Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-12-16
SATURDAY SALAD.
10Y is DANGEROUS

The Post hall at Fort Marcy was again
filled on Wednesday evening with an en-
thusiastic audience to witness the second
presentation of James Mortimer's adapta-
ton of the famous French comedy, in two
acts, "Joy is Dangerous" The cast of
characters was the same as on Thursday
evening of the last week, and what was
said then in these columns of play and
players applies with greater force to this
second performance. Santa Fe is GER
tainly to be congratulated upon the fact
that she has among her residents those
capable of grasping in SO short time
and executing with such consummate
ability so classical a play as this is
ackno wledged to be.
The stage setting was faultless, thanks
to Mrs. Pearson's excellent taste, and
from beginning to end throughout the
play there was shown by the ladies and
gentlemen in the cast regard for detail
and conscientious conception of the
parts that won the favor of the audience
at once. Indeed, there we're many delicate
and finished touches in the portrayal of
the characters on Wednesday evening that
we're lacking on the occasion of the first
presentation of tho play.
As Madame des Aubiers, Mrs. l.. Brad
ford Prince showed herself possessed of
a very high order of dramatic talent. In
voice and gesture there was nothing want
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acter, the noble and stately matron of the
old time homes in La Belle France; espe-
cially in the closing parts of the play,
Mrs. Prince displayed superb dramatic
ability, as, for instance, when her warrior
son, supposed to be dead, returns home,
her fainting spell, recovery and greeting
of the son was executed with SO much
dramatic zeal, SO much grace and spirit,
as to carry the audiences heart thoroughly
into the emotions of the moment and
there were not a few moist eye lids at
the close of this scene on Wednesday
night.
AS Blanche, the daughter, Miss Guilt
ford again quite won the hearts of all
present. She has charming stage pres
ence and is equally at homo in the more
serious as well as the lighter comedy
parts. AS Mathilde, a difficult role to fill,
Mrs. J. I. Kirkman appeared to splendid
advantage. Herself beautiful woman,
she portrayed the genius of the character
with admirable skill and grace. AS for
the gentlemen, what more may be said
than that they surpassed their efforts of
the previous performance? Mr.. A. W.
Butler as the young counsellor at law, not
overly brilliant, nor graceful, but lawfully
handsome" performed his part we'll.
Gen. 4. j.. Bartlett made model son,
an adorable lover and brilliant and
dashing young army officer, while Mr..
Gulliford as Noel, the kindly yet presum-
ing and garrulous old family servant,
took hold of and maintained the part with
a skill that showed him to be no stranger
before the foot-lights.
Thus in all respects the presentation of
this superb comedy Vas attended with
the greatest success and those who took
part therein are to be heartily congratu-
lated. In this connection it may be
stated that the participants express them
selves as indebted to Mrs. Kimb ball, of the
post, for numerous kindly suggestions
that contributed to the happy success of
their efforts. The many who attended
both performances and thus spent sew
eral happy hours, are particularly CRATE
full to Mrs. Pearson, whose genuine kind
ness and charming courtesy was greatly
instrumental in bringing about the per-
Torrance and whose considerate aid con-
tributed in no small degree to the success
of the play.