The morning call., 1894-08-21
THE THEATERS.
The BaldWin's Double Bill
Fills the House.
Lawrence HanIey Gives an Idea of
ShyIock-" IoIanthe " at the Tiv-
oIi-Variety Theaters Full.

The double bill at the Baldwin caused more
than usually full attendance. AS curtain
raiser the Virginia romance, "Marse Van" by
Emma Sheridan Fry and Mrs. 4. g. Suther
land proved most acceptable to the audience.
although the motive Is old and threadbare,
turning upon the inteTnecine trouble Of more
than thirty years ago. A girl and boy have
been reared together IN Virginia, and when the
civil war breaks out he casts in his lot with the
Union and becomes soldier She
remains true TO States rights aud
puts Virginia above the common coGn-
try. This threatens to part those
who were thought To be lovers for lie Till Bar
bara Reeee (Maly HamDtOn) hndS out mat
Lieutenant Nandreth Carter, =. ). A. (Robert
EdesOu), and Objectionable on account OF his
Federal loyalty, had saved the old homestead
by quietly paying The interest on the mortgage
of Reece Royal for four years. Then Barbara
is ashamed of her conduct and takes the
shortest road 10 forgiveness by throwing herself
into Lieutenant Vans arms. The piece Is not
as compact as il might be made, particularly IN
the business of William H. Thompson as Rick
Ferter, who is the indirect means OF bringing
the lieutenant and his love together
& 'GudgeOns," the Ciark-ParkeT thTee-act COM
edv that followed, is excellent in conception,
and was well worked out in all its details.
James Efolliot IreheTne (Mr. Henry MIeD,
the aTistOcratic swindler, makes the comedy by
the excellence of his acting. The INSCRIPTIONS
character Of the man, The starts and shifts he
difficulties. his trump card being ''Jhe pride OF
the TreherneS," will find a counterpart In thou
sands OF others, not only In London but In all
the large cities Of the world. Miller Impressed
every one by the close study he had
mad OF that species of the genus "beat'-the
bogus arstOcrat, ana w. ii. Crompton was
an amusing type of he American class OF gud-
geons visiting the Ola WOTld-Iheir wasted con-
tdencr and easy gullibility. This is not so bad
as II used 10 be. but the swlndling game Is yet
played IN Europe 10 some extent. Robert
Edeson was in good favor as Silas b. Hooper,
the head OF the Anglo-American and Universal
Agency, London. The character is said 10
be the COPY OF an American WHO some
years ago made bad business OF similar
enterprise in the great city. EdesOn filed
the part with life and characteristic color.
Miss Mary Hampton did quite an artistic piece
OF work in Mrs. FfOllior, the subjective wife of
the swindler. May Robson was rich in eccen-
tic comedy. She sustained two sucn parts
during the evening-Bundy In "GudgeOns' and
Sacnarlssa, a cOloTed servant in "Marse Van"
Both wpre fine contributions and showed the
lady aifiGent in acting power. The Council
or's Wife, and Sowing the Wind" Will be
given for the last week, commencing Janu-
airy p.
At Morosco's Grand Opera.hOuSe Mr.. Law
renee Hanley gave another Shakespearan IN
PRODUCTION TO The Player" appearing as Shy
lock in the trial scene of "The Merchant OF
Venice" The character of "tbe Jew that
Shakespeare drew was we'll made up and
acted by the young actor Hanley being of the
same nationality as Gustavus Vaughn Brooke,
the great Dublin actor, and the only one, after
the elder hean, coming from The Old World to
whom Edwin Forrest conceded dramatic
abilily-there are those who think they ind
In him evidences of the same htStriOnie
talent that made Brooke famous long be-
fore he came under Forests notice.
But Hanley has a great deal to learn about
stage art yet aud, he is young, lie mas
plenty OF time in which 10 acquire the knOwl-
edge. Miss Lemmert Tie POTtia OF the
cas- and read the equality of mercy" passage
in a clear voice, but with faulty emphasis.
The Player" TO which the major portion OF
the evening is devoted, went of with more than
usual Vlvaciiy. aud the same listeners that sat
IN silent admiration while the sOnOrOus lines OF
Shakespeare fell on their ears went into con-
vuslOnS OI laughter over BroOke's curse OF the
loYe-sick ana stage struck maiden, the
brusqueTle Of HOlden's Dick CraddOek and the
lSping Leslie at the evening party.
"Suamlth; or, the Daughter OF Bethlehem
will be repeated at the Stockwell on Wednes-
day evening" August %, by The European
Oriental Opera Company.
1.-The Great Eleusinian Aggregation OF MedI-
umistic Talent may be seen and heard by the
public AT METROPOLITAN Temple Tomorrow