The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-07-02

kindly toward THE TURTLE had only
words of praise for Uric Collins, whose
work in the farce leaves no doubt of
the young actors ability. Ulric is a
California boy whose talent command
ed ready recognition in the East.
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The success Of the Frawley Company
in Washington, D. c., was SO great as
to break all previous records of stock
companies, Notwithstanding the fact
that the venture looked like a. failure
at first. The business increased so
that Manager F'rawley tried to get the
Milwaukee management to consent to
his postponing the opening there two
weeks, but could not obtain release
and was therefore compelled to open
as advertised
The London critics as rule handle
.sThe Cowboy and the Lady the play
which Clyde Fitch wrote for Nat
Goodwin, without gloves. AS one Of
them says and his opinion is the voice
of the majority, Mr.. Fitch has pro-
duced a, kind of patchwork drama com
posed of materials that have already
eft. The plot is of the most fragmen-
tary description, and conceived in such
manner as merely to hold the listeners
attention spasmodically, while the ten
sion is relaxed again and again in or
der to secure the introduction of cpl
sodical effects. Mr.. Fitch has appar-
entity aimed at accomplishing OH the
stage what Mr. Bret Harte has done
in his novels. Unluckily, he possess
SEES neither the ingenuity, the humor,
nor the inventive faculty OF the au-
thor of The Luck of Roaring Camp
In default he is content to fall back
upon old and familiar melodramatlc
methods, and to present picture Of
a purely conventional character
Edward Martyrs play, 1.-THE Heather
Field which has been so belauded by
the advocates of the advanced drama,
and which had an enthusiastic audi
enee when it was played recently in
Dublin, met with but a cold reception
when it was presented in London the
other day, although the actors are
praised warmly. The Times" says
that Mr.. Thomas Kingston's study
of the lunatic Irish landlord, who
wastes his life and his fortune in a
vain attempt to reclaim a bog-the
heather field of the title-is a remarka-
BILE piece of acting. The irritability.
the crazy idealism of the man, were
very naturally and skillfully shown;
and his dual nature-all tenderness to
: his child, his younger brother, and the
friend of his boyhood all bitterness
against his wife, who sees the hope
lessness of his scheme-was clearly
brought out 1t is the wife who really
gets the sympathy Of the audience, in
spite of her hardness and want of wife
~ devotion What the author seems to
suggest is that if Tyrrell had been man
aged with more tact and loving care,
he might have been induced to give
up his wild notions. But he has con-
tributed to his own ruin by foolishly
marrying a woman quite unsuited to
him, and it is difficult to feel much
pity for SO trying a person."
Florrie West the well, known variety
actress, is suffering from some disease
of the brain and is in a dangerous con-
dition in a New York tenement house.
Charles Frohman will begin his
management of the London Criterion
with version of La Dame de Chez
Maxine with Seymour Hicks in the
leading part.
Whisky Hill Wells office. 631 K.