The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-11-10

ones to conjure music lovers with, as
they have long since established their
regulations as artists of the first rank
This season has demonstrated that the
Bostunians are in better torn than ever,
and the mere announcement Of their APP
psarance here is sufficient to fill the the.
ster nightly.
Tue repertoire has been arranged as fol.
lows; On Wednesday and Friday even
ings and Saturday matinee Robin Hood
will bs sung. and theateI-goers who are
| fond Of this successful opera are advised
| to purchase seats accordingly, as tine per.
Torrance here will be in the nature OF
farewell to Robin Hood, owing to the
new material in the future. The novelty
during the engagement will DO Victor
Herbert's brilliant opera comique. Prince
| Ananias, which will be done Thursday
and Saturday nights. This opera was
produced last season in New York and
went into instant favor With meropoli-
tan audiences. That it affords ample
scope for the abilities Of this organiza-
| ton II evidenced by the successful pre-
ssntation in San Francisco. II is q
rom sntic opera embelished with mag
! niEcent costumes and scenery and tells
story Of humor, love and adventure.
The action of the opera is laid in the
sixteenth century at the court OF Ma
varre. A mum Der OF villages are drink-
ing around the tables Of an Inn when
| goasip arrives and announces the engage.
| mont of Ninette, the village belle, TO
Valentine. an elderly mistr, Who IS sup
posed to have reached that time In life
when MEMS minds do not revert to mat
y Whtta tpiu Ia undQr dIacnS9lOn
| . musKeteer arrives with placard which
| he places on the side OF the inn, announc-
| ing that the king has Offered q reward OF
200 louis for the bead OF Georee La Grabe,
| 4 noted outlaw, and immedia lately uron
| the exit La GRADE enters, disguised as a
| polnier, and m,hgles with the villagers,
taking part In the festivities. While the
dance is on Louis Biron, vagabond poet
and adventuYer, enters and establishes
| firtstion with Ninetts. who, despite heI
approaching nuptials, seems not averse
t. it. Louis. who has kncwn La Craze,
recognizes the outlaw, and La Grade ex-
plains his rashness by telling that two
weeks previous he had held up the coach
of the kings cham berlain, containing
that funet ioDary and his daughter, Ira
bel. La Grade falls in love With the
youns m sn uaS to SUas swsS
from his charmer, he determined 10 fol-
10 " the affair up and force himsef into
the court Of tue king to obtain another
meeting, and, disguised with band OF
strolIinz players for retinue. be with
Louis, whom be has persuaded to accom-
The king is a fearful individual who has
never smiled in the whole course Of his
life, and be commands the strolling play
ers to provide an entertain ment v leu
will make HIM laugh, under penalty OF
being cast into duneeun. The enter
Tat fo, INF n hn %
turns out happily in the trus comic
opera style.
The principals include Henry Clay
Barnabee. William II. Macdonald, jessie
Bartlett Davis, Helen Brrtram, Eugene
Cowl+s George rockingham. Josephine
jerome SYKES, Cora Barnabee, Alice
Nelson, Charles R. Hawley,C. Il. Laadie
and others. With s. L. Studley at the
conductors desk and supplemented with
large chorus.
Tho Burbank - Beginning tomorrow
evening the Ffawley company commence
the sixth week Of their successful engage
ment In this city an will produce the
dramatization Of Ouida's famous novel,
| Moths. Moths, which the Frawley COM
| pany will present here for the first time,
| 10 considered By many to be the best OF
| the many strong WORKS OF the famous
French authoress, and 1t 10 story winch
| lends itself readily to matization, and
| the result 10 a play replete with interest
and ono IN which this superb oraaniza-
! ton is particularly well cast. The plot
| is based upon the EMPTINESS and sham
| of society life amid gayeties in the
French capital, and a. Vera Herbert
| Miss Blanche Hates delineates the char
acter of noble yodfs woman whU passes
unscathed and untouched by breath Of
scandal and through its worst tempta-
tions. She IS married by heartless
mother. through art, flee. to bsutai and
i'm moral Russian. Count Zouroff. The
miseries arising out OF this unhappy atli-
ance form the m motive Of the play.
At one time the pictures that OuidI
drew OF the world Uf society were cOnsid-
cred unreal and even immoral; but now
Ouida Is quite in the fas -ion-she, with
her cynicisms and epiaIams that amuss
but leave bad taste In the mouth. Even
the lowliest after seeing Moths should be
| contented with his lot. Moths shows
very high society where there are few
persons admitted who do not bear title.
The people who come before the auditors
/ have done nothing during their lives but
smoke perfumed cigarettes, carry base.
languid air and fall in love once year.
| 1t is not so easy as it might seem for
actors to portray these butterflies fitting
about for pleasure. The Frawley COM
| pany. however, aie said to give most
charming performance OF this most mag
nificent play. A delightful feature will
| be the ex luisite costumes worn by the
| coterie of handsome women, which in
cludes Blanche Bates, Hope Ross, Belle
| Archer. Lansing Rowan and Phosa Nc
| Aliister.
In tho third act occurs most unusual
scene when Prince Zouroff (Maclyn Ar
buckley strike, mis- wife, the former Vera
| Herbert, in the face, while labofing Un-
F; der a.frsnzy which his brutality anu un-
| Just suspicion have aroused. There are a
mum Der of other stirring situations and
for strong and sustained interest Moths
is a pay with but few equals.
Miss Lansing Rowan will appear sa
Vera, and her appearance will be Pleas
| ant surprise. She has magnetic voice
| that she uses with much intelligence, and
has the repose and dignity and strength
| to give very real impersonation of the
English girl. Vera is a singularly charm
ing character, one of the most attractive
! IN its contrast with the surroundings that
has been gwen to the modern stage. The
| play will be we'll staged and elaboratelv
and carefully prod uCed IN every detail,
| with the entire strength of the excellent
! company. Mr.. FTawlev will appear as
Lord Jura, Mr.. Leslie as the Dukc de
Null, Maciynn Arbuckle as Prince Tour.
noff, Blanche Bates as the American
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