The morning call., 1893-11-16
OUR ADJUSTMENTS.
LA TOsCa" Well PLAYED
but Sparsely Attended.
The French Players Draw In "Le
Gendre de eM.POirier"- Change
in Other Programmes.

''La Tosca" did not draw at the Bald
that the excellence Of Miss Davenport's
acting In Floria warranted. She had one
notable auditor. however, in Mime. Jane
Hading. 1t was this lady's night eff at the
Grand Opera-house, and she devoted it to
seeing Bernhardrs rival in Sardou's play.
Taking the performance all through,
Davenport has never appeared to such ad-
vantage in the strong scenes that this play
calls for. Perhaps she was inspired
by the presence of the French ac-
tress. perhaps by the desire to recoup
the break that her Illness of Tuesday
evening had made in the engagement. At
any rate, and whatever may have been the
cause. she rose above herself in the same
role that she has been seen in before and i'm.
pressed the audience with sample OF act
ing that they have seldom been privile ed
to witness. La Tosca" will be given for
the rest OF the week. If the representation
of Fioria will be as vivid in succeeding
performances as 1t was last evening to miss
it will be to lose a revelation in Daven-
ports powers as an actress.
lie Gendre de M. Porier" (Monsieur
Porier's Son-in- law. by the French play
ers at the Grand Opera-house-the first
time of its presentation in this clty-drew
$1,000 house. 1t was played with the
following cast:
CASTOR de Presies NJ. Jean Co9ueiin
De Montmeyron.............. Nj. Hertz
Nerdelet. .........................M M Chameroy
Catel. NJ Deroy
Snas aSSus. -..-.... ...-...--..... NJ Deroy
I'm DomestIque. e........................,M Chambly
&c "a .eI M Morlere
Une Femme de ChambTe .,......... Mime. DaIba
,ntt sc tla
PreSles, MARQUIS, to Antoinetle, daugh-
ter OF rich commoner, Poirier, who ex-
poets by the prestige of the alliance to at
tain position among the noblesse. But
CASTOR prefers to pass his time in idleness,
live upon his father-in-law and make no
exertion to raise the social standard of the
family. Besides, although he is deyotedly
loved by Antonette, he engages in an
amourette with Nine. de Montjay The
old man kicks at his Son-in-law's expenses
and his wife revolts at his attentions to
the ''Other woman," until finally CASTOR is
in the position that he we'll describes
to his friend the Duke OF MoDtmeyron. an
army man: "My lifel Bound hand and
foot to a man (his father-in-law Poirier).
whose despotlsm is authorized by my own
faults. married to a woman whom l have
wounded to the heart and who will never
forget it! Life! Pm sick OF everything,
and Of myself above all My heedlessness,
my folly. my wanderings from the straight
path have brought me TO a point where
everything is lacking to me at Once-lib-
erty. domestic happiness, the worlds
esteem and my own. Oh. the pity of It'll"
The play. like all of Angler and San
deau's class Of stage work, is Qniet and
conversational, but the attention Of the
audience was reused occasional y bv many
bright lines in the dialogue. Thus Poirier
her father, says to AntOinette of her hus-
band. Castor: ut is not you who bores
him. it's his idleness. A husband who has
nothing to do but to love his wife
gets tired of her at last" Aud
again, Verdelet Qoquilor): "a wife
should be her husbands consolation,
not his business" Further, Poirier.
addressing Antoinette. his daughter)
"Why did / always adore your dear
mother? Because l never had time to
think about her." Finally the domestic
to work and maintain his wife independ-
ent of her father. and he, fearing to be
left alone in his OLD age. pools in and.
with Verdelet, his lifetime friend, they
all buv adjoining estates in the country.
Tie piece was cleverly acted throughout.
ana nc one in the audience appeared TO
enjoy it more than Miss Lolita Crabtree,
who was conspicuous in one of the boxes,
looking as bright and cheerful as ever, and
plete control of every word uttered on the
stage.
Tonight we are TO have 'Thermidor,"
the play interdicted IN Paris, for the first
time in the original French in the United
States. There has been rush to the box
office. The French colony is excited.
There were no changes in the pro-
grammes of the different theaters.