The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-02-07
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WEDNESDAY, FEB. Z, 1900.
TRUE BLUE.
Rendered TWO Nights to Crowded
Houses Last Meek.

RENDERED TWO Nights to Crowded
Houses Last Week.
While it may not be correct to say
that the rendition of "True Blue
last week was above criticism, it is
Icertainly true that it was highly
satisfactory to two audiences and
! the arrangements The .bestgeyidence
OF this is furnished by the fact that
while every seat was filled the first
might, a,still larger crowd turned
out at the second performance. It
biscuit Of the question to mete out
ldue credit to each member of the
large cast; It will be sufficient to
say in general that the parts were
assigned with excellent Judgment,
land to note some of the features that
made the two performances SO sue
cessful. 2a 5h~2
It was to be expected that the
work of Miss Randall, as the only
professional in the entire cast,
would be the most perfect from the
point of view OF the stage critic.
Her impersonation Of the boy sol
der was capital, and the plot offers
a number of strong situations for
emotional display, particularly the
prison scene.
In the comedy parts the Uncle
Ned of H. A. Baldwin, the Jake
SCHNEIDER of J. A. Schmahl, and the
Pat Reilly of Chas. Buxton divided
the honors. While the latter was
not quite so much in evidence as
the other two, he was perhaps the
nearest to the professional standard
in his work. Buxton's long legs
and droll antics we're as comically
Irish as his rich Irish brogue, and
he did his turn with a song better
than most professional comedians
that appear here. Jake Schneider
was the hardest worked of the three,
and the continual uproar in the au-
dience while he held the boards
showed that he was equal to tt e
occasion, while Uncle Ned surprised
those who had seen him in negro
parts before, by his Interpretation
of darby character and darby humor.
Miss Woodward as Nina Wayne
was cast for part calling for con-
siderable dramatic action, and her
musical voice and graceful stage
movements were equal to the test
| Mrs. Dornberg as Nellie Grover
ably supported her.
! The part of chief villain is almost
always difficult, and in True Blue
is especially so. It is hardly posi-.
BILE that two better selections for
the tragedy parts could have been
found in the city, than those of c.
r.. Howard and Jos. Chadderdor
for the guerilla chief and his lieu
tenant. For an amateur, Mr.. How
ard filled his role superbly, without
once OVERRIDING it or giving way tc
stage rant. The impersonation o.
Matt Davis. though not so promi
nent, was perhaps more remarkable
when it is considered that the actor
is hardly more than boy.
S. J. Race made fine old South
ern gentleman, G. G.. johnson hao
considerable to do as Billy Black
and did it we'll, Horace Jones, Chas
Everett and Alfred Laudon excellent
lily filled out the minor speaking
characters of the cast.
The tableaux were strong features
| OF the evenings entertainment
while the Redwood orchestra filled
out the intervals with some excel
lent music. nebzGt DH*as ze "A.
i ls@& BEHIND THE SCENES.
| Probably at no other presentation
in Redwood Falls was there such
complete harmony behind the scenes
Every member of the the cast, as
we'll as the supernumeraries, under
stood his or her position and were
there long before the cues were
1given. Besides, it was a crowd O
ladies and gentlemen, and while
there was levity there was nothing
vulgar or coarse. Villain chattee
with heroine, comedian with god
dess, hero with supernumerary
Goddess waltzed with goddess
: darby with Irishman, during tn,
orchestral renditions, and the kind
ness shown by everyone to every
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