Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-07-13
The WaldrOn Il Chappelle Theatrical
Troupe.

The WaldrOn Il Chappelle Theatrical
Troupe.
Last evening the Waldron q Chap
pelle theatrical combination finished
their seasons work by playing the
1.-TWO Orphans" at the Opera House,
having played ten successive nights to
good and sometimes crowded houses.
We have frequently spoken in praise
of this admirable troupe, and still have
words of commentator for them.-
They are a strong troupe, capable OF
acting the leading plays Of the day,
and doing them we'll. The various
members appear to work together and
devote themselves to their individual
parts in a most praiseworthy manner.
The result has been well pleased audien-
ces and good financial remuneration
for the troupe, who, we believe, are not
at all sorry that they paid this city a
visit. The fact that they gave ten sue
cessive plays to good houses is Of it.
self sufficient commentator, for it
takes good troupes to draw successive
paying houses in this city.
Mr.. Geo. b. Waldron is an artist
successfully delineating every charac-
ter he took. AS Badger" in Streets
of New York" he appears as disso-
lutte sharper and California desperate,
with sparks of humanity. In "Rose-
dale" he appeared in totally differ
ent character, that Of the easy, cool
tempered, brave, noble-hearted Lieuten-
ant Gray, of the Lancers. Under a
careless demeanor, he was ready to face
danger in its most terrible shape
Death staring him in the face did not
deter him from executing his duty, and
he walks into the gipsey camp in quest
Of the missing boy, as coolly as he af-
forwards leads the quadrille, and with
out any appearance of having perform
ed any great deed, although he knew
that discovery of his identity endanger-
ed his life. In such parts as Lieuten-
ant Gray, Mr.. Waldron is perfection
He acts his part with easy grace, is
natural in his motions, and never fails
to properly interpret the part he acts.
On Saturday evening he represented
"Othello," the Moore. Here we find
him in a totally different character
first as the loving husband, then, with
his mind poisoned by the human fiend
Tago," he becomes jealous of his wife,
"Desdemona." His struggles between
his love and jealousy are terrible, and
finally maddened by the frenzied feel
ings which are torturing his heart, he
smothers his wife. Shortly after he
discovers that his wife was faithful to
him; that there was no foundation for
his suspicious, and then the remorse and
anguish he endures are such as to cause
him to stab himself, and he dies b.; tine
bedside of the one he had loved, mar
ried, suspected and murdered. AS
"Othello," Mr.. Waldron was grand.
Mrs. Waldron has succeeded in win
ming the admiration Of the theatre goers
and become favorite, and no wonder
either, for her acting has proved her
to be an actress of no ordinary merit,
no matter what part she takes. In
Streets Of New York" we find her as
the naughty daughter of rich banker,
with no thought but to spend money
and steal into aristocratic society-cold,
heartless, unloving. As "Desdemona"
she is the faithful friend, and loving
wife uniustly accused of henious crimes,
and with her last breath tries to shield
her husband from the consequences of
his crime. Whatever the character
Mrs. Waldron takes, as far as our OBJ
servation went, she makes success of
it, but she seems to be the most success
full in parts that call for affection and
self-sacrifce.
Mrs. Chappelle has made success
of the various characters she represent
ed, particularly as Lady Gray" in
"Rosedale." She makes fine appear
ance on the stage, is easy, natural, and
pleasant in her representations. Last
night she took the difficult and cele-
brated part of Louise" the blind girl
in the 1.-TWO Orphans" part that
strongly appeals to the sympathies of
those who witness it.
Mr.. Chas. Chappelle's characters
have been principally those of a vii
lain, and so well did he act the char
acters allotted to him that person
could not help but entertain feelings
of repugnance and horror at the vii
famous acts necessary for him to per-
form. Take, for instance, his part as
"Miles McKenna," in "Rosedale. y
Where could you find more harden.
ed, callous, cold-blooded, revengeful
villain than was represented by Mr..
Chappelle, and the same may be said Of
Misrepresentation of "Jacob McClosky,"
in "0ctoroon". In the former he was
hardened to the last, glorying in the
m;serv he Thought he had caused to