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speech Of thanks and said that though she was

among old friends upon the stage. yet. she was
very nervous. and that she was sure her con.
a aoaea had "a srS sfss
to the front, but he contented himself With
Maurice barrymore had the part OF CAPTAIN
villsinous character, While he was ip reality
liz 6sed hsr mo. br"y he made
him eli the more cont emptible.,
In the sSene where he ncn%t mcnoy
from hor by threats. he at last resorted to
brute force his sudden change TO Go we ,nG
d dch I was an excellent piece OF work ,o
NJ Marius, in tie role Of ,o,m I@a DroWWnnoe ;.
Mts v sGS Yea in Ho
Cars service. he had n long npologettc eSpla.
nation o. tho de,sG'ISos a Of the scene had
! very hearty recall. The balance Of the comra-
ny were entirely competent There was
n nbmnya %, aS Of G "a costumes.
The Manhattans first audience was not In
cnsd To- Ian eVsnns should boz ysrv
encouraging.
.. 1h. Fercinr Master" md the Rcstorn.
ton OF the Casino TO Comic Opera.
The Casino was reclaimed to comic opera
last evening in no indecisive manner. Tho
Fencing Master" n new work by Reginald De
Koven and Harry y. Smith. proved SO worthy
in itself. SO fortunate In its principal PERFORM
ers. and so beautiful to look ut that success in
a positive degree was attained. The achieve
ment seemed to have been result Of deliher-
ate. costly. and generally artistic endeavor
from tho very outset.
According to the earliest OF the plentiful In
formation given out concerning the enter
prise. the first thing done was to engage
Marie Tempest. Next De Koven aud Smith
were employed to make an opera In which she
should be n central figure. Miss Tenn
pest is not beautiful in tho, manner
OF those other celebrities in comic
opera. Lillian Russell and Pauline Hall. but
she is rare embodiment Of dnintiness in
looks and action. To place this cool. calm.
and unmagnetic singer in winning condition
before an audience was the problem to be
solved. It was done by putting her into tho
guise OF boy. but choosing such time and
place rs would make her costume pic
turesque. Tho device turned out we'll. for the
personality OF Miss Tempest was sxtremel
agreeable in its Carb OF pretty masculinity.
There was not much OF plot in Tho Fenc-
ing Master" and what thoro was OF story was
blind!y and rather namely told: but it was
clear enough that Miss Tempest was the
daughter OF n Venetian fencing master
brought up as boz in tho days OF the Council
of Ten: also that she fell in lovo with the
TiRHtiul NOR 10 tne tnEou6 Vi Mlitus W
whom she was ut length disclosed as young
lady. alter which she wore n costume gor-
Geousy feminine. L Is not easy to disregard
the phrase OF Mr.. Hills announcements. and
write OF Miss Tempest without calling her "a
Is is raih'sr hard on librottists, and COM
with that OF Giloert, and Sullivan. hut an
Ss writings q noS.S; Fna sms
without something like condemnation for
NJ smiths words; though ugh, they NJ were
sullivan standard better for. though it fell far
The audience. which crowded the Casino
insiy vas ,r IN an approving moGd. ana re-
from abstraction over the expulsion Of va:
seemlier music and mirth; but there vas a
deal Ct s3psiderats Of what De K3ysn
of od @ 1o there could be NO
Of o'I'noa Prior PRODUCTIONS on this stage
s'S ysaih N iSSa @ w ths shnss
accord. The costumine was aerssaSly modest.
girls t did not "btruJe themselves Individually.
but Tho groupings OF them were admirable OF
vulgar tilSpliy tlere was very Itttlo OuI Oh 10
corously shown loneliness there was much.
Although ths opera had been made with
central piac. in it for Miss Tempest. she was
by no means dominant. either in the dimen-
sions Of her role or in her performance OF it:
Grace Golden. who was her sentimental rival
in the story. was real one in the repre-
sentntion. Tor her acting was tho better OF
the, two; md in the last act: whore each
had il"rii song. Miss Golden camc out
Of tho contest the full equal Of Miss Tempest:
Herbert Wike was the princely persOnagc Of
the opera. and. With his abundant vitality. i'm
v,iN
figure in the entertainment Mrs. Pemberton-
Hincks was II the iirst-rate company. whose
acting as we'll as its singing was ADEQUATE:
Nobody expects anything Xix. fearful pathos
in comic opera. but there was "A moment OF it
IN n scene, between Mr.. Wlke and Miss
Tempest. where they confronted each other as
antagonists with raapiers. and she confessed
herself II woman. This episode was played for
its full dramatic worth. It's effect was as
romantic as n bit out of an old-fashoned true
meodrama.
Mr.. Wike was big and kniEhtly. Miss Tom
pest. in her boys clothes was n quaint and
really boyish object not u manifest woman in
masuuerada-aEd their acting had none OF the
make Believe air usual TO the treatment OF
such passages in comic opera.