The San Francisco call., 1905-08-21
CROWDED HOUSE
HEARS FAVORITE
Denis 0'Sullivan Renders
Popular Irish Melodies
Before Throng at Grand
is WARMLY RECEIVED
Miss AlbertS0n Shows Great
Advancement in Her Work
and Is Charming in Part

Denis O'Sullivsn came back 10 lovaI
constituency last night at the Grand
Opera house as Shaun the Post in "Arrah
na Pogue." A royal welcome went over
The footlights from crowd that filled al
most every seat in the house. There was
afterward plenty OF enthusiasm, yet?
1t was partly the performance. "Arrah
na Pogue," with its asides and kaleido-
scopic scenes, needs swift playing to
make IL plausible. That il did not have
last night There were no gaps. but the
beat was slow. Even Mr.. O'Sullivan him
self failed Of his usual superb swing. One
oegan 70 discover the enchanting Ar
ran old-fashioned, TO banker after
Shaw's Hibernian wickedness in John
Bul and His Other Island; to wonder
If Boucicauit really ever convinced.
One must not have time TO wonder
Time is fatal TO the Boucicault drama.
Its fun and fenianism, love and law
must be dealt out as Polacco deals out
1raviata, and then-it may convince
But the company was new, the perform
ance the first of the season, and in this
light every excuse can be made for the
leisurely tempos. Further, the company
is an exceptionally good one, and will
doubtless be speedily able to give worthy
account OF itself
-NON q LIE UtSts luOuSn MI. ~ sullivan
achleve0 almost his usual magnifcently
genial touch IN the trial scene. was the
comedian last night He sang too, with
visible effort, suffering probably from
touch OF our San Francisco climate. That
too. will doubtless be soon remedied, and
as half at least of an Irish play with
Denis O'Suilivan IN it Is Denis O'Sul-
ivan's singing one hopes ii viii be very
soon
Human and magnetic as ever and quite
the best Of the current Irish comedians
one still finds Mr.. O'Sullivan There is
big heart and big grip in the work, and
a fine. sincere art, too His comedy is
Irish in the best sense of the word-sun-
ny, happy go-lucky. genial And when il
comes TO the "Wearin' of the Green
one quite appreciates the lyric danger to
'Englands cruel red when the song
is sung with the passion Of patriotism
that Mr.. O'Sullivan gets into ii. He was,
as usual, generous with songs. including
The Low Backed Car" kitty of the
Cows, The Leprechaun." Believe Me
II All Those Endearing Young Charms.
The Emigrant" ''Savourneen Dheelish''
among his list. He was at his best In the
''Wearin' of the Green"
Miss Lillian Albertson, q young woman
who made a very successful debut at the
Grand Opera-house some three years ago.
shows large progress in her Arrah. De
is her Arrah. Miss AIbertson has not yet
achieved simplicity, though coming very
near Il at times. She still remembers her
self. is a little conscious of smile, glance
and gesture Her costume even. a little
comic operatic, has certain conscious
suggestion. But TO have done what Miss
Albertson has done in so short a time is
to have done all. and more, than could
have been expected. Alice Lonnon was
the Fanny Power. and though it is not
Miss Lonnon's kind of role. she graced it.
Maggie Francis-Leavey was the old Irish
woman, Katy, and one doesn't need
better.
one Of the best performances in the
evening again was the capital O'Grady OF
P S. Barrett Il was 10 the life the spir-
ited, generous, simple-minded hotspur
Of a colonel that Boucicault pictured.
Charles Wyngate was a good Beamish
McCoul, and Fred Wilson the Secretary
Of State for ireland with all the dignity
and distinction required.
There should be plenty Of enjoyment In
.'Arrah na Pogue" this week when they
get the speed UP.
BLANCHE PARTINGTON.