Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-05-30
ADJUSTMENTS.

AT the Metropolitan Theater this even
ing Mile. Rhea. the distinguished and
beautiful Belgian actress, will appear in the
historical drama, Josephine, Empress of
the French" She will be supported by
William Harris, as Bonaparte, and by
large and competent company. Mile, Rhea
has won the comm ndation of the Ameri-
can press for her fine presentation of the
character of Josephine. Though she labors
under the disadvantage of speaking the
English tongue imperfectly, she has
achieved great success in the role. 1t is
said that her costumery, besides being &C.
curate to the style of the period of the play,
IS IN Costumes rarely equaled upon the
stage, She is represented as gifted with
strong emotional qualities, and in bearing
TO be the ideal of queenly grace. The
piece will be presented with the
same scenic effects and stage appointments
used in San Francisco and New York.
yesterday there was a surprisingly large
sale OF seats, testifying to the interest
awakened in the announcement of Mile.
Rheas appearance in a piece said to be
crowded with historic recitals clustering
about the most romantic life of royalty in
this century.
At the Congregational Church this even
ing G. E. Bolton will give the first of his
four entertainments. He will tell tonight
the story of The -Four Napoleons," Illus
| trated with a great number of very fine
| pictures, Illuminated by a powerful oxy-
| calcium light apparatus. Mr.. Bottoms pre-
vIous entertainments have drawn well here
| and have given entire satisfaction. They
tend to stimulate historical reading and
convey great deal of valuable informa-
| ton.
| Saturday morning at the Metropolitan
Theater the sale of seats for the production
of Bronson Towards play, Shenandoah, y
will begin. Its nights here will be Mon.
| day and Tuesday next. 1t is to be regret
ted that the company has not been under
written for four or five nights here. Hav-
ing witnessed its performance in San Fran
cisco recently, We can understand why it
| would draw for a week in this CITY, why
it has had the most phenomenal run in the
East in the history of American dramas
and why it is to be presented in England
and is looked forward to there with notable
| interest.
The secret of the success of ''Shenan.
doah, which is simply the clustering of a
few incidents = through which runs
thread of love-making and heart-aching-
related to General Sheridan's campaign
and celebrated ride into the Shenandoah
valley, is very simple one. The author
has succeeded in appealing to the patriot
ism of Union lovers, without woundipg
the sensibilities of Southern people. He
opens his story with the firing of the first
gun upon Fort Sumter, at Charleston.
land closes it in Washington with the end
of the war and the burial of its issues. He
presents the chivalric and heroic upon
the Confederate and the patriotic and de-
voted upon the Union side. He draws
strong pictures of the intense Southern
feeling and devotion to States, and equally
as vivid and realistic scenes of loyalty to
the Stars and Stripes. and yet so tenderly
and with such contrasts between the de-
mands OF duty and the dictates of love that
the auditors are kept swaying between
sympathy for the hot blood of the South
and its misguided youth, and enthusiastic
admiration for the heroism and self.sacri-
, fee of Union devotees. The scenes of love
and the trials Of hearts throughout the play
soften the asserities of war, and the horrors
of the conflict of arms are toned down by
an exquisite vein of humor. There is no
clap-trsp nor mere stage trickery to claim
attention, but there is one of the most sue
cessfll scenic effects that has ever been put
upon stage, and there is enough of the
military vigor and the clank OF arms 10
give the play character.
1t is said that General Sherman has
written letter to the author commencing
the piece, and that the veteran commander
witnessed the production OF the piece once
month during the 800 nights it was pre-
scented in New York. and was always ac-
companied by large number of army off,
GERS. The piece is to be given here, says
Manager Hall, precisely as it was presented
in San Francisco, with the introduction of
the trained horse. the signal corps and full
military aid. In San Jose and Stockton
this was not done. Company "a" Captain
Glas, has been engaged to aid in the pro-
duc,ion of the piece here and will furnish
forty men for that purpose.
The cas-. will be the New York cast. and
II is one of thorough competency. Henry
Miller, Zoe Tuttle. James o. Barraws,
odette Tyler. Dorothy Dorr and Harry
Harwood have the leading roles. In the