San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-10-22
AMUSEM ENTS.
Pas. Pleasures ~ the Alamo City
for tre last Two Nights.
KEENE'S FAREWELL.

This very conscientious, hard-work-
! ing and brilliant tragedian has come
and gone again. He has left pleasant
recollections among us. He has done
some excellent work. In his presen-
tation of Shylock, in the Merchant
of Venice" at Saturdays matinee he
did some splendid acting, particularly
strong in his grand exit in the LATTER
part of the last act, his mute acting
being full of the suppressed
power that denotes the great
actor. The ladies, too, Miss Pome-
roy and Miss Holmes, were better
| than in Richard, the part of Portia
| suiting the formers masculine style
better. At night Mr.. Keene gave us
very close copy of Booths "Riche-
| lieu,n although in his reading of the
| lines his intOnations and emphasis
were placed differently and ne was
not so quiet. As Booth said of him
once though. HE will get on; he will
get on, in time" The company
spent sunday in our city, taking III
the presentation of Faust last night,
and lett early today for Austin.
! Keene will not be seen in the south
for the next two years, as he wants
to travel next season in the north.
LEWIS MORRISON'S FAUST.
This gentleman gave Bernard's
adoption of GoeJhe's masterpiece, de-
pctlng the awful compact OF DR..
Faust and the devil, 10 large audi
ence at the Grand last night support
| 81 hiS hna1fi-
full daughter, Miss ROsabel Morrison,
taking the roll of the loving. yet too
trusting Marguerite. This com
pany gives all the beautiful
spectacles of the poem, including the
plaza of the old Nuremberg,
| its "Square Of the Fountains and
Shrine of the Virgin,n "Marguerite's
Home and Garden,n the "Walpurgis
| Night Orgy Of the FIends ON the
| Broken etc, much after the setting
of the Kiralfy school, with the various
mechanical appliances and magniti-
cent scenery. Mr.. Morrison's concep-
ton of the Devil strips him of his
boots and horns, and makes of him
| the crafty arch fiend that lures mems
souls to perditiOn in every conceivable
| form. Mr.. Frederick Ross, as Faust,
| was lulIC lOlClDlS Stil"
correct, the Marguerite OF Miss Nor
rison, beautiful, loving, and in the
last act pitiful and touching as the
author could wish. Her discovery of
| the gems and her feminine vanity,
was pleasing and pretty little frag-
| ment of the whole. Miss Carriers
Martha" the only other female
! part (save the witches) that was pre-
| TOD ,1,nC oil u-a11 orivan onH III
| of excellent. though not broad COM
edy. The company is fine, their cos
| tunes very correct and scenic effects
all that could be wished. Tonight
They again appear.
THE NIINSTRELS.
Old Turner hall, which for a long
| time now has not been open to profess
sional companies, was filled with an
audience last night, which, though
not highly cultivated one, in general
was eminently appreciative. Rich
ards and Pringle's genuine Georgia
Colored Minstrels were the card"
that drew large portion of the col
ored community and many of the
male portion of the Caucasians of the
city. They gave a good performance
of the regulation minstrel.
THE GEORGIA NIINSTRELS.
For the first time in nearly two
years the doors of Turner Hail We're
| open 10 entertain q show audience,
| the Georgia MINISTRIES being the at
traction for the evening and a good
sized audience awaited the rise OF
| The curtain. The troupe Was not a
large one, bat was certainly strong
and was backed by the famous Billy
| kersands, who is Z whole show in
| himself. The first part WAS excellent,
| W. }. y. Watts ballad, when
mother puts the little ones to bed, y
| being the sentimental jewel. ker-
sands and George Jackson Il la George
| Wilson dIscOursed on nothing and
did it well. The quartet rendered
some fine part-singing. Will G. HUT
delighted all with his harm0nicon,
the drum majors had q festival and
drill, and Billy Kersands INDUCED in
his eccentricities. The whole con-
cluded with farce, Brother Gard
uer's Lime Kiln club"
The show Oh the whole was ex-
cellent, the jokes were good and
there was nothing indecent in it.
| The only trouble was, there was no
| one there TO bride the enthusiasm of
| the audience that sometimes carried
| it away in too much noise for the SEN
sitive and refined. There was large
| representation of the cOlored people,
| who seemed to enjoy most heartily
| the hunOr of the show.
KRISCH HALL.