, 1880-08-29
Haverly's Acoustics and Dra-
matte High Art.
The Harrisons Offer the Public
Their "Photos at Hoo
ley's.
Theatrical Events Immediate and
Prospectiye-Gossip Local
and Foreign.
A @r pA1,,fER,s ACTORS.

Thnt they pre 50 considered uy lue poot4e ~
ChicaEu would seem 10 be evioehceo o9 eao Ase
that thcy have been six times repea1eu' aoo
that at each visit tho managers or the tneaefcs
al which they have appeared here nave loanu
no cause for complaint; indeed, the PROOF OF
this lies in the fact that the company NO" comes
here paid By a Chicago manager pos1taee GER
1ainty In dollars and cents, HaEcray beslescs
TINT the taste Of Chicago will secure him from
loss in the risk he undertakes when hc makes
80 serious TN engagement. Tho reputation OF uo
company In Now York and throughout tho coun-
try is such Us to challenge from tho critic COLI
sderation and a Judgment TINT the ordinary
combinations Grc not entitled to, and Wh1cn It
would be unkiud and unmerctful TO ocsto"
upon them. This organization, however, cnal-
lengcs criticism from very different ana alto-
Kether higher standard, as what would be good
performance iu an ordinary stock actor "oaia
Ec considered very bad one from al actor OF
tho standing and reputation OF Edwin boota.
Thus, while the acting and performances OF the
Union Square Company might be found wanting,
il that acting were cQualeq by any other COM
tinu1ou coming to this city 1t would he justly
styled remarkably good 1t fs therefore, from
this higher plane Of criticism that VIC "ouio
Judge the actors comprising this now celebrated
company
Taking up tho leading members Of the troupe.
We may begin with tho leading man, Mr. Caarles
H. H@e~S~
already admitted, when wc SLY thnt Mr.. Charles
H. Tnoruc stands to-day the most popular stock
actor in America: yet we cunuot adtnit that DIR.
Thorue is an Actof free from some s-ery oo1eC-
tionnhIe defects. Nature has given him inc ao-
vantage Of magnificent presence on the stage-
HIS voice, though not always musical, is never
unpleasant, and his reading, though not always
accurate, is always emphatic and sincere. save
when suffering from those moods to which most
Etff,fa
performs On one night the part he almost per
fectly represents tho preceding one. In this
respect, Is in many others, Mr. Thorne as an
actor bears no little resemblance to Miss Clara
Dlo-ris an actress, for both act en-
1ircly from sympathy, and both possess
when thAt sympathy is excited the power 70
evoke It's recognition by an audience Like all
actors who arr frum sympathy and not from
rule, he IS subject ~ the inws thAt govern az
tmprrsssoun:,lc organisms, and this We take 1t Is
the reason for the unovcnuess sometimes appa-
rent i'll his performance.
We now puss from the ieadtng-meq I TO TIE
character actor OF the company, Mr.. J. e. Stod-
cannot be judged from his playing in my one
charactcr actor ut .ll. 1t is universally admitted
that ii, such pFr1s rs Nonea1Nnny, in The Long
strike, rs Df ostot,t, in Miss s Mnlton,and We
Mr. stoddart has no equal on the American
Stage. Uut those who recall his performance OF
I'iaTr Micitel will be ready to admit thilt bis
sE.satiIs ~ 10 oraa',t;n,. ~ ~ Stndfsnrr hns
u fuult- Ills voice lacks tho force necessary to
LIEN, ~ ~, iIo9nn ,,nr Thentrs which Is
comparatively small house. he often tries the
ear that hates to lose any sentence such an actor
rs II nas neen Saia a. u tndrq AZ ;n aieyr n
part he plays This is partly true and purity
cxasgc7:et.d; but, if it were wholly true,
t-,d,,,..,ri},x nesscssad hv fha on-an
Individuality which urt:ches to u! great artists
,ise " n;s,t .s .i1xrrs Mil1u,,iT md Shnk-
Library ~ ann .;,. w.'s snlcar.u hiMy Fnrrest ca1
MN l1inoos. Inelr s's4es "ete ai"a'a uun4to-
Mr Le4noyne, the comedian Of TT this company, ,
90 wen known t. mur @ .I @ NY oT s,,.4 s
erogaton- Mr.. Le,uoyne has oerhaps one one
tAult more prominent 1nan anoLuer: ne
seGms seem 70 nave an luea en11 conr,n7 s h:s
duty 10 accommodate INC coioflhs ~
the taste of his audience. At tho Union Square
Theatre he is almost uniformly carelul artlslic,
md correct III Chicago be appcars to think It
necessary to depart from bis own instincts ana
9unx n9 Son ~ actual ruaooners us 81 he does. for in
stur,ce, In the third act Of Tho raise trieud.
As ~ artist this fau!t IS inexSusaole; Us mat a
people who 60 to see the Union Square
Company in Chicago ure Just rs Intelligent
fact tat hut1ooucry sometimes meets with up-
snd chaTac1cr ehoull not msiead him in think
Ing that s11niiur bufTuonery will be accepted
when INJECTED into the art work or the company
to which he is attached.
Mrs. Thllj1s. WHO now OCCUPIES the plnce for
1nerly held by Miss Mora,lt, Chicago has
eeen comparatively little; indeed, We have
se,.u her only az the mother in the
play Of s.Muthcr aud Son aud lis Lady Ogden
In The False Friend In both these roles 1t is
Of eonccpt3ou on and II yiror Of e1ecution which
Miss Nu,un1 in her later assumptions i'll this city