The morning call., 1893-11-28
AT THE THEATERS.
Rain Affects the Attendance Gem
eraIIy


orally.
The rainstorm has affected the attend
ance at all the theaters. Managers can
not contend against the necessities Of the
season, and therefore they submit, but
with very bad grace. Kerry Cow" with
Mr.. Joseph Murphy in the leading part,
showed decided falling off at the Bald
win; but the principal features of the
play were presented with the same vigor
as formerly. Murphy rises to every con-
diti0n. Let the attendance be sparse or
large, it makes no difference to him, he
gives you what there is in him and in the
play, just the same. When he gets into
his acting life he is the character assumed.
rough. rollicking or pathetic. as the case
may be, and there you have him.
Kerry, the blacksmith. is probably
his best part, at least be seems to play it
with a greater tenacity of purpose than
any other of the many presentations he
assumes. 1t is more realistic. He has OBJ
jects and aims in working out the character
that fill him with sense of responsibility,
and he carries the audience with him, be-
cause they "catch on" and sympathiZe
with him in his personal evOlvement of
such responsibility that he has in regard
10 the winning horse. The forge scene is
one of the best in the piece. In this the
motive of the business of the play is made
apparent. Kerry Cow" will run all this
week, with a matinee on Thanksgiving
afternoon.
Mr. Lovel r. Stockwell has no further
connection with or interest in the white
theater on Powell street. Mr.. AL Filing
house. who held Stockwell's general power
of attorney, is now the lessee and sole
hrg hn Al.
owner of the property. Unpaid rent was
tie cause of bringing things TO climax.
Stockwell skipped without considering
this important matter and in this respect
repeated his episode with Andrews at the
Grand Opera-hOuse someyears ago. THE
County Circus" will be- continued at the
theater till Mr.. DletZ takes hold with Mile.
Rhea in "The Queen Of Sheba," which will
he at the end OF the present week. 1t is
unfortunate that Mr.. Stockwell gave his
name to this theater. as change of man
agement and lesseeship may call for
change of title. How would the Filling
House" do?
"49" at the AlcaZar is being well played
by Mckee Rankin and company, but the
stormy weather is against it. Ii Jupiter
Pluvius lets up little there may yet be
large ana appreciative audiences to see
this well-drawn picture OF early life west
of the mountains.
Little Puck" at the New California
shared the fate of the other theaters in
point of attendance. Nothing but the most
exigeant demand in the way of novelty or
foreign attraction can draw the San Fran
ciscan Of to-day 10 the theater from the
comfortable seclusion of his freside when
the wild rains are borne on the fierce
winds. The performance was Ia very good
form and the audience present enjoyed 1t
very much.
Discussions in the Hitzigrath German
company have led to the withdrawal of the
stars, Emil Thomas and Betty Damhofer
On Sunday night last the company as
originally organized produced Blumen-
thaPs fine comedy der Probepfeil" in
good style. The storm kept great many
people away who would otherwise have
attended. but those who did 60 showed by
their hearty applause how much they en-
joyed the play and the players. Der
Probepfeil" is one of the best Of Ger
man comedies. 1t is full of sparkling
dialogue ana neat dramatic effects
and was we'll rendered by the cast.
Fritz HitZlgratn as Baron Leopold Won
Egge, played in his old FORM" and
showed himself to be a leading man of
great talent ana pleasant stage presence.
He personated the Baron admirably
Louise Schmid as Hortense Won Walneck,
an adventures, gave the leading lady her
first opportunity 10 display remarka Die
Heimath." She was heartily applauded.
Fritz Berend as the Polish musical
virtuoso and adventurer had a splen-
did makeup, and played his part
in a finished manner. Marie Reich
ardt also, as the daughter of Count
was one OF the best renderi"gs of this
young actress this season. Raberg, Kohl
metz, Jagermann and the rest of the CON-
pany sustained their various parts salts
factorily. Taking the play and players as
a whole, the criticism of the public was
that it was one of the most enjoyable Of
the season. For next Sunday, the Erck-
man Chatrain drama, entitled 1.-THE Rant
zau," is underlined. and will. no doubt,
draw crowded house.
Mrs. d. F. VerdenaPs Laughing Girl"
at the bush-street was also a victim to the
wet. The society comedy, which was
brought out with such flourish of trum-
pets and which filled Bush street with
carriages on the evening of its production,
seems to have suddenly collapsed in pub
lie estimation. There is only one reason
for this shrinkage and that is, there is
nothing in the comedy. After seeing the
performance twice this conclusion is ar
rived at with regret. There is a mall
adr0itness in the construction to begin
with. The title of the play has no con-
nection with its subject matter. and Louis
Mann as Professor Haussmann is an i'm
possibility. Not one of the sequences in
the different acts follows naturally. They
are all forced. There Is also a tedious
eking out, as in the case of the amateur
sculptor treating the bust of Gertrude. to
conceal poverty of dramatic resource on
the part of the authoress. Mrs. Verde
NAILS good-natured friends may tell her
she has written a good play. Public
opinion will be TO the contrary.
'Said Pasha" is continued at the Tivoli
At the Grove-street Theater. 1.-THE