| Show LAUGHED AT A SLACK ELACK SHEEP SHEE crowded house soars roars at boyts comedy if il lomus tile the god of lau laughter ahter were tickled in ili the ribs he rould i not grow crow more hilarious than did the audience which witnessed the antics of A black sheep list night there had been nothing at the hie theater tor for two months and nothing of consequence for or three hence the house was crowded almost to the limit from bottom to top the play Is generally regarded as one of 0 boyts best and lr if nolay noisy approval counts for anything last evenings audience coincides with continent wide opinion it is 1 announced on the pro gramme that the purpose of A buck black sheep Is to teach no moral in particular and the author Is hIe ful that lie has done it well last nights crowd seemed to agree with him for it was apparently composed of people who get eel tragedy enough in real leal life and go to the theater to bo be aroused it was evidently their kind of a show it tells a decidedly remarkable story of an arizona cowboy the black street sheep of a family who it falls heir to a large fortune tro he goes geree to new york and london and beames an ail exaggerated ag the role of the central figures Is tilled filled to the ut by atiq harlan a character actor of exceptional ability who looks like col isaac trumbo and ot of comedy talent so BO striking that lie he makes lous appear appeal almost natural ilia his mannerisms and facial expression pres slon are arc inimitable and are arc small among C the most moat important factors which ma make he him a notable comedy 1 success decess A full match tor for him Is 1471 william do di vere whose acting as the arizona editor Is marvelous marve loua in its easy naturalness like harlan lie he can look more f fun u than mott most men can talk his topic topical att song im a Conni convivial vial man w ith a chorus consisting chiefly of a treating forced tough laugh produced a degree of enthusiasm bordering on frenzy the other prominent n nt members of the company Ales besnia bis francan Fran kan Luck luckstone natus and mack and the misses edwards ld wards and lane are all performers of a high grade the specialties more numerous than usual and were among the best features tu r t of the h e show w tile the ahir are fairly good 0 pi loa k t n gahn and d quite shapely and us its discern din cern and elastic kickers are arc strictly up to late date there was not much singing and I 1 what hat there was for the most pal pait t fell ell to the lot of t the he mn men m n the ladles ladies seemed not to be warblers warb narb lers and here it might be mentioned that mr bir Har daruns lans only fault it lies cm in the occasional dional indistinctness of his singing ile he speaks with distinctness but slightly mumbles ilia his songs the company Is a strong one car barring carril rIng ng no ito sticks the second and last performance will r ill occur tonight the last attraction for three weeks |
