Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-02-16
A THEArg. NOT OFTEN NOTICED.

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drama. The management is energetlc-It has
recently put in dress circle, the only dis
comfort of which is the close intimacy it en-
forces between the tops of the heads of
patrons and the low roof of the dramatic
temple. The seating capacity of the house is
equal to 800. It's a thorough leveler, one price
prevailing for all seats and reserves being
unknown. It is accommodating, too, as to
hours for the performance begins at IL A. n,
and continues until 4:30 P. NJ, and being re-
sumed at P. N. the play is kept bowling
along until the market men take up their po-
sitions on Third street the next morning
The stage is superior to that of the Metro
politan, inasrnuch as it is devoid of scenery,
and the free fancy of the spectator is not
checked by old and worn fats, and the ever
present drop" with the spectacle of host
of uncurried mustangs dragging wild.eyed
ancients in unheard-of chariots beneath the
impossible terraces of a dilapidated amphi-
theater. The troupe of thirty artists is de-
serving OF commentator, because they EN-
ploy no outside agents TO hector reporters,
while the management never dreams of ask
ing the press to be oblivious to the faults and
! blind to the dement's of the company. 1t
has due sense of the proprieties, leaving re-
poieeis severely aiohe anu NOT ihsissiiS upon
Tree advertising In local columns. l. ., sus-
pends Inc tree iise reuorselessly' as 70 meat
rical parasites, and recognizes only those peo-
pie whom duty and courtesy designate as
| legitimate deadheads It does not dream OF
asking frst-class prices for second-rate enter
tainments, nor does it curse the community
for refusing to be frozen to death and blown
70 pieces by the oraughts Oh 1ne AUDITORIUM Ii
In snort, the snoke-proWhed interior ol .iig
Chlnese theaVer Is Tree neiu ior crlticisih anu
Observation, ana the puDhc Is never Doreq ny
the fluctuations OF Its managers. For THESE
virtues, negative and positive. appreciauVe
Journalism accords IL an unsoughe hotlce.
Inc plays produced introduce some marvel
Gus costumes, and can Tor wonderful exer-
else OF the Imagination. Inc stage Is sort
OF cluo room, where spectators move ap9uI at
Will and Jostle the actors with cooi lndlner-
ence Inc leg drama Is unknown TO us
boards, Plnaiore Is a stranger TO It's walls,
and the sensational play unheard OF IN It's
gleen-room. Inc pay at present peing given
Is CHOSEN from tne fuen-tchlh-he, tchung,
collection OF Mong9i dramas p9onsned by
an enterpIlslng ahkee nrn In LOU, though
the copyright was violated by Buddhistic
purloiner couple OF hundred years later,
when the play had nearly reached the third
act OF us representation: Inc author, huan-
marking, dramatlst oil repute, though living
TO GOOD old age, did not SURVIVE the hrst act
OF the piece, lie being too short tor that.
regret mas been expressed, In considering
this 1act, that lie is altogether TOO long tor
some OF the authors OF modern drama.
The story OF the play involves the frolicsome
adventures and the tragic narrative OF Chi
nese gourd OF precoclous growth, and In this
respect bears striking resemblance to the
pathetic tale OF j ack and his Bean-Stalk-
Inc hero OF the play Is personated by 1.-the
Celestlal whose wooden mask, half white,
halt black, and altogether horrible to behold,
would make glad the heart OF the average
eureka CIuo masker and insure MIN the
hrst prize Tor grotesque originality Ihe
manner In which the festive plant waltzes
about the stage IN pantomlmlc recital and reck-
lessly mikes itself up with Chlnese history
and the romantic lite OF the Emperor Hluen-
tsung, IS something which can be fully appre-
ciated by those cultured mortals alone
whose familiarity with the text OF the play
IS eouaied only In scope and comprehension
by the learning and acumen OF the average
legislative correspondent OF a metropolitan
Journal Ihe moral reflections, the reclta-
ton OF wise DEGREES, the recital OF wonderful
adventures, the recountlng OF the heroic acts
and courageous teats OF the sages, warriors
and rulers whose history the drama makes
mince-meat OF, began about one week ago, and
promises to continue until that uncertain
period when the Chinese must go. The in
terest OF the play Is so great, the plot so vast
IN Its proportions and so exactlng IN It's de-
mands, and the length OF the historic period
| to be traversed In which the romantic gourd
tiourlshed IS such that three relays OF actors
W. " W 'lS haya " = IA 10y
and their bones have been shipped across The
salty seas, they will be replaced by new stock
c9lnponies' whose lneT TL are as yee IN
he mo rush for reserved seats as there will he
ample time to take in year or two of acts
when the ordinary business OF lie shall
latter Years Tbs Observation-Disclosures of the e1 or.
chestra can be criticised in the quiet
hours OF night. from any point within
two blocks OF the dramatic temple.
Reinhardt and other orchestral lead
ers have recently made the melodies
a profound study, put their outdoor CRITICISMS
Of the art OF the soloisS on the one-strlnged
Celestial viola nave oeen rendered somewhat
dlfneuit from INABILITY TO distinguish between
the notes OF the instrument and the house.
top yoluntanes OF the tellne serenaders OF
In nMra street. Inc tneater Is daily ana nightly
nIled by admlrlnS Mongolans, VINO seem TO