COLUMBIA LIBRARIES OFFSITE AVERY FINE ARTS RESTRICTED AR01393138 UNION SQU^^^i^ 1876 i--Ms3M;IS^m^ mm' Sfiipwi .>;.f-^vtxy :« :fc*%* :>i^X:\-^;-3^' ¥V^'v/y a>41I^Mlii« i£x SltbriiS SEYMOUR DURST ■^ * ycrt nUmv ^fn/^e.rdam. of Je MtrtJjo^tarus ^:f (new York) , 1651 IVhen you leave, please leave this book Because it has been said "Ever thing comes t' him who waits Except a loaned book." Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library Gift of Seymour B. Durst Old York Library Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2013 http://archive.org/details/souvenirofonehunOOunio v;> y. SHERlDAjM Sj-iOOK Proprleto /\. M. PALM ER., — — -^ Maqa^er. (^ IHEATRE Ot^EHUHDREOTH JpGifoniuiiiGG of ^ OSEiiOtEi •\c. VMondavEver.iri ?¥c. 28^^1376. f J 0- INTRODUCTORY, IT has become usual to note, in some way, the hundredth consecutive performance of any play the public have stamped with such ap- proval as to enable or induce the management to retain it so long on the stage. The man- agement of this theatre, however, would do a little more than celebrate, in satin, the cen- taine of any particular success. A run of a hundred nights has ceased to be a phenomenon at this house ; but an uninterrupted series of runs such as this house has had is a phe- nomenon in the theatrical history of New York, London, Paris, Vienna or St. Petersburg. One swallow does not make a summer, it is true, but a flock of swallows never is seen here in winter. It is, therefore, as one of several successes that Messrs. Shook & Palmer are proud of the success of *' Rose Michel." It ^__ , _ . ^ M I is because as such it seems to justify the I canons of management on which they have invested toil and capital that its hundredth I representation is to them an event. I From their entrance into management, Messrs. Shook & Palmer have acted on the theory that any play worth producing is worth producing in a manner approaching perfection as closely as human endeavor may hope to approach it. That is, that not merely should the acting reflect the idea or strengthen by illustration the analysis of the dramatist ; but that the scenes of his plots should at every step re- flect either the beaut}^ of his landscapes, the elegance of his salons, or the sombre visual lessons of whatever haunts of misery or vice he may lead the auditor to witness. Good scenery without good acting is of little avail ; good acting without appropriate scenery i§ shorn of half its effects. The passing ob- ject of the stage play is illusion. Nothing so aids illusion as perfection of ensemble in a picture. Nothing secures perfection of ensemble but perfection of all minor details. As Angelo w m m- ■ m said to the Cardinal who charged him with wasting too much time on the trifling portions of his Medicean statue : '' It is trifles that make perfect." Believing that New York would liberally patronize any effort to give complete dramatic pictures, this management have striven to do so, and they believe that each year a marked improvement has been perceptible in every detail of this theatre. This hundredth night of " Rose Michel," therefore, they accept as an evidence that the lovers and patrons of dramatic and theatrical art have understood their aim and rewarded their efforts. When they look back at the his- tory of this theatre, they cannot fail to per- ceive that, as its company increased in effici- ency — from the man who carried a letter to the actress who painted in blind Louise the utmost picture of human suffering — so the patronage of the public increased ; and they can- not avoid feeling that the increased beauty of costuming and of scenic effect that went hand in hand with histrionic excellence had much to do with the swelling of patronage. The three -m great successes of this theatre followed each other in uninterrupted series. Mr. Boucicault's exquisite translation and adaptation of the " Tentation " of Octave Feuillet, with its French landscape