The record-union., 1894-06-19
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Stuart Robson had good house last
night at the Metropolitan Theater, all
other counter attractions being taken into
consideration. The Henrietta was
played and admirably. MIR. Robsous
company is a strong, refined and thor
oughly disciplined comedy company.
Tonight the troupe will present
Shakespcare's Comedy OF Errors"
with Mr.. Robson and Mr.. Wood
crson as the two Dromios, Mr.. Tar
rel and Mr.. Elwood as the twin
brothers Antiphoius, Mrs. Rouson IL
Adriaua. Miss Mexican as .i1melia, Miss
Lynch as EGcinia, Joseph Ellis AS DR..
Pinch, Mir. MacIntyre as Duke ol
iEphesus, and Miss Campbell as Phryne,
the beauty ol Ephosus. Stuart hob
sons Successes ia Shakespearean COM
edy have been various and notable, and il
is natural that al tile summit OF his fame
lie should aspire 10 sgnalize the attain
meuJ OF The hopes OF AIS younger DAYS
Dy favoring the public with an expensive
and historically, as well as artistically.
correct revival of Shakespeare's Com
edy of Errors"
1t is Il play tnat enjoyed high degree
OF favor III The Lifetime. OF its author. and
probably only lell into disuse through
.he obstacles III the way of securing act
y
erly represent the two Dronios.
Truth is stranger than fiction, and
authors OF fiction in stories and plays
have hot been slow to sieZe upon the
good material which odd resent dances
offer for am using blunders and situations
from the writer OF the Comedy OF Er-
rorsH down TO that of My Double and
How lIe Undid Me-" The Latin Plautus,
the Greek Menander, the French Rotrou
and Regaurd, and finally the great Mo-
liere, each used the same plot which
Shakespeare so successfully treated III
his mlrth- provoking mix up Of the twins
in the comedy OF Errors" This play,
| always good acting one, from its rapid
action and quick succession Of incidents
and situations, Is seldom produced Oh ac-
count of the difficulty in securing two
! go q actors sufficiently alike TO make the
TWO DromioS realistic enough tor modern
acceptance According to some Shake
| spearean commentators they originally
wore masks in the parts, but this would
CT course do away with the varying play
of facial eX preston which has 50 much
10 do with the fun and drollery Of the
comedy, 1t is promised that the play
Will be mounted with close approach 10
historical accuracy, and that the costumes
and armor are patterned after the original
styles Of the period represented.
The comic opera 'Erminie," by Jako-
bowski, was sung by the Clunie Opera
house Company last night and was very
successfully presented. Several changes
have been made in the chorus, and we
believe for the better. The company has
recently been materially enlarged and
much strengthened, but though this irl-
! wolves increased expense to the manage
ment there has been no advance in prices
| But the patronage, while crowdlug the
house to overflowing on the five lasl
nights OF each week, is very meager on
| Mondays and Tuesdays, thus intlicting
loss upon the management that must be
| felt seriously, and may jeopardiZe the con-
tinuance OF the season. SO excellent and
! large an opera company as this, and which
| is not eXacting salaries IN excess Of value
given. -involvess heavy expenditure
and calls for very liberal and evenly dis
| tributed patronage, if it is TO be retained.
| Miss Crews was the Erminie of last
night and she dressed, acted and sang the
part charmingly. Her solo in the first
act, when Love is Young" was rem
dered with such taste and feeling that it
won an instant and persistent encore.
In the duet with MIR. Nalerga, "There is
a Sweet Remembrance" distinct musi-
cal triumph was scored for the lady and
the tenor. The Lullaby" in the second
act was sung by Miss Crews and the
chorus with charming taste, sensibility
and grace and deserved the recall the
singers received. Mr.. Cornell, the basso
in the tirst act sung The Life of Sol
dier'' with good effect, and MIR. Nalerga's IS
| tenor solo III the second act was likewise
gem of the evening. Miss HUFF was the
! Fanchon Of the opera, with not much to
do in the singing way, but doing that lit
| tie as this reliable cCntralto does all
allotted 10 her as a task. She has some
good low-comedy work, however,, with
! Master Clyde Stanley, who was the Gigot
Of the opera ana filled the ow-comedy
role exceedingly well. The young man
! is very evidently cut out for low coined y
activities. Miss Ethel Avery, a new face,
was first seen i'll a part last night. She
acted the part OF the Captain very we'll but
! she had too little singing in the opera tC
| enable her voice TO be judged. I. ID. Lucier
also made his first appearance III the COM
pany III the character of the Count, and
acted it well. No singing lines were
| given TO him, but plenty OF dramatic
| comedy work. Mr.. Whitney was the
| Robert Macaire Of the opera, and made a
| better one than we expected-indeed, a
good one. The role is very d flicult one
| 10 dress and act, TO say nothing of the
musical demand. Mr.. Leech was the
| jacques Strop OF the opera, and an adj
mirable one. He oTertiowed the part
with humor, filed it with grotesque busi-
ness and sang What the Dickey Birds
say" with whistling refrain by the
| chorus, with extremely comical effect.
The opera Will be repeated tonight. II
! is well worthy q crowded house.
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