Morning journal and courier., 1886-03-15
City Court Criminal Side Judge
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Entertainments.

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 Entertainments.
 CARLL'S OPERA HOUSE.
 One cannot help but admire the progress i've spirit of Lawrence Barrett. He does more for the encouragement and advance ment of dramatic art than any leading Amer ican actor. To him we are indebted for the production of new works in place of the hackneyed traditional repertory of the aver age tragedian. It was in accordance with this liberal spirit that Francesca DeRiEnini received noteworthy presentations last year, and no doubt prompted the revival of ''Hernani" the present season. But in Vic tor Hugo's drama MT. Barrett has made most unfortunate selection. "Hernani" is sembre, dismal, commonplace and without single element that goes to make up suc- cessful production of to-day: It attempts to picture mediseval Spain with its chivalric nob1es whose deli cate sense of honor is supposed to appeal to our deepest feelings of nobility. But the agency it employs is dreary story in which the principal characters start out by avowing themselves to be the very personihcation of what they afterwards show the audience they are not. Hermann, bold, fearless and noble, careless of life, intent only averaging the death of a murdered parent, cringes at the feet of a monarch he has sworn to kill and is false to every VOW in the very face of his fellow conspirators, not to speak of his piteous appeal for life to the man whose hospitality he had so out rageously traduced when called upon to exc cute sacred promise. And the duke whose lofty sentiment won for him the sympathy and respect of every auditor is summarily metamorphosed into an incarnate fend, re- lentless, immutable as stone and willingly composing the death of two beings. The king, whose treachery throughout the first three acts makes him odious, appa- rently for no other reason than mere caprice, magnanimously gives up the woman into whose ear he had but moment before so passionately poured his love, to the man up on whose head he had set 8 price. All this is contrary to any recognized dramatic idea, and if it were the work of anyone but it's au- thor would be regarded 8 fourth class tragedy. Lawrence Barrett is a careful, con- scientious and unbending actor. In the parts calling for lofty Reclamation he is superb. His resonant voice rings out magni6centIy. His action, although at times trifie too measured, is finely artistic. But in the delicate portions, where the Her mani plays the lover and tries to forget the warrior, he is cold, passionless and unyield- ing. He repels rather than attracts and seems ever pent up with volume of power, which is delivered with telling effect upon his enthusiastic auditors in some brilliant vocal effort. Mir. Barrett's support is good. F. c. Mosley played the part of the king ex- cellently we'll and Miss Gale as Zanthe made a most pleasant impression. The others were correspoudingly good.
 cARLL;s OPERA HOUSE.
 Lilli Lehman, Franz Rummel and Ovide Musin are the three celebrated artists who will appear in the concert artistique to be given at this house on Tuesday evening. THATCHER, PRIMROSE & WEST.
 
 one of their pleasing entertainments at the New Haven Opera House on Thursday even ing and it will be their last appearance this season.
 AMERICAN THEATER. Ida Siddons with strong company, which includes Press Eldridge and Miss Lou San ford, royal favorites with the patrons of the American, will hold the boards there this week. A racy entertainment of the bur lesque order will be presented:
 SAINTS AND SINNERS.
 The latest Madison Square Theater success will be presented at Carll's Opera House on Tuesday evening, March B, by the original cast from the Madison Square Theater under the auspices of the New Haven lodge of Elks, it being the second annual benefit of that lodge. The seats will be on sale at Loomis' next Thursday.
 NEW HAVEN OPERA HOUSE. Robert Buchanan's melodrama entitled "Alone in London, CT A Woman Against the World, will be produced at this opera house this, to morrow and Wednes- day evenings and Wednesday afternoon. The company closed last Saturday night a weeks engagement at the Grand Opera House, New York, playing to immense au- diences.
 BUNNELL's MUSEUM. Bronson Towards great drama, ''The Bankers Daughter" will be produced at the museum this week by what is said to be an excellent company, and no doubt this play, which has proved such success, will draw large houses at each performance MT. Bun nell has also decided that every lady weigh ing 200 pounds or over shall be admitted free this afternoon. In the curio hall Patrick O'Brien and his wife, the giant and giantess, will be the attraction.
 MoDJEsKA
 Will appear at Carll's Opera House next Saturday evening as "Viola" in "Twelfth Night" An exchange says:
 ''In touches iu quiet passages in subdued action the genius if such 1t is, of this actress is best Ou. making an impressive scene where lines are vigor- ous and incidents dramatic. It is another matter when the commonplace is elevated to the plane of lefty sentiment, where the sense of pathos joy or pain is conveyed to an audience by means who'll ly Independent of the spoken words The ability make this manifestation is the greatness of and to our mind she is never more potent than when she indicates in manner the process of thought that precedes follows the spoken lines It is then the the soul of the actress blends with the skill of the artiste and idea emotion is stamped upon the mind by the subtle influence whi h. not understanding, we name psy chology. Therein lies the difference between the interpreter and the mere actor, whether it be de- scribed genius, talent or some equally ambigu- unusual degree
 My wife was very bad with rheumatism and neuralgia, so she could but just get up, with pains in her back and limbs and around her heart. She took two bottles of your medicine, Athlophoros, and was very much better right away.-W. E. Mousley, Lyme, N. H.
 Roses on Commfss1on-Benef1t for the
 Armory Fair Te-Night.
 George A. Dickerman, the we'll known florist, has fine and beautiful consignment of roses of the different varieties. for sale, and will donate as gift he net profits from the sale of them for the benefit of the fund which Lieutenant Colonel Loomis is raising by the fair at Union armory and which fair continues onight.
 Roses-Look out For Bargains.
 Dickernan, the florist, has made arrange ments to receive consignments of choice roses from New York for the next few 1viIJ il al