The morning times., 1896-06-23
OLD COMEDY REVIVED.
stock Company Gives DIR. BiIl' for
It's Second Week.

stock Company Gives DIR Btll' for
It's Second Week
The stock company began its second
| week last night at the New National with
change to Hamilton Aides ..Dr. Riii.''
au adaptation frem he French OF Albert
! Care. A large audience WAS presen; In the
full glory OF summer aifiness and tAe re-
| voiying electric fans and contlnued gusts of
laughter kept heat and the cuyuizance
thereof out of the theater
II the measure of success shall. be
| determined by Indications lin front" here
| Is no limit to the enjoyment OF this week q
hill. The audience found a laugh In every
line; all OF the audience was laug hing some
Of the time. Some found the ereuip,, .R,nre
enjoyable than that Of last week. hut
for all who were present last week aud
sa " the performance IL will be quite suf-
ficient praise TO say that DIR. Bll''is 5cs;
as funny and is acted just as well as
..Con fusiou.''
II nas been some time since this roliick-
ing farce has held a local stage, AMI the
story may not he fresh in the minds of
many VINO would like 10 laugh at the
hilarious complications gain DR.. Bill
is a young married man or sufficient means
to justify his gratifying his desire to retire
from the practice of medicine and enjoy
unaiioyed domesticity. He has sowed
his wild oats and is content to linger at the
llfItty tuStone. n IhftutSOitle uduuN-
in-.aw wills and works il otherwise. With
contemplate energy. he forces practice
upon the TN willing DR.. Bill. The pin
cipal patient is a skeleton In the closet
OF his bachelorhood. She Is constrained
by jealous husband, longs for n lark. and
summons the doctor. His friends are her
friends; his family come to seek him, and
complication piles upon complication until
there is n maze of situations with a sur
prise at every turn.
The most cretlitabie part of the COM
pany's work was not SO much in the COM
mcndab!e first nights accuracy, or in
their intelligent rendering OF their lines.
but in the wonderfully well-developed
business that frightened the piece at
every line. THIS and the marvellous finery
which the ladies displayed. were especial
features. Miss Mnru has no end of dresses
as pretty in their way as her comely
face. and last night Miss Chapman ex-
hibitcd three creations-.sn't that the cor
rect word?-ttiat attracted the men as
well as the ladies.
In the distribution of characters 1t fell
to Mr. Bond to play the title role. Miss
Cha pman. the iark-seeking wife; Mr..
Boag. her jealous, but imperturable hus-
band: Miss Marti. the bride of DR.. I,ilI;
John Findlay. the meddiesome papa-in-
law; Agnes Findlay. Ills wife; Charles
MaCkay, shaiiow-pated dude, who tcOk
his pull at the knot of complications: Abte
johnson. the sister, and Ernest Elton, a
butler. and Mary Sanders, a maid servant
In tleir cliaracteristicaliy amusing fashions.
Mr.. HUtson OF this city made his debut in
a small part which be did as well as was
required.
Miss Merton as the dancing girl was
conspicuous feature of the bill and made
hit with her dancing and acting. She is
ycung woman OF pleasant ability and fits
into the role Of Miss Fauntleroy as If it had
been written for her.
Willard Holcomb's original one act piece
Her Last Rehea rsal," was given its first
professional performance as curtain-
raiser. It is q charming bit Of work in con-
ception. construction and action Mr. Poag
repeated his successful performance Of the
natural stage manager. Mr. Mackay pia yefi
the professional Romeo and Miss Sanders
the amateur Juliet.