Birmingham age-herald., 1894-09-27
THINGS DRAMATIC.

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 Last nights performancc of-'sThe GirlI
 Left Behind Me'' at o 'Brien B opera house was by far the best of the season, and was
 greeted by g large house. 5s 's4. :
 The play is purely an American one, clean and beautiful. The plot is laid in the Blackfoot country, Montana, where United States troops are stationed and who have various fights with Indians of that section. It opens with scene at Post Kennion, where United States flag is koisted and hailed to, and closes after a
 hard but successful battle with the red men at General Kennion's home, where there seems to be union forever. The company is good one and made grand presentation last night, but there were few weak points.
 W. H. Stuart as General Kennion made | a splendid commanding officer, and M. D. Kelsey as Major Burleigh of the Twelfth
 United States cavalry made a good second. B. E. McFadden, Lieutenant Edgar Hawkesworth, on duty at Fort Kennion, was somewhat weak in his role.
 Duncan Preston, Lieut.. Morton Parlow, also on duty at Fort Ken nion, made very
 poor villain, and in fact is not equal to the other members of the company. Frederick Hood as Dr. Arthur Pen wick from Quebec and Miss Vivis Ogden
 as Wilber's Ann were a good pair, and
 
 excellent.
 Miss Selene Johnson, the generals
 daughter, and Miss Francis Raymond,
 Lientenhnt Hawkesworth's sister, were
 both clever.
 Master Earle Lee was precocous and of
 course pleased the ladies.
 As whole the cast was above severe
 criticism and the performance gave equally as general satisfaction as "Shenaudoah. D
 "THE COLONEL"
 The successful musical comedy bearing
 the above name will be presented at
 O'Brien's tonight, and "The Colonel"
 will again bow to a Birmingham audience
 and will prove to be the greatest play of
 it's kind ever witnessed in this city. Oscar P. Sisson, the star, has most ex-
 cellent cast surrounding him, chief of them being Josephine Florence Shepperd, daughter of Mrs. and the late W. J. Flor ence. This charming lady and most ex- cellent artist has been endowed with con
 siderable of her gifted parents talent, and
 makes an admirable Mrs. Gringlethorpe (the domineering mother-in-law, who is dubbed the coloneD.
 Among the others in MT. Sisson's cast is IGa Marie Rogers, the leading soubrette of .sThe DaZZler'' last season; Emily Lar celles, the charming little comedienne of Halan. & Hart's ''Later On" company; Miss Margurita Gonzalez, so long con- nected with the leading comic opera suc- cesses, and Miss Francis Cox, who pos- sesses @ rich, beautiful contralto voice, and which will eventually bring her into prominence as 8 star. Among the male artists are Howard Hunes of Harrigan 6 Har's New York theater, where he took | prominent parts in the leading light come- diesj Willard Simpson, one of the best character artists on the stage, and others | Of like character aud ability.
 "A NIGHT AT THE CIRCUS" Nellie MeHenry, at O'Brien's Monday night, October l, will present her new comedy called IA Night at the Circus.o .o l Miss McHenry has for many years been l one of the most prominent figures among | American soubrettes, and undoubtly one | of the most popular. She was one of the | first to appear in the light order of enter | tainments that have since been classified as l farce comedies. The play in which she is | appearing this year has, according to all l accounts, met with much greater success l than any other stage production in which l Miss McHenry has given her vivacious presence.
 There is more or less of plot to the l piece. It introduces her as Mile. Electra, l circus rider, who, having trouble with her manager, resigns. The manager 1 seeks to force her to keep her contract, and attempts to have her arrested. She goes to l two lawyers for advice, and these gentle | men of the bar are fascinated by the queen l of the saw dust arena and become her de- voted followers. But the lawyers have ob | stacles in the way of their love making l with the fair Electra in the persons of their 1 wives. When Electra discovers the pres | ence of these better halves she sets about | for revenge on the two erring lawyers. In | the last act she succeeds in obtaining it by | getting them to assume two characters in | the circus, much to their humiliation and | the ridicule of their associates.