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Show F "THE SHEPHERD KING." After a very successful engagement of almost a month in San Francisco, "Wright Lorimer's play, "The Shepherd King," will appear for the week at the Theatre, beginning Monday evening. The Lorimer creation has enjoyed an excellent ex-cellent record for success thioughout the east and in Chicago the past two yeais and has been termed one of the best Biblical dramas of the present day stage. The character of David the shepheid boy of Israel, is almost the ideal of Biblical Bib-lical fiction, as he is the most beloved of all the Semitic princess of the Old Testament, and the story of his discovery by Jonathan and Michael on his father's lanch at Bethlehem and his long journey to the pompous couit of the mad King Saul to become a muse for his royal master, is familiar to the majority. The stoiy is really 10-mantic 10-mantic and it' Is said Mr. Lorimer has sunounded It by a series of beautiful stage pictures that aie true in historical value. The drama is in four acts and five scenes, the first act showing the home of David in the hills of Judea, near Bethlehem. Beth-lehem. From there it shifts, to the glamor and pomp of Saul's court, the camp in the vale of Elah, the palace of Glbeah, the cave of the-witch of Endor, etc. All of the details of tho drama ard under Mr. Lorimer's personal supervision and he "will come supported by an unusually large company. Florence Bindley, at The Orpheum Next Week. Bradlee Martin and his company, including the comely Jessie Courtney, are presenting this week the liveliest little skit seen at the Mission since the opening, entitled "Jessie, Jack and Jerry." Tom Linton and his six Zulu girls make a good card. Billy Clark, the minstrel, is also renewing re-newing friendships njade when he was one ol the Al G. Field stars. This bill runs until next Wednesday. Thursday at the matinee it will be replaced by a new program, in which Sydney Deane and company, presenting the musical comedy, com-edy, "Christmas on BlackWell's Island," will be the feature. y One of the Pixley and Luder comic opera hits, "King Dodo," is billed for the Colonial Sunday evening and the rest of the coming week. Eleanor Elea-nor Kent, a prima donna, who sung her way to popularity in several other musical successes, heads the presenting company for "King Dodo'' and in her support are promised several clever men and women with a big chorus. The play has been popular enough to have its own following since its first production and this year's show has duplicated former records. Gustav Luders has supplied the opera with more than twenty highly popular musical numbers, num-bers, among the vocal gems will be found these favorites, "The Tale of a Bumble Bee," "Look in the Book and See," "The Eminent Doctor Doc-tor Fixx," "I'll Do or Die," "In the Garden of My Heart," "Diana," For Love I Live Alone," "A Jolly Old Potentate," "Two Hearts Made One," "I'll Shut My Elyes and Think It's You," "Claim Thou Thine Own," "True As the Stars Above," and "Gay Butterfly." "King Dodo" Is being presented this season by John Cort. The costumes, scenery and effects are all new. Eleanor Kent sings the prima donna role of Piola, William Friend plays the king. Zoe Barnett Is Annette and sings the big number, "The Tale of a Bumble Bee." Laura Millard plays Queen Lili. Osborn Clemson sings the tenor role of Pedro, Louise Mink is Angela and Charles J Udell plays Mudge. Beginning Sunday evening, the De Mille play, "The Royal Mounted," will be the Bungalow's contribution con-tribution to the amusements of the week. It is a swashbuckling story, with plenty of thrills and color, and will receive an elaborate staging. |