, 1881-08-07

was rst seen here at Hooley's July IT, 1877.
1t then had a cast which has never since
been equaled in this country, and probably
never will be again. The play was revived
Aug. 50. 1850. at 1layer1y's Theatre, For pur-
poses Of comparison, the casts of 1877 and
1SS0 are subjoined:
vladimir .......: James OSeili..J. Whiting.
zakanon T. StoddaEt~ s. 191a l. St9idart aMda
Paul. Walden Ramsey. g FaTsett.
Efts5 f. 2a!S ne'nswee + coin! E Ra!y
DR.. kouretr. ..-: Charles Collins. Mr.. Qaeey.
1yan,-: ,~--. -. Tom Morris. Tom Norris
Anoa. % @ JcSett. Harrison
The Countess. 49, Fannie Morant.. Mrs. Phillips.
Princess Lydia. katharine Rogers Ida Vernon.
The Baroness Ida vernon NelI.e Mora,t
Mariana. Posi- Miss Graft an.
Germaine.- Mrs. Tannehill. ...Niss Thorpe
Mr. O'Neiil, who assumes the part of OssiD
In the present production, was the FlNd{mir
In the memorable cast Of 1S77. It is surprising
that one who must have lively recollection Of
the play as it was done then should under
take to revive it with company of actors of
mediocre abilities hastily gathered together
for summer campaign. Comparisons are
prorerbially odious, but the odense Of pro-
soklng them is far greater than that Of max
Ing them after the pToyocation has been dis
t:nctly given. Mr.. O'Neill is the guilty per-
son in this case. He knew that to anybody
who had ever seen ''The Danicheffs" the
repetition of it BY the company now playing
at Hooley's would be painful exhibition Of
how not to do it. The only reasonable ex-
p1anation Of his conduct in reviying it is that
1hosa ,.rar. ~ +,;,+ ,,a an'',@1 sat nsa;r, hat+ar
49," 49,. .1t,' - 49, rr a. ~ '.p ~ n,+
w.. w. -,as TO ,.ast rnJ;ns;. to nrar hae arar
a'.s, 49, ~ ~ t,,a+ o,,a-ao+a.;, 49, +,,ie
a.',,+r,- 1Ia t,,a1, 1>a-+or - 1'.a,',s 10 ~
IN, ~ ha contort with his Ianr,s ~ ta bae+
U7-,<7s,,,; rsa+ta- +,o,, I'D ~ ~ ~on,,+,t;on
~ d,,h;n,,s ~ rho .,.o~st 0ee;,, rhor,
IS not one character in the production Of tie
play as seen at iIooley's which does not suf-
ler by compar1son with the same part rs pre-
r' n1Vusls paas a. ue s".le .Lr uue.
Nv and in3donnata. fi1e cns1nn,es nnor and
mean: and the music trite and foofish. We
nave spoken with some plainness on this
subject, because II seems 10 be Ply th2t the
M ~ tt O11 unt aorH5 a ,Ittd ~ ~ 1e Da
nn1i1 the NAV cn1,td he seen amin 1,n,jer
fitting auspices and in The hands
of competent actors. 1.-THE Dani-
chefts, IS not stock Play and tansoody.s
aT;t;1,e and ct ', ~ ~ t;i .is ~
foreign plav in the United States, Of Mr., A.
II. Palmer, who first brought it out in this
country and gave 1t the reputation It now
UossessGs ~ pitseilk plo9ucl'ou ~ - y uMau-
starr.a nrone1tv hv had acfino. and NJ
O'Neill's company, it must be admitted, las
transcendent abilities in this respect, if in
no other.
rur ~-1o< eo11.pr -owp
fe onnornnod - hoo;n - ee,eon ~ o;o.+
1rao1-c az 10 Grand Gnor,- -uo,,sa sro -
:. nnn;o1 paaha+ ,, +ho ~. Tor. aae,. -
1.e+ saaso,, .'.;ii ,,a +ho ,n";,, o++.nt;,S ~ ~
1870 , w. 49,, l.N~a .1, d. a, .9;a,,,, ~,
-,,;,, e,.a - 49, ,,-oso.+o, ~ :. .sos. n4.I H.
e1ex @ A4sp ~ ua rt,nua n;,i orsonnt 'ae t,
heroine in the 1ast-named play. She
created tbe character in this countrv |
and e,va t1,a MAY mnsr of tba succass # e,'
~ w p.s1 4AonS ~ a'o ooe..oe ~ GU
Sara Jewett unfortunately will not be with !
the COMPANY. She still harbors her Old |
aea;nst the Chica s,o newsnaners
~ E.;1, ;,at.,J.' 1.s,a.so.. ,'".;aa
Miss Eytinee, Eleanor Carey, Maud Har-
rison, Estelle Clayton, Ida Vernon, Mrs. |
Phillips G. II. Thorne. Frederic de 1,eltviIle |
1ntn psrsal,o n StaIha-t r,,.,an
FaWcetf3 Walden Iamsey, and other old Ia
vorits.
The rcp1,1or simmer cnsapements of tho
17n;on snna-a @ ] cnmnanr ~ ;n t,,;s city " hos-,n @
on1o1 'oaualo coapans ~ tI's ely oe,an ..a
at ttooleys Theatre July ., 1s15' when "'Ihe
Two Orphans" was first introduced with
n,nE,n nc Gc1,,cs M,cEav nc 1,;r7~rc
ra.a r,..1. ~ o' ~ - ~. ,,,e..,.
fiioe elaSkoh as LOUISE, hI1ey D'aach-
ard as Hcnricttc, Marie Wilkins as
La Froc1tnrd, Ida Vernon as Sister Gcne-
s,ic,,c. and Fannie Norant. as the Countess.
,yere amono. rho nr;nci,,,i ~ FORMERS M th;s
'u'ons t1e W t4'o
occasion. lhe next year Inc same play was
repeated with Robson as Picard, larselle as
the Count, O'Neill as Pierre, and Robinson
as .7ncn,,cs-the other characters as 1ufore,
;The t;rst sc,snn witncsse.i thn oreateSt ri.
,1,,,nh of the ITnion Snmare cnmnanv "The
Two f>rnha1,s = ran IN crow1ed 1,1uses fnr
siv yyeeEs and wns onlv w;,h.lrown nt last
haca,,sa rt,a ,c+nrs confi M ram,;,, innnar
The season Of 1Sa; nnenri .Irne % Viii
onlv = fair audience to witness 1he nro,l,,c-
finn If :. Frrrroi.'' > will, T'hnrnc 1,arsrlie
Rnh;nson. Knbsnn- Stoddart. K:te CIaytm1
ida Ver1,on. Marie WilEins, and WauJ