The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-02-06
AT THE THEATERS.
GA WOman's Revenge"
at the Baldwin.
" Dolly Warden" Presented by Patti
ROSa-LOttie Collins Dance and
Song-"Nanon" at the TivoIi.

Henry Pettitt's "a Woman's Revenge"
was produced at the Baldwin to a more
liberal attendance than usual. 1t is good
specimen of the authors work There is
complicated plot, induStriously worked
ou, even if not carefully SO. Consistency
and the unities are defied occasionally, but
in places where the business is so interest
ing that the auditor pardons the laches,
should he notice the shortening at all.
| is domestic drama aud turns on the
treachery of a supposed friend. Frank
Drummond Wilton Lackaye) is young
lawyer. Robert Overs tone (Mr. Edward
NJ. BeIO is his friend" Both love
Mary Lonsdale Miss Julia Arthur,
an neiress. but Drummond succeeds
in winning the prize. Overstune
devotes himself to revenge. and
this consists in destroying the Diamonds
domestic happiness. which he Goes through
the agency of former flame of Franks.
Mabel Wentworth :(Mss Jennie A.
Eussace). Besides Overstone there is an
otner villain in the cast, Jeptha Grims-
wade George Fawcett), a solicitor, who
murders Overstone in the third act and
then seeks to fix the crime on the wife of
DrummOnd. OF course everything comes
right IN the end. Some very good under
play is made by Dick Chiffon, clerk C.
NJ. Holland). and Lottie Bromley Miss
Madeline Souton). These two marry I'M
der the impression that each has for
tune, and when the discovery is made that
both are mistaken there is tiff; but
good sense prevails and they settle
down TO make the best of
bad bargain. They are the oil
on the troubled waves that heave
around the Drummonds. The acting of
both was very neat, very agreeable. LIE
Sloyne's pecullarities came out stronger
than ever in Fawcetts treatment of the
Part OF Grimswade He is a strong char
acter actor. OF the court scene in the last
act nothing need be said, excepting that
there Is quite as much liberty taken with
ordinary legal practice as there is in the
court scene in THE Merchant OF Venice"
Lottie Collins danced her "Ta-ra-ra-
boom .de-ay" to full house at the New
California. There is nothing remarkable
in the movement. 1t is easy glisSade,
varied by an occasional hop, skip and
jump. Moderate applause was given and
the dancer refused TO answer an encore.
Dolly Warden" was Patti Rosa's presen-
tation at the Stockwell. Who among all
the patrons of this theater the present
week guesses the nearest to the exact
number Of paid admissions to the Mid
winter Fair next Friday will be given
$40 gold piece Blanks on which 10 reg
one who buys ticket and the winner will
be announced at the Saturday matinee.
The matinee prices this week will be so
and % cents only.
That James ONeill really is big, if not
the biggest. favorite that San Francisco has
in the dramatic profession was evidenced
yesterday. In the salon of the millionaire
and the simple home of the workman the
principal topic discussed WAS his forth
coming appearance at Stockwelps Thea
ter, where he opens on February IL with
scenic revival of his old love, Monte
Cristo."
The sale of seats opens Thursday morn
ing.
The Tivoli had the usual crowd to hear
Richard Genee's "Nanon." The leading
mem ers of the distribution exerted them
selves in their respective parts. Miss
Oracle Piaisted as Nanou Patiu, hostess
of the Golden Lamb, and Tillie Salnger
as Ninon de pEnclos, in particular, did
themselves great Justice.