. The Argonaut . theatmosphere of Balzacs psychic allegory as anewsboy is to Parsifal. To the growingamazement of those who know their Balzac,he makes familiar references to Gods owncountry. with occasional easy allusions toTuolumne County, from whence he one of Raphaels boon companions,in comment on a duel, exclaiming, with Ameri-can twang: Say, see here! we didnt standfor this in the United States. This charac-ter, be it added, is understood and relishedby the audience. He is a familiar type tothem, and becomes the pet of the de Valentin, with his pallor, hiscough,
. The Argonaut . theatmosphere of Balzacs psychic allegory as anewsboy is to Parsifal. To the growingamazement of those who know their Balzac,he makes familiar references to Gods owncountry. with occasional easy allusions toTuolumne County, from whence he one of Raphaels boon companions,in comment on a duel, exclaiming, with Ameri-can twang: Say, see here! we didnt standfor this in the United States. This charac-ter, be it added, is understood and relishedby the audience. He is a familiar type tothem, and becomes the pet of the de Valentin, with his pallor, hiscough, his mystic belief, and his self-absorption, is unpleasant, and renels do not quite know what either he orthe author are getting at. Up to the lastmom,ent everybody is perfectly willing heshould die. And his regeneration, which isnot gradual enough and therefore fails inplausibility, is undesired, and awakes nosympathy. After The Florentines, we were cer-tainly justified in expecting better things than. Edna Ellsmere, the Central Theatres newleading lady. are shown in The Conflict, which im-presses me as a work which the au-thor took at first very seriously; then, inhis desire that it should receive public hear-ing, recklessly yielded to evil advice, threwaway his ideals, and boldly boosted JohnBodie, mining-man of California, into theParis of Balzac—a most curious proceedingand one which absolutely prohibits taking theplay seriously. It is true, if Mr. Samuels hadnot done so, the play would probably neverhave been seen on the boards ; but the workof construction could, at least, have servedas experience preliminary to some lighterwork, and one less portentous in its con-ception. J. H. P. — Come once, youll get the habit ofdining at the Vienna Model Bakery. 222 Sutter St STAGE GOSSIP. The Tivoli Grand Opera repertoire for the first week of thegrand opera season, which opens at the TivoliOpera House on Monday night, will be asfollows : Monday, Friday and
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