The herald., 1896-01-21
AT THE THEATERS


come, has been seen and heard and has
conquered, The last trick was the hardest
one in the game to win last night. for the
weather was sloppy and wet on the out
side and the air in the theater was, as re-
suit, just bit tepid and trfle sea-slcky.
Hendrick Hudson is pleasant to the eye
and appetizing to the comprehension, and
the town will today discuss pretty freely
the ballet LIE Enfant Prologue and the
stockily-built little stars Spanish dancing.
Such steps have not been seen here since
Los Angeles was a pueblo ana Pho Pico
and John G. Fremont was each in his turn
the monarch of all he surveyed in this
vicinity. Those of us who have tasted of
the art of Carmencita-th real article, and
not the bogus-will doff our opera
capes to Mile. or Signorina, or
Miss Cornne, whichever the case
may be. Madame Kimhall's portage
may not have picked up her art in And
alusia, but wherever she found the fire,
abandon and semi-tropical poetry which
she instills into La Paloma and the rest of
her Castillian dancing members. they are
in the language OF the poet, name unknown,
all high.
The Le Enfant Prologue ballet we have
seen before, but the effort spread before
our then partially thrilled gage, was as
nothing to the real article which is now
here and can be encountered for the small
price of ST.. The costume of the four
Phymettes is apt to make the breadth of
even the oldest of FOUNDERS come with
something of a short. quick knickerbocker.
The act went last night at first with some
thing of shiver, and after the
full realization of the thing had
dawned upon the audience, there was a
sigh of relief which must have made the
ears of the animal power upon the Main
street car line prick up with surprise.
The Hendrick Hudson portion of the
current bill is bit of misnomer. The
book itself is pretty nearly an absolute
literary and musical blank. There are
some bright airs in the show, but they are
all of them of reminiscent character,
which means that their author is gone.
though not forgotten. There is a quartet
in the second act which is an exception,
but it is early in the performance lost in
trifle panied because they are COM
PEELED to force their efforts upon
presumably unappreciative public
New Amsterdam, Christopher Columbus
and the Florida everglades are mixed up in
the production indiscriminately, like an
American cocktail fingered by French
artist on the Champs Eleysee.
The burlesque of Trilby in the last act is
we'll done, the Svengali of Ben +. Grom-
we'll and the Trilby of Corinne being both
two remarkably clever bits of caricature.
The star sings Ben Bolt in this scene in a
manner to win several encores. The per-
formance runs through two more evenings,
with a matinee tomorrow afternoon.
Corinne certainly deserves credit for hard,
conscientious and clever work at all times
while in view of her audience. Mabel and
Lulu Nichols are deserving of special men,
ton for their darky songs and dances,
which are good enough to be strong fea-
ture of generally strong and evenly bal
anced stage production.
BURBANK THEATER-A Son of Thespis
was the attraction at the Burbank last
night. Like all other plays written by
Milton Mobiles, A Son of Thespis abounds
in timely hits, striking situations and plots
within plots.
At the beginning of the civil war William
Goodall, an actor, has fallen in love with
the daughter of rich banker. The banker
takes him into the bank as an assistant on
years probation. If that period is passed
with credit the actor is to wed the daughter
of the banker. Near the end of the year
the actor is implicated in several forgeries,
but he is innocent. He has already secretly
married the bankers daughter, and when
the banker charges him with ingratitude
and treachery. he thinks the refer,
ence is to the secret marriage and
confesses at once. The daughter thinks
that the confession includes the forgeries
also. She therefore deserts her husband
and gets possession of their infant daugh-
ter. The deserted and broken.hearted
husband enlists as soldier and rises to
the rank of colonel. After the war he re-
He meets his daughter who has grown to
be beautiful young woman, and in rep
resentation of one of his plays at coun-
try place, both father and daughter, still
ignorant of their relationship, play leading
parts. The mother is among the guests.
A recognition and reconciliation is the con-
sequence.
The working out of the latter scene is
one of the prettiest bits of realism and
iGealty that is to be found in any modern
drama, AS a Son of Thespis Mr.. Mobiles is
at home. Every word and gesture aids in
! making this the best part in which he has
appeared.
Dolly Mobiles is most charming Dorothy
! GocdaIl. George Olmi, who takes the par
of Col. Tom Alchostra of Texas is an origi
nal and striking character Miss George
| Woodthorpe was accorded warm recep
ton, and did very excellent work as Phoebe
Adams, country girl and assistant at the
play within the play. In depicting the eX
cruciating awkwardness in the manner ant
speech of the novice she was more thai
excellent.
Miss Stillman, who is a handsome ant
talented addition to the Mobiles company
won great praise as Phillis, the young wife
Michael Hooley, as Sophocles Spott, tn
detective. was equal TO all the require
ments of the bar-room, the parlor and tn
dress-suit. The support was very goot
throughout and the play was we'll staged.
1t will run all the week, and deserves II
be greeted by crowded house at ever
performance.
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ORPHEUM-It had been announced b,
the Orpheum management that the bill
for this week would eclipse all previous ei
forts to give vaudeville show here tha
would rank alongside of any similar enter
tainment in the country. To whatever eS
tent the ideas and hopes of the theatel
goers had been raised there was not disaI
pointed person at the Orpheum last nigh
The bill was unquestionably, considere