Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-23
THE LOCAL STAGE.
Ellie EIlsler in Hazel Kirke - Maud
Granger.

E.fhe Ellsler in Hazel kirke - Maud
Granger.
The above-named artists, in the we'll
known and popular comedy-drama, viii be
the next attraction at the opera house,
coming on Wednesday night and continuing
Thursday, matinee and night The COM
panv supporting Miss Ellsler is an unusu-
ally strong one, and the press comments are
universally favorable. The following is
from the New Orleans Picayune:
An audience, which filed the Grand
opera house to overfowing, assembled at
the Grand last night. The play was the
great domestic drama of Hazel kirke, -
written by Steele Mackaye, and which was
the first and greatest success at the Madi-
son Square theater of New York years ago,
when it was controlled by Rev.Dr. Mallory.
Hazel kirke'' is pure play. ANY young
lady in society can safely take her mother
to see it, as the Parisians have it. There is
10 villain in the play. Whatever wrong
that was done to Hazel was done by her
irou-willed old father, who drove her from
his house cruelty, and Arthur, who loved
her and thought he had married her prop
Iterly in English form instead Of by the
Scotch method that is approved by heaven
though made doubtful English law. $50
The cast of last night brought to the
front two performers who were in the orig
inal cast when the play was the fashion and
UlOSb VI It's
time. They were the veteran G. w. Coul-
dock and the always charming Effie Elisler.
Mr.. CouldOck, without any makeup
goes on for the part of Dunstan as if he had
been born for the part. He played it first,
and it can be said the part was born for
him. He seems as hale apd hearty as he
did fifteen years ago, and his acting Is
treat He has never played better in this
part than he is playing now. Effie Ellsler
played Hazel so many years that her medi-
cal advisers asked her to try something
else, and for few years she has worked
in other pieces. She comes back to Hazel
now as fresh as she was when she left.
Time is touching her kindly, with light
fingers, and her acting IS the perfect work
of cUnsummate artistic. She enlists the
sympathy of her audience upon her first
entrance, and her development of the part
is a continual tug at the heart strings. and
as usual she makes her women auditors en-
Joy themselves with tears. Mr. Frank
Weston, who was also in the original cast,
then playing Squire Rodney, now assumes
the lighter part of Pittacus Green, a mer-
curial NIercutio of modern drama. He is Il
good actor and plays the part well.
MAUD GRANGER.
The great American actress, Miss Maud
Granger, viii appear at Greenwall'S opera
house next Friday and Saturday nights,
and grand matinee Saturday afternoon.
The Waco Day says the following OF Miss
Granger and company:
Despite the bad weather which prevailed
all through the day yesterday and last night,
a large audience assembled at the Garland
opera house to witness the presentation of
Gabrielle by Miss Maud Granger and her
clever company.
Miss Granger in the title role gave very
sa isfactory performance. In the declama-
tory passages she was especially strong,
her reading being marked by discrimina-
ton that made it forceful and effective.
Miss Granger has the faculty, to rare, alas
of throwing all her strength into her work
of taking a climax in perfect storm OF
passion-without rant. In addition to this
she has most expressive face, speaking
eye, hands and arms trained to do the
bidding OF her brain with easy grace, and
figure rounded to the mold of perfect
female form, yet so supple and plant that
all her movements seem the poetry of mo-
ton. Miss Granger costumed the char
acter of Gabrielle, as she does all she
essays, with elegance, weaving i'll the play
a number of handsome gowns.
The support was excellent, Clarence
Handyside, Charles A. Mestayer, A. Il.
Hastings, Miss Madison and Miss Thomp-
son all doing satisfactory work. Mr.. Jay
Hunt deserves special mention for his
clever rendition of the comedy part of
Ernest de Crebillon.