Morning journal and courier., 1886-04-05
Entertainments. 1nn"1c nDrpA IInTIGE

none of the provincial cities was Margaret Mather more kindly received than in this.
 We regarded this talented young claimant for histrionic laurels sort of protege to whose success we lent the encouragement l which youth and ambition may rightly de- mand. Many of her shortcomings were | lightly passed over in anticipation of the great event in every young artiste's life, l namely the passing of review before the | metropolitan critics. Having stood the test of unprecedented run at the Union l Square Theater, Miss Mather returned to this city last Saturday evening and is to be meas ured by the standard of her own former ex- | cellence. Juliet is one of Shakespeare's most intense, passionate and exacting crea- tions, and withal the most abused and hack neyed one. It is surrounded by traditions rigidly regarded as sacred by every tragic star. To depart from the accepted formula | is something of sacrilege Miss Mather has seen fit to invade the sanctity of prece- | dent and imbued the role with striking origi- nalities. This for 8 person whose stage perience dates no longer back than four years | is decidedly daring innovation. All things considered however, her Juliet is a success and her defects those which riper experi- ence and more mature judgment will great | ly assist in eradicating. Juliet is singular study. In the space of a few hours after her eyes meet Romeo's for the first time she is ready to deny family, father, | mother, all, ''no longer be Capulet'' This | evolution of the simple hearted girl moulded | by new sensations into a love-sick maiden and suddenly transformed into frenzied, l maddened woman, offers a series of trans- l tions every one of which presents well de- l fined phases of character wbich the histrions | is called upon to portray and by which she | must be measured. There was not the ring of veracity about the first part of Miss Ma 1 thers impersonation. There was an uncon- I frr1 1IoI oh hn 1Qrf nf fha
 auditor that her exuberance was artificial, 1 but as she warmed up this feeling 1 gave way to genuine interest and at the conclusion of the balcony scene everyone had found that the picture was exquisite, ami l mated and real. Not, however until the | famous potion scene did the star rise to the | level of her best excellence, and although we l question her good taste in rushing about the stage during the soliloquy, not to speak of
 the strained effect produced by rolling down
 the steps at the conclusion of the act, this ! scene alone stamped her as an artist of most
 pronounced ability and great promise In
 this transfiiguration, unfettered by the rules of stage device, lost
 in a whirl of passionate excitement and ending in paroxysm of de- l spair, she shone to the highest advantage, yet | she was always graceful and in the scene in which the petulant nurse becomes 8 victim | to her dainty cajolement was delightfully."- ! naive. It was not great performance, but | certainly pleasing one. Mr. John T. Ma | lone was far from ideal Romeo. Were comparisons not odious we might suggest | the names of at least two young men who have appeared in this character with Miss Mather, and who were infinitely superior. Mir. Malone lacks fervor and intensity. The very difficulty of the part calls for one pecu- | liarly adapted to it's requirements. MT. Malone is not that one and in | one instance only did he rise above the level | of mediocrity. MT. Levick was a capital Mercutio, MT. Eytinge 8 good Capulet, MT. l Maier acceptable Friar, Miss Jamison good nurse and Miss Harold distressingly poor Lady Capulet. In view of the elaborate scenic effects provided by MT. Hill at the New York production those offered on Sat | sfactory. A very large audience was present ] and the star honored with several recalls. BUNNELI's MUSEUM.
 Manager G. B. Bunnen is bound that his patrons shall witness some of the best shows on the road, and for this week he has secured Charles Atkinson's Comedy company
 which will produce ''Peck's Bad Boy" AMERICAN THEATER.
 Billy Williams, universal favorite with New Haven theater-goers, appears this week at the American and is sure to draw large houses during his stay. On Friday night l Manager Van Buren has his benefit, when
 his friends should rally in their strength and show their appreciation of his successful eff l forts to furnish them genuine and whole | some amusement during the season.
 CALLED BACK.
 This popular play, by Hugh Conway, will be produced by the c. A. Stevensons comedy company at the New Haven Opera House on
 Thursday evening, and on Friday and Satur- day evenings and Saturday afternoon the | same company will produce Augustio Daly's most successful comedy "A Country Girl" :" This company includes Catherine Lewis, Charles A. Stevenson, Henry Lee and other well known artists.
 NEW HAVEN OPERA HOUSE.
 This, tomorrow and Wednesday evenings and Wednesday afternoon at this opera house
 Carrie Swain, one of New Haven's favorite
 actresses, will appear in "Jack in the Box,"
 play of which the New York Herald says:
 Miss Carrie Swain put on pair of trousers last
 evening at the Union Square Theater, and then pro-
 ceeded to dance sing and turn handsprings through
 four acts of M Messrs I Sims scotts rather lively
 in accomplishing all she set out to do,
 and aItl,. though there was at times diff
 dividing line between art and muscle-where
 her gymnastics ended and her acting began
 there general opinion that she was a whole
 circus in herself, and offered the livelest kind of
 and Who bseVed the end used te means Her singing and dancing fairly brought
 instead of a cadenza by way of establishment to the conclusion of an air, the applause simply deafening.
 BOSTON SYMPHONY CONCERT.
 Our musical community will be delighted to hear that Boston's pride, it's most excel lent symphony orchestra, will give us a
 grand concert next Friday evening, April 9,
 in Carll's Opera House. New Haven has often heard Mir. Theodore Thomas orches- tra of fifty men, but never have we listened
 to an orchestra of sixty performers like the
 Boston Symphony society will bring here
 and led by the great Wilhelm Gericke, of
 Vienna, who. with skill and energy organ
 ized the orchestra of artists from the most
 prominent musical centers of Europe. MT.
 Gericke's performances have delighted thou
 sands of people with their semi-weekly con-
 certs in Boston, and at the close of the
 son the organization is now on concert
 tour, East and West. It will be new reve-
 lation to our musicians to listen to MT.
 Gericke's rendering of Beethoven's fifth
 symphony and to the fairy strains of Men
 delssohn's Midsummer Nights Dream"
 Miss Gertrude Franklin, Boston's sweetest concert singer, will assist the orchestra, and
 MT. Fritz Geise, the cello virtnoso, will play solo. Seats at popular prices now for
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