The record-union., 1894-06-20
ADJUSTMENTS.


sung by the Clunie Opera-house troupe
last night The company has made its
sixth hit in this opera. 1t is quite worth
the admission to bear 1.-THE Lullaby" and
'.The Good Night alone. The scenery
in the second act is very handsome, and
in the third act is wholly new and one of
| Duran's best works. "Erminie" is, be-
| side an opera, very much of a drama,
| with most amusing and well-concelved
plot, and it enables the comedians of the
| company TO appear to especial advantage.
| They do not fail in it. Mr.. Leech was re-
| called so often in his ''Dickey Blrd'' song
| that he had to make a little speech and
| assure the audience that he must have
twenty -four hours more to prepare addi-
tional stanZas. 'Ermln1e" again tonight.
Stuart Robson, the eminent comedian,
and his capable, evenly balanced COM
pany of players perpetrated gross inJus-
tice upon the public of Sacramento last
night-at least such of the public as as
sem bed in the Metropolitan Theater to
see Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors"
presented. The custom here 1S-a bad
one-not TO send the curtain up until SID
or $40. There was no announcement 10
the people through the press OF a change
of time. The curtain was sent up last
was rushed through. No wait was taken
and the second act was sent through post
haste also. Then, discovering that the
play had been galloped too much to be
submitted to, double wait was taken
and orders were given TO all the actors to
slow up and lengtnen out the third act all
they could. Even then the curtain fell at
9:37 and before 10 O'Clock the house was
closed and Robson and his hasty players
a hat
leave until 1910 at night. But the theater-
goers have nothing to do with the desire
OF troupeS TO get off tor the East the same
night they play here. The duty OF the
actors is TO give full and complete. and not
garbled and hasty performances. espec-
tally when 81 90 and 81 is charged for adj
mission The local management Is not
free from blame either. 1t should compel
compliance with the contract, which calls
for a full performance, True, ii that
! management Goes not bring these pre-
tentious troupes here it is blamed for lack
of enterprise; if 1t does, and the troupe
impose upon the people, as was done
| last night, then the local management
is roasted, while the actors flee Eastward.
Never. .eleSs, the management ought not
to be ID party TO such frauds as that OF last
night. True the audience was not ex-
ceedingly large, nor was it small.
But those who came were entitled TO
as faithful work as il the house had
been packed to overilowing. The bills
announced the comedy as one of four
acts. 1t was played IN three, and these
were cut, slashed and mangled. So much
as was played was well done, but too
much after the manner of locomotive
speed 10 be greatly enjoyable. The
Comedy of Errors" was written by
Shakespeare in five acts. The acting edi-
ton is one of four acts; these four by Mr..
Robson last night were put into three, and
the whole was jammed into one hour and
thirty-seven minutes OF action, whereas
the performance unusually takes from two
and quarter to two and half hours.
This sort of business will ruin the theatri-
cal business here or anywhere else. The
| people will not place confidence In one
| night stands, nor believe any protesta-
| tions advertised or declaimed. The burnt
| child breads the fire, and the local man-
agement we very much fear will suffer
| by submitting to such rushing" as that
OF last night.
! The Opera-house Comic Opera Com
pany did itself great credit yesterday by
singing patriotic songs at the Republican
State Convention. The twenty two voices
were heard in chorus to fine advantage,
| and Miss Crews made the hit of the sea-
son by the spirit which she sang 1.-THE
| Star-Spangled Banner"
Saturday night, the sd, Hallen and Hart
in ''The Idea'' will appear at the Metro
politan Theater. The seats for the en-
gagement are now on sale at the Clunie
| Oper-house office. The new piece is a
musical compound that has had great
success elsewhere, say our contempo-
raries. Hallen and Hart are remarkably
successful, and have made an honest bid
to deserve success by uniformly sur
rounding themselves with accomplished
speciality artists. The details of song,
music and humorous nonsense, which so
attractively blend In their performances,
are in the hands of people who have the
right and title of experience of the stage
to Justify their appearance. Our San
Francisco neighbors were superlative in
their praise of the company and turned
| out in sufficient numbers to make the re-
cent tortnight's engagement at the Cali
fornia Iheater the biggest of the year.
Mrs. Condos Delsarte class will give a
public recital in the Young Women's
rooms, 101l Ninth street, this evening
for the benefit of the organization.
COlOrad ReOubIicanS