The morning call., 1895-01-01

Bracket OF Scotland ard..........W. L. Gleason
Ralph Enrol. Charles father. j. Harry Benrimo
b. Sydney Van Colt OF New York his sister
married TO lord Leslie
Lubbins, waiter. ...............James Garden Jr.
Lady Sarah Annerly. daughter Of the great
- OSnker. ....'...'.......--..--.-.. NINA Gleason
Ida Potter, who is not ashEmed OF her father
Helen Henry
10 Mr.. Swain had most eXacting part. To play
rich Texan catTeman. originally an office-bOy
In London. with the later experiences OF his
life traVerslng bis earlier ones. and with the
rough cowboy speech OF COmaX County in tile
Lone Star state, occasionally tripped up by his
still unfOrgotten accent Of The Lunnon streets,
was not easy. But he came very near hitting
the mark Of Potts. "a h'Engllshman" by birth,
and Potter, an hAmerican by hemigrati0n.
II was amusing TO see how the Texan veneer
cracked occasionally aud made visible the
innate love of the;land of his birth. Potter and
Ralph Enrol are the piyots on which this we'll
wrought play turns Both were IN the same
lawyers office, and both were compelled to
leave England because OF false charge OF
robbery against them. Potts skips TO
America and gets rich in thirty years
Enrol, less fortunate, Is sent 10 Australia as
enters into speculation at the Antipodes and
also grows wealthy. They both return 10 Eng
LAND az The same time, ana their common
erraDd is TO clear themselves OF the false accu-
satiOn, which they succeed in doing. The COM
plieation is that Charley Enrol, the son OF he
convict part that MIR. III. Coulter BrInker
played with geDtlemanly ease-ls the object OF
the love of Lady Sarah Annerly, while bis aftec-
tions are given Ethel Lincoln. daughter OF the
Judge who sentenced his father Lady An
nerly is the woman who holds the fathers
win the sons love- Miss Gleason easily
made this The best acted character in the
! cast 1t was full OF life and color.
An angel at first. demon afterwards-and
hell hath no fury like woman Seorned." Ida
Potter, The daughter of the Honorable Samp-
son. ! exas reared girl, educated IN Europe. Is
strong characl er, almost as marked as that OF
her rather. and could be made quite as mncn so
In more experienced bands. Miss Helen Henry
Will have TO do little study and some reflect
ing before she gets at the authors idea OF Miss
Ida. GleasOn's Bracket, the English detect
tive, was not half bad. Between himself ana
his dog Snapper, he managedto get consider
able fun INTO some of The scenes and many
laughs from the audience. Potter OF Texas"
ought to run before spanking breeze OF popu-
larity all through New Year week.
Behind THE scenes at the Grand Opera-house
last evening number of incidents occurred
that were not III the slightest degree imagined
by the audience. Here, there and everywhere
something went wrong, and principals. supers
ana stage HANDS were continually complaining
about the stage manager William l.. Gleason.
who occupies this important position, has been
in the business for thirty years. and he was at
a loss to account for the tremendous amount OF
dissatisfaction that seemed TO prevail When
the curtain went down on the last act the pro-.
eeedngs eliminated In small-slZ riot in
which H. Coulter Brinker, the leading IMAM,
accused Cannon, "props," of furnishing
him with photograph during the ac-
ton of the piece that threw him
into such state Of MIND that he was unable to
properly interpret his lines. The stage became
packed with all the employees of the theater
musicians, scene shifters, curtain raisers
usheTs, and actors ana actresses 10 makeup
and every one raised voice loudly against
GleasoD. He endeavored 70 make explanation
mon explanation, but finally Brinker said :
"GleaSOn, you either leave this theater, or
every one of us WILL" and then supplemented
land when You go. you had. better 90 out with
these" he then sprung upon the aStoDisbed
director an lYory-handled umbrella and cane,
deliberately engraved and mounted in silver, as
token or the esteem in which every one holds
him. Gleason was simply paralyZed, The whole
hing had been worked up so artistIcaIly, but
he managed TO invite every one to the front of
the mouse, where royal time was had.
standing room only'' is the practical YER
dict OF San Francisco iheater-goers upon tie
merits OF Wilson and Hirschbach's new bur-
Iesoue "LaIa Rookh" al the TivoH The Sec
ond week shows quicker movement in the
action OF he burlesque, and Hartman and
Leary are getting new laughs out OF old gags"
Alice Gaillard as the tToubador prnce Ii s.
made great hit. There is the tiniest cupid
in The cast thai ever mythology dreamed OF,
and she Is one OF the features OF the perform.
anee.
The GROWING glory OF the play is the trans
formation scene OF The "Seasons" IN the gar
den OF the Peri, and IL IS certainly deserving Of
every praise that can be given.
The management have gone to lot OF ex-