The herald., 1896-11-19
: At THE THEHTERS !
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LOS ANGELES THEATER-The Ia.
bers concluded delightful, but all too
brief, engagement yesterday with two
fine productions of AS You Like 1t at
the matinee and Much Ado About Moth
ing at the evening performance. The
goodwill of both audiences was entirely
with the charming company, whose
Shakespearean revivals have marked an
important and most interesting date in
this season. Julia Marlowe was, of
course, a charming Rosalind, winsome
and roguish, lovely and adorable, but
her Beatrice last night was surprise
even to her warmest admirers. With the
sparkling of the brilliant wit and bad
image, the wOmaniSh instinct underlying
all and at last prevailing or succumbing,
as you will, the true character OF
Beatrice was admirably portrayed, and
Mrs. Taber has left still deeper i'm
preston of her great ability ana versa
tility than even by her previous tri-
umphs. In the church scene at the close
Of the fourth act she rose to very great
moments, indeed, and the apostrophe,
Would l were man" was given with
intense passion and art Robert Taber
as Benedick proved an excellent foil in
the combat of wits, and throughout re-
allied a very effective study of the diff
1icult part. In both productions the
company lent good support, and both
plays were splendidly staged, the forest
of Arden scenes presenting beautiful
| pictures, such as are rarely equaled by
| any company in any theater.
| Madame Helen Modjeska was visitor
| at the theater last night, and after the
| fourth act went behind to personally
| congratulate her fellow artists on their
| success.
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| the Burbank the Ideal Opera company
| will present Girofie- -Girofia A promi-
| nent addition to the company is Mr.. w.
| H. Hamilton, SO long member of the
w. Il. Carleton Opera company. He Gre
ated the character of the Moor, Mouc-
zouk. and will present it as played by
him in the original production of Giroha-
Girofa. Mr. Hamilton is now resident
of Los Angeles and his splendid voice is
| well known in our city. Miss Oracle
| Plaisted, the clever little artist of the
| Tivoli, Will sing the dual role of the
| twins, Girofe and Girofa. Mr. w. II.
| Huntley takes the tenor role. The bal
ance of the cast and chorus remain the
same. For the balance of the week
, -Girofla will be presented with
special Saturday matinee. A good at
tendance should greet this splendid COM
pany. Several box parties are already
| formed and include maAy of our repre-
sentative citizens.
COMING ATTRACTIONS-La Loie
| Fuller, who will dance at the Los Angc-
les theater Friday and Saturday evening
and Saturday matinee, is one of the
| most interesting women the Ameri-
can stage has yet produced. Her evo-
| lutions from child lecturer in Chicago
to minor actress in a repertoire
| company; from an under-paid under
study in a London company to highly
paid. glitterng serpentine dancer;
from a nobody to the idol of the hour in
Paris, and finally to the foremost ex-
| ponent of pantomimic ballet, her short
| career has been remarkable.
| The dances which Miss Fuller will pre-
| sent at the Los Angeles theater are the
most remarkable and pleasing of her
repertoire. All of them are invented by
La Loie as we'll as the light effects which
will be shown here. The floor of the
stage will be cut. and in the openings
will be inserted squares of heavy plate
glass. Under each glass are powerful
electric lights, and in these arrange
ments lie the success of her dances.
Mrs. Bloomfield Zeisler's last concert
season embraced a series of over fifty
concerts, all given in a period not much
exceeding one HUNDREDS days. When one
considers the tremendous expenditure
Oh nervous TOrceS, the WEAKNESS or con-
stant travel and the great drain on the
vitality such performance seems al
most marvellous. 1t Is said that the tour
was not only artistically great success,
but financially also. The latter fact pro-
| claims the greatness of the artist fully
| as much as the enthusiasm aroused IN
| the audiences, for the artist must be in
| deed great that can in these days COM
mand so great a financial success. It is
| doubtful if there are three pianists in the
United States today that can do it. Mrs
'Zeisler will be heard next Monday in
| concert at the Los Angeles theater. The
| sale of seats opens today