The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-28
"CATHERlNs."
Noteworthy Play With Distinguished
Cast at the Worcester Theatre.

very pretty play is Catherine )"
winch Miss Annie Russell and company
presented at the Worcester Theatre
last evening. The audience was of good
size, but far too small as regards the
merit or the attraction and it's triumph
ant record elsewhere However the
vagaries Of local theatrical patronage
are among the things that evade the
sentients of mere mortals.
ne Duke de Coutras loves poor but
e3dmaole music teacher named Gather
Inc WALTON, while he in turn is secretly
Elscountess whose own married life has
oeen Of the most unhappy descrip-
lion. The Dukes mother, the dowag-
er duchess, on the assurance from him
that her sons happiness is bound up
IN the match with Catherine, stiles her
n1lsslVings, and nobly starts out to ask
the hand of the plebian girl for her
son GATHERINGS own labor is all that
Keeps her two small brothers. an INV
lld sister and a superannuated old faith
er from aoject poverty, and the strug-
gle Is har1 to keep the wolf from the
| door a thrifty Ioung man in her own
station Of life, George Mantel, loves her,
and has just won from her a reluctant
/ consent to his suit as the duchess en-
/ lers with her sons proposal. George,
Feanzlng GATHERINGS affections are held
by her highborn sutton. nobly resigns
MS claims, and himself persuades Cath
crime to accept his rival, stipulating on
/ ~ that she shall send for him should
. trouble ever reach her.
trouble does arise. The duke finds
/ the liberties taken by his wife's rela-
tlNes decidedly annoying, and she also
rams short of his ideal in several res
poets; Catherine, in turn feels a pang
OF jealousy over Helene, whose pres
| ence in the castle is constant and
whose affection for her husband she
surmises. At length, Helene, in a burst
| OF despair, cOnfesses her love to her
! cousin He embraces her, more from
pity than from love, but they are sur
priSed by the already jealous and sus-
! picious Catherine. She renounces her
husband and her marriage and is deaf
to the pleadings of her relatives and
her own heart until Mantel. her former
/ good angel, once again sets things
right.
This is a bald and cold outline of a
/ play that was the talk Of Paris and
! recently has enjoyed a successful run
of 100 nights in New York 1t is a
good play, and after the first act. an
/ extremely enthralling one, yet the SUI
perb company who present it are re-
/ sponsible for a liberal share of its sue
/ cess Mrs lie Moyne as the dowageI
! duchess, is ones ideal of d noblewoman
and the embodiment of womanliness
and motherhood. She was paid the de-
/ served compliment of hearty applause
! at the close of each of her scenes. Mrs
( lie Moyne made the emphatic triumph
/ of the evening. but her fellow players
4 were all excellent and in many in
/ stances more than that. Mr.. Serrano' 5
remuneration scene was admirably car
ried out. with a sincerity that brought
conviction and yet with not the least
, eXaggeration. Miss Russell gave a sim
1 liar example Of suppressed emotion al
the discovery of her husbands unfaith
and was the same sweet. lovabe woman
she always portrays. Mr.. Worthine
! played the difficult part Of the duke al.
ways with discretion, and al.
ways with skill, and Mr.. lie Moyne was
as inimitable as ever. Mile James
pretty face frightened up her few
scenes delightfully."-.
Lieut.. Dan Godfreys British Guards
Band will give concerts at the Worces
ter theatre TODAY. both afternoon anC