The morning call., 1893-05-28

This gentleman came 10 California not long be-
fore with some organization which got stranded
In San Francisco. Fl was a goud e. neral
ACTOR, and had been through an English pro-
vincial experience. Mr. Cathcart subsequently
visited Calfor mia. playing the seconds with
Charles Kean.
Miss Sue Robinson was our leading lady.
She had grown up from a child on the Pacific
Coast, and was nOwn far and wide In every
mining camp of the early days a. the Fairy
STAR brm full of natural talent.
"If she had been taken when young and given
the eul ure and training OF a proper dramatic
school, can thins OF none more lii ely to at
taln TO The highest grade OF her prof ssion; but
when nuggets and handfuls Of goIddust were
thrown 10 the little girl who lwirled the banjo
and danced the clog and sang the topical song,
those who controlled her were too eager to
gather the spoil OF The present TO IhinK yery
much OF her future.
when she Joined Mr. Proctor she was a yery
good actress. in spite OF ry bad training, or
rather OF no training at all; and in the two sea-
sons she remained with us her development aud
Improvement were wonderful; her perform
ances In >ome of the higher characters of
comedy would have done credit 10 any first
class theater, and lbe vocal and terpsichosean
extrayagances of her earlier youth. modified by
good judgment and taste, were powerful ad-
jnncls to her attraclveness.
Toward the close OF the season she was In
treaty with prominent Eastern manager and
getting ready 10 start for new field when
death intervened and she was suddenly cut of
at the threshold of what believe would have
been great artistic future. Poor Sue Robins
son!"
MIR. Robinson. the father of Miss Sue Robin
son, The "Fairy Star" was one of the early
corners 20 the land OF gold. He had PLAYED In
all the mining regions OF Oregon and California
and the lavish favors OF fortune had been fol-
lowed by her frOwns so often hat hr had be-
come alike indifferent to smile or frown.
The old iheater IN Victoria still Standing,
though diiapidated, in 1879, was erected by him
In 1854. DR.. Robinson had never received
anything like regular theatrical training bur
like John X. Porteeand j. B. Addams he was
"np'' in everything and some paris he PLAYED
very we'll
No better Illustration OF The evolution of the
drama In California could be given than the
following OF an episode In a theater in San
Francisco's earliest days when Sue Robinson
played. IL is from "Men and Memories" by
Barry and Patien
"Eyrard s. Robinson were proprietors of the
Dramatic Museum on California street, be.
tween Montgomery ana Kearny, In 1850
DIR. Robin nsol, in 1851. opened the Ameri-
can Theater on the corner of Sansome and
Halleck streets and did great business there
DlSCdCcldDli, uOuer he management OF Ge eOrgo
Lodei, made her debut before California
audience at this tbeater. Kate Hayes, Emily
Coad, Miss Sophie Edwin, Miss Sue Robinson
(daughter of The manager) Emily Thofne. Julia
Peily aud score OF lesser celebrities filled en-.
gagemeDts there.
zone evening. when some unusual attraction
was on thr boards and the house was uneom
fortaDly not, AN American sovereign. evidently
from lthe.' occupying seat in the dress
circle. hnding the atmosphere TOO sutry arose
upon his feet and deliberately pulled of his
coat. laid 1t upon the seat and sat down
IN Inc comfort of shrtsleeves. This pro-
eeeaine was observed by only a few in
MS vicinity. as tile attention OF the audience
was gwen 10 the play. which Just AT fhat mo-
iheht was quite interesting, but the gods
VINO act as mentors for the dress circle lust as
severely as for the actors-always watchful for