The evening world., 1893-11-20
REVIVAL Of THE BELLS"
Henry Irving's Wonderful Work
as Matthias.
Actor Grismer's Queer Methods
other Stage News.


magnificent performance OF 1.-The
~, ,,eas GIVEN before a most demon-
Bells was siNe" ~
strative audience by Henry Irving and
,s company at Abbey's Theatre Satur-
US ni,ht 7, WAS n performance that
DAY ms" we or,,,,or Ia, those r,ho n,are
inmate enough to see 1t. Its force,
~. io' ,,ractress Its weird lmpressiveness
hS w =. ,,,,o,, ,,o n,en,nr,. 70 Irvt,g
had nothing in his repertoire but this
n,av he would still command the ettrac-
play he .Is,,a ,.,a ,,,a,
oc,or a.C" " would rest on his laurels after
st, snlendid pIeco of work. but Irv-
sue" d S.aoratis,h1e and his amhitIon
,nn1s @ ever onward. He thrilled large
gathering % o, ,hri,aH for he n seemed m
,,s to work ,r With all his soul. He has pre-
,,od .rhe Rellsr in this city before
seu'e" .,, ,,a,,ao,s',, ,,,,,on
anu S"'" 'up' .s.,., -, .I., ~
act when 'he n,es,'eils. ,o.eeu mn ~
anco sat simply spellbound. The dark
ence s'' S''s ~, iyo,,,no, aa,,ra % ,ha
enf1 ersi c6ed SsdseM MatSias S % %auiverins in n the
throes OF his horrible confession; ,s;s, tne
mystic voices OF the sem-inVisinle tribu-
ha nas a9o Formed e eaI an irresstiby resist fescinatns
combination. Irving ,,oa3 melouraniattc n2 s,,i
methods have Deem sol,enea ana ,S SUP. III
dued Ihere are sui ni hi. borsrs Mh ,,t m,S
EsS%''a ESese are forgotten il the long stretches
q york. EuS man like %ssfsSn Sd H$de5 s%s6
ffe9h@'rstt for the rsst q his He nst 50 With
Irving. HIS Matnias isnatto Is t,lite ia ~ tne
vast array ot t,n noTe theatra.goers of to-dav,
the close of the performasnee; Irving was vas
obliged to make speech, which ne did
were open, and many Of his words were
lost on the frantic lobby of Photo.
graphs of Mr.. Irving and Miss Terry"
"The Bells" was preceded by Jolly:
Sy Mr 'crn Tarriss Msu' Nr Alfred Bishop. Miss
All; nus, rrai9-who is Ellen Terry :
1amsh Ai,sa .ertMSss Foster Miss Kate phil
Hase iips and others took part The farce
was well received.
sovse SuUp' him to be hooted in New York.
fauhg "a hIs n,,r1 nrnvrsmme used in Buffalo, the
fo,,oM,hg 70 tIs pgop ppeculiar utterance was made
een,leman' betraying as little Of the
men Of letters and culture he has his
tr,nrds T-nm Ti all is held in the highest es
is Mrs, Grismer belongs to one OF tht
Oldest familles IN san fFanclSco, anu II
favorite and leader OF society there
and the Grc.e m OF trlenas i OF 3cInd MT ana MRS
Grlsmer ,i IN New york ,hciuoeS rIsirs mans
that even Buffalo should tolerate this
New YORK nKes tts staSe me-. 70 10 oetraS ,aS
1t does not care a snap what they are.
r,pntv-tour women will, .nnsor IN t,,
teLininss Lghirs-t0ur rf women WI w appear @ IN IN. IN,
IT, at Palmers an @ Iheatre to,morroW row after 1,
neon. OF these eighty-iour, -FOUR only
have regular reai eenigagements at the pres
co,,,o, ,>o, lac. o,. T., ..,,,
mldor, mid In San Francisco: c AS the saI AZ
ibsv nsGbn S, Go epi0veS h0 tba PrenSs
1fy rrUpaDiy en1SseH @ ,si she PeTt3rmance n1
Sa Sn ore miss Else ae ,d MoIe nc wa wa
lhermioor plus MISS de wore.
The america" company, fresh from
the city Of the Midway Plaisance. ha,
,a brought the production and ali it's &C
cessories here. Even the "supers' ant
chorus girls have come to the metropo
lis Miss Louise Beaudet, however, vii
not appear in the New York production
,sTHas Tns came can, e, by post; IT is well-de
EWy[red Wnr1d complmeent In to-day's 'Eyenin
Harrigan, the author Of twenty-tw
plays, each Of more than 100 nights rur
no ShOe-hOru being neCpSsary.b