The record-union., 1892-10-04

Lynne" was given last night, and Miss
Eltlng did herself credit as Lady Isabel.
1t Is rare and difficult for so youthful 4
person to essay that role. Miss Elting
played 1t with decided ability, and with
lnteiIlgent comprehension of the demands
Oh tne trying role. So much cannot be
sad Tor Mr.. Vessels. Sir Francis Levi
son IS scoundrel, but an ACCOMPLISHED
one. 4 boor could never have had
countenance by Lady Isabel Levison
moved IN polite English society and wore
MS rank, but he could not have strobe
INTO uraWlng-room with his hands in
MS pockets and his neckwear awry. He
sought the ruin of Lady Isabel, but 1t
was not mere lust. and he never solilo-
qulzed over his triumph with coarse
laughI aside, and leer. His exclamation,
but II not keep her long" could never
nave been read as comedy line or with
suggestive aside-it was rather re-
Vengetul and polished villainy. Even
with Miss Corny, while humorous, he
is not slangy, and the author never put the
hoodlum phrase ''Ah, there" into Levi
sons mouth. Mr.. Vessels is equal to
the part, fully so, but he needs aud will
probably glYe more gentlemanly char
acter to 1t. 1t is simply a question of
misconception. Mr.. Durrell, in giving
LORD Mount Severn dignity, mistook "A
- " etAiN1 hlllSDSlS0 lOLlS 1OI SN IdtHCC VI
haughtiness of bearing and aristocratic
reserve. The audience sympathized with
MISS Ellng, who at one time exclaimed
10 MIN, S0ttO U03ce, For Gods sake say
something" He probably did, but no
one heard it. Yet Mr.. Durrell is.an ac-
compllshed elocutionist and fine reader.
1t is another case of misconception. Miss
trlefs Miss Corny was good. 1t was
intended TO be an eXtraVagant, nervous,
whimsical character, eccentric and anus
ing. There is such thing as OVERRIDING
IL, however, and she trod upon that thres-
hold frequently. With members of the
troupe idle in the greenroom might not
Mr. Winter been spared doubling as the
~of1cer?' he does not double well.
1nese suggestions TO a company COM
petent to play East Lynne" despite the
memories of the hundred splendid artists
who have been cast in it in the last
twenty-three years, ought to result III a
superior performance tomorrow night,
when the drama will be repeated.
At the Metropolitan Theater this even
ing Mr.. Frohman's company will appear
in The Junior Partner" rattling COM
edy that has had wonderful success for a
long period. 1t will be preceded by the
curtain raiser, in one act, "Frederic Le-
maitre." The company is under the di-
i,
and is pronounced one of the best ever
organized for the presentation of this
class Of performance. Upon its roster are
such names as Henry Miller, Mrs. Nc
kee Rankin, Emily Baucker, Miss Phyl-
lis Rankin, Hugo Toland and Miss May
Irwin. All of these are capital artists
and have all played frequently to Sacra-
mento audiences. Indeed, four of them
are leaders in their lines. but fortunately
they are wholly dissimilar lines, and thus
there is presented brilliancy without
rivalry. ''The Junior Partner is light,
breezy comedy, rapid in action, full OF
life and overfiowing with laughter. 1t
ran in New York for $50 consecutive
nights. Frederic Lemaitre," the open
ing piece, is poetic episode from the life
of that erratic genius of the French stage,
after whom the play is named. AS it is a
double bill tonight the audience ought
to be early seated.