Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-17
BLANCHE BATES
WELCOMED HOME
AN, ENTHUSIASTIC AUDIENCE
GIVES HER OVATION
caIforn,a's FavorIte Actress Scores
a Grea, Ssccess In "The Dar-
ling sf the oocs" at the
Grand Theater
"The parllng of the Gods. Q

LHe OdTliHB VI lne OOud.
A drama in FIVE acts by David
Belasco and John Luther Long, pre-
sented last evening at the Grand opera
house by Blanche Bates and company.
The cast:
Yo San, daughter OF the Prince Tosan.
Blanche Bates
Saigon, prince Of Tosan George vessels,
Zakkuri, minister of war, Albert Bruning.
Kara, outlaw prince and leader Of the two
sword men. Eugene ormonde.
fonda Tamil, nephew Of zakkuri Rankin
Duvall.
Sir Yuke-Yume, Thomas Jones; Lord Chi
Chi, Edward, Talford Admiral Tano, Cooper
Leonard; Hessebe Soyemon, James w. Shaw
guests at the feast of thousand welcomes.
Crane.
shusshoo, major domo, Richard Warner.
Inu Corean giant Yo-Sans slave, Ed
Yoban, watcher at the Prince Of Tosan's s
yashiki, Carleton Webster.
Grier Of the night hours Gerald King,
ders; shiba. teller of who comes and who
gees p. p. Wilkes Migaku. the shadow.
tattie, william Troy; Alto watcher Of watch
ers; Joseph Tuohy; Tacho. Harry Sandry:
Taro, Dexter Smith; the seven spies of Yak
huri.
The imperial messenger, Richard warner.
First secretary, Joseph Drew; second
retsry, Eustece Smith in the war office.
Frederick A Thomson.
Nagoya, Thomas j. McGrane; Tori, James
w. Shaw; Kcfin, Edward Flammer; Bento,
Joseph Tuohy; Kosa, Richard Warner; To-
koro. Edward Fisher; Kaye, John Dumton !;
Nagoji, Gerald King; Jutsu, Dexter Smith !;
Karas crossword men.
Rosy Sky, a dweller in "the city without
nights" Leslie Preston.
Setsu. Yo-San's maid, Ada Lewis.
Kaede, teacher of manners Mabel Wood
Madame Asani. the beautiful Geisha of
Red Maple gardens with her troop Of
Gesha and the two little Gesha appren-
tices), Lulu Klein.
The fox woman. who is said to "devour
Nji-O -Onna, Rosy Sky's maid, Ray Estern.
Nu, a singing girl, Ruth d. Blake.
Blanche Bates came back to her own
country last evening and her people
paid homage to an art which has won
for her glorious name in big world.
The bang of hundred carriage doors
saluted her and thousand eyes flashed
their greetings to her across the foot
lights. The Grand opera house grew
dignified in a night in honor of this
actress and 1.-The Darling of the Gods"
The story which she told last evening
was like bewitching dream of old
Japan. Picturesque, delicate and as
evanescent as rare perfume, it stole
over the senses of the audience and held
them in it's SPELL The land of the
chrysanthemum holds wonderful color
for story and David Belasco has
seized everything for his use with a
daring that no other man of the stage
today possesses.
1t is this very daring which makes
much of the beautiful drama a sue
cess. Venturing for scenic effects into
a future world is a hazardous under
taking, and the force of novelty does
much to carry with an audience the
view of the Mountain of Sheide, "The
Brink of the River of Souls" and the
picture of THE First Celestial Heaven .
When Miss Bates is done with this
drama and it passes into the hands of
the stock companies, if it does, it is
dreadful to contemplate the results.
David Belasco and John Luther Long
have told this tale in a language that
is poetical and charming. To take an
example at random: ITO what extent.
my beloved" asks the princess, do you
love me?' "To the extent my princess.
of the witchery of the moon, the mist
of the brooks, the foaming seas" "I
make this the extent of my love, then,'
says Yo-San. 'I add mountain made
of all the petals of all the blossoms of
all the cherry trees in all the world.
Hail! that is something!'
Blanche Bates stands far superior to
any of her company in the art of act
ing as the production is given here.
Her voice is almost perfect, her phrases
are carried with clear sweet melody
over the footlights and her acting is
timed to perfection with a wonderful
grace.
In the supporting company the hon
ors are divided between Albert Bruning
and Eugene Ormonde. The former was
seen here with Leslie Carter last July
and his art is known. Ormonde, who
succeeds Robert Haines, has the he
roic role, and his Interpretation gives
strength and character to the part.
Rankin Duvall is excellent in the char
acter of the war minister's nephew.
Thomas McGrane also deserves great
praise for his short role of the fisher
man.
Ada Lewis gives good impersona-
ton OF Setsu. Leslie Preston, Mabel
Wood and Madge West all made their
parts stand out with sincerity and were
convincing. The others OF the COM
pany were good.
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