Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-05-17
QUEEN ESTHER
BY LOCAL TALENT
Is Rendered to Full Houses on
Tuesday and Wednesday
Evenings.

Queen Esther, with its sparkling,
joyous choruses so full of abounding
vigor and verve, its exquisite, haunting
solo melodies, its strong appeal to
all that is noblest and most sacred
within the heart of man or woman,
its great versatility in character play
and its high moral tone and lesson
that Righteousness exalteth a nation
as as an individual was given by a
chorusapf rs voices on Tuesday and
Wednesday evenings of this week at
the Opera House under the direction
OF Martin E. Robinson of Chicago.
Although this beautiful opera has
been given in almost every city,
village and hamlet in the United
States within the past 20 or more
years, it has, like "Pinsfore' aud
the ''Mikado, become more and
more popular with the years, aud no
matter how often one has heard it. the
delight it brings in each hearing is
always fresh one, for deep in every
human heart are tender strings of
memory. of chivalry and of purity
upon which the cunning hand of the
author of "Queen Esther" has never
failed to play with lovely harmonies,
and We are always better, stronger
and sweeter in soul for having
listened to its beauties of word and
music.
The solo parts were we'll cast and
the mus GLOWING public of Grants
Pass have cause for deep satisfaction
and felicity in that among our people
We can boast of so many good voices
and such an exhibition Of dramatic
ability as was displayed on Tuedsay
and Wednesday evenings.
Mrs. w. W. Walker as Queen Esther
won her way straight into the heart
of every man, woman and child in the
audience, not only by her lovely sym
pathetic voice, but by her gracious
sweetness and womanliness, for she
was every inch a queen, and to hear
her op Tuesday evening was to love
her. She possessed all Of the requisite
dignity and poise to give the part a
most fitting aud dramatic interpreta-
tion, and her rich, expressive voice
was never heard to better advantage.
As King Ahssuerus, A. E. Voorhies
we'll typified the proud. yet just
ruler of the Persians. He was in ex-
cellent voice aud the quality of his
voice made him most acceptable for
the King role.
Perhaps the character which makes
its strongest appeal to an emotional
audience is that of Hamsn with the
great gamut of feelings through
which that role leads and that II. l..
Andrew was the living embodiment of
that vain, cunning and uuscrupulous
favorite of a powerful master whom
he managed with stratagem equal to
that of kings own, was universal
among those present. All
the adulation, the fattery and the
conceit which the pimpered Guild OF |
oriental opportunity aud destiny was
to have possessed, Mr.. An
irews placed in his delneation of the
role, and his hearers were takeu iu
rapid succession from tolerant pleas
lre and even delight in his wicked
ness aud folly which certainly is
almost plausible to sympathiziDg |
Ugh aud tear in his ultimate Calling
defeat 4nd downfall, when the one
,pl-n lid trait in his character, his
love zoe his wife asd Child, stands out
like "A sole st,r IN Wild black night |
1f de pair. His farewell duet with |
q rest gave excellent play for his |