Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-07-16
ADJUSTMENTS.
Miss Fanny Davenport at the Grand
Opera House This Evening.

Miss Fanny Davenport at the Grand
Opera House This Evening.
At the Grand Opera House this evening
Miss Fanny Davenport, supported by her
own excellent company, will inaugurate
an engagement of six nights and Satur-
day matinee, and will present for three
nights each Sardou's masterpieces, Fe-
dora and La Tosca. Miss Davenport will
make her initial bow in Fedora, a play
in which she has received the highest
encomiums of the press and public OF
both America and England. The sale OF
seats for tonight is very large and Miss
Davenport will doubtless be greeted by
as brilliant and fashionable an audience as
ever she has appeared before.
The appearance of Miss Davenport and
the production of Fedora and La Tosca,
is an event in our theatrical history that
is worth more than passing comlnent.
In the first place, it should be matter
OF great pride that in a city yet in its
swaddling clothes, the theatrical art has
reached that standard that enables us to
furnish the stage accessories to make the
presentation of these plays as perfect and
as pleasing to the eve as they have been
made anywhere in the world. This is
sufficient to give every person who wit
nesses them sensation of mingled pride
and pleasure.
Victorien Sardou, the author OF these
two plays, is a Frenchman, and
his peculiarities are more remarkable
in some respects than his characters
which he has created in some of his
famous works. And in view of the fact
of the appearance of Miss Davenport
who has done as much towards making
Sardou's name famous in America as the
clever author himself has accomplished.
Some of the facts in connection with the
playwright may be interesting. AL.
though his exclusiveness is we'll known
he never tires of meeting the friends ol
what he calls his two creators-Sarah
Bernhardt and Fanny Davenport. And
| with these two great artists in view, he
is now, it is said, at work upon the
play of his life, and as compliment tc
his opinion as to the creative power o.
| Miss Davenport, it is his intention te
have her present in America, simultane
ously with the Sarah Bernhardt's pro
duction in Paris his new play, which he
has refused to allow the great Sarah tt
have until its translation into the Eng
lish language is perfect. Though i
seems hardly possible, the greatest feel
ing of friendship exists between Bern
hardt and Davenport. When Mis-
Davenport yielded to the request of thu
chief players in New York, two winter.
ago, to give for them an exclusive per
formance of Fedora, Sarah Bernhardt
who was then playing in Philadelphia
chartered special train to New York tt
attend the performance. After the
| third act, she rushed back to Miss Dav
enport's dressing room, and throwing he
arms about her neck she cried, "Yol
are an artistic; you should come tC
Paris"
Miss Davenport will display some mar
velous costumes and jewelry in botl
Fedora and La I'osca. The full cast O
| Fedora will be:
Loris 1panoff. ..... Mr. Melbourne Mcdowell
| Jean De Sirieux, At-
sssas tsehs French EN-, Mr.. F. Mocullough Ros
Gretch, Russian Detective Mr.. cb. ]. Edmond
Desire French Valet ... Mr. Frank Mcdonald
bG Ghier, Iersci 'eSesr s,raeen Leo GGoope
Pierre Borctf friend OF Loris. M Mr. D VIM. or Moor
Cyrille, Coachman. Mr.. Theodore Robert
Eonyei, butterfly Mr.. J. n. Lon
1
DR.. Muller, Surgeon ....... Mr. T. Marshal
| Basille, a Servant ....MrA A, H Freeman
vickafor, Russian Policeman Mr. A. A. Lott
Ivan, Russian Policeman. 49,. Mr.. A. Talbo
SWISS ......................M Mr.. T. Edward
| Assistant Surgeon Mr. H. Ciifto
Clerk ........... Mr. n Nief
Countess Olga soukareff. Miss Sadie Montgomer
| Dimitri, a Groom Miss Blanche Brow
Madame de Tourney =. Miss Kathrynne Herol
| Boroness Okra. ......... Miss Teresa Ellsworth
| Maurka, Servant. ......... Miss Ann Hawkin
Princess Fedora Miss Fanny Dsvannnr
Fedora will be presented until Thurs
day evening, when it will be Withdrawn
in favor of La Tosco.