The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1893-04-22
music And THE DRAMA.
How the Metropolitans Are Being
Entertained.
Rosina yokes as Charming as Ever
Joseph Grismer and Phoebe Davies
in the East - ssAdonis'' to the
Front Again-General Stage News.


a. P. Dunlop, writing from New York,
under date of April 18th, says:
There is only one absolutely new play
in town this week, and that is Miss
Rosina Vokes' Maid Marian which she
plays in conjunction with "A Lesson in
Love- which is also practically new be-
cause it is so old. The next approach to
novelty is sydney Grundy's THE
Arabian Nights which is played by
Charles Frohman's comedians at the
Standard Theater. 1t is a good, honest
sort of farce, thoroughly successful in
keeping the audience laughing without
offending anybody's reason, self-respect
or sense of propriety. 1t is clearly and
sparkingly written, far beyond the aver
age OF recent farces. 1t is not absolutely
new here. as has been said before; it was
played at Daly's Theater some time ago
in a slightly different form. The COM
pany to which Mr.. Frohman assigns the
piece could scarcely be improved 1t is a
delight to see and hear Mrs. john Drew
IN anything that she chooses to do. An
art that was consummate in its kind at
the start and has been polished and
finished by years of work on the stage
| till II Is perfect at every point is hers. 1t
restores faith in honesty and sincerity
and refinement to see such performance.
Joseph Holland is another example of an
actor who can carry the air of artistic re-
| tinement uncoutaminated through the
confusion of eXtravagant farce. He
always expresses the full force OF every
comic situation and incident with which
he has to do, and yet he is always pol
lshed; in short, always gentleman.
Charles 5. Able is an excellent player OF
Il somewhat broader style of comedy,
and Frank Gilmore has his own claims
TO attention. Miss Agnes Miller, though
not quite in her best element, could not
TAIL 10 be charming if she tried. Miss
! Evelyn Campbell gives the infusion OF
womauly dignity to the play which il
| would lack without her, and Miss Mar
| garet Craven and Miss Minnie Tittell ill
i'll the small parts. The Arabian Nights
| is preceded by Henry Arthur Jones
| Sweet WILL a mildly interesting and
wholly inuocuous play in one act.
lone of the unfailing signs Of spring
and one of the cheeriest is the return OF
Miss Rosina Vokes to Daly's Theater.
l'She is playing, as has already been said,
"A Lesson in Love and Maid Marian
Both of them are bright and pretty, as
usual and Miss NOkeS Is fresh, Nivacious,
captivating and inspiriting, as she will
always be as long as she can stand and
| walk on the stage. Her company has
been strengthened by the addition of c.
ID. Marius, whose experience as a stage
manager makes him of value to any
company, even when he has no part in
the play. Felix Morris, one of the finest
and truest character actors in the coun-
try, is still in his old place, though he
will leave it soon, and Miss Ffolliott
| Paget IS an important acquisition.
| The utter lack OF tragic actors is again
| illustrated by the appearance of new
| aspirant to the vacant place. 1t is lust as
| vacant now as it was before Walker
| Whiteside presented himself in the
| Union Square Theater on Monday night
in Hamlet Mr.. Whiteside is no more
like Hamlet than Hamlet was like err
cules, only Hamlet acknowled the no
torious dissimilarity. Mr.. Whiteside is
an ambitious. earnest and well-meaning
young man, but soul charged with sor-
row and mind stored to overfiowing
with fine and profound thoughts are be-
| yond his present comprehension and
! power OF expression. Anyone who hopes
to see tragedian must wait yet awhile
"At the Bijou Theater this week "A
| Texas Steer is revived. 1t is the same
| old Texas Steer that it always was and
new inspirations in regard to it's artistic
and ethical bearings are now abundantly
| vouchsafed.
Henry Z. DiXey reproduced 'Adonis'
at the Casino last week, too late for it to
receive any extended mention in the last
| OI JIllS pdDGTs AuOulS DIlnGS q
| genuine SAVIOR of old times-not too old,
that is, but four years and upwards.
| Think of an entertainment on the stage
at the present moment in New York bur-
| lesquing Hazel Kirk What does the
audience of to-day know about Hazel
| Kirk OF course it may be replied that
| 'Adonis' appeals especially to bald-headed
men, who have been going to the theater
from time immaterial,' but the bald
| hpa1p6 nnOl1uh tn ~
| any attraction, even a burlesque. Mr..
| DiXey is again at home in 'Adonis.' He
never seemed really so in anything else
however good it was or however good ne
was in it. THE Seven Ages fo1
instance, was far better in almost every
do. Now the old standby is on the stage
again, the houses are crowded and every
body is pleased"
GRISMER AND DAVIES.
The New South" which has intro
duced Joseph Grismer and Miss Phoebe
! Davies to the East, has proven itself one OIL
| the strongest plays on the road this season,
and while Miss Davies has received very
| flattering notices from every body, Mr.,
Grismer has proven himself to be a sterl-
ing artist, and one of the most unaffected
and natural actors on the stage. 1t is re-
| markable what uuan1mity exists among
the critics, wherever be had been seen, as
! to his freedom from staginess, his
earnestness. his sincerity, his manliness
| his correctness in speech, gesture and
manner, and his absolute trueness tC
nature. Miss Davies and Mr.. Grismer's
| future success is established in the East
pretty firmly already and 1.-THE New
! South" good play as it is-although not
a star play-will only serve to introduce
them. New material is already being
| prepared for them which will more
cleverly show the sterling ability of the
| brilliant Californians.
STAGE NOTES.
Duse did not do well in Chicago.
The Ensign" closes April 24th.
John Drew terminates his tour MAY
9th.
Fanny Davenport closes her tour May
1.-The New South" winds up the season
April 10Th.
Thomas w. Keene is in Montreal play
ing TO very large business.
Charles MacGeachy has again Joined
the Charles Frohman army OF agents.
Kate Claxton has made arrangements
| to play in Chicago all the coming SUM-
mer.
Thomas w. Keene dedicated the new
Weed Theater at Plattsburg, y. Y, play
ing "Shyiock."
David Henderson's now famous ex-
| travaganZa Ali Bahia" will be given a
run during the summer at the New York
Garden Theater.
Emma Walker has reioined ]. K. EN-
NETS company after long attack of in
hammatory rheumatism.
Grandma Squeers; or, Xmas Eve on
the Farm" is the title of Phil 5. Gren-
ier's new four-act comedy.
In "A Texas Steer'' at present in New
\ ork, the clever work of Mrs. Flora
| Walsh Hoyt Is very much missed