The Washington critic., 1890-04-01
MI SEMENTS,
Louis James in otheIlo.

Mr.. Louis James and his company
presented "Othello" at Albaugh's Opera
House last evening, Owing to the
stormy weather the audience was not
large, but what it lacked in size was
fully made up in enthusiasm. AT the
end of the great scene between OthelIo
and IdgO Mr.. James and Mr.. Mosley
were called before the curtain six times.
AS Othello Mr. James is, of course, the
central figure Of the play. His deep
voice, commanding stage presence and
range of expression are all essentials to
this great Shakespearean role. Mr..
Shakespeare words and not substitute
phrases and lines not in the text.
The Iago of Mr.. John Mosley is very
good. His william is not overdrawn, as
is usually the case. but every detail
tends to bring out the workings of this
master schemer's mind. Brdbdnti0
was taken by Mr.. II. A. Langdon, who,
1t will be remembered, did such excel
lent work with John Mccullough. Miss
Mabel Amber made very charming
DeSdemOnd, displaying all the womanly
love and grace which belong to the
part. There will be change Of bill
every night this week. Tonight
Julius Gear" with Mr.. James as
Bratus, will be presented.
The "MidniGht Bell"
That Hoyts Midnight Bell'' is an
all-round good show was testified to by
the large audience which last evening
greeted its initial performance at the
National Theatre. In this excellent
comedy Hoyt has gone beyond the line
of his former work, and has given us n
play with plot, good dramatic
makeup, and number of strictly
legitimate and original characters. The
company which presented it last even
ing was an excellent one AS Martin
| Trip, the mischievous country boy,
! Eugene Garfield is at his best. He
/ scored a hit in the part when the play
was first produced in New York. His
| recitation in the school-room and his
song, when Pop was Little Boy
Like Me-" brought down the house
and won deserved encores. George
Richards was very funny as Deacon
1vdd, and played his peculiar part to
/ perfection. Fanny Mcintyre as Nora
was pretty, and acted the character very
| cleverly. The rest of the company
which is, by the way, an unusually
large one--are well fitted for their parts,
most of them having been in the orig.
inal cast. The scenery and mechanical
effects are good, the slide in the second
act being decidedly unique.
Matte Viekers in ''Jaequine
Miss Vickers' presentation Of "Jac
quine" drew an unusually good housC
at the Biiou Theatre last night. She is
pretty, vivacious and graceful, and
possesses n good voice. Her singing
was repeatedly encored, ami Katrina.
Louise, the Flower Girl" aut
Pretty as Picture, y received enthu
siastic applause
Miss Nickers is supported by an eX
cellent company. The specially worl
of Joseph NJ, Doner, the bill poster,
was feature of the performance
which is, by-the-way, based on life be
hind the scenes. Some of the situations
are remarkably clever, and the actin!
is above the average. Among the play
which depict greenroom fun "Jac
quine'' is bound to take a LEADING
place. 1t will be presented at Harris
all the week with the usual matinees
"DeimOnte" at Kernans.
A great audience witnessed the per
formancc of the Leonzo brothers sen
sational play, "Delmonte," at Herman
last evening, notwithstanding the in
clement weather. The ntelligen
dogs, Lion and Tiger, were the stars o
the performance, and their clever an(
almost human acting evoked con
tinued applause. The play depict;
incidents in the constantly recurring
trouble between the MeXicans and