The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-10-25
IN THE CITY HHEATERS.
The New Plays at StockWell's
Find Great Favor.
THE GERMAN PERFORMANCE.
"orpheus aad Eurydice at the TivoG-The
Grov5-Street Theater Presents Through
by Daylight" to a Good House.

The new plays and the new players drew
a large audience TO the Stockwell last even
ing. The elite of young San Francisco were
there, which may be taken as an evidence
that Aubrey Boucicault has already become
favorite with portion of the community,
and is warmly Endorsed by it To this
factor must be accredited the large and
costly floral tribute that was presented him
at the final fall of the curtain.
The programme of the evening consisted
of a curtain-raiser, ''My Uncle's WILL"
comedietta, and Aubrey Boucicault's CON-
edy .drama. "The Favorite." in which the
turf and iovs-making are happily inter-
mixed. The lever du rideau introduced Mr..
Henry r. Jewett, the new leading man. to
an American audience for the first time
in his life. The comedietta, like a
large majority of curtain-raisers, is
Insignificant in itself-merely a lovers quar-
rel, with the usual result of kissing all the
trouble away. 1t depends for its interest on
the people who are engaged in il, and GER
iainly this dependence was well placed on
Mr.. Jewett as Charles Cashmere. the sailor
lover of Florence Marigner Miss Eleanor
Barry. Jewett has a manly, strong pre-
sence; there Is virility in his every tone aud
action. BE takes entire possession OF the
situation.
1t is no prophecy at all to utter that he
will become one of the fayorite and talked
about actors of our local theatrical world.
The cuTtan-raiser had only two characters
besides himself. Miss Barry was clever as
the leading mans opposite, and Mr.. Nick
Long as MIR. Barker did little bit of char
acterization that was as chaste as the des ign
on SeVres cup.
Following MY Uncle's WIN" came the
horsy piece, Tine Favorite." which has a
flavor of 'The Flying Scnd' and The Jilt.
both con tributed 10 The stage by the father
Of the author of the work under present no.
tice. But the favor is only slight, and is
chiefly in the tuTfy episodes. The construc-
ton Is widely apart from both "The Scud"
and "The Jilt." and the plot has really
great merit in its evolvement.
The complications are many and are
worked out to a clear issue with remark|
able accuracy and posityeness. One OF the
best character parts is T. j. Henley's
English detective, detailed to look after the
welfare of Lord Cleveland, who is travelling
in America incog as Nugent Foster, and
who is foolishly susceptible TO the charms
of the opposite sex. Henley is Alphonse
Gagnier, his valet with capital French
dialect until the denouement comes, and
then he is plain Mr.. Spryen. He did
capital piece of work.
Young Boueicault made himself great
favorite with the audience as Godfrey San
ford, son of Milford Sanford Oh. S. Duffieedl,
a New York broker, who has horse 10 the
stall, yacht in the lake and a love in the
person of Jocelyn Dallas, q daughter of the
horse-trainer, John Dallas, well played by
an old-time actor, DIR. John Jack. ''The
Favorite" might be improved by the elimi-
nation of considerable text from the part OF
Nngent Foster, played BY Mr.. Jewett The
different stage settings were remarkable for
beauty aud realism.