The herald., 1894-12-29
AMusHMENTs.

Los ANaEsEs THEATRR. Angeles
theates goers are becoming accustomed
to the click of sword blades end the rat
tls Of spurs. and to seeing the bloody
effects OF tierce and carte, for during Mr..
Salvini's engagement this week. tbs
aroma Of chivAlry, the rspartse Of the
rapier, and the romance Of court in
trigues, have been 90 artistically de-
picted and indicated % 10 transfer one
for the time into the real atmosphere OF
the times Of d'Artagnan, Ruy Bias, and
Don Cesar dc Bazan.
1t was o. the latter that Mr.. 6alvini
Was seen last evening. and he scored An
even greater success than WAS awarded
him in the same role two years ago. His
facial makeup was such 90 to somewhat
mar the beauty OF his countenance, but
he looked none the less the Joyous, care.
less roystsrer, whose heart, despite his
faults, was in the right place. and whose
wit and sword were equally sharp and
ready. He makes . Don Caesar who 10
but q shade less enjoyable than his
d'Artsgnan and who will always remain
q happy memory to those who witt
messed last nights performance. In
the famous scene with the king in Mari.
taua's apartment he WAS faultless, and
the line, "if you are Don Cesar de Ba.
zan, then I'm the king OF Spain,"
brought down the house.
Mr.. Redmund's Charles I. was excel~
lently played, and Miss Morettps Mari
tsna was most pleasing.
One OF the ohavming features OF the
play was the Lazarillo Of Mauds Dixon,
who showed . great cleverness and pre-
sented q wins0me appearance.
This afternoon that charming rural
idylo OF Erckmann--OhAt L'Amt
Fritx-will be played, In which Mr.. SAL
vini will display his versatile tAlens, for
he will be sesn in role completely at
odds with All the others in his repertory.
Tonight The Three Guardsmen.
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Great things are expected at the open
ing OF the new Orpheum, formerly the
Grand opera houae, tomorrow evening.
From present preparations II will aeem
that the affair promises to be red.let'
ter event. both socially and thsatrically.
Manager Walter has secured q strong
company OF vaudeville talent.
The programme will open with Cal
cedo, the king OF che wire. Perhaps he
is the only man in the world Who can
throw y somersault on sn invisabls slack
wire. His MATHEMATICAL calculation 10
said to be real phenomenal for il is
by this alone that he is enabled to auc-
cessfuIly perform go hazardous . feat.
The cornet Virtuoso, Miss Alios Raw
mond, formerly of Boston, will also be a
leading feature. That quartGtte OF fun
makers, the Big Four, including Messrs.
Smith, Marin, Sparks and Williamson,
has also been secured for the opening
week by the management ct heavy ex.
pense.
In at dition to these strong features
{ ere is that comic team Mccarthy and
r ,yuolds, and the lone star minstrel
humorous George Evans. The sketch
artists. Price and Lloyd. will afford con.
siderl Bile merriment with their skits on
society. Thomas and Welch, fsmiliarly
known as the Irish senators, will amuse
tho audier cs with some clever delinea.
tion5 Of the humorous side OF Hibern.
ion character. .. X. Sato. the grotes-
quo jugglsr, is also q promised feature.
Manager Walter has taken particular
psina in the selection of his orchestra
for he knows the critical nature of the
music loving people Of this city. Thsre
will be O matinee on Nav Years day,
and as neither drinking nor smoking
will be allowed 1t is expected that the
ladies aud children will patroniss the
Orpheum.