The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-04-02
THE MIMIC WORLD.
Midweek Notes of Business at
the Different Theaters.
"suzette" Robin Hood" Lodges an Arrow
in the Gold-Good Attendance and
Cheerful Managers.

The Iatour. WE'LL comic opera, "Suzette," that
filled the Baldwin auditorium so compacty on
Tuesday evening, has been given We find in an-
other guise by Minnie Palmer, who played it as
"Renee the Kings Page" 1t had not tile brill
liant points that are apparent in the present Ver-
sion, nor did the lady whom The ubiqul-
tous John r. Rogers "lOved and LOST dominate
the title-role in any way approaching the COM
peteness Of Miss Marie Stone in the same part.
Miss Stone seems TO be cut out aud fitted for the
saucy Suzette, and The audience followed her
through the various phases OF the personatlon
with evident pleasure. She is trinity neat in her
attire as young male adut-plump in figure as
the NOrmandes usually are. and gracefully at
home iu the chateau scene when she masquer.
AIDES rs the Marquis of Tolbranch By a joke OF
the real owner OF the title. Before This she was
a madcap and Jouarde's (au nu-keeper's) pro-
tege, liked by everybody for her breezy nature,
aud b. st described by the villagers chorus:
Never was girl so jolly,
Never was such madcap yet;
Up to every Kind of folly,
Full of larks is fair Suzette.
But when she finds she has been made the sub
ject OF practical joke by the Marquis she ac-
cepts tile situation aud turns II TO the best ad-
vantage-reducng her uncle Jouardes rent OF
the iun 80 per cent, making her lover, Renee
CJouarde's SOM, head game-ke eper OF the Toll
branch parks aud giving the girl (hersel0 lie in
tends 10 marry 5000 crowns on the wedding day
dot. The fun OF the piece Is made by
Suzette turning the tables on the MARQUIS
and forcing him to be the victim
of the same practical joke to which
she had been subjected She was forced 10 APP
near In male attire; he Is only saved from max.
Ing his appearance IN female garD by ratifying all
the financial arrangements SuzetIe had pre-
viously made for her uncle. her lover and her
SELF The opera is full of lively muslc-s0lo, as
well as c0ucerted-aud The choruses are lush
with the free LIE and manners of the Norman
peasantry aud fishermen. Many OF the numbers
were red manded, the Au RevOlr" duet be-
tween SuZette aud the Marchioness OF TOT
branch (Jessle Bartlett Davis most emphatcally
so. In IL, the accomplished singer last named
displayed the soft, rich, velvety quality OF her
voice, especially in the lower register. the best
test OF your tru. cOutralto. Mr. w. II. Macdon-
aid carried himself well a. Octave, the true Mar
quis disguised as FrOntin, yaep; Edwin w.
Hof was animated as Renee aud George Froth-
ingham's Captain Viebec had spirit ana effective
movement. The opera has been good deal cut
and changed since il was previously produced,
but IL is still most enJOyable pi CO Of work.
Last evening the famous English opera
"Robin Hood" crowded he theater 10 It's utmost
capacity with those who refraned from attend
ing during the last week IN Lent and the grail
fcatiun of the audience was unmlstakable
that the management have concluded TO reneat
the opera instead of The Bohemian Girl" as
previously announced, on Sd usd day. being the
farewell performance of the Bostonlans. This
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