The herald., 1894-02-21
ADJUSTMENTS.

bOo ANGEL ES HEATER HIAV0l
was given to large audience last night.
1t was an audience that may very we'll
be termed fashionable. 1t was an oc-
casion upon which the many friends oil
Mrs. Lawrence Hanley, nee Miss Edith
Lemmert had chance to give her a
welcome home, and right royalty was it
done. 1t was at fret somewhat criti-
cal audience, but the very finished per-
torrance and the charming PERSONAL
ties OF Mr.. Lawrence Hanley and Mrs.
Hanley very soon warmed it into an en-.
thusiastic one. While the cast was Sc
lected in Los Angeles, it was composed
OF a number of very clever actors and
actresses, and there was o little of the
amateur performance about it that it
was judged by all present from the high
est professional standards.
The Player is a bright and enter tain
ing production and gave both Mr.. Han
ley and Mrs. Hanley the opportunity to
win additional lsurels.
There is prologue in which the
balcony scene, the duel scene and the
marriage OF Romeo and Juliet is gi ven
as one act. Mr.. Hanley's Romeo" wa
an admirable bit of impersonation, He
has handsome and manly appearances
and with most musical voice he made
an almost ideal lover of the fair
Mrs. Hanley was first seenln the Dali
cony scene. Since her debut upon the
professional stage she has made much
progress, and her outlet" last night
was, from all the canons of the stage, a
most charming creation.
In addition to he beauty with which
nature has so literally endowed her,
she has musical voice and concep
ton of "Juliet' which entities her rem
dition to rank with those which have
made fame and fortune for well-known
actresses.
One very enjoyable feature OF Mrs.
Hanley's reading was the clearness of
her enuncistion. as we'll as the sweet
ness of her voice and the delicacy of
her Interpretation of character.
In this one act she won the plaudits
of the most critical, and took the posi-
ton which her talents and conscientious
work merit. At its close there were
three recalls. In the first two Mr..
Hanley participated, but the third was
all for Juliet" and she was the recipi-
emf of a most enthusiastic reception, a
tribute to the satisfaction felt by all in
the success of this talented Los Angeles
girl. Mrs. Hanley's costumes were
greatly admired and were very hand
some.
The prologue furnishes the key to the
play. 1t is witnessed from box by a
young lady who is billed as ada, the
Heroine" part very prettily taken by
Miss Gertrude Foster. She is very
he Of
prologue, who is Gustavus Brooke, a
famous actor. 9mo 7ua
Miss Ada carries her enthusiasm home
with her and raves to her father Mat
thew Clifford, banker, about Shakes
pesre and Romeo. The banker was ex-
cellently portrayed by Mr.. Leonard
Grover.
He sees with anxiety his daughters
infatuation for the actor and its disas-
trous effects on his plans for her marri-
age with her cousin Richard Craddock,
part we'll taken by Mr.. Percy Hunting.
The actor is sent for by the banker,
who explains his trouble and attempts
to get "Gustavus Brooke" to leave the
country. The plan fails, but Mr..
Brooke offers to cure the girl. He is
invited to dinner, and, in pursuance of
his plan, becomes very drunk. In this
part he plays upon the foibles of the
guests and succeeds 80 well that he eff
fectually cures the young lady of any in
fatuation she may have had for him,
although he has discovered that she is
the woman for whom he has conceived
the fondest love without knowing who
she is.
But later on, when the guests have
departed, Orchard Craddock" returns
home genuinely the worse for deep po-
tations at his club, and in maudlin
outburst decribss a scene at the club in
which the actor has described the part
he played, and where he has resented
an insult offered to the girl and her
father.
1t ia revelation to Miss Ada, and
she becomes more than ever enamored
OF Mr.. Gustavus Brooke.
In the last act, the scene OF which ia
located in the actors apartments, there
is a stream OF visitors, and the heroine
appears, to prevent an encounter which
she has learned ia to take place between
her lover and the man who offered the
insults. The old banker follows his
daughter and there lie quite touching
scene in which he witnesses the efforts
of the actor to induce her to return
home, and the play winds up by the
willing consent of the old gentleman to
allow his daughter to we'd the man OF
her choice instead OF his own.
There is considerable bright dialogue
through the play, the comedy element
being well presented by Mrs. Henry
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