Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-01
COLD AND
U~URESPQNS|vE
THE SPORTING DUCHESS BY
TIE T2AWLEY'S WAS NOT
WELL RECEIVED.
BETTER THINGS EXPECTED
OF MISS VAN BUREN,.
She Will Probably show to Better Adj
vantage in Madame Sans Gene
1.-THE Great Ruby" Tonight.

The IraWlcys might well omit "The
Spo@tinG Duchess" from their repertoire.
Not that il is not a good pay, and that
,he company does not give a satisfactory
performance: but there are better plays
and the Frawleys are capable of better
work.
The Grand was again crowded last
evening, but. as is common IL Butte the
audience was coid and u~nresponsive.
Despite this seeming lack of Feeling on
the part OF local audiences, they appre-
ciate a good play; for this reason. the
chief injury resulting TO the performers
is tina the lack of enthusiasm causes
them to lose spirit and forcefulness-
their cue does not come from before the
footlights.
Miss Van Buren, makes a very accept
able sporting Duchcs," though she is
better in Secret Service" and will pro-
badly show to far better advantage as
MADAM Sans Gene She makes minor
errors in pronunciation at times, but will
improve in this respect after running Tie
gant'et OF criticism for a year or two. In
seeking to ayoid Scylla one sometimes
falls on ~Charybdis while sailing the An
g.o-SaACl sea. Anyhow, Miss Van Bur
cn would do well TO begin her voyage by
ocasing to pronounce the word biography
rs if the first syllable were spelled "bee.'
Miss Alice johnson appeared to excel
lent advantage IN the role of Fivien Oar
vile. Her manifestation of the basar
emotions. her suDtlety, her exhibition of
Cleopatran Wilts, show her to under
stand we'll the finer shades OF human
character. The fact thai she is a very
pretty woman does not minimize the ia
VorabIe effect she produces on an audi
ence.
Grace Cahill, as the Countess of Des-
borough, generally played her part well,
though the reception she CAV her young
son. whom she found Ill after a brief
separation, was not likely to convey the
idea that in her the maternal instinct is
very strongly developed. She didn't even
kiss the little chap. the first thing a
loving mother naturally thinks of. The
little fellow himself was not listed in
Persons Of the Play which must have
been an oversight. He IS remarkably
precocious and will doubtless be heard
from later on in the dramatic world.
Miss Landers did nothing to cause a
revision Of critical opinion regarding her
ability, though the part assigned her did
not afford the best opportunity for a de-
monstration Of her talent.
Among the men Harrington Reynolds.
as MAJOR Nostyn, easily took the lead
lie is in his element while playing hearty
parts. He makes one Of the coolest.
cieverest and YET most courteous vii
lains eyet seen On the Ioeat stage.
]. r. Au.oty, as Surgeon-Captain
~Streatfeld, acquitted Himself in a favor
able 7anner. Net to Reynolds, he call
ed forth the most attention from the au.
dicnce.
Mr.. Frawley himself appeared in a sub
ordinate role as Rupert Leigh, one of the
hussars. The actor-manager is not ego
istic-personal vanity is never allowed tn
MAJ a production by his company. When
he thinks another better suited for n
certain part thar himself. that other
gets the part.
Clarence Chase did himself credit as
Jockey Hammond, while Frank Math-
leu, as the Earl of Desborough, was ali
that could be desired.
Taken all in al, it was a good play.
accorded justice by excellent perform
ers. and perhaps the suggestion h it
might be omitted from the Frawley
repertoire might be modified to the en-
tent of tipping it off, for a production
on the last night of an engagement. The
others really show the company to bet
ter advantage.
This afternoon MADAME sans Gene
will so on the boards at q matinee per-
Torrance. Great things are prophesied
of Miss Van Buren, in this famous COM
edy. Tonight THE Great Ruby" one of
the most celebrated melodramatic pro-
auctions Of recent years. viii be seen.