Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-01-15
METROPOLITAN THyATER MAzEPPA's
ARMY

ANIME LOUISE DucklDshSm appeared a
the Metropolitan Theatsr last night to fan
house-a good one, inclenency Of the weatheI
considered-in characterization of Byron.
poem "Mazeppa." The lady is tall, ad
rnirably propertioued, graceful-albeit toe
formal and melo-aramatic in her poses ana
stage Observation-Disclosures, and as 1.-the as
she Is strong, and as vigorous as ahe is pretty.
/ OF course no one can be deceived as to what
MaZeppa," as pay, Is, giving, az il does,
! the broadest opportunity for the display Of
/ the human fora divine by the leading char
acter. It Is fair to Miss Buckingham to saw
/ that she plays the piece Just as modestly as
II can be, and thar she does not give cause
| Tor any further observations GA t. az point.
She l. q more Muscular Mszeppa than Men
ken, Q beJter fencer far, quite rs good a
rider. and decidedly more MA caiiue il the
role than that brilliant beauty Of the past.
though she lacks the melody Of her voice.
the poetry Of her carriage, and the love.
illness OF her sLatuesque form. Never
5heless she IS an attraction, AID Il
Byrol's Mazeppa was one halt a.
handsome, no one reed wonder that
ths Polish maiden loved the Tartar
page. Miss buckingham was splendidly sup
ported, by q horse, ia q dou1ls sense, for he
carried her sai-iy up and down and through
aad about the conglomerat gatherings aud
scenic wIecbs that have accumulated Ia that
aaglenJ structure, the AleIOpeuts1 Ibaater,
Tor over quarter Of e century He Is
smart hofsa-'i IN tru5h ? noble s-eed, as
Byron puts It; one OF tie smartest that ever
went out TO grass; III companion for Seer
mans JACK, ths clown, and his colleagues
Tommy and Barney. Indeed Miss Buckipg-
ham and her horse Melville are show al
By themselves, worth the cost and lime Of
seeing, even if i'll supported. But they came
last ;. ght very near going to ruin because Of
the lsck Of an army. Ms2eppa c<n'5 be
piaJ e. without an army, and Sacrsmento's |
stock Of armies Is jus now short. However,
lady 2ught it It's duty. but at the last mo.
ment 1t struck-stru-k tur 90 cents a night !
move; She manager wuuldn'5 stand the rise. !
ana a new army couldn't be recruited. So |
Miss Buckingham rang up The curtain with |
only skeleton army tlat was essentially one |
Of raw recruits. Us bludders during the /
INST and second acts the audience endured, |
and patiently submitted to seeing the troops |
a Ppear IN tine same costume tarDa ely as
Polish infantry and Tartar laucsrs. But |
when In tie third act the khaEs body
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