Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1893-01-05

prospect Of lawsuit in connection with
her fasco She has courageously bowed
to the inevitable. and coinciding with her
managers views she has urged the imme-
date closure of the tour. 1t may be said
in her behalf, however, that her final work
in this city as Adrienne In Scribe's "Adri-
enne Lecouvreur" went far to remove the
disagreeable impression caused by her col
orless performance in those two wretched
and vulgar plays, LENA Despard" and
"Ariane." Her Adrienne was in most re-
spects an effective and careful impersona-
ton, not always touching the true note Of
pathos, to be sure, but generally sympa-
thetic and always intelligent.
Our own Mr.. Harrigan has brushed the
dust of dozen years" from 1.-THE Mulligan
Guards Ball" Once more Dan, Cordelia,
ers of that merry guild whose song and
Jest first drew coin of the realm into the
Harrigan and Hart box Office are in active
and delightful evidence before MS. Harri-
gan himself presents the least change.
The drollery of Dan Mulligan, his belliger-
ent liveliness, his quaint dialect and his
enjoyable philosophy are exactly as they
were in the old Comique days. The audi
ences at Harrigan's have recognized their
old friend with the old warmth. and there
will be nonced of another play there before
springtime. That is certain.
Poor Tony Harris place as the mischiev-
GUS Tommy Mulligan has been filled in the
revival by Dan Collyer, who is no stranger
at Harrigans. He is short and agile, with
boyish, innocent face and the voice of the
true urchin of the street. Mrs. Yeamans
is in her old place az Cordelia, and Johnny
Wild-of the mournful eyes and the asth-
matte voice-again portrays the woes of
that irresistible negro, Simpson Primrose.
For all it's years of disuse 1.-THE Mulligan
Guards Ball' has gathered no mustiness.
Harrigan's pen has touched it up in mo-
ments where it might otherwise have de-
noted age. and with the familiar songs of
Braham to complete the old charm the re-
vival may be said TO have been brilliantly
successful. 1t is designed to follow it in
due course with other. earlier plays from
Harrigan's pen.
The new Manhattan opera house is this
week devoted to comic opera. "The Isle Of
Champagne fiippant rather than witty
affair. but dressed deliberately, framed in
handsome scenery aud distinctly aided by
the presence at the head of it's cast Of
Thomas G. Seabrooke. This young come
dian has had wide and varied experience,
but seems at last to have found his true
sphere.
The music of the opera is by Gustave A.
Kerker, and he libretto is the joint work
of Charles Alfred Byrne and Louis Harri-
son. The motif, it must be confessed, Is
quaint and novel; relating rs it does to
the experiences OF an island people who
: have never drunk anything save cham
payne. An accident brings some water
literally Into their midst" and then there
is topsy turvy state Of affairs just about
whimsical enough for modern opera
lbretto Mr.. Byrne's pen has often been
used in work of this sort, and there is no
trace of uncertainty in the text of 1.-THE
Isle." Mr.. Harrison has doubtless sup
piled most of the puns and slang express
sions which are noted. Seabrooke's per-
Wolf Hopper has been his model, but he
is far more agile and less laborious in his
comcality, and he is II decidedly pleasing
singer withal
The company Is uncommonly numerous,
though it has no prima donna like Lillian
Russell and no soubrette like dainty Della
Fox. Mr.. Seabrooke, it is quite plain, does
not desire that any other than he shall
dominate the opera He is to hold the
Manhattans stage at least six weeks.
There has been much talk of season Of
grand opera at the new theater to open
late in January. but the truth seems to be
that all the contracts made to that end are
so elastic that If 1.-THE Isle of Champagne"
is liked we'll enough It will stay until
spring This business OF arranging long
runs. by the way, requires the foresight Of
a seer and the skill of a trained diplomat.
The Bijou, the Lyceum and the Four
teenth Street contribute to our new theat-
rical matter this week. The Lyceum in
particular has come forward Interestingly
as the scene of the first performance on
any stage of a Sardou comedy Americans
Abroad" 1t is a pretty eloquent tribute
to the energy and daring Of our managers
to find that even Sardou's pen is not be-
yond the bidding of American capital The
great dramatist wrote this piece expressly
for the Lyceum. and 1t Is acted with ad-
mirable skill and care by Daniel Froh.
mans stock company. Georgia Cayvan
and Herbert Kelley are in the leading
roles. rs usual. The story is international
in scene, and the love element is prominent.
The Bijou's novelty is "A Society Fad,"
which aims to satirize certain social fol-
bles, such as the genealogical tree, the i'm
pecunious lord, the private detective, the
parvenue. the valet. etc To say that this
is conventional farce comedy" with its
usual adjuncts of skirt dancing, topical
songs and .contemporaneous slang, is to
describe it sufficiently. The affair is no
worse than most of its predecessors. 1t is
merrily acted, however. by the Russell
company. which lately gave expression to
that strange piece called THE City Di
rectory" Amelia Glover, the dancer, is
far the most pleasing and graceful mem
Der of the troupe
The Fourteenth Street has a really eff.
fective sensational play in THE Ensign"
by William Haworth, once an actor, but
now fertile and hopeful playwright
This drama deals with the capture of
Mason and Sldell on the high seas, and is
distinctly patriotic and stirring with its
pictures OF naval interest. One view, that
of a man of-war- is notably accurate Mr.