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Show h; 1 ft ; J'; ' Mansfield In "Beaucaire." I r The dramatic and social event of the 1 season just about to close was the appear-M appear-M ; i j xnce of Richard Mansfield in "Monsieur I I . Beaucaire" on Thursday evening. Not in I ; ' ;nany years has such an audience assembled I !'t to pay tribute to genious, and the great ;(l actor achieved a triumph that even he with his personal prejudices and eccentricities, it night to be proud of. H h The role of "Beaucaire" is original, dis- l Linctly so, and he acts the princely lover to H perfection. The play is a beautiful comedy B . j and it is staged in all the detail that has H 1 1 always marked a Mansfield production. if; "Beaucaire" is captivating, fascinating, H j , and the complications with their clever dis-Hj. dis-Hj. entanglements are full of an interest that HM' takes one to another world at another time, H for the play is not name but substance H ' 'iid the charcter is one of the greatest crea-H crea-H M tions of the mind of the man who gave us H , "Chevrial" and "Beau Brummel." H(; The most remarkable part of his acting H h was his accent which at all times was flaAv- H j . less. Impassioned or calm, there was mean- H;i mg in every word, without once forgetting H'j" the perfect accent. Hjj There are not many great actors today, HjjS out Mansfield is really the greatest. Adjec- H J; . .ives are useless in attempting a description ! "Beaucaire" is a gem. There are twenty-six speaking parts in the play a long cast. Miss Ethel Knight-Moll Knight-Moll i son is a talented woman, and her work tit is Hie Queenly Lady Mary was exquisite. H She was formerly understudy for Miss Fair- H r, fax, who created the role, but started to- m fitvy the part in Denver, wrhen Isabel Irving M , left because "Mr. Mansfield is hard to Bm please." Miss Irving is physically not the B ( Venus the part requires." H The company was splendid. |