The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-07-28

Love in Tandem" one of Mr.. DAYS
adaptations from the French, was given by
his company at the StOckwell on Tuesday
evening. Like all similar work by the same
author the transference OF the business and
the translation Of the text are very neatly
handled and lead one TO speculate on what
CoGuelin and Jane Had ng might have done
with tile original. II, In our comparatively
clumsy English garb, Their. is neatness
a1roitness, well-turned and delicate points
what must the comedy be sans the hand
OF the English adaptOr? Truth to say il Is
after ali made uD of slender material. and
IN Its present shape, the acting of Miss Ada
Kehan as Aprlila Dymond, girl reared In
the county and NlYed IN the town, and MIR.
John Drew as her very complaisant nus
band, give II nearly all Its interest The
coneeit Of NM. Bocage and De Courcey, the
French authors. is novel one, though.
Aprilla is tired of married life with Rich
ard Tompkyfis0n Dy lrcifJs t tfiT JphG Drew,
and thinks they had better be divorced r.
T.Dymond consents. But, at the same time,
Aprilla has lingering interest in her hus-
bands future welfare, and stipulates that she
must select the woman who is 10 take her
place when the law declares it vacant
Richard consents To this. too; in fact, he
seems willing to consent to anything
Apriila proposes. 1t is the search for the
suitable wife that makes the whole comedy
and, therefore. Rehan and Drew have the
stage nearly all to themselves during the
three acts. There are few unimpoTtant
entrees to vary this dialogue; but for all
practical purposes 1t is a Rehan-Drew
play. What dexterous pair they
are, these trained histriOnsl In their
hands trif1es become important. and
you leave the theater with a solid sense
of satisfaction as 10 the dramatic appetite,
when you have only been served with a
triae light as air. 1t was all in the
seryice.-Last evening Lord Tennyson's
pastoral. The Foresters,' was repeated to
a slim attendance-the matinee showing the
same numerical status. Thursday (tO-nighD
we will see Miss Rehan as Katharine in
Tanning the Shrew" and Mr. John Drew
as PetruchiO. There will be crowd for
Shakespeare and Rehan.
This is the last week of THE Witch" a
the Bush-street Theater and Sunday night
for Marie Hubert Frohman breaks through
her rule in compliance with general re-
quest and plays her farewell performance
on July 3l-will be the final opportunity to
see this historic p cture OF the superStitiOus
past. The company goes north. Mr.. Jur-
Crnsen. the agent, left for Portland, Or,
Yesterday morning. Among the cities in
cluded in the northern route is Salem in
the Webfoot State, and MIR. Fr0hman has
an idea that IL will prove quite an
interesting episode in his trip when
he dsciOses to the people of the
new Salem such graphic picture of life
and times, years ago, in its namesake, now
the pIeasanlest and most picturesque city in
New England. 1t may be mentioned here
that with the departure of THE Witch"
the Bush will shut up for fortnight. The
"Cronics" Company, engaged to follow, be-
came frightened at the reports OF bad bust
ness here that reached them en- route, and
refused to bulge further west than Kansas
CITY. Consequently they forfeit $1,000 to
Mr. M. b. Leavitt for breach of contract.
Dull business and lawsuits await Nj. b. ON
his return from San Moritz.
The Alcazar is doing good stroke with
Drink" and 1t is quite characteristic of
our public that white on the stage such
frightful examples are given of the effects