The San Francisco call., 1905-05-15
IRISH DRAMA
PLE1SES WELL
Terence With -Chauncey
Olcott and His Honeyed
Tenor, a Drawing Card
FINE BILL AT GRAND
Florence Stone and Company
Give an Excellent PerfOr-
nance of "The Creole

If it were possible for Chauncey
Olcott to be sweeter than ever, he Is.
If it were possible for an Olcott play
to be more amiably unreal than ever,
Terence" is it. Terence" arrived last
night at the Columbia. AS Mr.. Olcott
said in his speech: Twas a great
fall from Denmark to Ireland. Still
it was claimed that the Danes went
over to Ireland, so perhaps Terence
was descendant of Hamlet" And he
thanked us for our appreciation.
There was plenty of it. Still, as the
from the Hamlet of the night be-
fore to 'Terence.i' Some of US took
it without gas. Some Of US enjoyed it.
1 did. There is such a restful absence
of problems in the play. One Is so
comfortably sure that Terence is not
mad. True. there is a mad girl,
Sheelah, but she sets a mighty good
example to Ophelia in not assuming
any pernickety intellectuality. And
everything comes out SO exactly as 1t
should. There isn't any trouble at all,
at all, in following the plot. You are
not ke. t guessing in that tiresome
fashion that a Pinero imposes. You
know the villain when you see him
and know you don't have to worry
about him getting his deserts. You
know the heiress heroine will re-
cognize that "a mans a man for
a that though Terence does drive the
stage coach in disguise.
Terence himself, words fail one here.
Everything that a hero should be he
is. The subtle fashion in which his
virtues are revealed reminds one of
the Echegaray way Of introducing
Mariana. The footman informs us
takes baths like gentleman, acushla.
Hal I thought there was something
wrong with the gallery for the first
two acts. Evidently Erin go bragh re-
sented the soft impeachment. Next
then, one is told that Terence is the
best Judge of horses in Ireland. the
best swordsman, the best polo-player,
the best everything. That he has a
wonderful way with the women none
can deny. The heiress is almost as
forward as Juliet in her protestations
of affection. Nor can one blame her.
Women adore strength, as Jimmy Britt
told Helen Dare yesterday. And it
would do you good to see the crude
way that Chauncey knocks the villains
about In short, Terence" is an ex-
cellent example of the begorra drama.
and those liking it cannot do better
than visit the Columbia this week.
Mr.. Olcott himself is in fine fettle
His voice is as smooth as cream and
sweet as honey. Seriously enough it
is the prettiest of tenors and Mr.. Oh
cctt has lost none of his old insinuat-
ins aplomb in using ii. He brings some
rev songs. My Own Dear Irish
Queen" "The Girl I Used to Know"
My Sonny Boy" and Tick. Tack
| Toe, all applauded into added verses,
and the last. at fine brogue demand
: from the gallery, replaced by My
Irish Rose" For the rest Mr.. Olcott
. wears his coachman's coat and san
guine wig with his customary engag-
ing air and carries off his part with the
utmost amiability.
The cast throughout commercially
plays as if it took Terence" seriously
even down to the usual Olcott chill
oren. julius McVicker plays one viii
lain and with the hero puts up a most
deludherin' fight. One can here, in
fact near to a tremble for Terence.
Richard Malchien plays the other
knave, perfectly dear did scoundrel
OF a lawyer. Mat B. Snyder as Pat
Ryan, a pensioner. almost brought one
out of the land o. dreams down to
earth, and Marguerite Hayden, whose
voice seems. to be changing, showed
aptness and sincerity as. the heroine.
John Cough and Blanche Alexander
are both clever babes. The rest fit in
sufficiently well and the piece is pret-
tily. staged.
BLANCHE PARTINGTON.