The herald., 1894-02-18

"Mercutio' and esquire Craddock," are
elso in the company. The complete cast
of characters is as follows:
The Player, g tragic comedy in three acts and
prologue, prologue consisting of acts l, and
3 (played as one actl of Romeo and Juliet.
MercutlO- .............. MI Percy Huntlng
Benvolo ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Mr.. J. Murphy
nyoslt. Mr.. +. Roberts
Romeo. .................,-..,La Lawrence Hanley
Jullet. .....--........- .Eolth Lemmert
To be followed by the comedy of The Player:
Gustavus Brooke the player -. e.. Mr.. Hanley
Mathew Clifford, the banker Leonard Grover
Richard Craddock, the squire. Percy Hunting
Alberto Smith, the merchant -. ~. A. Vidalin
Thomas Jones, the sufferer. j. B. Murphy
Fercy brawn, the sleeper. W. Z. Harrison
lanes, me put .er....-.....-..l Fred McClove
Peters, the valet. -........-.... ~ 'e
Ada, the heroine 49,. Miss Gertrude Foster
Mrs, Alberto Smith, the mother ........
.....................-......M Mrs. Henry Ludlam
Myrths Lowell ...............E Edith Lemmert
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The much talked about farce-comedy,
A Railroad Ticket, will be presented at
the Los Angeles theater on Thursday,
Friday and Saturday evenings and Sat-
urday matinee. An unusual amount OF
interest seems to be manifested in the
production here, as the management
promises some strikingly sensational
mechanical effects.
The principal scene ia laid in rail-
road ticket scalper's Office, which Ger
tainly gives every opportunity of intro
ducing consistently many different
characters and funny situations. One OF
the novel mechanical effects is an cleo
trio street car passing and repassing the
scalper's Office, carrying motormsn, con-
ductor and passengers, while in the dis
lance is seen the river front, showing
the arrival and departure of ferry boats
| The piece is credited with having
decidedly novel plot, in telling of which
are introduced such characters as the
smoeth-tongued ticket broker, who can
tell you the route, rate, time, change,
connections and distance to any point in
the world, and who ia ably assisted by
the ambitious Office boy; the old retir ed
bank president, who lie fanatic on buy
ing and selling real estate; the fascinat-
| ing perfume drummer, who samples his
delicious article on all the pretty girls;
the persistent collector, who never COL
'lects anything but promises the man
that always gets on the wrong train
the woman who saw her folly too late of
not taking advantage of leap year to get
husband; the classical society girl,
whose only thought is how to look the
prettiest; the typical American type
writer girl, who never can read her
notes after they get cold, and the group
OF pretty female gossipers who delight
in something spicy to talk about.
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Mr.. Edward Fabian OF New York, a
singer and reader of great reputation in
the east, will make his first appearance
in Los Angeles at the Blanchard-Fitz
gerald recital hall, Saturday afternoon
at 2 80 O'Clock, assisted by Mrs. w. G.
Cogswell, pianist, and Mr.. E. H. Clark,
violinist. Mr.. Fabian will sing Jeru-
salem and the Bedouin Love Song, and
give a recital of Tennyson's great
dramatic poem, Maud.
Col. Charles H. Jones, editor of the
New York World, said of Mr.. Fabian's
Maud: A treat which lie very rare in
deed was enjoyed last evening, when
Mr.. Fabian read Tennyson'a Maud-one
of the masterpieces of great poet
interpreted by one who has the mental
endowment to understand and the elo-
cutionary skill to express it. Part Sec
ond contains one of the most vivid and
awful delineations of a mind diseased
that has ever been penned. That CROP
ing backward through tangled mazes Of
memory ; that battling with phantasm
and brain-sick fancies; those quick
piercing despair-all the terrible phe-
nomena of insanity are depicted with
keeness OF dramatic insight and terse
vigor OF language such as Tennyson
has equalled nowhere else in his vol
luminous writings. 1t was in this sec.
ond part that MIR. Fabian won a genuine
triumph. In voice, expression and
magnetism Mr.. Fabian far surpssses
any reader we have ever heard. But it
Was the dramatic action with which he
accompanied the vocal expression that
was most effective and impressive.
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Tomorrow evening, Josef and Johanna
Rubo will give concert at the Los An.
gelee theRteT. The programme will be
participated in by Catherine Collette.
Orilla Donnell. Arnold Rutner. Agnes
Summerfeld, Ada Stocker, DR.. Z. G.
Buell., Anna Brandt, W. A. Fruhling,
Josefa Tolhuret, Cecil Brandt, Lulu
Carey, Emma Schnabel, Katherine
scuddeIr, john l.. Llewellyn, Blanche
Richards and Amelie Werner.
The chorus will be made M as
follows:
soprano-Mrs. Brandt, Mrs. Collette
Miss Coleman, Mrs. Fischer, Miss Ham.
mel, Mrs. Hatch. Miss Nash. Miss or.
ton, Mrs. Schnabel, Mrs. Summerfield.
Miss Symons, Mrs. Tolhurst, Miss Wer,
nsr. Alto--Mrs. Bonynge, Miss Brode-
rick. Miss Curtis, Miss DonneIl. Miss
Dickinson, Miss Carey, Miss Harris.
Miss Hauser, Miss KnRx, Mrs. Long
Miss Richards, Mrs. Stocker Miss G.
Scudder, Miss A. Scudder.