Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-08
1.-THE SHAUGHRAUN"
Very Clever Performance Before Very Msages
 Audience.


 The repetition of "The Shaughraun" which took place last night at City hall was not a success financially al though dramatically and artistically 1t was everything that could be de sired. Notwithstanding the meager attendance last evening the members | of the cast worked as hard and earn estly to present the drama as is there were thousands of people sitting in front of them.
 The drama, "The Shaughraun' is a beautiful one and one of the most diff ficult to grasp easily and portray sue cessfully, yet it was presented in the best manner possible and with credit to everyone connected with 1t.
 William J. Shannahan as Captain Molineux, the dashing young English officer, gave a correct and true con ception of that character. His soldier ly appearance indicated that his mili- tary training has not been neglected, and in voice and gesture he gave . clever bit of acting.
 James k. Coughlin as Robert Ffol- liott, made an ideal young Irish gen- tleman exiled from home, betrayed by some of his own countrymen, and then returning flushed with victory to repr ceive his reward.
 Edward M. Flanagan as Squire Do Ian, looked, acted and conceived the role of the old squire with an ease and understanding of his part that de- noted careful study and hard work.
 Cory Kinchela by E. l.. Maloney , was given careful attention and due conception, but his running mate. Thomas H. Brown as Harvey Duff made a decided hit, william though his character was. It was a clever bit of acting and with one of the most diff cult characters to enact successfully.
 Thomas A. Maher in the title role character of Con, the Shaughraun, gave one of the best bits of acting of his amateur career. He was decided fayorite with the audience and his acting was one of the pleasant fea. lures of the production.
 F. F. Fully as Sergeant Jones. r. Fitzgerald as Reilly, J. NJ. Malone as Sullivan, Miss Mayme Colwell as Bridget Madigan and Miss Katharine Calvin as Nancy Malone. performed their respective parts with every sue . cess.
 Miss Ann McAvoy as Arte o'Neale gave as pretty and catching presen- tation of her character as has ever been done by an amateur in this city. She looked her character and her work was most pleasing to all who witness ed the production.
 Miss Katharine Hart as Claire Ffol- liott, the girl friend of Miss O'Neale. was just as clever and interesting i'm her conception of her part as was her friend. In all her passages whether in love scenes or the more tragic she made an excellent impression.
 Miss Emily EspeIin is new to the amateur stage but after her portrayal of the character of Mrs O'Kelly she will undoubtedly be heard of again. She fitted that role like the cover does book and she made one of the hits of the performance.
 Miss Mayme Daley as Moya DoIan has been seen before in characters similar to the one she played last even- ing but she never did more pleasing business in character work. Her song was well rendered and she too. was one of the hits of the drama.
 Miss Elizabeth Edmonds sang the songs assigned to her with aIl the sweetness of her soprano voice. She certainly deserved the encores she sU generously received.
 Luke Henderson on the Irish bag pipes woke ID the audience to new life and the dancers had every body laughing and good natured while they lasted.
 Manager Calvin worked hard and faithfully for the success of fhe pro duetion and he deserved better m precIation numerically. The rest of the executive staff were E. l.. Ma lOney. director: ". l.. Brodeur. mas fer carpenter. N. F. Shanahan, master of properties: who filled their positions successfully. Bergen's orchestra fur- iished the incidental music which was all that could be desired.