and semi -mediaeval interiors in the chateau of the ancien regime^ with its air of grande noblesse, was followed by pictures, still more finely executed, of the gaudier gran- deurs of the salons of Louis XV., contrasted with the squalor and sombre miser\^ of the home of the Frochards. Whatever merit in the development of each story may belong to the actors, there can be no one of the tens of thousands who witnessed either ''Led Astray" or "The Two Orphans," but felt that the pencil of Mr. Marston, the fitness of the accessories in tone, combined to give that effect to the acting which impressed each scene so vividly on his ideality and made it a part of his memory for ever. It remains as ineradicable as if he had himself witnessed the self-sacrifice of the cripple to the blind in front of the Church of God on the Place St. Stdpice, or had been a guest at that ball where the lO I I if - - ^- ^ ^ \ X m O c > £ F H m r m o > V -~^ \ > in H > r -1^ Lord of Chandoce visited the results of his own and his wife's folly on the head of the baffled libertine. When, after not a little deliberation, the man- agement concluded to follow the revival of *' Led Astray," with Mr. Mackaye's adaptation of Mr. Blum's powerful drama, " Rose Michel, " they simply adhered to the policy they had found so successful with its predecessors. They sought first to secure a fitting artist for each part, however trifling, as well as for the more important ones. They lavished time, money and toil on every accessory, and the result has been another success, as unequivocal and as gratifying as they had ever achieved before. They believe that, in beauty of scener}^ and costume, *' Rose Michel " is an improvement on even "The Two Orphans"; but, as it is now before our patrons, perhaps it were more mod- est to let them judge of this for themselves. When "Rose Michel" shall have reached that final destination of the great majority of mod- ern plays, the library shelf, the management will bestow increased care and increased liber- S- is M m- -m ality of investment on its successor, believing that similar means will assure similar results ; and that the play which fails in this house of reaching its hundredth consecutive representa- tion will be a noted exception to a general rule. The love of theatric art is shown to be in- separable from the progress of civilization by the fact that we have no record of men living under any form of organized society without a drama of some kind. It may be doubtful that Adam and Eve ever played a dual come- dietta, like " The Morning Call," in Eden, see- ing they could have had no audience, and would have been much puzzled about the necessary costumes. But there were plays played, and most magnificent ballets danced within the Halls of Karnak, when the founda- tions of the Pyramids were being laid, With our own race the love of the theatre and am- phitheatre is so innate that half of our every day philosophy, and five-eighths of our proverbs and aphorisms, are derived from the lines of our great dramatists, while our jokes come 14 from our clowns. Our literature teems with stories of the stage, as well as with anec- dotes of its professors ; and there are few sub- jects of conversation more frequent or more acceptable, even in the family circle. Of course, there, the old folks will have it that the theatre and actors of the present day are not at all comparable to those they saw in their youth, making no allowance for the brightening halo that youth itself threw round all that first woke its imagination in the time When life itself was new, And the heart promised what the fancy drew. What would not the aged eulogist of the " Old Park," and ** the palmy days of the dra- ma," give for even as brief a record of its doings as we here offer of those of the Union Square Theatre in its childhood ? We verily believe that many of the bright eyes that have mois- tened at the sorrows of Armande Chandoce, and