The herald., 1893-11-22
II pair Of male and female black

VI pair Oh nhic anu iom"Ao D'eSN
guards.
The woman Clorinde. Ia played by
Nine. Hading, and though in itself a
meritricons role, IN her skilled hands it
rises to the dignity of work OF art.
There is no shrinking on her part
from plainly depicting what wicked,
foul woman Clorinde is; depraved, and
apparently conscienceless, she shows all
her wickedness, but at the same time
the spectator plainly sees that the
woman is bad from circumstances and
environment. not innately evil, but
still while acquiring a desire to be bet.
ter, lacking the moral fibre in her nature
to overcome the wrong Impulses ac-
quired by her past life.
As the play progresses she fights
against herself, against being bad, with
desperation that is pitful. She re-
solves at all cost to escape from her
vileness and to become good, as the
world goes. and, woman like, seeks her
redemption by q marriage with
an old man whom she has
fascinated. Her plans are frustrated in
the end, and her heart breaks. and as
she passes frem the scene, presumably
to sink to her former level. the most
world-worn observer of the play must
feel great pity for the woman pictured.
She portrays woman with all the inn
aginable charms except that of honesty;
but then history proves that some OF
the most charming women in the world
lacked that attribute. Throughout all
Nine. Hading is natural. truthful to
life and in no place over emphatic In
her delineation.
M. Coquelin gives you as Hannibal"
n f,ll h,r nj
a villain who would stab you to the
heart or ruin you in body and soul, with
the glee and jocund spirit of a spirited
boy robbing an apple orchard or playing
hockey from school. noted critic has
termed the role PUCK turned villain,"
and the description cannot be improved
upon.
He relies more on his facial express
sions than on any other branch of his
art, and over ioes this line of work, his
changes OF cOuntenance amounting al
most to an out-of-place buffoonery. But
this is a venial sin, which scarcely mars
his wonderful success. His resources of
fun are inexhaustible and always effect
i've. and withal he pictures man OF
complete wickedness and evil because he
like it, because he is naturally vile; but
he is so innocently bad, go jovially de-
PRAYED, that his vice fails to arouse dis
gust or condemnation, until the last act,
when he reaches such point of degrad-
ednees that he stands forth the type of
vileness.
The company carries no scenery of its
own, and relies almost entirely on the
work of its two stars.
NoTARLEs PRESENT.
There were many OF le beau monde
present, and they expressed themselves
as follows regarding the programme:
Mayor Rowan-Mon caer garcon.
Nine. Hading est divine.
City Attorney Dunn-Oui Oui.
Judge Clark-C'est pas.
d. H. Burke-E'e est iolie comme mon
chrysantheme.
Henry Dockweiler-Je vous leve deux
beans.
Dick McKnight-En brochette.
"bob" Widney-Fin de steele.
DIR. Wernigk-Aux fines herbes.
Dan Freeman-C'est beau commee
Inglebois
Judge Silent-Je me bats NIT Siegel.
Major Stern-Vive les police decap-
itees.
Councilman Nickell-Mettez moi dams
un slOt, et VOyeZ un mare eOrtlt.
Major Bonebrake-Ca va.
H. y. Osborne-La petite vitesse.
Colonel Teed-Au naturel.
X. II. Wade-Ca va CONNIE un kite
shaped.
j. A. Muir-Beau CONNIE mon ami
Michel Collnee.
}. NJ. Crawley-Rien ne va plus.
Mr.. Tom Grant, mai rien perdu.
In
Manager Wyatt-Tout le monde rit,
a deux dollars ct demie lie rire.
Elwood Cooper-C'est belle CONNIE
ure Rhzobius Ventralis.
Consul Leon Loeb-Si seuelment NJ.
Goyteno etait lei.
Col. Bob Northam-Cela me fait penser
chere Psree.
DR.. INSTRUMENTATION! morbleu
mi la tonnarrae