The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-27
TIE LOCAL STAGE.
.enrv e. pIxey and Company.

lteNfN II. ilNtN anu company.
Last night at the opera house large
and appreclative audience was charmed
with performance OF exceptional merit.
Those who had seen "Adonis' DiNoy be-
fore found him as fascinating as ever,
and in the eyes of those who then saw
him for the first time ne and his excellent
company found Immediate favor.
For curtain raiser was presented an
act from "Thc Seven Ages" play that
pixey made famous, In this Mr.. Dixey
assumes the part of Albertus Van Lou,
an old man. with spcctaoles on nose,
his youthful hose world too wide for
his shruuk shanks. and his big manly
voice turned again to n childish treble"
The scene IS that OF gathering OF four
old cronies who have passed into tho
scar and yellow leaf, The playing of this
part by MIR. DiNey was the acme Of
artistic fidelity TO nature. unmarried 10y
the slightest cNaggeiatlon. and dependent
| upon no accessories IN the way OF
uarkccd stage, or CHASTITY calcium lights
Tor erect. He gave II m0rvelously quiet.
yet most true and admirable presentation
of the character. one can scarcely re-
frain from comparing Mr. Dxey's little
bit Of fine actug in this fragmentary
scene with similar presentations offered
10y Mr. Richard Mansfield. The latter,
while his genius is unqucstioned invests
such parts with morbid, unreal. STACEY
Ndnstel1lsnl' aldeh by carctuliy CON
m NJ s 1 anu ~
Lou WAS before us ms plainly as in day
light. and gave us n clear and impressive
p,rtute ny W" s'i"p'e "Se VI ms 'a'e"'s
The play Of tho evening was "The Lot
terry Of Love" brilliant and genuine
coIne1N, WIN we Io'loWitlB chst
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thho"sn Sp'tnT p,9nao ie, coinl1,oi''l,ls
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Iafi'y NAV II p'H!ss. , H..
Mr. lGNcy as Nnolphus Iouuledot ~
wiLnhFiy uhnusins una mas sucn an X
llrnt con epll0h o. ms Part ,udt ms
every Word, movement ana oppression Is
WY ns"i t ~, a'Na ,l,, LOT Ni,h. No.
est cllss. nv On, nesitut,S IN p't.iIs
any other before MN In the matter or
rank. , 49,
he u easy ana gracrtui; ana ms chaIao,
ter SIX ten IN We curtain raiser proHoa
him to bn versatile In fact, ne nnceeeoen
IN leaving the impression ihtt ne In
terry OF Love docs no, oDtr nun ans-
thing me the scope thht ne ueHeiErs
one would Eel saie ~ prohesylNf tn n'
WINE az HiM,y ~ t,H We. 'al ~
sired IN his present line, tnere 1is W.T.
laurelH Nllhlh ms slhsp rhouIu w l"i'
to extend his art into broader dnindlns
There Is freshn ~ ana health ittss
about hlS acting ana ms personality th"'
Is peculiarly cnSaglnR'
Mr.. Dixe''s entirf company are arlsls
OF genuine mert MISS fau'i M ~, ri''en