wept over the sufferings of Louise, will one day tell their daughters how inferior in manl)^ fire and grace the Charles Thornes of that future dav are to the Charles Thornes m^ -m they saw in the present one. To them the Rose Eytinge of the future will lack the in- tensity of the Rose Eytinge of to-day ; and no Polly wog to come will, in their eyes, ever succeed in " getting up " so significant a wag of his tail as the PoUywog they are laughing at this evening. It can, therefore, be no great error to believe that a souvenir of the present pleasure will be useful and pleasing in the future ; and that its value will increase with increasing years. It is in this belief that the management have adopted this mode of marking the hundredth representation of " Rose Michel," and their gratitude to that large portion of the public which has understood, appreciated and en- couraged their efforts to attain, as near as they could, to perfection of detail in the presentation of any work which they thought fit to be presented to a metropolitan audience. 18 -m m ^ m Led Astray. While, previous to the production of " Led Astray," several other plays had been suc- cessfully produced at this house, the manage- ment never felt that their aims and work had definitely told upon the public till that piece was produced. With Miss Agnes Ethel in the title t'ole, they had produced the play of " Agnes," written, specially for that lady and this theatre, by no less a hand than that of Victorien Sardou, just then the most popu- lar, as he is the most original, of the later French dramatists. The play proved a suc- cess, it is true. It remained doubtful, how- ever, whether the success was not an ephem- eral one, due to the celebrity of the author combined with the popularity of a particular artiste. " Led Astray," however, was simply a new translation of a well-known play, and any new interest it might awaken could be due only to B- ^ __- ^ the manner ot its presentation. The faith of the public in the theatre, per se^ was there- fore held to have been first unquestionably evinced by the success of this production. That success was unmistakable. The little theatre was crowded nightly, weekly, monthly, and the existence of a prior contract with Miss Clara Morris alone forced the management to withdraw it from the stage. So great had been the impression made by the acting and mount- ing of this piece that, after the conclu- sion of Miss Morris's brilliant engagement, the management felt justified in reviving it ; and it held the boards to the end of the sea- son, to be taken up again last September, and again run to thronged auditoriums for nearly three months. The story of " Led Astray," told by Mr. Feuillet, first in a novel, then in his play " La Tentation," has become so familiar to the pa- trons of this house that to S3^nopsize it again were a work of supererogation. A mere detail of the scenes will bring back to the memory the delicate sentiment and graceful quiet wit m -A o C/) ^- of the dialogue, and the thrilling power of each situation. The first act : the lawn at the Chateau Chandoce, the discontented wife, the battling mothers-in-law, the visit of De Lesparre, the subtle impromptu : — /^T here is another life I long to meet, Without which life, my life is incomplete. Oh, sweeter self! Like me art thou astray ? Striving with all thy heart to find the way To mine? Straying like me to find the breast, On which alone can weary heart find rest. The second act : the boudoir in the Hotel Chandoce, the bouquet telegraph, the rendez- vous at the opera. The third act : the ball at the Hotel Chan- doce, the suit, the rejection, the surprise, the game at cards, the insult ; and the separation. The fourth act : the night, the remorse of Armande. The morning, the duel. The fifth act : back again to Chateau Chan- doce. The daughter and her lover, the recon- ciliation. The scenes need but recapitulation to recall