The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-11-19
The Result


The French players closed their f0rtnignt's
engagement at the Grand Opera-house last
evening, repeating for the matinee LA Dame
aux Camelias" and in the evening "Thermidor,"
which drew larger number of people than on
the Thursday nights production. Bringing oct
this interdicted SardOu drama was the leading
feature of the Coquel!n- Hadng season. 1t is
pleasant TO know that the enterprise has been
a successful one and that the two chief eX-
pODents OF modern dramatic art have been fully
recognized. The intelligence of the French
colony and the national pride of its members
led TO this result, aided by breadth OF artistic
sentiment on the part of many educated Ameri.
can residents. With the IrViDg-Terry and the
Coquelin- Hading experiences the world will
know that the community of San Francisco Is
appreciatlye IN the matter OF dramatic art of
high order, and also that the haf-educated
twopenny- halfpenny pretended professionals
who come here as to a "jay" town, expeciing to
make profit out of the Ignorance" of San Fran
cisco. will come to their failure and be reso-
lutely sat down upon.
The WOmen's eAs You Like It,"
The rumor. says the New York Sun of No
vemDer II, that Charles Frohman had forbid.
den Miss May Robson to take part in the
coming performance of "As You Like It,"
under the auspices of the Professional wo-
mems League, is unfOuDded. Miss Robson.
who is cast for Audrey, is rehearsing at Palm
er's Theater with the rest OF the company
OF course 1t is gentle company. Every one
says that. Even Mary Shaw, otherwise Rosea-
muDd. who receives large number Of re-
sounding Shakespearean slaDs upon the shout
der during the course OF the piece, says so.
The other day, for instance, there was Olive
Oliver. who, oddly enough. is TO play the part
of Oliver. She is tall. straight, 1.-THE. an expert
fencer, ana fine figure OF girl. She came in
tile fourth act and saluted Rosamuud with such
a cordial slap upon the shoulder that RosamnDd
could not get her breath for quite two minutes.
But who will say IL isn't a gentle company
when, Instead OF giving way to such luiid Ian.
guage as, on occasions like this. is relshed
by the best OF men, Rosamund simply turned
her appealing eyes upon Oliver and was silent.
And then Oliver herself. having exactly located
the injury, kissed 1t ana all was atoned.
If the performance itself is half as entertain
ing as the Tehearsals have been no one can
afford to miss the matinee on Tuesday, Novem-
Der 81.
"How is 1t getting on ?'' some one asked Miss
Shaw.
SAY" she replied, "do you know think we
are gong. to show them how to play AS You
Like TIP"
Ii would be worth the price of admission any
day 10 see Nine. Janauschek in spectacles, a
black bonnet with black veil lied over il,
and big blue cloth circular which floats wildly
over arms akimbo (for she plays Jacques), strid-
ing down be stage in melancholy fashion Or
rallying TouchstODe. Talk about rivalry among
actressesi Why, you no sooner get on the
stage at one of these Tehearsals than some girl
comes up and says:
Listen TO Janauschek Isn't she fue?"
One of them, In delicious imitation Of JAN
auScnek'S accent sara euiDusldsticdiiys
"Can'I she r-r-read the lines? Well, fink
she ean!"
They are generous and kind to each other
too One girl, who had rehearsed cbarmiDgly
came of utterly discouraged. Another GIRL
who was in despair because she was TO be a
forester and had no high boots 10 tit The part
came UP To her.
Are you going TO wear boots 2" she said. al
understood that everybody had 10 wear big.
high boots and some kind of coat that would
reach TO them"
Nonsense" said the other girl, who has a