Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-31
BOHEMIAN GIRL
CLEVERLY DONE
Californians Will Render 1t Well by
End of Week-Rough Edges Will
Be Worn Off Then-Members
Do Excellent Work

By the end of this week-and that
means tomorrow-the Californians' pro-
duction of "The Bohemian Girl'' will
be about as capable a show as that or
ganization has yet given. And after
1.-The Mikado" that is saying a good
deal. 1t is a bit rough yet, as might
have been expected, owing to the brief
rehearsal period, but even at that two
immense audiences enjoyed it yester-
day to the limit. All the we'll known
arias, such as Marble Hail." "Then
You'll Remember Me" and 1.-THE Heart
Bowed Down." were subjects of re-
peated encores and the chorus came in
for especially liberal applause.
The burden of "The Bohemian Girl''
is carried by Harry eastman, Richie
Ling and Lucille Saunders as Devils
hoof, Thaddeus and the gypsy queen,
respectively, and of these it is no dis
paragement to the rest to say that
Harry eastman comes in for most at
tention Every one knew that Cash
man was clever as a comedian from the
Dick Ferris days, and every one knew
that he had a fair singing voice for
buffo work. But in the semi-serious
role of Devilshoof no one expected any
thing especially notable vocally from
him. Thus, when it developed that he
was the real singing star of the cast,
he drew applause long and loud And
his acting was every whit as good as
his singing, too.
Miss Saunders as the gypsy queen is
excellent, and in both acting and vo-
calization is delight, and Richie Ling
as Thaddeus is not behind the others.
AS these three are the strong roles
with the inclusion of Airline, the opera
is bound to go, no matter how bad
anyone else may be.
AS Airline Miss Blanche Aubert is not
Is,f.,, Ar,s1. k..I
cally we'll but she never seems some
how to get over the footlights and her
acting is amateurish to marked de-
gree She needs Verve, magnetism and
confidence. Robert Hosea as Arnheim
sings well, but the same faults shown
by Miss Aubert are possessed in q de-
gree by him. Besides, he should con-
descend to wear whiskers or show age
in some fashion between the first and
subsequent acts, as considerable time
is supposed to elapse. Also, a few
others might change costumes in
twelve years. Jepson is clever and
funny as Florestein and the tiny
daughter of Miss Aubert does we'll as
the infant in the first act Miss Bar
nett is all that is required by a very
small role.
A clever dance is done by Harry
eastman and little Miss Myrtle Ding
we'll in act II, she being especially de-
lghtful The chorus is good in it's
vocal work, but still shows it's anna
teur origin very plainly. This, how
ever, will wear off in time. So will the
few rough corners exhibited by the
whole ensemble yesterday, and by
Monday the performance should be
fine. 1t is we'll costumed and mounted.
Mrs. Carter Changes Bill
Mrs Leslie Carter will change her
bill at the Mason tonight, putting on
her first stupendous success, "Zaza,"
instead of "Du Barry" There is much
curiosity here to see "Zaza," as two
stock productions of it have been given
since she played it here last.
Special Acts at Peoples
The Peoples theater will have sew
eral special acts tonight, among them
the farce by Captain Peacock, which
has been done in an amateur way sew
eral times here. 1t will have a pro-
fessional tryout tonight and if it makes
good will be sent on the road.