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BURBANK THEATER.-The Broad
way company proved itself in its per-
formance of Held by the Enemy" last
night to be an organization of which
the theater may well be proud. The
well known and exciting war drama
was rendered with excellent spirit and
effect and the participants played with
a smoothness and ease that is one of the
greatest advantages of stock company,
where each member gets to know the pc
culiarities of the others, and the result
is that plays of Importance may be pre-
sented after a much shorter time al
lowed for rehearsal than would be pos
sible under other circumstances.
The performance introduced a new ar
rival in the person of Maurice F. Drew.
whose soldierly appearance and stage
ease were greatly in his favor in pro-
ducing the good impression which he un
doubtedly made.
Sarah Truax, who made her reappear-
ance after two weeks of sickness, was
heartily greeted and secured the SYM
pathies of the audience by her quick, re-
poseful and yet magnetic manner.
The comedy element of the play was
capitally sustained by Blakemore and
Miss Henry, and special mention should
also be made of the very clever charac-
ter work of Mr.. Adams as Uncle Rufus.
The remainder of the characters We're
well sustained, the piece was well
mounted and the performance as whole
is equal if not superior to any that have
been given in this city by companies of
much larger pretensions.
The following is the cast of characters:
Maj. Gen. H. B. Stamburg ............
.........................M Maurice OConnor
Col. Chas. Prescott. Maurice F. Drew
Thomas Henry Beam. H. D. Blakemore
Lieut.. Gordon Hayne. Charles Hallock
Brig. Surgeon Fielding. Guy Bates Post
Lieut.. Col. McPhersop.. go. George Gates
Uncle Rufus. Harry f. Adams
Assistant Surgeon Hathaway. .Mr.Winters
Capt. Woodford.. d. O'Hara
zen. Marston. n................A. B. MltcheH
Capt. Benton. .................Charles CARY
Hinton ...................... Paul Burchard
Lieut.. Massen.. .Kinnie Mcleod
Euphonia McCreery.. Marie Blossom
Rachel McCreery. Sarah Truax
Susan McCreery. Helen Henry
Soldiers, ETC., by Seventh regiment, n. &C.
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ORPHEUM-The usual crowded house
witnessed the vaudeville performance
last night, and the audience showed
itself keenly appreciative, also as usual.
OF the new numbers O'Brien and Havels
turn called forth the largest amount of
applause. 1.-The Newsboy's Courtship,"
as they name it, enables O'Brien to eX-
hibit his proficiency in some very clever
grotesque tumbling, while his partner,
who has the regulation vaudeville voice
of fog-horn quality, does ample justice
to her part of the entertainment. They
were recalled number of times. J. j.
Welsh did some capital buck dancing
on the sanded floor, much to the delight
of the gallery. He was not so successful
in his attempts at being funny, all of
his witticisms having been heard here
many times.
Miss Eleanor Montana, the possessor
of a parlor soprano voice of sweet quail
ity, sang "The Prayer" from Der
Freischutz' and a ballad.
The double cornetist," A. L. Steele, is
not double in any sense, but is a cornet
player who boasts of being the only man
in the world who can play the most diff
cult duets on two cornets at the same
time. 1t may be remarked, in passing,
that If he should always remain the only
man in the world with such a record
music lovers will suffer no loss. Mr..
Steele actually plays the two cornets at
one time, but his playing is dreadfully
off the key and serves no other purpose
than to make one wish he would confine
his efforts to a single instrument at a
time.
The holdovers were the Smith family
of bicyclists, whose performance is a
wonderful one; Clayton, jenkins and
Jasper, and the comedy sketch team of
Foy and Clark.
The entertainment was wound up with
a ballet, the story of which, as told in
pantomime, was not at all clear. 1t
was called "MissDollar," for no partic-
ular reason. There was certainly moth
ing dolorous about it, but on the con-
trary the colored lights and stage set
ting brought the dancers into fine relief
against the canvas. There was Miss
Guiseppina Boggio as first dancer, sup
ported by the Misses Ada and Minha
Yama and Maria Guillot. They form
very graceful and attractive quartet and
their dancing is excellent.
LOS ANGELES THEATER.-The re-
turn engagement of the italian opera
company opens tonight with Gounod's
great and popular opera Faust" The
cast is a strong one, with CollenZ in the
title role, Girardi as ephistopheles.
Francesconi as Valentine, Franco as
Siebel, Calcagni as Martha Linda Mon
tonari as Marguerite. The company
gave very artistic and successful rep
resentatiOn of "Faust" in San Diego
last night, and the production tonight is
sure to be a memorable one.