The herald., 1897-08-01
the sitting process could be submitted
to by the playwrights aforesaid.

the sitting process could be submitted
to by the playwrights aforesaid.
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| Manager Wyatt's beaming counte-
nance will shine in the lobby on Thurs
day night when a variety and ballet
show will open, called "The Twelve
Temptations" for a fervid advance no.
tice of which I refer to the announce
ment in another column. Music and
Drama contains notices of laudatory
kind Of "The Greater Twelve Tempta-
tons" Now which Of these dozens Of
temptations Is the most seductive will
have to be decided hereafter, If indeed
there should be any difference between
them In the case Of the company to ar
rive here, 1t is promised that "the bal
let's will absolutely astound all behold
ers." After that, there is nothing to be
said. We must all prepare to be astound-
ed with an exceeding great astonish-
ment. 1t is difficult, however, to imag-
inc anything astounding that ballet
may accomplish nowadays. The ex-
treme limit has been achieved and sa-
tiety Is the result. The most astound-
ing thing now would be to see ballet
decently clothed.
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Lawrence Hanley looms up once more
on the dramatic horizon. 1t Is announced
that he has gone to St. Louis to complete
the cast for a notable production Of "a
Midsummer Nights Dream" which is to
be produced at the suburban gardens in
that city on August Sth, un-
der manager with the uneu-
phonious name of S. W. Gumpertz. The
cast Is headed with the names Of Marie
Wainwright, Mary Shaw and long list
of others, including the redoubtable
Hanley. Accompanying the announce
ment Is a large sized portrait Of Mr..
Hanley and lot of the usual managerial
tommy-rot about two well known man
ayers who are fighting for the honor
Of featuring Mr.. Hanley at the head of
his own company, backed by Philadel-
phia capitalists, to play his Shake
spearian repertory, proposition which,
cept" There is no doubt that Lawrence
would accept that or any other good
fortune that came his way. His mana
ger quotes writer in a Philadelphia
r; I, oe
tried starring. often wonder why he
diesn't utilize his handsome face and
undeniable talent in revival of the
class of plays that made young Salvini
the best drawing card of his last
years" Those who saw Mr.. Hanley
during his brief career in this city and
who witne ssed his performances in the
dramas that were put on at the Grand
opera house are familiar with the rea
sons why the young actor did not sue
ceed. A handsome face and undenia-
BILE talents" must be backed by sense
of moral responsibility in what is due
to the public, and it is lack of this
indispensable quality that has thus far
stood in the way Of the young actors
success. He is his own worst enemy
as the saying goes, and thus far has done
nothing but allow his talents to go to
waste.
Talking Of Hanley's Shakespearean
of his performance of Shylock at the
Grand opera house, and particularly of
the scene with Jessica, where the old
man is giving his daughter the keys
and bidding her lock herself in during
his absence When Hanley came to the
lines:
Chamber not you up to the easements then,
Nor thrust your head into the public street
To gaze on Christian fools with varnish'd
faces,
But stop my houses ears, mean my case
ments.
Let not the sound of shallow foppery enter
My sober house."
Hanley, who was never letter perfect
and who, on this occasion. was three
parts full-of emotion-delivered him
self Of a tangled address to the trem-
bling Jessica, who was played
by pretty, dark-haired, dark
eyed amateur with a faint, sweet
voice that hardly. foated over the
footlights. Says Hanley: "Get in doors,
my dear, and don't look out the window
Be a good girl, now, and go in at once,
dear. Now, dear, I may not be home
until late, no knowing what may hap
pen, so don't stay up. Be good girl,
now, and lock every thing up Goodby.
my dear. So long" and then he strut
ted off the stage, leaving the rest of the
dialogue to the imagination.
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Manager Pearson, of the Burbank
theater, who is just back from a trip to
Mormonopolis and other centers of in
terest, wore a large smile of content
yesterday He told me that he was de-
lighted with the progress that had been
made under the supervision of John w.
Griffin, in the restoration of the house
after the disastrous fire that occurred
some weeks ago. Everything in the
auditorium and on tha stage looks spick