The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-01-06

The Imperial vaudeville sheatsr has
csaued to exist; .more's the pity. for the
management provided clean, attractive
entertainments, "a popular with the
gallery gods 90 with the socisty folk.
Mr.. Ellinghouse and Mr.. Lehman, it
u understood, have not retired from the
cid, but are, in the language Of the
stage. renting. ;" and will be heard from
again.
Jsffreys Lewis is an actress who will
always command the regard of theater
goers, % well a. their sympathy. She
has suffered much from misfortunes,
and from the shortcomings Of Others.
but her pluck, attractive personality
and her art have kept her in warm
corner in the public's heart. The an
ncuncement of her appearance at the
Burbank will be welcomed by many OF
her admirers here.
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Mrs. Lily Langtry's tour OF this
oountry has com menced most happily.
The Boston Globe says of her as Esther
6andras:
"Mrs. Langtry's charming personality
hAs been preserved in the hearts of Bos-
t6nians for the last five and one-half
years. and she was greeted by large
audience. ct the Park, with demonstra-
tions Of unmista kable affection. She is
more slender now than when she form
eYly visited us but the lily should be
slender and delicate, and it is charac-
tefistic which is becoming to her, in no
wsy affecting that peerless perfection
Of form, which, as a lady in the audi
deuce WAS heard to say last night. re-
minds one of those beautiful French
fashion plates of which you are accus-
toned to say: Such form is too beau
tiful for any living being The great
blue eyes, with their indescribable ex-
preston Of half childlike simplicity and
half sadness, SIRE az potent as ever.
and the fair complexion, even with
scarcely trace Of makeup upon 10, is as
soft and delioaike 40 peaches and cream,
the natural COLOR of the face coming and
going with the varying emotions OF her
dramatic exprtlssion in charmlngly
unconventional and refreshing way. She
WAS easily tho central figure OF the play
gave q strong and consistent portrayal OF
the desperate hears>hS'rdened heroine,
and there WAS not q moment she was on
the stage that she did not possess the
hearts of the audience. She was fire.
uuently spplauded with genuine ardor,
and was called before the curtain after
each sct, the approval of her work being
demonstrated BY the audience with
especial warmth by double recall at the
close Of the play"
Stephen Fiske, the dramatic editor OF
the New York Spirit of the Times and
the leading authority in his department
In this country, writes "a follows in a
consideration of the past year:
During tho past year the stage has
lest little and gained much. We have
more and Landowner thsaters in every
leading city. Grand opera, in English,
French and German, has been pre-.
scented with unprecedented magnifi-
eence. There are more American actors,
though they are not quite az well paid.
The best imported artists have really
elevated our stage. We have begun to
develop our native composers and play
virgins. Taken BY and large, there has
been remarkable advance in the pro-
tsssion. The old pothouse school of
actors and the scsndalous school of
actresses have disappeared. Profess
SIGNALS are now received az ladies and
gentlemen in every society from the
White House to the private Preside.
The tremendous rebuke administered to
. former favorite, during her recen t
failure ct Abbey's theater, has proved
cognclusively that the public draw the
line at too much divorce court advertis.
Ing. At no former period has the stage
bsea 20 healthy. vigorous and promia-
Ing:
Ing, Bernhardt and Willard. Nobody
has yet replaced Edwin Booth; but the
day Of the mechanical style of acting is
past. Sardou himself has accepted
Fanny Davenport ss the Bernhardt OF
America. Sothern has maintained and
incTeased tho reputation of his father
Francis Wilson ia steadily working his
way through comic opera to legitimate
comedy. Hon. Charles Hoyt has in.
vented an original American school of
vaudeville and it is being traneplanted
to England. Such imported PLAYS as
The MasqueTaders and The Amazons are
admitted to be better acted by the stock
companies of the Empire and the Lv.
ceum than in London. In scenery and
costumes the American theaters now
rival those of Paris. ALI that is needed
90 establish our leading theaters as per-
mansutly ~ the Theater Francois ia
that they be treated as literally as the
Opera, and boxes and stalls be sub.
scribsd for annually, AZ at the Metropol-
itan.
The greatest pecuniary successes of
the past year have been about equally
divided between native and foreign
plsys. The artistic successes have been
American by large majority. We do
not forget that most so-called American
actors are Of foreign birth or parentage !;
but we mean that the artistic successes
have been achieved by American meth
DDS and culture. Striking the new years
balance Of the ledger. We find it largely
to our credit. II England still excels ua
In the manufacture of machine melo.
dramas and high comedies. we have
completely collapsed the French in comic
opera and In Probabilities, and the trans
fer Of purely American plays to the
English stage will demonstrate during
the new year that we have truly
national drama.
- Key and Bow.
The pupils Of Mr.. William Piutti gave
= piano recital yesterday afternoon at
Bartlsttn' music hall, A number were
prevepted from attending on account Of