, 1877-04-02
RIr RaAdal Roberts al tde flaae Is "Don
Casar," and Ia Ills Own Ceu,dle!la,
!" Under Tho leil.n
Blondina and Brunetta's Til
About the Baronet.
The Wagner Festival---Tha Old South
Ball and Mr.. Murray.
The Unhealthy Little Lot Find Fault with
Murray-No Damage Done.

fCal IlFC A1FutCL to pay LOT ua u I'll" N'eoS |
Theatre; "an English Daronct" according to
report; m frst, Baronct according to facts. |
sir Randall Roberts IL tho fine atlerattyc. Ran
after hmi or colrsc VIC ran after lin. ltwas
s,seh an opportunity to car anil tosce one u TIC
favored snortals who belong to tho Old World |
unl have handles TO their na'ncsl
10 hear alil to SEQ lin As IN applicant lor our
favor, tnstcad OF under tho reverse conditions.
Hut, trcadine the boards Of Lilies mimic |
stage, Sir Randall did not tako any.
bJly's heart by stpEms whatever he
may DO IN that line in private l'fc- "a we'll
tn;.lo and wl.ut onc would call handsome fcl-
low, perfectly 1T case With himself andthc stage
business. ~ can't for tic lie Of nc scc why
he isn't more tmprcsaivc,' said bfunc.ta, with
a disappointed note In her voice. Bfunctta, It
may bc remembered, Is OF those who have
tender leaning towards tho bold Briton, and
Blr Randal. as ono Of her Maicsty's ARMY, ia
aftcr atl as good Drittshcr as anY Ut them; as
Anthony Trollope's "phlueds Fun," for Instance.
Blond.na, ofcs'usse. ~ really los tic occaslom-!s
ready TO annitl3atc the bold Brston on1 Drunctta
At one aud the same time.
~ do not SEQ that It Is at alt difficult 10 per-
cetvo why Sir Rantlal Roberts falia 10 impress
onc, Of, as you put 1t, Is not more impresatrc,'
1runetta. lie Is simply an easy going, pleasure
loving nan, with no great or earnest capacities
In him. How thou could he lmpressi
III EVIDENTLY L1EEs TMR FUN OF PLAYING.
YES, that Is Just tho word,-ho likes tho fun of
II. It's great fun 10 him. never aaw inun
have such jolly time hi,ast,f In acting as this
Sir Ra1ldnt. And, rs rlr as that goes, there IL
enjoyment to be got out ot It by tho audience.
hut as for IDENTIFYING himself With the ehar.-
lcr, rs for becoming for tho time being the hero
VI tue play, no. Sir iantlal Iloberts Is Sir Is4n.
dnl Ruberts, nj lrlsrEu ugishman, with good
deal ot swag,ger aud any amount Of aeli-cunil-
dcncc"
"Yo,t only saw him In two plays" interrupts
Druncttu--"bo:i the characters sort OF happy,
rd>lfcklnE natures not unlike each other, and
don't tEk 1t is easy to discover 1uttu 50 quick
" TINT It Is no. adatubilIty and fitness Of Itself
to that kind III character Ypu've nevur met
Sir Randall OF the boards; how then can you bs
20 suru that it was simply sIr Randall all
through"
Dlouliua lifts hcr eyebrows. Then, In . mo.
mcnt, "You think then that Sir ltandal made
fine, fitting Don Cesar de- Basani Don Ctssar
was n gentleman notwithstanding htA ruined
fortunes and tho Idle, vugabondish lilc hc bad
been brought to. Sir Randall Rotcrts played It
Will, certain spirit, but
lie rLAyED 1r coAnsgLr.
