The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-09-30

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| Huguenots to enable him TO selze N,r.A NY
ana take her with him to Quebec T,,s
plan is interfered with by the arrival Of bsr
tho Ming S sor VINO has safeguard from
huoui TO induce him to Join him in n, .
| ioresn mission and to aid his eausa ,t,h
Mar M@rceii Tto De Brissac displays certain ra.
pers; lney are overheard by Robert u,rd,,
an English captain, who secures ~. liluy'
| ments. De Brissac pleads his cans. ~ ~, ",
| Marcelle with threats She nran,9sa "i ~.
uo,e h,s we y he will spare the Hugue,
mus. haluy rasents his Language 10 ~
which leads to duel between nm soa H.,
orother. VINO Is apparently killed
|. Inc scene OF the second act Is tho cb.,,
I ~, ol Marseile m her family chateau rae
despite his promise to Marcelle Harry =,
protect her follows her 10 her bnnnn ~, 70
,s,ioliowed by De Brissac and soldiers. HARDY
10 Ta reauss IN tne chateau and is captured
IN Marceiies apartments Both are made
prisoners by DE Brs sac. An old HuRuenot
Iiles., oiought TO the chateau a prisoner,
declares them man and wife
| me third act Will be presented in ,wo
scenes-the tower Of the pr son in which
Marcelle, her mother and Hardy are can
| yves, and the deck of a moving ship ia
M nil sSa plans to execute Hardy aud to taks
Sarceile ana the marqu Sc TO Quebec on the
ship about to sail under his command Haf-
ay secret agents have seized the sh n
ana ana AID his escape from the tower De
| Brlssacs men fire on him and believe him
| Killed. Marcele and her mother are taken
10 the snip. Hardy escapes aud reaches the
vessel. When she sails Hardy is in COM
iha ana ana DE Brissac is a prisoner
| The scene of the fourth act Is an ante
room in the palace of Francois Bigot, the
kings intendant at Quebec Hardy is mass
Ing himself as De Brssae and is in com
n niunieation with the English, who are be-
sieging Quebec. The real De Brssac Hardy
mas confined in dungeon as an English
SPY. The counterfeit De Brissac is sus-
peeted by chevalier Ramesay, the com
governor of New france, aud Bgot; but thew
can secure no proof. They dare not arrest
him without It, Raoul, the brother. re-
covered from his wound comes as messsn-
| ger from the king to De Brssac He would
deliver the papers and then Kill the man
| TO whom he is accredited for the treacnory
| shown his sister.
| Marcele. Hardy and Raoul meet Mar
celle begs Raoul not TO betray Hardy. Raoul
/ denounces him. The real De Brissac is
brought from his dungeon and identified by
Raoul. Hardy is arrested, but not tn he
has passed to Marcele the plan Of a secYet
path by which the English may successfully
1 enter Quebec. She volunteers TO take II to
the English lines and succeeds in her mis-.
sion.
| In the fifth act the English are stornilng
Quebec. Marcelle is captured on her re-
turn from the English lines. De Vaudr,ul
and Bgot escape and leave Marcele with
De Brissac, telling him of a fuse that leads
/ to mine under the building. To save her
honor Marcelle fires this fuse Hardy Is
capes. He reaches Marcelle He refuses
to heed Narcotics warning of the mine
determined to kill his enemy. During the
duel an explosion occurs: De Brassic beng
killed and Marcele and Hardy escap ng.
The English capture the CITY,
The ship and the explosion scenes will be
very elaborate and will present something
very novel in the way OF mechanical eff
fects.
Stuart Robson's success in his new com
edy "Olver Goldsmith from the pen of
Augustus Thomas. is a source of grathca-
| ton TO his most of friends and this able
actor is 10 be congratulated On securing q
part in which he is not hahdi, appel by ms
personality. The pcculiaritles OF the real
| Goldsmith allow latitude in portrayal
which makes MIR. Robson-who has acquired
n certain serousness-not toe far out Of the
picture
very pretty picture indeed, is that MI
| Thomac has drawn OF the famous coterie Of
wits poets. actors and play vrights Of when
| DR.. Johnson was the center of gravity W.
der the title OF "Oliyer GOLDSMITH and
with that lovable and eccentric genius as
the hero Of the love story that makes tho
pictures part of play, Mr.. Thomas taxes
us hack a century and halt INTO ali at
ncsphere of literary delight. There they
are in the flesh-the gruft old doctor, the
brilliant Burke, the parasitic Boswell the
genial Garrick. gentle "Noll' himself an
IN the flesh and all produced with faith
fulness to our mental pictures of historic
characters rarely to be found on our stage
william Farnum. the young actor who
SC ored heavily in the Baldwin stock at New
Orleans last season, and who has now made
a hit as Ben-Hur in New York, comes of a
theatrical family His father, lamllarly
known as Papa Farnum. was Robert Down
ing's manager for eleven years; his brother
Dustin Farnum. is Chauncey Olcotts leading
man this season; his brother and sister, Mar
shall p and Mabel Eaton Farnum, are with
"Womer and Wine." and his sister Agnes
the youngest OF the family, is"the leading
lady in the George w. Wilson Dramatic COM
pany.
'.In the Palace of the King" the romance
OF old Midrad, which F, Marion Crawford
wrote and Lorimer Stoddard dramatized for
Miss Viola Allen will be divided into scenes
instead of the customary acts There VIII ne
six scenes. and the intermisslons VIII rang
in duration from one to ten mlnuth ac-
cording TO the time required to change the
scenic settings This division OF drama
was common the old English stage, put
the procession of events in Mr.. Crawford's
story is almost synchronous with the action
of Mr. Stoddard's play, the whole transpirng
between and IL O'Clock OF one evening
~
Richard Mansfield will be seen for the
first time this season on Wednesday evening,
October 3. He wishes to polish his produe-
ton with three or four complete perform
auces behind closed doors before he pre-
sents his revival of King Henry Y TO the
New York public. The New York papers
are deep in a discussion OF how Mansfield
will make up for King Henry. He declines
to commit himself and will not disclose his
portrait in character until after his nrst pub
lie appearance In the role The last expo
nent OF this role made him a heroic beauty.
Mansfield has already shown what he could
do in the way OF youths in his Prince Karl.
Dick Dudgeon, Monsieur, Don Juan Eugene
Courvoisier and Brummel Macready, Phelps
and Kean ignored the youth of Henry in
tier famous characterizatons.
proposition has been made to Mr.. Tim
Murphy to extend mis- present tour in the
snring TO the Pacific coast and then to Hawaii
and Australia for tour OF fourteen weeks
lin the antipodes The plan called for MT.
Murphy's appearances there IN "A Bachel-
or's Romance" THE Carpet Bagger. as Bob
Acres In "The Rivals" and Dr. Pangloss in
1.-THE Heir at Law" The comedian has de-
clined the proposition, as his plans are COM
Melted for the coming Two years.
| ARIZONA" is bigger success for Augustus
Thomas than even has Alabama" or I'm
Mtzzoura" This Herald Square success il
Iremarkable In the respect that II is one oil
! the first plays which New York has ever
given unconditional praise after the rest
/ has autiriUatCl IL with indie