the old story. The accompanying illustrations 25 m m. ! will readily call up the figures that peopled each scene, the vandng emotions their com- plexities excited. To the experienced tact of Mr. Boucicault, in the direction of the careful rehearsals, is doubtless due much of the effectiveness and beauty of what is technically called " the busi- ness " of the piece as well as of the tableaux, with which each act so effectively ended. Any printed memories of a theatrical work, would, of course, be incomplete unaccompanied by some reference to the artists who moved be- fore us in the garb, and with the manners, of the seigneu7'ie of modern France. The essential I'oles of the play consisted of the Count and Countess Chandoce, Mathilde Chandoce, and Hector Placide. To Miss Rose Eytinge was assigned the role of the Countess, a 7'dle requiring at once the reflection of the highest breeding, and a revelation of most pow- erful emotion. The part of the Count Chan- doce was given to Mr. Charles Thorne. As neither of these artists ever saw the play in Paris, they may fairly be said to have created 26 W Q o CO m -. ^ m these roles in the English tongue. The nightly admiration they evoked, evinced in the attention and applause of so many thousands of spec- tators, renders it no compliment to state that they were triumphs of histrionic art ; and as such they have already passed into the contem- porary history of the stage. Of the lighter rS/es, Mathilde Chandoce and Hector Placide, entrusted to Miss Kate Claxton and Mr. Stuart Robson, the same may be asserted. Indeed it was in this play that Miss Claxton fully re- vealed the artistic instincts which won her in subsequent rd/es the popularity she now enjoys. The original cast of "Led Astray" was as follows : COUNT RUDOLPH CHANDOCE. - Mr. Charles R. Thome, Jr. GEORGE de LESPARRE, - - - Mr. McKee Rankin. HECTOR PLACIDE, ----- Mr. Stuart Robson. MAJOR O'HARA. - . - - Mr. H W. Montgomery. BARON MONT GOSLINE, - - Mr Claude Burroughs. LAFONTAINE. Mr. W. H, Wilder. ROBERT, - - - - - - - Mr. W. S. Quigley. COUNTESS ARMANDE CHANDOCE, - Miss Rose Eytinge. BARONESS de RIVONIERE, - - Miss Emily Mestayer. (Mother of Armaime.) 29 m ^ m -m DOWAGER COUNTESS de CHANDOCE, Mrs. Marie Wiikins. (Mother ot Rudolj.li.^ MATHILDE. Miss Kate Claxton, (Rudolpirs Daii^-hter by hh tirst Wife.) SUZANNE O'HARA, - - - - Miss Eliza Weathersby. SOPHIE. -----. Miss Kate Holland. The Two Orphan: The next success was the production of a very different play — " The Two Orphans " of D'Ennery and Cormon, cleverly adapted for this stage b}^ Mr. Hart Jackson. *' The Two Orphans" is perhaps the great- est p/ay that has been written in the present generation. In motive, in dialogue, in local- ity, in period, and in the characters depicted, it is the very antithesis of " Led Astray." Its poetry is of a higher order, and of more nearly universal application. The tyranny of rank over the humble, the recklessness of the re- gency, in lieu of domestic differences and 30 m v5) m- pretty wooings ; the streets of crowded Paris in lieu of the solitary grounds of the baronial hall ; the sordid squalor of the homes of crime in lieu of the dainty boudoir of a refined woman ; the prison of the outcast women of a vicious age in lieu of the ball-room of a noble's mansion. So, also, in the passions depicted — violence takes the place of rhymed solicitation. The sufferings of neglect sink be- fore the isolation and woe of the blind girl left in the cruel city alone to fall into the hands of its worst and lowest. The duel of irritated honor in *' Led Astray " became trivial to the Homeric combat between the sons of the same mother ; and the figure of the Mother Superior rising in its sainthood, as if to remind us that ever and above the play of human passions the Cross is there to save — all combined to give to this work of the stage a sort of epic character which at- taches to no other modern work of its kind. The