Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-01-12
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Ihe 00yen oil the company appears trst,
and then the next in point Of years of
service-the societdires coming before the
PennSi0nndires. Thus whenever Got did
not play, Coquelin's name used to appear
first in the list of characters. Yesterday,
however, the well-known name appeared
last Of all-even after that OF a youth
who has only Just emerged from the "Con-
servatiye School" 1t needed however,
neither precence nor big type to invest
Coquelin with the Importance which is his
by right of talent. No sooner did he ap-
pear in the wretched garb Of the Door,
poet Gringaire than he was greeted with
such storm of acclamations as | have
never heard at the Francais The people
stood up in their excitement, waving their
haudkerchieis, and it was not until the
salvoes of hand-clapping had lasted for
several minutes that poor Gringoire-
manifestly much moved-could open his
lips with trembling mouth and utter the
first plaintive apologies that De Banyille
has put into the mouth of his sympathetic
hero. This demonstration was the more
remarkable as it is not the custom at the
| Francois to welcome any actor on his ap-
pearance on the stage-the audience, by
tacit consent, reserve their applause for
J cAll dlleE ilt IlSS 0tsSINtu H. 1 he OcG1-
sion, however, was unusual, and the audi
ence which comprised all that IS known
| here as Tout Paris, were manifestly lent
on branding it with their own mark.
MRS. BERNARD DEERE.
In speaking of Mrs. Bernard Beere's
performance Of La Tosca, William Archer
says: "Her performance was perfect in
sincerity and self-abandonment. II at
tanned at some points TO really original
tragic expression-notably in the fourth
act, where La Tosca's frenzied face, set in
a sort of Medusa-halo of fragrant hair. was
quite unforgetable. Mrs. Bernardo -Beere,
| to my thinking has more variety of facial
expression than Sarah Bernhardt But if
Sarah's dramatic mantle fits her to perfec-
tion, it cannot be said that she wears it
with Sarah'S grace. There is a certain
| lack of refinement in her performance.
! She lays on the colors rather too thickly
Even in the matter of costume (though |
tremble to touch upon that mystery il
seemed to me that she exaggerated into
oslentation what in Sarah was only luxu-
rious and somewhat eccentric elegance.
| Where Sarah's embroideries were in basso-
relieve, Mrs Bernard Beeres were in alto
relieve; Sarah laid large handful of
flowers at the feet of the Madonna, Mrs.
Bernard-Beere a small armful."
sHAKEsPEAREAN RARITIEs.
The London correspondent of the Man
chester Guardian writes: "The late
Halliwell Phillipps' large collection of
Shakespearean rarities will in all proba-
bility 60 out of the country altogether.
The failure of the Birmingham Library to
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to HaIliwell Phillips heirs has induced
Mrs. NJ. r. Silsby, President of the Seneca
| Falls On. " Shakespeare Society, to take
action with the object of securing the col
lection for New York. She has succeeded
/ Society," corporation under the laws of
the State OF New York already possessed
! of many treasures of art and history-to
discuss her proposal, and so favcrably has
it been received that learn negotiations
will shortly be opened"
| STAGE NOTES.
Ociave Feuillets latest play, "The Di-
vorce OF Juliette," was produced in Brus-
sell, and proved failure.
Il is said that Il receipts of the princi-
pal London theaters have decreased from
$500 to $1,000 week since the opening of
Barnum's show
"a Mans Shadow and "The Middle
man" have both passed their one hundredth
performance in Lo don, and are still strong
IN public favor.
Siguor Rossi hasproduced Julius Cesar
at the National Theater in Rome on most
elaborate scale, and has been playing Bru-
tus and Mare Antony on alternate nights
with great success.
Henry Irving was entertained by So
ciety of amateurs in London the other
night, and displa7ed his usual address,
praising their histrionic efforts and decar-
ing that such elaos were the true recruit
ing grounds for the stage.
The announcement has been laade al
ready that Miss Mary Anderson is medi-
tatiug an elaborate revival of "The Tenn
pest 1t is now hinted that she has some
idea of doubling the parts Of Ariel and Mi
randa, an annoyation that could scarcely
be regarded with approval.
Even the Paterson Daily Press thinks
that Patti observes roasting for her low
and commercial standard of arl," because
Gin Chicago the other night she came
smirking to the footlights and sang Home,
Sweet Home as an encore after she had
just slain her husband as the crazy Lueia"
The version of "Ciarissa Harlowe," by
w. g. Willis, has been tried az the Thea
ter Royal, Birmingham, by Edward Comp
toms company, with Miss Isabel BatemaE
as the heroine The piece is in i've acts,
and the scenes are laid at Harlowe Place,
Kiugstou- u-on-the-Thames, and in King
street, Covent Garden.
A Vienna correspondent Of the Ciacin-
natl V0iksbiaH recalls the fact that List al
ways called DABert "Albertus Magnus."
He makes the assertion that at the age Of
II DAlbert had already written 200
pieces, although his father would allow
him to compose only twice a week, to
guard his brain from overwork. When he
gave his first concert in Berlin, ali the pa
pers agreed that "Tausig had come to life
again."
Mr.. Benson promises rich Shakespear-
an feast at the London Globe. - Mid
summer Nights Dream" is to be followed
nj no distant date by "The Tanning Of the
Shrew.' "Othello," "Twelfth Night
"Hamlet," "The Merry Wives Of Wind
sor" and THE Merchant of Venice The
policy OF the house will be change Of
programme two or three times week
The enterprise, if conducted with fair abil-
ity, ought to succeed, as the legitimate
drama has been greatly neglected o; late in
London.
The Chicago critics continue to speak of
the rare splendor of Mr.. Abbey'S operatic
scenery and of the decline of Nine Patti.
George P. Upton, author of the valuable
musical haudbooks on the opera, oratorio,
ETC., writes in the Tribune OF December
25th "Violette has always been one of
Nine. PATHS great parts, if not indeed he-
greatest and in it she has won some Of her
most notable triumphs, yet iu nothing that
she has done during the engagement is the
contrast more marked between what she
formerly was and what she now is than in
this rule. OF course her action was as
formerly, but the qualityof her tones IS no
longer the same, and much more care is
required in the management Of her voice.
Even with all her care, imperfeetious Of
intonatiou will make themselves evident,
particularly when any unusual degree Of
power is required on high notes"
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