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Show I" OLCOTT CHARMS AUDIENCE WITH HIS VOICE AND PLAY OF IRISH LOVE AND ROMANCE H Lov anl romance In Ireland. wlh H the fairies tho guiding uplrlts. formed HH the delightful theme of the comedy H drama. lUiRgrd Bobbin," In which HH Chauncoy Olcott, famoua for a gn- H "ration or more, appeared nt ti" I B pheum theatre Tuesday evening. Airali I hi audience lieard the clear teni r voire of the veteran artor In a aerfM ! 6f lilf-h ballad! and r"tun;.l unfflDted H The Hcenea of the play, frrtttrtl ' - marriage of his daupht'-r, Margaret, Kthel Intropldl). to Martin Muny, n Robin, md thereby unite tho estate ( H Following an h his brother fell down tho rtalrs and w.is H i Iliad. Ragged Robin, portrayed hy 'Icott. vr&s forced to become a wan- V tin Dare Then aj tho action ivln. I I I 1 are destined to wed. eo all th? pp.urints I I firmly belirvo. Though she Iovch Itob- 5 1 In the wedding take plac and famine fam-ine comes over the land. Robin com-" Into his own as a nobleman on the death or Murtln nnd rscuif ihe family and all his old time friends from starvation. starv-ation. All this Is of course a brief summary sum-mary and, in fact, words do little in i vi'icssing Ihe peculiar haunting nt-mosphere nt-mosphere f tho play. The will o' th wisp, ihe great bog scene and the flight of the fairy hosts are presented in such a reaJirilc manner mat the audlencH was half converted to a be-Ln be-Ln fairies before the final curtain. ' Ir(.ti was supported by a largo com-ranv. com-ranv. n'tabli? among whom were a small maid, Marie Vernon, who as Sheelah Grattan was continually bringing eonfUMlun to her ciders by her naive remarks, and Maud Hosford as tho foster mother of Robin. Tho presence of the blind hsrpis; and lils daughter, Joseph Tortorelll and lina M Anton, respectively, among the peasant Kroup gave lct an opportunity to Introduce his songs natural effect. Among his most pleading offering were "Each Day Till I dlo.' "Swael Girl of My Dreams," I I l in Hcllovo in Fairies" and "When. " the latter making the greatest great-est Impression. |