The daily gazette., 1879-12-26
45iluSe2lleHts.
THE DANfTEs."


The play o. the "Danites" an written
Dy Joaquin Miller, is a good one when
IN The hands OF a good company, but
when III the hands OF poor company it
Smpy nn becomes execrable, in fact 1T
"uuhh take person wi good nerves
W De able to sit out the five acts.
Tue company that presented it here
yos.eruay AFTERNOON and evening, was
certainly one of the worse with .wo ex-
cept,ahs that has ever appeared upon
Tue opera House stage, those two ex
cePt'ons oelDE Miss Mare Wellesley
anu .. b. Roberts. The play was mur.
aereu In every sense Of the word. The
company seemed to be composed of the
worse "pick up (as they are styled by
me piofessIon,l in Philadelphia. They
could not aud did not work together,
Ipey nid not know their lines, AMI one
Iwo o' Tn m were ignorant II The III n
her anu way OF leaving the stage. /.
seems strange that Nj. James Wari
shouIi Dfibg such a Company here es
peciaiiy on holiday night, when he
might haveknown that.the Opera House
would DE- crowded. Heretofore he has
ways prese"t,d good pl ,ys, and good
CON Pahlts TO pee 'loru them but he GER
.Mnly missed II u = lime. There should
se some mean, whereby one of the
conid appear here on a ilollnay and not
"pick up" Company.
Ihose WHO saw the "Danit s" ~ per-
formed by Mckee Rankin and KITTY
Dancharu, and saw IL As performed last
u'Ri', VIII readily see the vast differ
ehce in the acting, and also see how
wide apart actors and actresses are.
Miss Marie Wellesley as "Billy Piper
was aboht the only one in the company
that had any conception of what char
dcter IN the "Danltt s" should be, but
even she could not be compared viii
Kitty Blanchard.
sor IN some characters but he failed as
SANDY McGee." He Sc, med 10 lack
the depth OF feeling that one would nat.
ufaiiy expect to See IN the character He
ia NOT dress ", nor act IT. The Other
characters IN the play are not worth the
pace tnat II would take to mention
hem.
IL is as well 10 say here that Mr.. jess.
~. Bay HISS the manager of the Opera
house Is IN ho way to blame for the
performance or company, as Mr.. Ward
PROMISED before Mr.. Bdyli,s would leasr
the Opera House to him, that tie com
pany would be composed of unquestion
ID artists of ability. Mr.. Biyliss regrets
-
terloi. There were about eight hundred
per'ons present at the matinee and il
he evening, the house was crowd ded.
ALICE OATES.
On Thursday evening next Mis- Alc,
Oates, the best denneator ofopera bouff,
will appear with her excellent oper.
company, In "The Little Duke. j,
speaking of her the New Orleans lines
says:
"An excellent house welcomed Mr..
Alice Oates last Monday evening, whel
The Little Duke" was presented as Jh,
attraction. The opera IS replete witt
Catching and charming melodies, wed
led to AN amusing librctto, and has al
ways been a favorite in this city. Their,
~ a little to be said of her acting IN this
p tina: is new. 1t is perhaps one OF
me best impersonations that Mrs. Oate
mas given US of late years, and she was
n excellent voice last week, singing
nat nf ti.. si.--" we'll e~sv.Dnt
seems TO have improved much by Iess,
and her voice has retained much of its
purity of tone and some of the .cleaI
ness and sweetness that were once it,
distinguishing qualities. The support,
IN the whole, was excellent.