Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-12-10
AMUsEMENTs

Clara Morris, the distinguished emotional
actress, whom experience has ripened and
time hiss not impaired, sketch of whose
life the RECORD UNION gave on Monday
and whose portrait We printed yesterday,
will appear at the Metropolitan Theater
this evening as Camille. She is probably
the best American exponent in drama of
the emotional, and is supreme mistress of
the art of similating feeling OF her Ca
mile it has been said for some wears that
she divests the character of its less grateful
qualities, and pUfi6es and refines it to the
full extent of which it is capable She is
an actress of unques.ioned genius, and
while she lifts by her art the character she
assumes I'D cut of the realm of little things,
yet she does not forget that in the dramatic
art great deal depends upon the sur.
roundings, and hence she dresses with fine
taste, and while making it accord with
the thought OF the play, she pays tribute in
a not offensive degree to the admiration of
women for costly and beautiful garments,
whenever such costuming IS in tone with
the drama. Her recent engagement in San
Francisco was the most successful she has
played upon the coast and, according to
the press of that city, drew most enthusi-
astic audiences and the largest that have
assembled to witness the art of
an actress in any theater in that
city for some years. The Post records that
on one night, in addition to calling Miss
Morris before the curtain after every act,
the auditors rose in their seats at the con-
clusion of the play, and cheered her until
she appeared again. The Examiner said of
her in Camille: "She looks-bettar and acts
better than she did when she PLAYED at the
Baldwin three years ago. The thrill has
come back 70 her voice, and the luster to
her eyes, but one prefers to see her tears
which are Enthusiastically genuine. She
plays upon the nerves of her auditors
when she chooses. Clara Morris is an
actress who compels admiration with the
power of the great few, instead of persuad.
ing 1t after the manner of the good many.
1t is possible to be distinctly repealed by
her personality, speech and manner, and
yet to be conquered and powerfully infiu-
enced during the length of q scene or an
act by the mysterious something which is
as much part of her identity as her face
or her voice, and which for lack of a
more definite term is called her genius"
The prices during the Sacramento engage
ment will be 81 and so cents for the two
sections of the Metropolitan In San Fran
was 81 80 uniformly. mo extra charge is
special announcement.
A very large audience attended al the
Metropolitan Theater last night, on the sec
ond production of the opera Mariana,
under the auspices of the Mcneil Club.
The opera was sung with good deal more
OF spirit, and passed off with less delay, so
that the audience was dismissed at Ills,
though the curtain did not go up until
$40. The singers were more self possessed.
and were all literally applauded, but de-
clined encores. The stage management,
under Mr.. Albert Hart, was good, and
testified to experience being at the wheel
Mr.. Bruner, in behalf of the club. an
nounced that a final presentation of the
opera would be rendered Saturday night
next, the prices being 80 and 25 cents.
This third performance had been resolved
upon because of the very heavy expense in
volved in the production of the opera, to
enable the club to clear off its obligations.
The singers have every reason to be satis-
fed with the announcement given last
night, and manifested their appreciation of
it by conscientious endeavor. They I'M
dertook heavy task in producing an
opera so well known as Mariana but they
have succeeded to al extent of which they
have reason to congratulate themselves.
Seats can be reserved at Houghton's
bookstore on and after Thursday morning
for Saturday nights performance without
any extra charge. The club deserves and
should have third house on Saturday,
and a response worthy of the notice that
the prices have been reduced to nominal
figure.
John Slater was favored with another
large audience last evening a. Pythian
Hall. His tests were all successful. Mr..
Slater will appear again on Thursday even
ing, also each evening of the week and
SUNDAY,