The Washington critic., 1886-10-05
WASHINGTON CRITIC
WASHINGTON, OCTOBER 5, 1886.
AT THE THEATRES.
pAreu,s-urAusr AND MARGUERITE. "

ALBAUGn's-"rAUsT AND MARGUERITE"
Only fairslzed audience greeted Mr..
Morrison and Miss Alsberg in "Faust aud
Marguerite" at Albaugh's last night. The
pay Is what might be termed m,,ltttm in
aarto, with more muitttm than the pdrU0 can
accommodate, and this fault Is due to the
playwright, who has attempted too much
1t is also play of two characters and a-half
Msphisto aud Marguerite being two and
Faust a-half. The other characters come In
iD the nature Of incidental advertisements.
Mr.. Morrison as Mcphisto may be said to be
"devilish" good, but not great, and Miss
Alsberg as Marguerite, when she has come
TO tie maturity cf her promising powers,
may be equal to the part. Mr Wesseps
Faust was eladlatorial in places and fairly
had all thr ugh. As an entirety "Faust
aud Marguerite" must be seen to be appre-
ciat,d properly. Again tonight.
KERNAS's-NEEpHAM AND REILLY.
The fun was fast and furious at Kernan's
Washington Theatre last uigbt, and Need
ham and Ktliy's Comedy and Speciality
Company made It all. "The Rehearsal"
and "Law and Love" are the comedies,
and they afford ample scope for an array
Of specialties which are warranted to carry
any audience of its feet aud raise the roof
with applause. Again tonight.
HARRIS BlJoU--"sHAUGuRAUN."
No play more than "Conn, the shaugh-
rauD," has won lasting place In the dra-
matte afT, ctious of this country, and last
night at the Bijou it reasscrted It's power
and charmed ss Of yorc. IL is play In
which every character has It's full share OF
prominence, and In which every actor may
do all there lie In him. In this instance
THIS is done, aud the "Shaughraunn is quite
an attraction when in the hands OF actors
whose reputation may be more widely ex-
tended. Again tonight
.nERzoo's-"A PRISONER FOR LIFE.n
"A Prisoner for Life" is q play In which
the scenery plays prominent part, and
this backed, as in this instance, by a good
cast, makes an ensemble Of especial strength.
The house was filed with au enthusiastic
audience, whose good feeling was stronger
when the curtain went down than when II
went up loaded with anticipation. There
is much in "a Prisoner for Life" to please,
and little or none to offend, and the patrons
of Herzog's will have pleasant week.
Again tonight.
THE NATIoNAL,-THB MINsTRELs.
The National was filled back to the last
row last night top Lnl bottom, to meet r.,
7. and w. and their charcoal blondes. 1t
was great house and great show, and
notwithstanding the fact that the shaded
artists worked of a c-h-n-t now aud then,
they did II so artistically that everybody
laughed. Minstrels are not subjects OF
criticism they are above and beyond 1t, and
why COMMENT The people love the bal
lad singing, the melodies, the muscular
fun, the saltatorial activity and the other
attractions, and what's the difrerence3 T.,
7. and w. are Inferior to none, aud they de-
serve to have all the fun and make all the
fun they car. Again Tonight.
THE DIME MusEuM.-GUs. HILLS NOVELTIES.
The Dime was the place of a million last
night, and the crowds to hear and see Gus
Hill aud his novelties were stupendous in
size and stupendous In enjoyment. These
novelties combine all the best features of
the variety stage and present constantly
changing succession Of interesting attrac-
tions in dances, gymnastic feats, songs,
tight-rope walking and SO on through the
list. Again tonight.