The herald., 1896-08-30

ure to her careful attention to the minor
details of her art as to its grand possi-
bilities
Mr.. Faversham. the handsome leading
man of the Empire stock company, pos
sesses that strong personality which can
rouse an audience to strong enthusi-
asm. by giving every evidence of feeling
the emotions he portrays One has only
to look at this mans broad forehead.
strongly moulded jaw and firm mouth
to know that intelligence and courage
are deep seated in his character and
that these attributes viii eventually
place their possessor in a high place up
on the heights of the fame he seeks.
One of the most thoroughly sustained
conceptions ever seen on a Los An
geles stage was the presentment by Mr..
Robert Edeson of Sir Bryce Skene in the
Masqueraders. A difficult part this, haY
ing no sympathy from the audience at
any point, yet so consummately and con-
sistently did Mr.. Edeson render it
throughout that it loomed up as really
the most artistic feature of an admira-
BILE performance. Nothing was eXag
gerated. Nothing was forgotten. The
drunken scene in the second act was. in
its careful handling, a triumph of his
trionic art. Even in the disgraccful af-
fair where wife and child are the stake
i'll a game of chance, the Sir Bryce of Mr..
Edeson is so ably depicted in a tnanner
so consistent with the policy that has
ever governed his life that the audience
forgetful of their disgust for the char
acter of the man presented, remember
only the skill of the actor, and break out
into the most enthusiastic applause.
Professor Kennedy, the hypnotist, has
proved one of the strongest drawing
cards the Orpheum has ever had. 1t is
safe to say that never since the walls
of this popular theater Were first erect
ed have they ever heard such unani-
nous shouts of laughter as Mr.. Ken
nedy's performance elected
Would that the professor could turn
his power to some account in correct
ing the evils of this world. What a
field there would be for philanthropic
hypnotist with the spirit of true reform.
AS a result of his labors we should be-
hold the extraordinary spectacle of the
preacher practicing his doctrine, the
debtor anxious to pay his just debts;
the monopolist merciful in his power,
and the politician doing an honest days
work. Art and literature would no
longer be viewed with distorted vision
and the fiy-by- might actor and the in
different operatic artist would be crea-
lures of the past. What delightful
prospect! AS things exist, however.
perhaps the best thing that can be done
for this old world of ours is to make her
children laugh. A jolly, good laugh
works wnders in clearing away the cb-
webs from the brain and righting the
evils that flesh is heir to. Perhaps,
then Mr.. kennedy'S use of his power
as a mirth- -provoker is the most valu-
able one to which he could put it.
The Burbank management. wise in It's
day, seems determined to cater TO the
best tastes of its patrons by presenting
for their approval clever people IN m
teresting plays; nor does it intend that
the patrons of the house shall be bored
week after week by the sight of the same
old faces. There will be succession or
companies, and if they are all as efil-
cient and amusing as the Sherldan
company, which reopened the house.
frequenters of the theater have much
to hope for the coming season.
The latest New York, London and
Paris comedy success will be seen at the
Los Angeles theater September Z, ana
9. when The Gay Parisians, which ran
200 nights at Hoyt's theater, New York,
and for two years in Paris. under the
title of L'Hotel du Libre Exchange, VIII
be presented The same company which
York comes to this city. The cast is GER
tainly the most remarkable ever seen
in a comedy production outside of New
York city, and even there was declared
by the critics to be exceptional for its
merit The cleverness of the French IN
the construction of parts has been dem
onstrated in a very positive fashion time
and again, but never more so than III
The Gay Parisians. Its success in
Paris was pronounced, and those who
witnessed it there and afterward in the
English form testify that it lost nothing,
but on the other hand, gained by the
transposition. AS seen on the other side.
the comedy, to put it mildly was highly
spiced 1t was thought that it would
require careful emendation to make It
fit the English taste but, like so many
adaptations from the French. its salt
has been by no means eliminated by fit
ting it for politer ears. There is good
and sufficient motive for all its compli-
cations, though much of the original
has been modified. The genuine, hearty
fun still remains, and its comical scenes
were received in New York with contin-
uous and hearty outbursts of spontane-
Gus laughter. The humor and the clev-
erness of the case lie not exclusively in
the dialogue, but In the ingenious man
ner in which the complications, situa-
tions and misunderstanding are
evolved.