Evening journal., 1897-09-08
ADJUSTMENTS
aTHE LAsT oF HIs RAGE .


In his new play this season Creston
Clarke has paid particular attention to
the scenic effects, with the results that
the stage is a continuous and faithful
of the scenes where the
several acts of the drama are laid. The
Brooklyn Eagle. of March 20, says:
There was no doubt of the impression
which Creston Clarke and his new play,
The Last of His Race, made on the
audience at this theatre last night. AS
the people went out after the curtain
fell they were saying to each other: 1
like him. 1t is a good play ana
similar things that showed that roman
ticism appeals to the popular taste just
now This play is the story OF Rus
sian nobleman and some treacherous
serfs, and two of the four acts pass in
room in a chateau which connects with
a secret passage out from which emer
ges one of the villains. Mr.. Clarke
plays the part of the son of the noble
man, unaware of his own identity till
the end of the last act. He suppcses
that ne is a Breton peasant and later
is told that he is a serf, and the prop
erty Of a rival for the hand OF French
noblewoman. He appealed strongly to
the women in the audience by his ro-
mantle fervor and passionate alteration
for the young Frenchwoman. He GER
tainly has the dramatic instinct, and
when he has lived few more years ne
will gain courage to speak his lines
with greater simplicity. Miss Adelaide
Prince, his wife, who will be remembered
as one of the beautiful young women
who had played in Mr.. Daly's company
was tie heroine. She was received
with generous applause and with MUIR
murs of admiration She held her own
with Mr. Clarke whenever they were on
the stage together. Her voice is pleas
ant and her manner gracious"
BANCROFT TOMORROW NIGHT.
It is claimed for Bancroft, the magi.
clan, whose entertainment will be pre-
sented at the handsome BijOu Theatre
next Thursday, Friday and Saturday
| that he has established a new era in the
history of the art Of magic. The sci.
ence of optical illusion and the inven-
ton of ingenious deceptions have ex.
| listed since the earliest civilization, bui
/ the name of the great magcians record
ed by history can almost be counted OF
| the fingers In magic, as in music
there have been and are innumerabl'
performers of mediocre ability. but TIM
great masters have been few. Not sine
the death of Houdin, the great Frencl
wizard. has the world seen an arts
whose natural genius and cultivated
talent has resulted in the originality
the infinite skill and the fascinating
grace and wit with which Bancroft de
lights and mystifies his audiences. Ill
has created a new form of entertain
ment. combining the mystical with tn
beautiful and surrounding his inexpli
cable wonders with gorgeous effects ant
dainty allurements of scenic splendoI
| His program, this season, is a rapi
succession of novelties. His "Oracle O
Egypt" almost lifts the veil from tn
sleeping centuries; his Miracles o
i Chunder Hula" seemingly unlocks tn
door Of the supernatural; his Secret
of Jeypore' bring before us the occul
tism of the Yogi and Mahatmas; hi
II Mystery of Mesrour" unfolds the le
, gends of the far East; and his 'Illusio
Leonii" with its trembling Made
and its struggling lion discloses the som
bre secrets of the jungle.