Incvcr saw 80 much sprawllng iu my lie. Tho
principal point TINT presents Itsclf 10 nc now Is
the sprawlng manner In which Roberts disposed
himself, II he sat, II he Stood, lie seemed 10
make an effort to fling his legs ind feet about
lu his own anl everybody clse's why. ! got
quito isdgcty at 1ust, bccauao thought the rest
!. Of the company would ccrta!uly CONC TO grief
be tr1ppc1 upor s0nlcway !ncxtrieably cntanglet1
In tllosc wildly unruly inctnDrrs. Yes, yes. !
know that Don CtEsdr Is not supposed to be nl-
ways III d precisely sobcr condition, but--look ut
Joe Jefferson. From first to last, throu eh all
hls tIpsncss, refined. Ilcnry Ja.ncs speaks Of
tho 'beauG.ful Dcluddlement Of "Trip Van
Winklc.n'"
"perl,aps liz was {iule too registering, but
yau can't deny but TIC did we'll and epItitedly
wien he aings himself back unt delivers him
self OF the famous itnc,-t II You arc Lon Ctssar
ia Ba.an, ! an. the hi"g Of ispddsrn
+" Yts, le did TINT very well, and better stlIl
little later; don't deny that there was spirit III
most Of it, but It was not sympathetic spirit.
ready 20 suitnw Af'a applaud anything from
taa Dun Cesar."
i"I was was - stoutly afI'rms Drunctta. lie
~ uE eu,,'1 10 hASnsoMu M FELLOW "a prors WITH,
and not such u hig nioustcr. Of d ilan as your
iJol."
h,onlina laughs. "Ycs, I'll admit all Tint;
III coufcss that my IDOL does not llaks llnn
Din Lte.dr, and that your Irisl-E -Engllshttnn
makcs better 70 everything but ouc po1nt' and
"oh! oh! oh," and tho chorus Of cxc1uma.
tlons, cach more sdredto thnn tho other, goes up
from all Blol,tttnas listeners, Tor Fechtcr'a
voice, with tts foreign infectious, its rApldtty Of
utts:ansy IT, th!ckcss u, ad Ao9rsscss ~, + s
ed; sho walta for pause, for silence, aid then
wy t keox fa Fostcrs faults Of volrc, but i, s
voice that can express every human e emotion
s,olsate carHeatErst, Aud Roberta vDicc IL the
collest, thu most rassionleasyolcs almost ever
heard on tho staxt, utM secmt only tttcd to
say ',yaas' mud 'aw really,, in the style of
Under the Vcil,' very pretty ltttln cHncdY,
OF comclIctta, IN which Sir ]iandat would have
done better II he lIaa elaborated 1t conildcraby
All! madc the acquaintance between tlls heroine
and tho hero Hstkt mare according To the
usases Of ordinary propt1cty, not ~ say Of orll-
nary Respectable society. y struck me In tnn
onentng IT tilis play that Sir lsaudal thought
that he WAS Introducing to Americans not only
Tilg uoLp IKlsll-nRlrtsu GENTLEMAN
In ills own person, hut good scionl ot manners
far Us. wonder how long 9n Eng'tah Etrl or
tatIon by keeping upa chattcring talk with .
| Young gentleman In The next room to her at
hotel, md finally admitting him to her sitting.
f1u1n lot luTlHEr lHn 0I llIls AlHt1s HHuc| tuo
agreement that she shall DO yellctt, md oil with
| out tl1u slightest excuse but thu fun Of It.
/ nescr saw such shallow, vulgar llttle play,
never; tecallsc It Is 80 bare nnd empty OF any
Thing like decent supposabtilsy. and yet with
moru complications. with nuro excuses lor
IL being. i might have :. been really
pretty play. but as u ls., II u
odious, and iclt Us listened and looked
perhaps sir Ranlas 4 > gentleman. but Y 30,
ihen he considers that the good taste aud govd
breeding TINT belong to good society In real life
ars enslfely unnecessary in tho modern drama,
and TINT The modern stage ts only : PLACE ter
ca.icaiurcs VI lie aud nut Of muic life stselt.
Nc, don't say, Brunetta. that am always pref
utllcel s9al.lst anything british. Wsa ! prrj.
udsced agsluss Honey aud Massowc' Didn't
60 hight after night to see them. and always
with Increasin. sdnlirntioni.., So tho little
skl1mish OF opinion goes on. But there Is very
lt.le excitement about II. Peqnle 90 net take
ycrY violent sides about Sir Randall. lie only
| plays al tho ulobs for Jwo nights, and then ha
9oes away. Aud in Tie time
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