The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-11-18
THE LOCAL STAGE.
Closing of the Enlargement of the
James-l<i en- Wnrde Company.

| Closing of the Enxng ement OF the
| Jnmes-kisi der- Warde Company.
| The James Kidder- Warde company closed
| It's engagement last night with "Othello,"
Julius Caesar having been presented at
the matinee. Both performances were well
attended, but neither audience was as large
as that of the previous night.
| The company appeared to better advan-
tage in "Othello' than in either OF the
other plays, Notwithstanding the fact that
The school for Scandal is made tae
piece de resistance of the repertoire. Miss
kIdder had II more cougenal part in Des-
demona. the lnnocent, loving. loyal wife,
| than in Lady Teazle. In The former cnar-
acter her ab!E&y Is given more o. a chance
| TO assert itsclf and she improves the oppor-
| tun!ty thus Offered TO Lhe utmos.. Tae
varying emotions which mark the career of
Othelloa spotiess spouse are p0rsI aged b.
her in a maaner (which shows as bu- few
other parts could show the fact that sne Is
q finished artist, actress OF the highe.t
ability. AS showing che result of her ex-
quislte work on her auditors, it may b.
mentioned aDat during the taifd AT sae was
made tho recipIenN OF q handsome floral
design In palms aad immense chrysanthe-
m'ilus, the donors beng the members OF the
Ladies' Shakespeare ciuo, who are now
entw.ned with the club coors-purple and
yellow--and on an attached card We're the
following lines from the tourth &C, OF
THE Winters Tale
What you do
stu betters what is done When
You speak, sweet.
I'd have you do 1t ever
Each your doing.
SO singular In each particular
Crowns what you are doing in the present
deed,
THEFT all your acts are queen
If amy comparison is to be made of tn.
work of MIR. James las Othello and Mr..
WaTde as lago, it may be said that the lat
Yer appeared to somewhat better advantage
than the former The character OF the
crafty, lnsldious treacberous villain who
is the cause of Desdemolas woes. Othello's |
torment, Roderigo's undoing, Emilia's dis !
tress and the death of all four, is portrayed |
with strength and accuracy. thoroughly |
artistic conception of the role adds TO its |
attractiveness. Mr.. James as Othelo does |
some magnificent work and makes the part |
of the vengeful Moor SO strong and SO fin |
ished as TO add TO the laureis he has al
ready won and TO raise him even higher in
the estimation of the people who have seen
him and enjoyed mis- genius in the past.
There may be three players now alive who
ara ijble to portray the parts of Othello,
lago and nesdemona 10 better advantage
than Miss Kidder and Messrs. Warde and
James, but 1t would be difficult 10 make
the audience which witnessed the play last
night believe that this is so.
The work of Miss Wells as Emilia Mr.
Johnston Cassie and Mr.. Cooke as Rod
crlgo, deserves especial mention. In the
drunken scene Mr.. Johnston displays I'M |
questionable talent.
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lures which detracted from the pleasure
Of the evening. To begin with, the cur
tain MAS rung up some fifteen or twenty
minutes earlier Than on the previous night.
and in consequence the effect of the first
act was completely ruined by the contin-
lous disturbances caused by The seating OF
The people who came IN late. Then. too,
the first act was really the second ac OF
The piece as II is generally presented,
preceding the. appearance OF
he Moor before the senators being elmi
lated During the fourth act the curtain
vas rung down when Miss Kldder was ap-
>roachng the climax of one OF her most
Effective scenes She was so near the front
IF the stage tfat had NOT Mr. Warje
pushed the curtain aside, she would have
,ecn struck by 1t,
In Julius Caesar" MIR Warde appeared
IS Marc Antony. Mr.. James as Brutus and
MISS Nluuer us foIlla- MI. Johnston us
'assus and Mr. kemper rs Julius Cae ar
we're very effective.
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The next attraction will be Hoyts "A :
Texas Steer" with Katie Putnam as -,
,ossy. The piece will be seen tomorrow
fternoon and might.
W. &. r.. I. Mothers' Meeting.
The local union will have mothers ,
Meeting this afternoon at o'clock at the {