ange occurred in June 1923 when Louis Lurie took over the lease of the theatre. Lurie soon after formed a partnership with fellow Broadway producer Thomas Wilkes, and the two men planned a season of plays brought into San Francisco from the New York stage. The theatre went under renovations, and re-opened with a production of Gladys Buchanan Unger's The Goldfish on July 15, 1923. Its cast was led by Marjorie Rambeau in the role of Jenny, and the production had just completed their run at Broadway's Maxine Elliott's Theatre before arriving in San Francisco. This production was immediately followed by the world premiere of the play The Valley of Content by Blanche Upright, a work adapted by the writer from her earlier novel of the same name. It too starred Rambeau. In August 1923 the actress Nance O'Neil and her theatre troupe were engaged at the Capitol Theatre with actress starring in performances of Jacinto Benavente's The Passion Flower and George Bernard Shaw's Man and Superman. In September 1923 soprano Mabel Riegelman starred in a production of The Firefly at the theatre. Later that month Lurie sold his lease to Herbert L. Rothschild Entertainm