bold novelty of it all attracted atten- tion and arrested criticism. It was only by degrees that the grandeur of the work came 33 m B • ■ B to be fully understood and fully felt by the public. At first its success seemed problem- atical ; but each week its popularity increased. It had been on the stage fully six weeks be- fore it fairly evinced its hold on the public mind. Then the audiences became and re- mained too large for the capacity of the thea- tre. No play ever played in this country so touched the general sympathy or enchained the public interest. Its power was the same over all classes. The gallery was as regu- larly and fully filled each night as was the orchestra. As in the case of " Led Astray," all that care, time and money could do to secure the play a proper setting in scenery and acces- sories was done. The distribution of the many characters was made with the same effort to secure the fitness of each artist to the rdle ' assigned him. Precisely the same result fol- lowed, and from the 21st of December, 1874, to the 15th of June, 1875, " Standing-room only" was the rule. ] The knowledge of this play disseminated I 34 m • m o ( > ■ z -m throughout the United States by six months' performance at this house, secured it audiences in the theatres of almost every city in the United States, from Portland to New Orleans. It was pirated, and its ownership contested in the courts of half a dozen States. It dragged after it what seemed an ever lengthening, never ending, chain of litigation ; but whether played to the sober New Englander or the fiery Southerner, its charm and power were still the same ; and at the close of the theatrical season, while the Union Square theatre found it had made a great play popular over the whole country, it also found that the play had repaid it by making the name of the Union Square Theatre familiar as a house- hold word in every state of the Union. The marvelous story of the play of " The Two Orphans " is even far better known than that of "Led Astray;" and as in the case of the latter, a mere recapitulation of its several acts will suffice to recall it to the general memory. First Act : The Pont Neuf at Paris, with the Station of the diligence, whence descended i 3' i — i B m \ the two Orphans. A glance at the illustration I in this little volume will bring it all back, — i the abduction, the desolation of the blind girl in the square, the advent of the hag. Then the palace at Bel Air with its perspective of sub- dued lights, the revel, the defence of the girl by the knightly noble, and her escape from outrage. i Second Act : The Office of the Minister of i Police, where the son defends his mother's honor, and the Place St. Sulpice, where amid the pitiless unceasing snow, the untaught crip- ple bares him to the storm to shelter the blind and helpless girl. Of all scenes in this or any other play, that scene impressed itself most indelibly upon the public imagination. Third Act: The modest room of the elder orphan, where she hears the call of the blind martyr from the streets below, the unavailing struggle to reach her, the arrest, and the courtyard of the prison of the Magdalenes of Paris, where the Sister Superior told, in virtue's cause, her first and only lie, to be recorded, 38 m- — ' m -A o o -;^ GO ^- unblotted by angel tears, amid the nobilities of Christian Sacrifice — for to her what sacrifice could be greater ? Fourth Act : The home of the hag and her sons, where deformed humanity faces frat- ricide to defend the utterly helpless, and where at last, tardy justice saves and recompenses. The regular Cast of the play at this Theatre was changed on the Sixteenth of January, 1^75, by the substitution of Miss Granger for Miss Eytinge in the part of Marianne, the outcast. The original cast was as follows : MAUR CE DE VAUDREY, COUNT DE LINIERES, PICARD, - - - - JAQUES FROCHARD, PIERRE FROCHARD, - MARQUIS DE PRESLES. ■ LAFLEUR, DOCTOR, - - - - MARTIN, - . - - OFFICER OF THE GUARD, CHIEF CLERK, Mr. Charles R. Thome, Jr Mr. Jno. Parselle Mr. Stuart Robson Mr. McKee Rankin Mr. F. F. Mackay Mr. W. J. Cogswell Mr. H. W. Montgomery Mr. Thos. E. Morris Mr. Lysander Thonnpson Mr. J. W. Mathews Mr. W. H. Wilder 41 -m DE MAILLY, Mr. Bolton D'ESTREES, -.