, 1879-02-23
T'HE STAGE.
THE DRAMA.


and by an expression u luA4A1taoo Bull ~ >-4A
mir be evoked bT IN artist Of high talent ana
rn1ture. This has been her good fortune from
t,,c first appearance she made in ''Jane Shore'"
prr misfortune has been in falling into the
middle OF an unhappy complication between
.,,e manager and member OF the stock COM
,,nr. which has deprived the public OF the op-
nortnnity of making thorough acquaintance
,r;th her. With the quarrels between MANAGERS
and actors criticism has very little to do, except
in 50 tar as they result IN dcterioratlng per-
fornance. In the present case there would
rally appear to have been deliberate pur-
nose on the part Of Mr. Learock, the
..,est1in- man'' OF the theatre, to hinder the
success Of Miss Cavendsh's engagement. Ii IL
rrss his purpose to take rcvenEe on the manager
m ACCOUNT Of some grudge, he should have re-
,nen,bc.ed that as an ACTOR he owed duty 10
~. Ynhlic, which he's always treated him with
rcsncrt. very often with more 1eniency than he
,ner,ed. and that it was his duty, as gep11e-
man. to respect the position OF q lady who couiu
FARO m ear1hly interest in his personal squad
h1cs Through his ungencrous and dlshonorao!e
conf,uct he has done gross injustice mol on'y
~ Miss corendish, but to the people, who haa
ov,ected to scc her in the plays which had peen
s.;r,rtiscd. The impression she created IN
:. 1o,e sbnre,, was sufficiently strong to awaken
.," d.sire to see her in parts OF ollleEent
orticr. and so, after q Weeh u the Az
Nerta1en'' which, on Tue "u.e, r,h,. w
rot s1ke ths ia@4 aud''des de:tpeation tss Of Mers
19sp Wsrr;ez Miss Cayendish proposed TO
rive rs taste OF her quality IN taossau +;o. u
j,nu i1r IN the former cnasaGtcl sue t.utS 80.
fulfilled popular expectation: W. f;i,a ~
ali ouly partial success, o"!nE " atS ,.'a,,t -
~-'' &<,$t $tfok
a substitute had 10 oe Iounu; w :. LAY ia;nir
1,,a l;nes. and Miss Cayen0ish. IL "as pElnlls
corn. had the task Of prompting neI ~ efety
in,nortant scene. Then the next evening uae
orlando disappeared from Tue cass "!.u4us .nt';o,s
.r,r,,;,,p. and in disgracc1ul manner, "uleu
left Miss Caycndish with an actor pu uc' HALLS
nho ind not rehearscd ths part with hef. Nnat
between prompting Caif ana eolstetins ~ u1e
fresh 0r;aaao, it was no "onoer tlat the laoy
was all through the Last "eeK ol uef 5 Gass -,
n,.,t On the verge Of a ut Of illness. 21any al
artist nlaced.iu such pIedlcafncnt "oulu na'e
s.1hroy'u up the SPONGE. ana II IS an esF
osnre Of Miss Cayendish's good nature
4het sbc refrajbed from doing SO, and 'rr1ed
wnnld ncrhaps be unfair to take Mr.. De Vernon
,learork,s substitute) to task for bis shortcom-
in1s he came at moments notice. as it were
a1s7; str1,roIed with Orlando in way which was
occasionally painful to contemplate. 1t could not
cst~ane the notice OF the audience, however.
that Miss CaVendlsn Nas laea =, haa-
1carsal than acting, anu u WIS a1luslu$ ~ nssl
Tie occaslouna .;.;'es =, .ba fnrasf as xr1,cn
tote' M ,n.or ~ 49, nI,lng5e With the instruction,
fne fIs oeau 49, ,nn 5rr Poor Orlando. for luis
s, ,-as r,sa1- md ohe7icut Dupil, and, bein.
eennarcnt1y fearful of triyng offeuee, he made q
practice Of bowling to everybod on the Stage.
He bowed to Rosdiind. to the bd"saea D@he'
10 Iouchstonc, to Ce1d, anu even 70 olo -suuna, @
and always with the same gcnunect1o?n;; very
modcst and pollte OT.anao, eme m a!,. e.n,ea
ucred lover VIC have ever seen On any stase.
Under these eFcumstnnees,t tne GulcaSo G.;lS punic
have come TO tie coheiuslo1 .;.1 ;. ~ ~, tsns
h,.e has .,a. have ohtaineii glimpse Of one of
~ n,;shed artists Of Tue day Her
saa,,'r 49, ~ ~. " t1;narge of The Light Bri-
;' rane !; With which she favored the audience on
i,or s'o,af;r r;cnt was mastcrly piece of cocr-
~ honsd sne vii return here under more favor.
able ausp!ces,-that is, that when sne next p'aJs q
here she will not oe maze 10 Bullet not1 LIZ
caprice Of a boor7sh actor. ..--.
TIE Criterion Comedy Company nave occu-
piei Hooleys Theatr. during tne week %ian VIII
1htir SPICY farce oi -
has drawn very fair houses. Ar'Maohay Is 70 % oe
congratulated on the admirable selection ne mas
made in the organization OF 1nls troupe' "tlG.
is well adapted lor lne piooue'iou VI - 'ANA
comedy Such as this'
LOCAL NOTES.
Nf,carer snrarrc, OF the Gcorgfa Minstrels
ros in town list week organizing a colored bur
lcsque opera troupe.
a,fr.d +. Knight, the elocutionist, will Civ
-o..1,n"s Mt The Sccoud Christian Church, OF
n.1.la5 nvcnne. neyt, Tuesday evening, for til,
1,.natiT nt The church
4.., ,oa
Our tn3oceut astu1 - ~ mie t1te 1os ~ . ~
to be produced u damlln.s laeaue to-.noltos .tso
evening. IL IS from tue 4er!ia', auu A - uo.nJ
adaptation o. 1he 3arce WHEEL iotis 1,ie ~ -
work ot 'Charnpoene ana oys.eis I'LL ~ L, Il
II. Markham taxes me leaulnE paIt. 1ne eu
terta:nment VIII Pc ot!sn'eneo pJ eae ao'eo'
several ne" variety st&Hs'
Joseph n" Emmelt appeals az ao9iey o'3;t;y
Theatre tono'foM ~ o's :, !seu =: S.n
Of - Fritz our COUSIN uelnlan, II @ With i, u
will Introduce MS or;sluai solss 3uo oanses ~ ~
composed out OF MS own 4eau. ~. 5a
engagement Is 70 !ast 1ooht uue meeA o
10 Dc supporter ~ LIZ o"n ~ at'1'4'ie ~oIA p"o'
4 drama from the French, In three acts, nil
be riyru Monday evening at Unity Church
.Le a-tu,s and actresses are Mrs. Aver, Mis-
Conla,rl. Nr. Mcmillan, Mr.. Dana, 3lr. Ray
1nonl. Mr, Crawford, MIR. Appleton, MIR. Olcott
:,n Mr. WIN, who played "Shc Stoops t
Cono,cr' ,, SO finely at Standard Hall last wcch
iris rlay is given for The benefit offhe women
department OF the Hahnemann Hospl1all. Sue
awort:'y oDlect *hu sacu @ n,,3oaot ~!
IL AMATEURS ale su!E ~ a."1 t,.i . w. e. ~ =
lNs'ets arr ;.r sac at Janseu' 5 ~ ~ ~ ~
and at Copo's Library, anu ~ 1ne oool va ~