The morning times., 1896-02-11


in the piece, Mary Churchill, By Miss Eleanor
Grey, and Mrs. Churchill, by Miss Sydney
CowelI. They are largely spectacular, and
especially Miss Mary CHURCHILL whose ante
deluvian pantaiettes are as good as u
humorous soliloquy.
Miss Stella kenney was very captivating
as the young, innocent wife, while Miss
Frances Whitehoase, as Susan, get mag
nifieent bouquet of ealia lilies before she
was two minutes on the stage.
The curtain raiser was a pretty little piece,
called THE Littlest Girl in which the
audience had a chance to see Mr.. Hilliard in
another, but equally agreeable, dramat-s
mood.
There is a distinct gain OF three hours for
any one who will sit out the play of''Lost-
"a Hours"
1t is a long time since there has been
any such hit as sidney Ellis bonnie
Scotland made at the Academy of Music
last night. The cosy pla ybouse was
crowded with an audience which greeted
this picturesque production
1t is a four-aet romantic drama, which
is not only entertaining and tuneful but
clean and instructive.
of thistle. 1t has enough. not too much,
Scotch 10 make it delightful, and this with
the plalds ard kits, all historically correct.
make it easy to transplant the audience to
the land of glens, old castles, mirror-iike
lakes, and eraigs.
The story is one of peculiar and dramatic
interest, so much SO that it is novel III its
conception and results. Two rival clans
Mcfarland and Colquhoun, have feud that
has fer years made the chiefs and thei:
/ followers bitter enemies.
efirst act shows the traes Of Arroquhar;
the second the '''Roost, " the home OF Dugald,
and then the Arroquhar Castle, and last the
Heart OF Highlanders, the encampIuent
| clan Mcfarland showing in the battle
scene the picturesque costumes OF both
clans of Scotch HighlanderS, including a
band OF genuine bagpipes, with their weird
music, and excellent dancers.
| As Walter McFarlane. a Highlander chief
| Frank Lander's acting is one Of the features
| of the play, having a splendid presence
| and an excellent voice, he at all times
| presents the ideal hero and wins at once
| the sympathy and admiration Of the au
| dience, and holds both throughout.
| George Klint, as the rival chief, Humph
rey, representing the Clan ColquhOuu, earns
the dislike Of the gallery and later wins il:
applause and that OF the house by his clever
| acting. George 4. johnson as Murdoch
| Buchanan, and Harry Thompson as Capt
| Hagedon, act their yiIlainous character;
sufficiently to early earn the dislike and
hissesof ftheaudienee. JnO. Cumpsonas Tam
is true Highland laddie, who, with Miss
| Christie Mclean as Mamie DUgald, hi:
lasste, promptly danced and acted theil
lighthearted parts into warm favor.
Horace Lewis as Mccall, the travelling
mountebank, and Robert Ferguson as Nc
Wharry carried the comedy parts in moS
pleasing manner interspersing their cx
celient work with well rendered songs aut
dances and bagpiping. j. L. Ashton al
Wallace Dugald, devoted to the hero's
! cause, presented the character of the rug gee
Highlander in splendid manner.
Miss Violet Black as Jean McFarlane
sister was a prime faForite. She enacted
the different parts OF the sister and the
| sweetheart in such a satisfactory manner
that it left nothing to be said except what
might be expressed in praise and adnra
tion.
| As Mary Colquhoun, the despised
Humphreys sister, Miss selman Herman
played the trying part TO the satisfaction
of ali and earned well the favorable com
ment and praise of her hearers.
| Miss Louise Rial, as Kate, ''thc noble
woman McKalrs wife, showed undousted
mastery OF difficult character and by
her expression and voice rendered the part
not by any means the least important in
| the play
Two little tots, Misses sproesser and
Humphrey, introduced a Highland fling
| which they danced like true Scotch laSSieS
and William Cameron gave sword dance
| which was novelty. The Highland Quartet
sang in splendid manner a number ol
Scotch airs.