--... Mr. Raynor SERVANT, ---._--. Mr. Quigley FOOTMAN, - . - - _ - Mr. C. M.Collins MARIANNE; _____ Miss Rose Eytinge COUNTESS DIANE DE LINIERES, - - Miss Fanny Morant LOUISE, _-.___- Miss Kate Claxton HENRIETTE, _ - _ - . Miss Kitty Blanchard LA FROCHARD, . _ - _ . Mrs. Marie Wilkins SISTER GENEVIEVE, - _ _ . Miss Ida Vernon VICTORINE, .------ Miss Ella Burns JULIE, ______ Miss Roberta Norwood FLORETTE, ______ Miss Kate Holland CORA, - - - _ _ - _ Miss Cora Cassidy SISTER THERESE, _ . _ _ Miss Hattie Thorpe 42 m ft) o -m Rose Michel. The third of the great successes at this theatre was the production of " Rose Michel," whose hundredth performance this book is issued to note. " Rose Michel" is from the pen of Mr. Ernest Bliim, a not entirely new dramatist, for his name is coupled with that of D'Ennery as joint author of a piece produced in Paris several years ago. His experience, however, is evi- dently very limited. The play was produced, as it came from the author, at the Theatre de L'Ambigu, in Paris. It achieved but a moderate success, and even that was attributed, by either malice or criticism, rather to the superb acting of Mile. Fargueil and M. Charlier than to any attractiveness in the play itself. It was trans- lated for the London stage, but proved an utter failure. The management of this theatre, how- ever, believing that such artists as M. Charlier and Mile. Fargueil would not accept and power- 45 -m fully reflect characters that did not intrinsically possess dramatic merit, purchased the play from the author, believing it might some day be used to advantage. A copy of the English version, however, found its way to New York, and another management announced its intention to produce it. The matter led to a short liti- gation which ended in establishing the right of ownership to belong solely to Messrs. Shook & Palmer. This affair called more attention to the play than it would have received without it. The play was translated. Its original shape was not inviting. It was given to several dramatists for adap- tation, and among several, the alterations made by Mr. J. Steele Mackaye were preferred and accepted. Still believing in their old theory that perfection of detail would secure success, the management gave more care to this piece than they had bestowed even on '' The Two Orphans." The result of that care is before the reader; and he can judge it for himself. The management would respectfully point, how- ever, to the fact that whether owing to the 46 ^ ,^ '^ plastic and artistic skill of Mr. Marston, the alterations of Mr. Mackaye, or the acting of the members of the cast, or all three combined, a play which failed in both the leading art capitals of Europe has been made to achieve here a memorable success — one attested to every reader by his own presence in the theatre, and that of the large audience assembled to witness this, its hundredth representation. The interest of the play is to be found in its revelation of the strength of maternal love in woman. The love of the haughty Baroness de Vernay for her son is contrasted with the love of the poor, maltreated, humble Rose Michel for her daughter ; and around the two mothers plays the dreadful story of the murder, testing the constancy and strength of each to the uttermost. As regards the cast of Rose Michel, though it makes in point of numbers but a small demand on the present Company of this Thea- tre, it has, with two or three exceptions, included all its leading male artists. Thus Mr. Charles Thorne, the Count Chandoce of " Led Astray," and the Chevalier of the '' Two Orphans ; " Mr. 49 Stuart Robson, the timid