The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-07

Mile Jane May, who has made SO
great a hit in miss Pygmalion.' which
will be seen at the rockingham Mon
day night, is q. native Of Paris. She
first attracted attention In 'L'Age
Ingrat," after ten aspirants had failed
to satisfactorily impersonate Gen.
evieve. She made successes afterward
at the Gymnase in Jonathan" lie
Fila de Coralis."." "."Nounou," IL 'Amiral," ("
mos bons Villageois." ETC., etc. At
the Palais Royal, Nine. Chourmont
having Withdrawn from "Divorcons,"
Sardou recommended Mile. May for
for 200 nights. At the same theater she
had a further success in La Brebis
Egaree." At the Gaite In the Char
bOnniere" her death scene attracted all
Paris, and her performances In vari-
GUS parts at the Varieties. the Vaude-
Vile, the Ambigu, etc. still added to
her reputation. Elsewhere she has
acted with success in Reverence" q
pantomime of which she speaks with
enthusiasm. and in two others, La
Statue" and "Bonne Fortune" Her
performance of the dual character Of
Miss PygmaliOn and PierrOt in the
pantomime. under name Of the first
mentioned at Daly's theater, New
York, has won the enthusiastic praise
Of critics and all the public that has
CHANGED to see It.
In selecting 1.-THE Three Guardsmen"
for his engagement here, Salvini has
chosen wisely, as 1t Is by far the most
poular of all the plays of romance.
Salvini's D'Artagnan Is a handsome
fellow, picturesquely If raggedly clad,
of stout voice and stouter heart, with
light heel. a nimble wrist, quick
rapier, ready compliment and a
tender eye. He speedily makes his
audience forget the pathos and high
flown sentiment of the drama. and
makes even the blase theater-goer
acquire a quicker pulse for courage
and warmer sympathy for woe. If the
heroes Of old-time romance are to live
1t can only be by the force of spirit,
dash, and magnetism Of an actor such
as Alexander Salvini: without such a
one. their bluster becomes ridiculous
and their adventures but tawdry bur-
lesque. At the Academy Wednesday
evening.
il II Il
The story of the play of the "Silver
King" which will be seen at the Acad-
erny of Music tonight. is full Of tragic
interest and begins to unfold at the first
uplifting Of the curtain and from that
time to the closing scene. Every note
in the gamut of human emotions Is
struck with q master hand and elicits
a thrilling response. 1t Is a story with
healthy and vividly drawn moral.
which places 1t among the few dramas
in these degenerate days which exert
a benefcent influence on the minds of
the spectators and enlists their holier
sympathies. The Wilfred Denver of
No II A uoc TO hNy 10
press as strikingly powerful charac-
terizatiOn. His elocutiOn and acting
are terrible in their. intensity in the
cOnscience-haunting scenes.
\ Il II
OF Hi Henry's minstrel company,
which appears at the Frothingham this
Afternoon and evening. the Washington
Times says: 1.-The minstrel show of
today as produced by Hi Henry Is not
the minstrel show of the past, any
more than a Modoc Indian Is progress
sive business man. Hi Henry has dis
carded all Objectional features, coarse
and his minstrels send the audience
away singing their praises. 1t has
been said by rival organizations that
Hi Henry Is travelling on his reputa-
tion; he can continue to do so for
years If his minstrels give the perfect
satisfaction they did in this city"
Henry Yeager. OF, this city Is the lead
ing tenor Of the company.
A woman who deludes those about
her in conventional association from a
strange natural impulse, who there
after is compelled to deceive in order
to cover uD early untruths, and who
finally Is forced to lie on the most vital
subjects in hope that she may evade
the net that circumstances of her for
iner life Is drawing about her, yet who
cannot escape, Is the character in the
queen of Liars" that in the hands of
Minnie Maddern Fiske really excites
sympathy. 1t is this fact that stamps
Mrs. Fiske AS a genius At the Froth-
ingham next Tuesday Sale of seats
now open. r. -
On Monday. Tuesday and Wednes-
day afternoon and evenings Hands
Across the Sea" will be presented at
Davis theater. The New York Herald
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