
a strong ticket that the male ticket
v.is simply annihilated, and Miss'
Weber was elected by a triumphant
majority.
In the interests of good govern- ,
ment. and for the purpose of up
holding the fair name of Universal
City, it was at' once determined to
'pemiit no man to hold office in the,
Mown. The men were told to inter-
: est themselves in household affairs,
j while their wives and daughters
maintained civic tranquillity.
Visitors find the female police
I force the town's most interesting
j phenomenon. The lady cops go about
j eressed in caps, blouses, short skirts
jand black silk stockings with thir
J teen gold buttons down the side,
i W hile not busy running dow n brawny
! thugs, and returning inebriated hus
i bands to their homes and families,
these enterprising young women do
I a trhiving business selling souvenir
I buttons to sight-seers.
!
Theater 2400 Years old - Will Be
I Use-? Again
j The success of the Greek tragedies
, given in the antique open-air theater
I at Uissole, near Florence, and their
repetition in Rome tit the stadium,
has ied to the still more ambitious
project of giving Greek Hellenic rep
i reservations at the Greek theater at
Syracuse, more than 24"0 years old.
Professor Kttore Ramangoli, who
has spent his life translating the
'Greek tragedies into Italian, has been
entrusted with a new translation for
the occasion of "Agamemnon," the
j first part of Aeschylus' trilogy, and
the staging of it.
r ne costumes are
from the figures on
the time, and which
sent the characters
As for tlie scenery
ing will have to be done to have the
complete illusion of the city of My
cenae. The theater of Syracuse was
the largest, after those of Miletus
and Megalopolis, known to the an
cient Greeks and was erected some
time in the fifth century B. C.
It was hewn out of the solid rock,
find is nearly semi-circular in form,
forty-six of the original sixty-one
tiers of seats still being in existence.
Some of the tiers were divided into
comp;utments, the Greek inscriptions
showing the names of their owners
being still legible, and, as many of
them were feminine, this is indirect
evidence that at Syracuse, at . least,
the theater was frequented by wom
en, although it Is denied by most
historians.
N'ature has always combined to
rorv er this theater a thing of beauty.
li ;br,ut are orai-sre and lemon
roves, wit!, then geld and yellow
f'uits: above is Moi.rt Temenites.
circled b the blue Iionian sea, while
to the south opens the Temple of
,7ove.
Amid full suToun iings the lov
ers of Gi'ek art and i;i.vr'Uiie, will
welcome the return of ..-e',y,us t .
the city of his adoption this spring.
ill to he taken
Greek cases of
actually repre
in the tragedy.
little or noth-
IVtiSs Nellie Andrews, Prima Donna
of the Boston Ideal Opera Co.
"L'Amore Medico''
The last, and perhaps the most in
teresting,, of tlie novelties of th"
sea-son at the Metropolitan opera
house war produced there on F.idiy
right, when Wolf-Ferrai i's "L'Amore
Medico" was sung for the first time
i f America.
It is too early yet to ha''o. re-
Engagement Extraordinary
Empress
Theater
A MUSICAL TREAT FOR PHOENIX
Boston
deal
Opera
bonipany
OPENING
M
ONDAY
arch 23
M
IN TABLOID VERSIONS OF THE MOST
POPULAR COMIC AND ROMANTIC
OPERAS
With a cast of principals who have played in all
the largest cities in the United States and.
have won fame in their productions
OPENING OPERA
DIAWKfl
IN 3 ACTS
20-PEOPLE-20
CAST
Fra Diavolo F. 0. Burgess
Beppo. A. C. Burgess
His Companions. "
Giacomo W. F. Quisenbery
Lord Allcash Robert Burgess
Mattias Ralph Burgess
Lorenzo . Henry Gunson
Roberto Kittie Gebler
Lady Allcash Arloine Andrews
Zerlina Miss Nellie Andrews
AND CHORUS OF SOLDIERS
AND PEASANTS
Augmented Orchestra under personal direction of
, Chas. D. Hazelbrigg.
CURTAIN RISES FOR FIRST SHOW AT
7:45 P. M.
No Advance in Prices
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