Los Angeles herald., 1891-10-11

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The season OF Sinbad will not open
until the 9th instant. During the in
terval a number of improvements will
be made in the opera house.
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Madame Modjeska opened on Sep
tember Oath at Toronto in Rosalind.
The Mail, of that city, says that at each
fall OF the curtain most enthusiastic
recall occurred and this well-deserved
compliment was accumulated at times
with cheering. The cast was as follows:
Orlando -.... ...-........... MIR. I. b. Thalberg
Jacques. ...,....,..... =. Mr.. John A. Lane
Banished Duke. ............. Mr.. Howard Kyle
Duke Frederick. .... Mr. Wadsworth Harris
Ada m. ................ Mr.. BENJAMIN G. Rogers
Ioucnstone Il, M. beaumont smith
Jacque de Bots ...,... Mr.. George Hazelton
lie Beau ..................M Mr. Henry T: Vincent
S5ylvius ........... ....... Mr.. Henri de Lusson
Amiens ...... commence. Mr.. Jules Cluzette
William. .-.-.-'-........ MT. Geo. Thomas
CSsres the Mr. Hep 6ys e. H M0ors
Celia ...............M Mrs Beaumont Smith
Audrey .......-. ...,...... Miss Helen Jones
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A girl reporter on the Mail, who signs
herself Exit" interviewed Modjeska
during the performance.
Kit gets Madame's husband in her
article as Mr.. Chlapowski. He has al
ways been known here as Count b.
zenta, but perhaps Chlapowski is his
Canadian name. It's poor count who
has not score or so to select from.
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It may not be generally known that
that spot OF peaceful Orange county
where Modjeska lives when at home has
a surplus of snakes and wild beasts, yet
read this from "Kit's' interview
''But this country and your California
home. You like living there?"
tAh, yes, said Madame as she Just
tinged her pretty lips with carmine.
awe cali our place in California Arden.
You know, Kit, always think Shakes
peare made mistake in mis- description
OF the forest OF Arden. With us in Cali
fornia it is all right; we have snakes,
obi plenty of them, and all kinds of
wild beasts are near by, and l have
favorite oak, too-a regular Shakes
peare's oak, whose boughs are messed
with age, and high top bald with dry
antiquity, and when we are at home l
sling my hammock up under its wide
shade and enjoy my quiet afternoons"
E'But when are you at home?"
well, I've been at Arden just ten
davs this year" said Madame Chlapow-
ski, laughing, land our snakes and lion
esses and everything else are left just
now to the care of foreman and some
farm hands"
The Bostonians made their first APP
pearance in New York two weeks ago
tomorrow in Robin Hood. The critic of
the Spirit of the Times, who is the best
writer in the United States ON the drama,
says of the performance
Robin Hood, comic opera, in three
acts, the music by Reginald De Koven,
the hbretto by Harry B. Smith, was pro-
duced by The Bostonians at the Standard
theater, on Monday, before the most
fashionable audience of the season. =.
It is by far the best American work Of
its class yet produced, and the extraor-
binary fact that it comes to New York
with a London reputation adds to it's
popularity. The three scenes are artistic
and effective, that of the courtyard OF
the sheriff's house being especially APP
plauded. The costumes are picturesque,
If not new. Taken bye and large, there
has been no more delightful entertain
ment here eince the Sullivan operas.
The reconstructed Bostonians give
Robin Hood capital cast. Tom Karl,
the manager, as Robin, is the weakest
OF them. He sings a serenade without |
touching the strings of his guitar, and
sings it tamely. H. G. Barnebee, as the
sheriff, is in splendid voice and has a
very funny drunken scene. Jessie Bart
lett Davis, as Allan a-Dale, sings deli
cIously and is twice encored in The Bells
of st. Swithins. Caroline Hamilton, as
Maid Marian, is of another style of
beauty, but she can sing like bird.
Lea Van Dyck, as Annabel, in a simple
white dress, looks sweet enough to eat
and acts as cunningly as kitten. Geo.
rockingham, as Friar Tuck, is humor-
Gus without being vulgar. Eugene
Cowles, as VIII Scarlet, is encored for
his Armorer's song. Josephine Bartlett
makes up well for Dame burden and
acts the part neatly. The chorus of
thinkers was encored three times.
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The German dramatic season inaugu-
rated at the Los Angeles theatre by
Julius Ascher's Comedy company prom
ises to develop into a huge success, the
dimensions of which were not even an
ticipated by the most sanguine of Mr.. |
Ascher's friends. The whole German
population is now interested in the
series, chiefly because the innovation
met " it'll such strenuous opposition on
the part OF the indurated conservatism of
a number of tradition loving fossils. The
opposition has accrued to the benefit of |
those whom it was intended to injure.
The opening play "Mein Leopold"
was most happy selection on the part
of Mr.. Ascher, for in it, once for all, he
bad an opportunity of displaying his
powers and his great versatility. The
coarse. purse-proud bearing OF the
saomreGu-riche in the first act was ex-
tremely funny; the gradurl recognition
by the devoted father of his beloved
sons prohigacy was portrayed with such
delicate standings in the transition that
the audience was fascinated; the terri |
BILE discovery that Leopold was thief,
a forger, as portrayed with most dra-
matte intensity, was heart-rending and
the last act showing the poor old broken
down man hard at work again at his
cobbler's bench, moved the audience to
tears. OF an actor who can thus at will
reproduce sympathetically the feelings
of his character in his audience, nothing
more need be said