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.

A magnificent performance OF "'rhe
Bells" was given before IA most demon
strative audience by Henry Irving and
his company at Abbey's Theatre Satur-
day night. 1t was a performance that
will not bef orgotten by those who were
fortunate enough to see 1t. Its force,
its directness, its weird imprcssiveness
stamped 1t upon the memory. If Irving
had nothing in his repertoire but this
MAY he would still command the attrac-
ton of the artistic world. An ordinary
actor would rest on his laurels after
such splendid piece of work, but lrV-
ing Is indefatigable, and his ambition
tends ever onward. He thrilled IA large
gathering of ultra-fashionable folks, who
are not easily thrilled. for he seemed
to work with all his soul. He has pre-
sented "The Bells in this city before,
but never with such wonderful power
and such superb resources. In the last
act, when the mesmerist forced him to
tell the story OF the murder, the audi
ence sat simply spellbound. The dark
ened stage, the agonzed figure OF the
tehe6r Ms'has Ma barba IN the
mystic voices of the semi-invisible trihu-
nal. and the eerie. sound of the tinkling
bells formed an irreslstibly fascinating
combination. lrving's melodramatic
methods have been softened and sub
dued There are still moments when his
peculiar utterances repel his hearers. but
these are forgotten IN the long stretches
of truly artistic and wholly admirable
work A man like jefferson, under such
circumstances, would play. The Bells
for the rest OF his life. II is not 80 with
irving. His Matthias is a trltie in the
vast array of noble impersonations that
he offers to the theatre-goers OF to-day
the close of the performance. Irving was
Obliged TO make a speech, which he did
gracefully, If indistinctly, The doors
and 5m m9ny abhy of his %orai S
graphs of Mr.. irving ana Miss Terry"
"The Bells'' was preceded by a lily,
silly little farce called "A Regular Fix, ="
Mr. Terriss, Mr. Alfred Bishop, Miss
Ailsa Craig-who is Ellen Terri, $
daughter-Miss Foster, Miss Kate Phil
was we'll received.
Joseph Grismer. the California actor,
adopts methods on the road That would
cause him to be hooted IN New York.
following peculiar utterance was made
MIR, Grismer personally Is polished
gentleman betraying "s little OF the
actor as does his wife. and among
friends, aHI is held in the highest cs-
teen. =" Miss Davies. who OFF the stage
Oldest families in San Francisco, and is
Il favortc and leader of society there,
and the circle Of friends Of Mr.; and Mrs.
Grismer in New York includes many
that even Buffalo should tolerate this.
New York likes it's stage men to betray
as much and not as little of the actor
as ossiblc on the stage. OF the stage
IL does not care Il snap what they are,
f.igh -y-four women will appear in the
feminine performance OF ''As You Like
It. at Palmers Theatre tomorrow after
ent time. Their services in this per-
formance are, of course, offered
Goquel:n appeared last week in "Ther-
Francscans do not understand French
and, moreover, Miss Elsie de I VOTE was
'Thermidor plus Miss de o' Wolfe. lie" 10 tame
The America" company, fresh from
the city of the Midway Plaisance, has
arrived in New York. Mr.. Abber has
brought the production and all its ae;
lis. Miss Louise Beaudet. however will
not appear in the New York production.
This came by post: 1T is a well-de-
served compliment in to-day's Evening
World (Nov; l6) that you pay Edward
Harrigan,. the author of twenty-five
plays: each of more than 100 nights run
And that same Ned Harrigan wears the
same sized hat In '93 that he wore in '73
no shoe-horn being necessary"
The indomitable Sydney Rosenfeld pre-.
sents The Rainmaker of Syria under
Miners Theatre. Newark. tonight. In
the cast VIII he Bertha Ricci. Kate
Davis, Florence Ellis Rose Ricci. Mark
smith, jacques Kruger, Herman -
Blakemore, Kyle Newton and others.
= Patti sang at the Carnegie Music Hal
Saturday afternoon. Yes. she did There
was no deception about it. The diva ap
peared to be triie under the weather
and when she responded to the plaudts
OF the audience she was CAREFUL!
Wrapped up, and she held a handker
lngly. Her voice is admirable and hel
methods as delightful as ever. She can
not sing the high notes that she used. tC
glory in, but she takes no risks and doe;
not try them. She does what she knows
sne can do, and her singing must be ap
Eteciated by the most fastidious hearer
She sang an air from the Barber o
seville" Home, Sweet Home" and tn,
roe roe OF Marguerite in the third act O
Faust" The women in the audienc,
criticised her dress rather severely
When she first appeared she wore
gown that was described as ''of the yeal
one In other words, 1t was old-fash
0nra; q r,a, Inc audience, however, gave he
Patti 80 '''
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