Hector of the former and Picard of the latter ; Miss Fanny Morani, the elegant and dignified " Madame Mere," of the New York stage, Mr. Parselle, the Prefect in the " Two Orphans," with his official ways, calm correctness of bearing and high sense of duty — all these, and others scarce less deserv- ing, or less popular, find worthy occupation for their skill, and tact in this play, *' Rose Michel," while the artistic strength of Mr. Stoddart, and the power of Miss Eytinge, are taxed to the full by the requirements of the leading roles. Mr. Richard Marston took kindly to " Rose Michel," and his pencil seemed to dwell lov- ingly on its varied scenes. He appears to have reached the ne plus ultra of scenic effect and perspective in the view of Paris from the prison gallery which forms the picture in the last act. The narrow river, meandering for miles away, and glittering in the soft moonlight, broadens as it leaves the tranquil country scenes that stretch in misty green to the horizon, and assumes its darkest hue as it flows silently under the sev- 50 m ROSE MICHEL. /^Vi d^/^p^ COUNT DE VERNAY. ^J^7d^jXf^^iAJ(j i!^ 0- eral historic bridges to the foot of the Cathe- dral of Notre Dame. That river Seine and its surroundings evi- dently have a peculiar charm for our artist ; and he never fails to transfer it to his can- vas. He delights in painting Paris. The streets where Louise wandered in her blind- ness and woe ; the salons where Armande Chandoce dreamed and suffered ; the cabaret where Pierre Michell committed murder to gratify avarice, are all familiar to our patrons, and our little illustrations will scarce fail to recall each, and justify the assertion that Mr. Richard Marston may well challenge no small share of the praise due the artistic successes achieved by the combined efforts of the whole personnel of the theatre. The complete cast of "Rose Michel" is as follows : COUNT de VERNAY, a Young Noble, Mr. Charles R. Thome, Jr. BARON de MARSAN, Prefect of the Seine, Mr. John Parselle. BARON de BELLEVEI, a Roue, - Mr. Frederick Robinson. PIERRE MICHEL, an Inkeeper. - - Mr. J. H. Stoddard. MOULINET, his Servant, - - - - Mr. Stuart Robson. 55 W jl- -m MASTER BERNARD, a Goldsmith, - Mr. Thos. E. Morris. ANDRE, his Son, - - - - - Mr. Eben Plympton. OFFICER OF THE GUARD, - - Mr. W. H. Wilder. TURNKEY, .... - Mr. Lysander Thompson. RUFFIAN, ------ Mr. W. S. Quigley. SERVANT, - - - - - - Mr. C. M. Collins. ROSE MICHEL, Wife of Pierre, - - Miss Rose Eytinge. COUNTESS de VERNAY, - - - Miss Fanny Morant. LOUISE, Daughter of Pierre, - - - Miss Nina Varian BARONESS de BELLEVIE, - - Miss Augusta Raymond. 56 -m If you dare set a foot upon my land, I'll kill you as I would a viper in my path '* Act 1 ^^ <>- ^I}:^ Plays and Authors. Commencing with the 17th of September, 1872, there have been presented at the Union Square Theatre, up to this date, twenty-two plays, emanating from the pens of twenty-one different authors. The complete list of each may serve for either interesting or useful in- formation to those connected with the theatri- cal profession, or who are admirers of the art, and esteem its statistics as worthy of preserva- tion. The List of Plays and Authors. Season of 1872-3. Play. Author. Produced. Agnes --- Sardou Sept. 17, 1872 London Assurance Boucicault ... Dec. 23,1872 School for Scandal Sheridan Dec. 25,1872 Money Bulwer Dec. 27,1872 A Son of the Soil Ponsard Jan. 1,1873 Atherly Court Brougham... Jan. 6,1873 59 m —m loo Years Old D'Ennery .. Jan. 21,1873 A Business Woman. Olive Logan Mar. 13,1873 Cousin Jack Leroy Mar. 24,1873 Frou-Frou Meilhac & Halevy.. April 14, 1873 Without a Heart Mrs. Sheridan Shook May 21,1873 Agnes (revived) Sardou May 29,1873 Fernande Sardou.. June 4, 1873 This season closed June 4. Season of 1873-4. Piay. Author. Produced. Geneva Cross G. F. Rowe Oct. 1,1873 The Wicked World Gilbert. Nov. 17,1873 Led Astray Octave Feuillet Dec. 8,1873 Camille Dumas fils May 