| Show I I D e n The Frawley company started the with the play Secret Service one of the few successful war dramas of the present day It Is the play that made Gillette famous and Is doing good service tor or Frawley it wa was put on in a very creditable manner and ron so smoothly throughout that It is Ie doubtful whether many people In front were aware of the fact that a change had been n made in the cast But such was the case for owing to the sickness of one of the players at atthe atthe the last moment Frank Mathieu wa was called on to play the part of Benton the confederate secret setret Ben BenIce Ice man ne Reginald Travers I stepped Into the character of Henry Dumont of the United States secret service Both actors did so 80 exception exceptionally ally atty well that It is hard to believe that they are new to the parts Of courSe interest centers in the character of Captain Thorne the pJ gal gallant lant and fearless agent of the northern secret cret service who mixes love and war warin ar ara in a way a that Is ie bewIldering and in Edith Varney Varne his southern sweetheart whose love for the northern spy leads el her Into embarrassing situations which follow one another with astonishing persistency almost to the final drop uC of the curtain WIlliam Gillette however was as too touch much or of a gentleman to allow such a charming girl to suffer Jon Ion so in a wa way that is thoroughly tIn II he arranges matters maUer just In time to send Bend everyone away feeling good Mr 11 Frawley and MISS Van VanBuren VanBuren Buren in these two roles carry the sympathy and attention of the Audi Audience audIence ence Mr Fra Frawley is stoical brave and fun full of expedients while 11 Miss Van VanBuren VanBuren Buren is handsome sympathetic and altogether pleasing There have been many Caroline Nit Mit i fords tors and it Is hard to disassociate Pearl Landers from the part hut Miss MI MIlay I May lay Buckley Buckle one of Mr Ir re cent acquisitions gives an Imper ona I thin tron of the part that is entirely saIls satta factors She Invests w it with ith a 11 delicious girlishness that is extremely taking and her scenes In the telegraph omee are artistic in the extreme Phosa Me Mc Allister can always be relied upon to get the best there Is out of any part and her portrayal or of Mrs Varney Is no exceptIon H S Duffield is a capital general and Benjamin Howard makes a hand handsome Sonic some and manly son SOft qa Wilford Var Varney Varney ney Two well sustained character parts are Jonas two Mcgee epro house servants played by Wallace Shaw and Christine Hill A crowded louR house WAS In attendance Secret Service will be repeated tonight inclement weather ca caused a slight falling oft off at the Grand last night where Chimes of Normandy was gIven Its hearing Tonight wm will be the last opportunity to bear ear earthe the opera in this db |
