Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-11-10

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 WILLIAM rIT'ETTE AS EoH ROY.
 freely admit now that I was mistaken. The book of Rob Roy is excellent de spite the calls upon the funny papers for the witty lines, together with n tendency of the author to rrmcmbCr too we'll the very meritorious work of others which he had seen.
 From an artistic standpoint should say that the music of Rob Roy" Is the best thing Mir. do Kovcn has ever done, though, as l have already stated. 1t does people found so delightful in Robin Hood" The orchcstratiOn Is really beau tiful, although n triile heavy, with the re- suit that the effect Of many uf the prctticst numbers was somewhat lost in the vigur- ous OnslhuGhts of Signor de \ovcllis, tho conductor.
 It Is safe to assert that Rob Roy is in for n long run at the Herald Square Sir Walter <cott's hero k so familiar To most persons that curiosity will carry some tn the thcatcr, while the genuine merit of the opera will induce many morc tn gu. The hold Scotch outlaw has lyyrn the central iigurc uf morC than one comic upcra scenario tn my certain knowledge. hut Mir, smith k th" first author wh" has >u, c,,,tlrd in actually landing him on thr ~tI,:.'
 The cu~tuniug of Rob Roy k superb. as l. everything else connected with the production. but murr than ordinary CrSiit is due tu tli. stage management, which l. as nearly Is'rtrCt as anything can bc. a CuntlitiUn which tuo seldom xists in comic Up,Ta
 My one gpat uIrj,c;iun tu Rob Roy ts tu bc rsgistCT,d against the comedy char actcTs. Not ouly ara they uutragcuusly OVcr'lrawn. but they arc unpleasant in th. cxtrcmc The actors [" whom the parts are assigned, tOn suC,,vd tn bringing out all of th" most di>aGpvahlv a>p,Cts Mir Richard Carroll in particular clowns from beginning tn end, and whatever uf merit there iS in the lines of the author k necessarily lust in his offensive ovcractiug His work might 'IO in farCc comedy, but 1t Is wOcfully out "f place in opera co- miquc, which "Kuh Roy very nearly IS The part should h' toned down little and the actor n Gpgt deal. Either course will cause an Improvement Both would better the 0pCra iumCasuTahly.
 Most of the other members of the east are competent. William Pructtc in the title rulc was manly and consistent His excellent voice was heard tu inc best nd vantage. AS I.oChiCl. William Mclaughlin made distinct hit. aud Miss JuliCttc CordCn. one "f the Is-t rrima duuuas ou the American stage, was magnificent in the rnlc of Janet. the maiden who >crrUt- ly marriCs Ruh Roy.
 Richard Mansfield in one uf his rc- cent speeches hCf0rr the curtain Is rCport- cd to have said that when he put on new plays at grcat expense the public infused to patronizc him. hut would go to see any trashy musical experimentation. think thCatCr gU"rs are always anxious to s,c and hear Mir. Mansfield. except perhaps when hC presents works which ar,' either beyond the understanding uf the nasS,~S or arr devoid of merit. but it cannot bc denied that thCrr is much truth tn what the foremost American actor says was fnTcihly reminded Of this the other night at the performance of Rob Roy" in the thcatcr which MT. Mansfield had just vacated Whereas many uf the prct- ticst as well as most dignifiC d numbers of MT. de kovcn's sCors wcrc rewarded with little or no applause. any of the comedians tomfoUlCry, no matter how out of place it might bC, was invariably received with shouts of laughter and n perfect batter of pedal and digitHl approval Most of the reasonably worthy attractions on the riad arc now playing tn light business, while those aSininitics which masquerade un- der tho alluriuE title farce comedy arc in most eases cnininE money for their owners and the tn many cases cuarsc people who use thsm as vehicles to kcCp them bc- fore long suffering and apparently mover protesting public.
 must modify my previously expressed opinion of Miss Olga NcthcrsoIc. the English Bernhardt. " I saw the young lady in Camille a few nights ago, and l am convinced that she may some day make n good actress, perhaps n very good one, althouGs she Is very far from that now. As Dumas heroine Miss Ncth- crsole gives us n replica of all the Camilles we have ever seen, with their aggrcgate affectations and manncrisms, but it can not be denied that she also reveals n depth of power of which no one who has only seen her in The TransgrCssor would have dreamed that she was capable. But she needs toning down tn n fearful degree She Is now like little child at the throt- tic of powerful locomotive. It is easy enough to start up with n terrific rush, but thc:e is no telling whether the tk.H4 will go forward or backward or just sim. ply explode. Miss ScthC rsole Is particu- larly cratic in the very light and sup. posedly cheerful scenes In her effort to be vivacious she gurglcs and shippers to the verge of stopping over. But with care full training she may make n good leading lady for some worthy company, and it Is to be hoped that Mir. Palmer will induce her to accept such position with him.
 This is perhaps not true, hut 1t is said that Miss Nethcrsule Is so high strung that she faints at the end of each net, though she never fails to rcvive in time to say: Hold on. That curtain call Is for me" As to the first part of this can say nothing, but do know that she never fails to take advantage of the slightest prutext for raising the curtain and lowing to the audience.
 "Too Much Johnson" the adaptation from tho French which Mir. William Gil. lette presented at the Columbia thcatcr, Brooklyn, is a rattling farce.
 Tho plot of the story hangs around the misadventures of an individual named Augustus Billings, who is given to lying Billings hirts with Frenchmnn's wife s Long Branch, bus tolls his own spouse .---------- -.-.~---