14,1874 Led Astray (revived) Octave Feuillet .. . June 12, 1874 This season closed June 15, 1874. Season of 1874-5, Play. A uthor. Produced. The Sphynx Octave Feuillet. .:.. Sept. 21, 1874 The Hunchback Sheridan Knowles.. Oct. 26,1874 60 COUNTESS DE VERNAY. ^A-tvt^^ i^lc^ y-fic^ii/h^^ ,;y :-■'>.:- BARON DE MARSAN ^n^Ay cZUr/ i^tt^ -n Jane Eyre Charlotte Bronte.. . Nov. 16,1874 Love's Sacrifice LovelL. Dec. 7,1874 The Two Orphans D'Ennery & Cormon Dec. 21, 1875 This season closed June 15, 1875. Season of 1875-6. Play. A uthor. Produced. Led Astray (revived) Octave Feuiilet Oct. 1,1875 Rose Michel Ernest Bliim. Nov. 23, 1875 The casts of the several plays produced at this house will, it is believed, demonstrate that the management spared no effort to bestow a worthy personnel in illustration of each work. They were as follows : The Cast of '' Agnes." Agnes - Miss Agnes Ethel The Baroness de Fauteille Miss Plessy Mordaunt Mile. Stella Miss Phillis Glover Mme. Gradignard Miss Emily Mestayer 65 ■m -B Delphine Miss Jennie Lee Theresa Miss Josephine Laurense Dressmaker Miss Kate Holland Milliner Miss Charlotte Cave Stephen, the Viscount Mr. D. H. Harkins Mons. Bonnardin _. Mr. Mark Smith Millefleur Mr. Ed. Lamb Raphael Bienville Mr. Geo. Parkes Mons. Bobey .-. _ Mr. Welsh Edwards Mons. Baroldi. Mr. F. F. Mackay Polydor Morant Mr. H. W. Montgomery Dr. Coulisse .-. Mr. W. B. Laurens Lucien Revell Mr. J. P. Burnett Phillippe Lafaille . Mr. C. Burroughs Jobineau .Mr. W. H. Wilder Cyprien Mr. F. Lamb Beauluisant Mr. W. Stuart Pe titpierre Mr. T. Atkins Mableau... Mr. W. S. Quigley Spindler , Mr. Wing Call Boy .__ Mrs. Thorpe The Cast of ^' London Assurance." Sir Harcourt Courtley _ Mr. Mark Smith Dazzle. Mr. D. H. Harkins Charles Courtley Mr. Geo. Parkes 66 m m One little blow puts a hundred thousand livres in my store." Act !l. ^^^^ -over 73 0- ^ '~n Fanny Brydges Miss Mary Griswold Margery Beane Miss Harriet Thorpe Little Elsie Miss Lillie Edwards Henrietta — Countess of Atherley Miss Emily Mestayer Polly Grace Miss Plessy Mordaunt The Cast of " loo Years Old." Jacques Fauvel Mr. Mark Smith George Fauvel Mr. Welsh Edwards Martineau Mr. F. F. Mackay Rene d' Alby Mr. Claude Burroughs Max de Maugars Mr. Geo. Parkes Bernard Mr. H. W. Montgomer>' Deslandes Mr. W. H. Wilder Louis Mr. W. Stuart CamiUe Mrs. Clara Jennings Juliette Duprat , Miss Mary Griswold Madame Larocque Miss Imogene Fowler The Cast of a '' Business Woman." Colonel Collins Wood Mr. D. H. Harkins Hooker Wood Mr. Welsh Edwards 74 . ^ My salvation ! am I really in danger then ? " Act III. ^^ -C- J^ I m Mr. Pembroke Potter -- ...Mr. Geo. Parkes Mr. Palissy Ingraham Mr. F. F. Mackay Mr. Peter Pettigrew Mr. Ed. Lamb Mr. Solon Bland .. Mr. Claude Burroughs Asher Bezer.--- Mr. W. H. Wilder Nicholas Home Mr. W. H. Stuart Thomas Mr. Quigley Heinrich Mr. Sinclair Mrs. Courtlandt Potter Mrs. Clara Jennings Miss Fanny Ingraham Miss Mary Griswold Mrs. Hooker Wood Miss Emily Mestayer Bessie Home Miss Josephine Laurens Maria McBeggs Miss Hattie Thorpe Hannah Miss Charlotte Cave The Cast of ''Cousin Jack." Cousin Jack Valdent Mr. D. H. Harkins George Valdent Mr. F. F. Mackay M. Bonnegrace Mr. Ed. Lamb M. Chambry Mr. Geo. Parkes Chalut Mr. W. H. Stuart Peter Miss H. Thorpe Celeste.-. Miss Emily Mestayer Blanche Miss Jennie Lee Emmeline Miss Mary Griswold m- 77 -m m- The Cast of '' Frou-Frou." Gilberte... .-. Miss Agnes Ethel Louise Miss Mary Griswold Baronne de Cambri Miss Emily Mestayer Pauline ^.. Miss Jennie Lee The Governess . Miss Kate Holland Angelique Miss Charlotte Cave Georgie Miss Lillie Edwards Henri Sartorys Mr. D. H. Harkins Brigard Mr. F. F. Mackay Comte de Valreas Mr. Geo. Parkes Baron de Cambri Mr. E* Lamb Pitou Mr. J. W. Thorpe Vincent Mr. J. W. Wilder Zanetto Mr. W. S. Quigley The Cast of " Without a Heart." Robert Marston. Mr. D. H, Harkins Sir Wm. Broughton Mr. F. F. Mackay Sir Henry Johnstone Mr. Ed. Lamb Lord Stanfield Mr. H. W. