Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-14
THE LOCAL STAGE.
Paul Kauvar Last Night-Rose Coghlan
Monday.

Monday.
Steele Mackaye's masterpiece, "Paul
Kauvar," was made known at the opera
house last night. 1t is vivid picture,
drawn with a master hand, of the Reign OF
Terror, when RobeSplcrre ruled France
with a tyrant's rod, and the red flag of the
commune waved over the car
mine streams that flowed III
the cutters, constantly replenished by
the work of the guillCtine, which Shed some
of the bluest blood of that sunny land. 1t
required more than ordinary grit on the
part of an American playwright to deal
with theme treating OF dark days in a for
eign land, but Mackaye proved equal to the
task. and though all his remaining
plays had oeen failures, paul
Kauvar'' would have stamped him
Us 4 master. Dealing rs it does
with scenes of war ard carnage the action
Is naturally quick and at times almost bois
ferrous. 1t is rather gloomy play, and the
few lines of comedy that occur are hardly
sufficient to tighten its somberness. 1t is
play, however, which awakens, thrills and
stirs, for it deals with Il theme that finds
response in every heart. The
vision scene of the guillotine, the quick
Sans CulOttes; the thirst for blood and the
awful terrors of anarchy, are all strongly
drawn. All the cinaXeS are reached uatur-
ally, and the play has few weak lines.
1t is in the hands OF fairly strong cast.
1t would be straining point to say that
Edward Snader is the equal of Joseph
Haworth in the role OF Paul Kauvar,
but the methods of the two
men are quite different, and
in the opinion of many his Interpretation
eXcels in many points, but in the strong
passages his work lacks the intensity that
Haworth gave it. He is robust young
actor, well qualified for heroic roles, and is
ma ri 81 rOu n -
Arthur @. Smiths Interpretation Of the
character of the Due de Beaumont was
rather disappointing. He is in
clined too glare mucin nithe passages
requiring sterHneSS OF expression and IS
not gentle enough in the tender ones.
Aside from this the role suffers nothing At
his hands, and he does some effective work
in the third act, where he learns of DANES
marriage.
The Marquis de Caux is well handled by
l.. Il. Spencer, though he allows his
villainy 10 appear too transparently
upon his face, lie IS strong in al
the lines, without eSaggerating. In
the prison scene with Diane he
could improve his work by assuming more
natural attitude, one not SO much that OF a
baseball pitcher delivering 4 ball His
death scene in the last act was well carried
and he does not make the mistake so COM
mon to many of Hopping around on the
floor before he dies.
Samuel Nj. Forrest gives an effective
Gen. Delarouche, considering his part does
not give him the most abundant oppOr-
tunities though in the meeting with Paul
Kauvar there is chance for some clever
work, to which he is fully equal.
George Conway does some good comedy
work as Col. La Hogue Us docs also Daniel
Kelly, Us Rodo!phe Pottin.
Aside from the role of Paul kauvar. the
most trying one is that of Diane de Beau
mont, which receives fOrcible interpreta-
ton at the hands OF Miss RoSelie Knott,
clever and handsome lady. with
flashing black eyes and raventre sses and
fine stage presence. She is strongin all her
lines, and in the third act, which is really
the test, she carried her part well; net too
emotional. She costumes the part nicely,
and very appropriately. The other mem
bers of the cast are clever.
Paul hauvar viii DE presented at the
matinee this afternoon and the engagement
closes this evening.
ROSE CoGuLAN.
There will be good fun for those who like
it and good acting for those who admire II.
when Rose Coghlan makes her appearance
at Greenwall's opera house Monday, No
vember Ii, in her new comedy "Dorothy's
Dilemma This play has already met
with success, and has been played
in most of the larger cities. 1t
here. Miss Coghlan is IN actress Of refine
ment and has a large and enthusiastic num-
Der OF supporters in the North West and
the East This is her first visit to Texas
Wherever she appears it is the signal for
fashion to turn out en- masse and they
do so in order 10 see their favorite
actress. Miss Coghlan was for ten years
the leading actress in Wallack's company.
New York where she made a host of
friends. The ladies always took their
fashions from what she Wore ard the matt
nees were always crowded with the fair
sex. For the past eight years Miss Cochlin
has been a successful star and is under
her own management. The Boston
Traveller says: The situations in
'Dorothy's Dilemma call for agility and
4 lively style Of acting. The play ade-
quately fulltils its purpose as Il merry
maker" Miss Coghlan has always drawn
large matinee audiences, which are COM
posed mostly of ladies'. This artist will ap-
pear on Monday afternoon and evening.