The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-10-12

zone Error was presented at Albaugh's
Grand Opera House last week by Cora Tanner.
The play is one of climaxes with ample oppor-
tunity for beautiful woman to exhibit her
beautiful face, her beautiful form, and her
beautiful dresses. Not that il is without merit,
for being fathered by MIR. Kidder it must natu-
rally contain much that is excellent. 1t is
something new in the line of the emotional, and
deals with riches and love in thrilling rather
than pathetic style. Miss Tanner, who as
sumes in Judith Orme the character of a
wealthy heiress, undertakes to marry for love
alone and discovers her mistake later on. BY
special arrangement with the author husband
No. ! is poisoned to death and husband No. 2
takes his rghtful place by her side, and all is
serene. Miss Tanner is an actress of consider
able ability and power. Aside from a tendency
toward the declamatory in her elocution she is
graceful and easy and performs her role with as
good taste as it will allow. The supporting
company is very good. Mr.. Myron Calice as
Hartley Grdeme was quietly effective as the
villain, while MIR. Harold Russell as Dr. Court
neg did full justice to the hero's part. Miss
Minnie Dupree as Laura was quite captivating
in manner, and Miss Ada Dwyer as Coraline
gave q most meritorous performance.
X X Il
Daniel Frohman's New York Lyceum Thea
tire Company crowded the National Theatre
last week, where it presented its latest success
1.-THE Charity Ball" Such a performance
Like the breezes of summers evening gently
soothing the senses through the shadows of
love and awakening them into the happiness of
the morrow with their balmy touch No in
tense agony; only the natural flow oflove's joys
and sorrows. With the exception, perhaps, of
Daly's, no company has given such an exqui-
site performance in this city as that of the Ly-
ceum. 'The Charity Ball'' appears as life
so skillfully blended to throw a halo of re-
fnement over the very darkest shadows. This
charming effect, however, is due more largely
to the delicate work of the members of the
company than to the superlatiye merits Of the
dramatist's efforts. The play, while containing
much that savors of the Dickensonian in the de-
lineation of some of Its characters bears that in
the dialogue which gives it the true American
flavor. And it is here that it becomes slightly
reminiscent. While possessing larger num-
Der of more elegantly-drawn characters than
Bronson Howards comedy, "The Henrietta"
may be traced most clearly in the conception of
Van Buren, so beautifully portrayed
by Mr.. Herbert Kelcey we have
BERTHE, the lamb, in more noble environment;
in Dick Van Bnren, which Mr. Nelson Wheat
styne, r.; in Judge Peter Grney Knor, to
which Mr.. W. j. LIE Moyne gave his inimitable
comedy touch, we have in part the prototype of
old Vanalstyne; in Mrs. Camilla De Peyster, so
gracefully impersonated by Mrs. Charles Wal
colt, we have facsimile Of Mrs. Opdyke, and
in Phyllis Lee, SO sympatheticalIy presented by
Miss Henrietta Crosman, we have the wronged
woman-played ''out of sight, in ''The Hen
rietta." These smarities of character, how
ever, are not Of sufficient import in the com
plete development of the plot to impute an
idea of plagiarism, for there are others Of
prominence in the cast which forbid any further
attempt at comparison. Miss Georgia Cayvan as
Anan Cruger, Mrs Thomas Whiffen as Mrs. Van
Buren,, Miss Effie Shannon Bessie, and Mr..
same plane of excellence with the other mem
bers of the cast. Any member of the company
would be missed, as the efforts Of any less able
playwrights than Messrs. Belasco and De Mile
would be out of place.