The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-11-05

The Burbank-The Frawley company
jumped from melod rama to broad farce
between Sunday night and last evening
and the leap proved for the organization
something of a hurdle. Augustine Daily
revamped Nancy & Co. from something
German which he found while delving
among the book shelves In his library.
AMI from out of the remnants DAILY
evolved what always has been quite the
joliest patchwork of stage carpentcring
among American plays OF the lighter
vein. The FraWley organization is of
course not altogether tho Daily com pany,
but the severa! players at present filing
the Burbank are as well, if not better.
equipped fol the work in hand as the
result of their current program as any
other set of people who ever essayed to
40 the similar parts in this city.
The present farce gives to Blanche
Bates an opportunity to do the work of
her life, an opportunity of which she
fully aeails herself. AS Nancy Brasher
the literary whirlwind about to produce
her first play, Miss Bates easily earns
would say it. Nancy & Co. would with
out her at the present time be as fiat rs
book beer in DeceM Der and Just about as
profitIess of digestion.
Maclyu Arbuckle as keife O'keife,
Nancy Brasher's secret literary collab-
orator, falls bit wide of the mark, and
the same comment can be legitimately
made OF Charles W. King and George W.
Leslie, all three OF whom are capa BILE of
much better dramatic work than that
which they are at present doing. 1t is
for this reason that some of the climaxes
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spirit that they should.
Lady Sholto Douglas made her debut
as genuine player last evening. She
was bit shy but went through her lines
with fidelity which givesipromise of ex-
cellent dramatic possibilities. She also
treated the audience to the usually pretty
song ana dance which features her upon
the Frawley play bills and show post
ers. Nancy d Co. runs all week with a
Saturday matinee. For nexpweek Moths
is underlined,
Wilson Enus, who is cast for the Fart
night. He is laid up with temporary
attack of rheumatism. T. Daniel FIawley
portrayed the role last evening and
played the pa.t with spirit. The waits
between the several acts are entirely too
long and are all of them somewhat tedi-
ously tiresome.
The Orpheum--At the Orpheum this
week honors are pretty evenly divided re-
tween Sch roue brothers and John Hig-
gins. AS the former are the strongest,
both numerically and physically, they
probably lead. but Mr.. Higgins is liable
to jump to the front at any minute. For
easy, graceful yet most difficult aero
batio feats the Schrode brothers bear the
palm. Taking their act in its entirety
they are. without doubt, the most skill
full team of their class who have yet ap-
-
the usual feats performed by such teams.
such as pyramids, lofty tumbling, etc.,
ETC., but even III these they excel in that
they perform these gracefully and appar-
emily as easily as one would sit down or
get up from table but in addition they
go little further and do several acts
quite out Of the ordinary, the difficult ma
ture OF which only trained athlete can
appreciate. Their clown IN boomers is
really funny. Every membsr of the Los
Angeles Athletic club will find something
to interest him in the Schrode brothers
and John Higgins as WE'LL
After seeing John Higgins in his high
distance and trick Jumping one can un-
derstand why mis- engagement at San
Francisco was prolon ged week after week.
His feat of jumI ing INTO BASKET of eggs
ana out again or into a dish of water
10 him were as easy as rolling off the
proverbial log, and really no more won
derful than some of the other things he
does.
NARROW and Plunkett fl How close
third IN their negro SONGS and paro lies.
Each is a skilled banjoist and far SINGER,
and together they caught the audience
from the orchestra to the balcony.
!. Louis Fialkowski repeated his clever
i limitations of animals. Among the good
things he does the best is his mimicry of
fire crackers and skyrockets. Miss Lille
Monterey does well in funeral hymns,
and Harding might be; the latter are
both good singers and received several
encores. The bill will be repeated all
the week with matinees and ought to
draw large houses. A. j. NJ.
Children don t cry for Dr. Prices Bak.