The herald., 1894-03-27

Los ANGELES THEArER.-Hamlet was
given last night to a good audience by
Lawrence Hanlsy, Mrs. HRuiey as
Ophelia. and capable company. The
production OF the play showed som 9
signs Of the haste with which the COM
pany has been gotten together, but be-
yond slight faults of this nature it went
with remarkable smoothness. 1t was
we'll staged, and the costumes were
many OF them elegant.
Mr.. Hanley has q great deaf OF the fire
and polish that have made famous
actors. His Hamlet last night was an
admirable piece of work. To a mellow
voice and handsome stage presence he
added intellectual force.
Tbe famous scenes wherein Booth and
Barrett added SO much to their reputa-
tions were not in unworthy hands last
give evidence of the genius which he
possesses in the scene with the playsrs,
in that with his mother, as we'll as with
the grave diggers. There are some who
might insist that he is not ute enough
OF the melancholy Dane in his robust
physical appearance. Yet there is the
in Hamlet which only a man of talent
can give, and re6nements of criticism
cannot retiEe away such talent.
Mrs. Hanley made sweet Ophelis,
and was much sympathized with in the
part OF that important lady.
The queen was played by Miss Alice
Mott. who was very acceptable in the
part.
Mckee Rankin was the ghost, and in
the hands of that veteran actor it be-
came one OF the features of the per-
fOrmanoe.
The play was given in a very credita-
BILE manner, and the additional per-
formances of the company should be
we'll attended.
Owing to the great success
of Hamlet last night it has
been requested that it should again
be played for the Wednesday matinee.
1t is play that is seldom presented at
a matinee, but for the benefit of the
young masters and misses it is thought
Hamlet will teach lesson such as the
great Shakespeare intended.
Tonight, The Merchant OF Venice.
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The concert at the First Congrega-
tional church last night by the choir of
that church, assisted by q string quin-
tette under direction of Prof. Stamm,
was a most enjoyable affair. There
we're five quartettes. all superbly rem
9ssTatfh 9sssTsathoTsn tsn raafu ad G%F&GAgstfs by
and four solos, all sssraotively sung
Mr.. Bacon was down for selection by
Gounod but sang instead the Yeoman's
Wedding Day, which was written for
Santley, who is basso cantante. The
selection was an unfortunate one.
Mr.. Williams, the baritone, sp-
peared to much better advantage
in his selection OF The Raft, one of Pin
suits best descriptive songs. He has q
small voice, but uses it with great
method and has an excellent stage
presence. Miss Margaret Messmore
sang one OF Campana's numbers very
acceptRbly, and made an excellent i'm
preston, but would have done better in
All, Mon Fills, from the Prophet. Miss
Grace Miltimore, the meZZo soprano,
was in superb voice, and sang the Como
e. Bel Raggio, from Semiramide, in a
way that recalled Gazzsnigs herself.
Her rich, warm voice fairly reveled in
Don RossinPs sparkling music. The
concert was evidently worthy OF a repe-
Jition.
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BURBANK THEATER.-The second week
of the Japanese opened again with an
excellent house. The juggling, top
spinning and wonderful acts of equili-
brism and slack-rope work done by the
gifted members of Charles Comeli's
Japanese Novelty company are worth
being seen and admired. The work of
the Japanese acrobsts is very different
in style from that presented by white
artists. 1t is not performed with q
rush and dash, but with the greatest
care, and it is of such q character that it
would be an impossibility unless the
greatest nicely in movements ia
observed. Nevertheless, it strikes all
observers that without the almost super
human trsiRing of the Jsps, both large
and small, their fests could not be
achieved. Among the most taking
features are the enchanted ladder, the
.top-spinning, the pyramids Of Egypt,
the end of the world and the Blondin
excursion. Then, too, the costumes
from the kingdom of the crysanthemum
are rich and gorgeous in the extreme,
aud the quaint ways of the performers
add to the enjoyment of their very en-
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