Los Angeles herald., 1892-10-23
ABOUT PLAYS AND PLAYERS,
Alexandra Salvini the Younger
to Play Here.
John T. Kelly In a New Farce
Comedy.
Sa1vlni Makes Great Success In San
Francisco-News Notes About
Dramatic Affairs in
General.

Alexander Salvini will in short time
appear at the Los Angeles theater. OF
this notable actors opening in San Fran
cisco, the Examiner Of that city has the
following to say:
Alexander Salvini, the son of the
blood. .curdling Tomaso, made great hit
at the California last evening. He was
applauded vociferously from the moment
he reeled into the public square at Mad
rid. ragged from his travels until, hand
in hand with Maritana, he bowed his
thanks to the king for the appointment
Of provincial governor. And the actor
deserved all the praise the public &C.
corded him. He would rank with Fech-
ter in the part but for the difference in
the styles of the two men. Salvini mars
his performance the least bit by too
rapid utterance-so rapid as to be india.
tinct at times-in the dramatic passages,
but-in the delivery of the audacious ear
casms and witticisms he is superb.
Romance is undoubtedly his forte,
and his selection of Don Caesar de Bazan
to open in presumably shows him at his
best. He is the ideal rollicking soldier
of fortune, the tender lover. the brave
man facing death, the patriot subject Of
the king, the defender of the weak and
the bright mirror of the offenses of the
great, all just as D'Ennery intended bis
hero to be. His best work is in the
fine comedy bits, where acting
counts for as much as delivery. No
trace of the accent formerly notice.
able in his Romeo is to be detected now,
except at rare intervals, when along
word contains combinations of vowels
that are too much for him. The audi
ence was somewhat disappointed in not
witnessing the display in swordsman-
ship which Salvini is capable of giving,
but this is promised for next week in
the Three Guardsmen.
Mr.. Salvini is generous star. His
people were never forgotten in the cur
tain calls, and from three to five of them
joined him in acknowledging the com
pliments OF the audience at the end of
each act. They deserved it, for the cast
throughout leaves nothing to be desired.
Miss Judith Berolde as Maritana, the,
street singer, object of the kings affec-s
tions and honored countess of the here's
was pleasing in the extreme. and shared
in the popular ovation to Salvini
She dressed the part of the coun-
tess magni6cently, and left it a
matter of doubt as to whether she was
preferable in her portrayal of the street
singer or her grand repudiation of the
masouerading monarch's advances. Miss
Maud Dixon allowed nothing to escape
her as the armorer's apprentice, and
made one of the best boys presented by
any actress ever seen here.
William Redmund was Charles II,
William Ranous, the scheming villain,
Don Jose, and they, with the remainder
of the cast. are up to all the require
ments of the lines.
The piece was we'll staged, also, and
was so pleasing generally that the
crowded house soon forgot it's impa
tience at the failure of the curtain to
rise until s 40. delay due to the failure
of the train bearing the scenery and
properties to arrive until 6 p. m.
x*x
1t is not often that theatrical managers
offer their patrons, nothing but money,
yet that is the offering at the Grand
opera house. on Thursday evening, Octo-
ber 9th. Nothing but Money is an en-
tirely new farcical company from Mrs.
Romualdo Pacheco; clever pen, and it
is said to excel in humorous effective
ness the same authors delightfully."-
breezy comedy, Incog, which was one
of last seasons big hits. This latter
work is to be presented by Geo. W. Lead
er's etock comedians, as an organization