The herald., 1896-02-11


on aariyen signal the whole frail structure
fell excepting one upright, on the TOP OF
which the little woman remained smiling
and bowling while the spectators were get
ting over the shock of the sudden fall.
A new and lively turn was next given by
the eccentric couple, Mason and Healy,
better described as One and a Half: Ihe
giant stature of one stood out in effective
contrast to the dwarflke size of the other
as they danced and capered through their
laughable act.
The feature of the evening was the beau
tiful mirror dance by the pretty Henley
sisters. The charming dancers execute
beautiful! dance, the two appearing as one
person before mirror. At length the il
iusiou is broken. and couple of sylph-
like danseuses finish the turn with sue
cession of graceful evolutions in full view
of the audience.
Howey and Doyle. the Beau Brummels
of song and dance, another new team,
greeted the house last night. Their songs
were bright and catchy, but their clog
dancing was exceptionally good. Their
steps are difficult, and are taken with
perfect finish.
Gilmore and Leonard on their reappear-
ance were met with round of cheers.
Their act is different from the one with
which they first captured Los Angeles, but
it is fully as good, and was encored re-
peatedly.
In its entirety the bill this week is ex-
ceptionally fine, and presents a great
variety of excellent vaudeville specialtles.
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BURBANK THEATER-Miss May Nannery
and her company appeared in Queena at
the Burbank last night.
The play is one of great power and is a
dramatization of the novel, A Mad Love.
The story is of Queena Montrose, young
American girl who has been secretly mar
ried to Lord Walter Huntington. a young
Englishman who has been travelling under
an assumed name. A cabiegram sum-
mons him to England and announces the
serious illness of his father, the earl OF
Chandis. Through the intrigues of the
earl and the illness of the young man the
separation is prolonged.
Queena fears to announce her marriage,
and leaves home to hide her shame. Some
months later girl baby is born to her. A
cousin of Queena's who has been ill dies at
who died is widely circulated. The young
mother soon after goes on the stage as
Mile. Rene. an operate star.
1fAfter brilliant career OF several years
she appears at reception given at Paris
by the American minister. There the hus-
band and wife meet. but his blindness pre-
vents his recognizing her.
He is engaged to marry an heiress named
Alice St. Clair. The old earl is much in
favor of the marriage, because he wants
money to repair his dilapidated property.
Wife and fiancee meet face to face and the
husband and father unconsciously caresses
his own child. He is attracted by Queena' IS
voice, follows her everywhere and invites
her to make the earl's London house her
home while she stays in that city. The in
vitation ia accepted, and the taunts and
jeers of Miss St. Clair, Lord Huntington S
| fiancee, goad the American girl almost to
| madness. She discloses her identity and
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perfidy.
She returns, to America and secures a
divorce. Lord Huntington follows her and
! for long time he seeks a reconciliation in
win.
AT last, through the pleading of little
and the parks and noble halls of the earl
of Chandis echo to the merry laughter OF
the two Queenas.
Miss Nannery assumes the title role,
which gives her an excellent opportunity
of proving her great power as an emotional
| actress. Nearly all the lines of that part
| require intense force and spirit The skill
with which the passion and sorrow of the
young wife were depicted and the sustain
ed power of the production remind one OF
Clara Morris.
Miss Nannery was always a favorite
here, and the painstaking study she has
done since she appeared here last has
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the public.
Actresses of really intense passion and
deep feeling are not common on the
American stage. but the few there are de-
serve the utmost favor of the public.
| The sprightly and vivacious Mollie Stock
meyer, as Florence Nightingale Fletcher
the smart girl in search of a fortune, was
decidedly successful in the minutest detail
Her ''stock-taking'' and estimate of hel
lovers in the second act was done with ex
quisite skill and new-womanish abandon
Miss Ada Levick. as Alice st. Clair, wat
proud and cold and stately and spiteful
All her work gave evidence of dramatic
power and intense feeling, whether of love
| or hate.
Little Mildred was quite natural as Little
| Queena.
The unfortunate but faithful Lord Wal
ter Huntington was we'll represented by
Mr.. Mortimer Snow. His classically his
trionic countenance and deep voice are
we'll suited to his role.
All the support was good and the staging
of ths piece was most excellent, especial,
that of the second act, representing the
magnificent house and garden of the Amer
lean minister in Paris.
The audience was large and enthusiastic
Queena will be given all this week, with ;
matinee on Saturday, and will no doub
draw large crowds of the lovers OF tn
emotional drama.