The herald., 1898-04-05
At THE THEATER


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presented to a good sized audience last
night, with the following cast of charac-
tiers:
Mr.. Augustus Billings. Wright Huntington
Mrs Augustus Billings. .Essie Httell
Mrs. S. Upton Patterson. Marie Howe
Mr. Francis Faddish. ........ Frank Bacon
Lenora Faddish. .........Florida Kingsley
Henry Macintosh. ........ FRANK RAINING
Mr. Joseph Johnson. George Osbourne
Frederick. ......................Fra Frank Cooley
Mons. Leon Dathis. .....John T. Nicholson
Mr.. S. Looten.. ....................Ed crane
Steward. George Adds
The plot of this little th1ee-act farce was
given in the dramatic columns of last Sun
days issue, and need not be repeated here.
The piece is also familiar to some of the
local playgoers ON account of its having
been given in this city some three years
ago, with Gillette in the character of BIZ
lings.
1t is only fair TO the company appearing
In the play to say that with the exception
Of few rugged places to be expected on
a first night, the action was we'll sustained
and as rapid as the piece requires. The
indispensable requisite to insure success
in farce is quickness of movement in the de-
veopment of the story, and the rapid sue
cession of incidents. All this is capitally
dome by these players, and I'M a manner
that affords a satisfactory contrast to the
work performed in the serious piece given
last week. The company shows that col
lectively it is capable of giving highly
pleasing performance in either the line of
serious, melodramatic interest, or in that
of pure farce.
Wright Huntington as the calm, I'M
ruffled Billings, with colossal ability to lie
himself out of any and every tight place
in which he may be apparently cornered,
made a decided hit. Billings is the CEN
trail figure, round which the others re-
volve; these others are generally in a con-
dition of excitement which brings the
GOODNESS of the master mind of Billings
into effective prominence, and causes the
greatest merriment amsng the audience.
Essie Tittell was an affectionate. CON-
fidirg young wife, and Marie Howe SUI
fcenty severe mother-in-law- George
Osbourne is always good, and when he
gets his lines will make more out of the
rough character of Johnson. j. T. Nicho,-
son was capital in the extremely farcical
role of the jealous Frenchman. Florsla
Kingsley is arch and clever, and both she
and Frank Tanning make the most pos
sible out of their opportunities. Mr.. Ba-
con is at sea- to some extent, in his charac-
terization of the old man Faddish, and
Frank Cooley overdoes the little bit be is
cast for.
The piece is capitally staged; as we'll, in
fact, as could be expected in any theater,
ard the performance as a whole gave evil
dent pleasure, judging by the laughter
and applause that welcomed it
ORPHEUM.-The change of bill last
night contained many new and pleasing
features chief among which was ''Icldinoff
the Russian who may be said to have
made the hit of the evening. His first work
was a landscape drawn on tin which he
had previously carefully smoked. He also
drew some pictures with colored pastels.
Next came his greatest speciality called
1.-The Nightingales Courtship,' in which
he initiated the songs of that bird in a way
that was simply marvellous. His enter
tainment wound up with some amusing
shadow pictures.
The first in order of the new numbers
was the act of Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Mcintosh,
a colored team, who went through a So
called eccentric sketch in a successful
manner. Another new turn was that of
Smith and Cook, who besides an abund-
ance of ancient repartee, did some clever
tumbling and high kicking for which they
received much applause. The fourth new
number was given by John ]. Burke and
Grace Forrest, who appeared in a piece
called Tricks of the Trade" though what
bearing this title had on the performance
given was not apparent. 1t certainly af-
forded the lady an opportunity to appear
in the abbreviated and unbecomng cos
tune of the new woman. Burge was re-
ceived with applause on his first appear
ance but 1t was not so general as the turn
progressed, the rough boxing match at the
end being received quite coolly.
OF the hold-overs Webb and Hasson sus-
tanned the good name they made for them
selves last week as champion httd and
hand balancers. The vivacious Josephine
Sabel was there with her songs, but not
with her animated music sheet. In place
of this she was assisted in a creditabe
manner by Tommy Meade, the boy tenor
The Jose quintet received an ovation for
their artistic singing. The orchestra. I'M
der the new director, A. F. Frankenstein
contributed in no small degree to the pleas
ure of the evening.
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