Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1886-08-31
JULIET.
Miss Margaret mather I'm the
P0eIac Hole.

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MISS ""rsare ...s
Poetic Hole.
yery large audience embracing .
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gent people oil the Guy was ofa"h ou'
last night to the Grand to welcome Mas
| Maroarst Mather in her initial perform.
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artisies name ana tame mao peen "ai'eo
here on many breath before her, no.
tably in that ovation Of the poets and
press of California. When she was in
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Coolbritn' the sweetest singer VI s.o
Sunset Coast, said Of Miss Mather In
| Julist.
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"heaquy Ahu sfa'e .Au .'s 'A' ~ ~
go periect IA it-full reality.
An opening rose Just wet with morning
| dew rs.o, vom.n ton
| a. dnnocence tbst fnows not 10 CONCEAL
THE pain or passion which the heart may
| . feel.- . ,.s, w.,ars
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"a soul Of are, yet chaste as falling snow;-
J THE very Juliet q shakasL ears ,a pen loo.
mere IN, -o'
| Such encomiums as the above no uouo'
had largely contributed to draw out .ne
very large and fashionepie auuiencs 'nas =
sat to witness the rendition OF one OF
the immortal dranatlsts master crea,
tious, one Of the most perfect and
poetical OF all bis works. AS young
hearts beat in the sweet unison oil the
tender passion, and;
Eyes look love to eyes that look again."
| 90 long must the sad story Of sweet
Julieti > sad love be as touchstene to all
oupg hearts and clam tear of sym
| n.tbv from all eyes where beams the
| iioht that ia kindled at the fame of
Venus. Il is q difficult play and the
| utlo role is one of rare exigency. Be-
| fore sn.nkipp of the star a word about
matters oil MINOR importance. First the
| setting was quite acceptable, but here is
usualiy the weekest s,,ot in good plays
at tn. Grand. The Owls are the only
peonie recalled now by the critics mem.
nrv who have suoceeded in the
setting of a piece at the Grand.
Bot whatever was lacking in the
sstting was more than made up
in ths ooatuminp. The dressing was
uniformly grood and exactly as it should
be. The magnificent robes OF Miss NJ ath-
ers are in themselves works Of art. al.
most worthy Of a poem.
Then in its ensemble the cast was good.
| IL ia yery seldom a man CLOCKS" char
a,ter 20 perfectly as did Mr.. NJ.
Leyick isok Merontio, and MIR. Harry
Eytipae look Capulet-tbe latter was
rsoept,onaliy good in thus respect. Mr..
| FIR. der oh Paulding. as r jmeo, while
not obiectIonal, was less fitted to the
| part. 80 lar as looks ago. He is rather
| short. and this ma tuIal defect, perhaps,
| ia the cause of his having little Of the
manner OF Barrett, Who is handicapped
| in heavy tragedy by his lack Of stature
| TO "look" MS part.
Coming TO the main point of the acting
| it is evenly good all through. 1t 10
hard to satisfy Californisns in the mat
ter OF the nurse. Ntaiiy I'll play-g rs
here have seen that incompatible acting
Of tie part at the hands Of the lament
ed Mrs. Judah. Mrs. Carrie Jamison
PLAYS the put well, but one cannot heip
making coml arisuns in ones MUD us
The role DEVELOPS Tbs other ladits ST the
cast read the lines assigned them very
acceptably, Miss Jean Harlod making
very dignited Lady Capulet, and the
vonpg lady put down in the programme
as ..Air. fully Marshall" -looki q very
chic as "Bathasar, the servant OF ko.
meo."
Mr.. Eytinge played the Capulet ex-
cellently, rising to high level OF art il
the scene OF strong passion where he
Insists on Juliet marrying the County
Paris.
MIR. Leyick as Mercutio could hardly
be exc He'd. His declamating of tn.
travels of Oueep Nab over the faces OF
LAWYERS. doctors and lovers was
fine; his CHI fling Of Romeo anu
the old nurse inimitable, and in
the death scene. he died like the light
hearted. poblesouled, brave. SPIRITED
gentleman he WIS.
Coming 10 Miss Mather's Juliet, the
general verdict last night was that she
unite reaches the high expe citations put
upop her acting. The appreciation OF
the immense audience was spontaneous
and euthusiastic At the end of each
sublime scene she was called before the
curtain amid the warmest applause IRON
all sections of the house.
Miss Mather has many natural gifts,
which 40 long way ard success in
Julet. In person, she looks as il cast
in tn, same m d as the creation CT the
poet. she is in fnce and figure re2 lily
ideal Juliet. She lacks i'll grandeur oil
figure for the more aueenly ladies' OF
heavy tragedy, but her well-rouuded
and symmetrical form, her 1.-THE,
agile and graceful movements and
pose, her beautiful expressive, poetic
face and the lovely light of her fine
ewes would all serve to provoke a new
enactment in real life Of all the tender
passages in the drama, in an audience
graced by 80 many young gallants as
| flock to the front Sc ats IN the Dress circle
| at the Grand.
Her acting, ali and all, IS quite in
keeping with all the expecta-
tions called out by these purely
| natural endowmeuts. In the fam Gus bal
| lcony scene the Tenderness of her newly
| a sakened assion is as poetiCal and ar
tistic thing as perhaps ever seen in The
acting of Shakespeare's work. 1t was
almost chill lish in its freshness, lack OF
cuauettishness and affeetation. 1t was
almost divine in its purity and depth.
The kissing of the pretty wrap from
around her fair shoulders and then let.
| Ting down a caress to her lover below
the wall was like an inspiration in it's
| Lowell ness