The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-05-21

Mrs. Craigie's one-act play, "a Re-
pentance," was criticised in London for
its lack Of plausibility, and it is I'M
derstood that the author rather re-
scented this, because as a matter OF
fact she had historical authority Tor
her incidents. and hade made careful
study, extending over three years, Oh
the period. OF course neither her labor
nor her accuracy had anything to Go
with the matter. Truth, we all Know
may be stranger than fiction, and ne
ton is just as likely to be more plausl-
BILE than absolute truth when seen
across the footlights. 1t is the old dis
tnction between realism and reality
George Alexander is going to try ms
fortune as Lagardere in a version OF
1.-THE Dukes Motto prepared for MIN
by Justin Huntly Mccarthy. He VIII
make the experiment somewhere IN
the English provinces before venturlng
to awaken memories of Fechter in Lon
don. So effective a romantic drama IS
certainly worth reviving, but 1T re-
auires some holiness to challenge com
parison with a performance so nearly
perfect as that of Fechter, who, in the
DAYS OIL HIS prime, pClOlC ycoiS iioeA
added grossness to his form and
features. was the beau ideal of the
hero of romance. That was a long
while ago, but. his impersonation of
the gallant Captain once seen was
never to be forgotten, and it is still
vivid in the minds eye Of many an
old stager
sidefing the propriety of producing his
play Pharaoh during his engage
ment in the London Lyceum Theater
next autumn, and paragraphs are al
ready beginning to circulate in the Lon
don press concerning the triumphs said
to have been won by this piece in the
United States. Should he decide upon
this experiment, Mr. Barrett, it is re-
ported, intends to play the part, not
of the hero, but of the manned and
mutilated dwarf, previously assumed
by Franklin McLeay.
Actors in England, like actors in
America. have done much for church
charities in the way of volunteering
their valuable services for benefits.
But the churches here, says the ORA
HldIlc MlTTOT, 90 not FORMALLY t.
ciproeate these favors They would
do we'll to initiate an English example.
On a recent Sunday, at the Chapel
Royal, Savoy a special service was
held and the offertory was handed
over in bulk to the English actors be-
nevolent fund, which has a pattern
here in the actors fund of America.
London "Robespierre" is a great sue
cess at the Lyceum Theater, where the
demand for seats is a sufficient assur-
ance that it will run to the end of
the season. An evidence of the popu-
larity Of Sir Henry Irving in his own
profession is afforded by the fact that
on the night of his return to the stage
dispatch was sent to him from every
West End theater wishing him good
luck
Miss May Irwin discovered early in
: life that she could make the people
laugh, and, with commendable shrewd-
ness her sole aim has been to Guilt
waite that talent The new play, Kate
Kip is from the pen of Glen Mac
Donough and is ranked his cleverest
NILVlN Vic STtdL long laugh IaSllnS
one hour and half would best de-
scribe the piece. 1t is of a higher or
der than anything Miss Irwin has here
fore presented to her followers, but is
nevertheless full of overwhelmingly fun
ny situations and lines. In Kate
Kip" Miss Irwin is the axis around
which all else revolves and her hufnoi
is given full swing.
Some idea of the fidelity of the Ger
man public toward its actors may be
gathered from the career of Nina
Bellosa4 who died at Gotha at the age
of %. Her first husband was a stage
manager. who had acted children
2 roles under Goethe at Weimar. She
played from 1850 until 1895 in the
same theater, and was succeeded by
her daughter as leading actress there.
Charlotte Saunders, who died in
England recently at the age of -
years, was great favcrite in London
forty years ago or so and figured
prominently in many of the most sue
cessful burlesques at the merry little
theater in the Strand She went on tn
stage as child and in early life mad /,
q great mt as lilly SlCWboy. In later
years she won a triumph as Bob Buck
skin in The Flying Scud." but it wal
in burlesque that her best capacitiei
We're displayed.
Edward Townsend's novel, ''The
Daughter Of the Tenements," is to bt
dramatized and will be presented by
W. A Brady
Il
A. NJ. Palmer is in London looking
around for plays to be used by Richard
Mansfield for the next few seasons.
S. Miller Kent, who plays Aramis. one
of the famous three guardsmen in 1.-The
Musketeers,' is James O'NeilPs under
study for the role of D'Artagnan. Mr.
Kent was called upon in the first weeks
run of this great production to iumr
into the star part al short notice. DIVINE
to Mr.. O'Neil's terrible cold which af-
fiicted him at that most inopportune
time. Mr.. Kent, who is very young
man. acquitted himself remarkably We,
and won splendid recognition from the
captious New York papers.
Miss Maude Adams will be seen the