Los Angeles herald., 1891-08-12
ADJUSTMENTS. A

When the mercury stands as high as
it did last evening, people do not feel in
the mood exactly to have their feelings
keyed up to the teary point. nor to enter
very warmly into any heartrending
scenes; when company of players in a
decidedly tense drama, can pack the
opera house as it was packed last even
ing, and hold the close attention OF the
audience for three hours, the only ex-
planation that can be offered is that the
performance was good one. There are
people to whom play by Belasco and
DeMille is not satisfying dramatically,
but the most decided opponents of
these authors cannot deny that their
plays possess what is termed nowadays,
a realistic strength which is very effec-
tive, and which is shown more forcibly
in the Charity Ball than in the other
examples of their plays which have
been seen in Los Angeles.
AS for the players, the Lyceum COM
pany is so we'll known here, and SO we'll
liked that any detailed mention is un-
called for. 1t seems odd at first to
see Mr.. Kelcey as clergyman
and it takes some time for the feeling to
wear off that he is in disguise. Mr..
Ratcliffe is capital villain. He is free
from the orthodox traits of the character
and possesses refreshing fund of novel
resources, both of voice and action. Mr..
LeMoyne and Mrs. Walcot in their COM
edy business are delicious, in fact for
entertainment on warm evening moth
ing mere enjoyable than play made up
entirely of the two could be imagined.
Miss Cayvan is as finished as ever in
her work and somewhat maturer in
figure than on her last visit. A delight
full ingenue is Miss Effie Shannon. Her
work shows no effort; it is spontaneous,
gay, natural; she does not seem to know
that she is acting.
Miss Crossman has difficult role,
one which, rightly or wrongly, can elicit
only perfunctory responses in the senti-
ments of refined audience, or rather
an audience composed, as was that last
evening, of what are called society"
people. The young woman made all
that was to be made of the part, and in
the third act displayed talent OF the
highest order.
All of the characters were carefully
played and all in all the performance
left little to be desired.
Tonight the Charity Ball.
THE CAST.
John Van Buren,, rector of St. Miidred's, Mr..
Herbert Kelley
Dick Van Buren,, firm of Van Buren G. Creigh-
ton, Wall street, known on the street as The
Earthquake, Mr.. E. J. Ratcliffe.
Judge Peter Gurney Knox, left over from a
past era, unable to catch up with the present,
Mr.. w. J. LIE Moyne.
Franklin Cruger, the king of Wall street, Mr..
Charles Walcot.
Mr.. Creighton, Junior partner of Van Buren
& Creighton, Mr.. Charles w. King.
Alec Robinson, anxious to be dubbed, on
Change, Alexander the Great, Mr. Fritz Will
iams
Mr.. Belts the organist of st. Mildreds, Walter
C.. bellows. fa5t.ttatt wv
Paxton, secretary of Van Buren & Co, Charles
Robinson.
Cain, ''a thing of shreds and patches" Mr..
Vaughan.
Jasper, servant, George Anderson.
Ann Cruger. New York girl, Miss Georgia
Cayvan.
Phyllis Lee, in love with Dick, Miss Henrietta
CrOsman.
Miss Van Buren,, tired of dolls, ready for
beaux, Miss Effie Shannon.
Mrs. Van Buren,, the rector's mother, Mrs.
Thomas Whiffen.
Sophie, maid at the rectory, Miss Eliza
Logan.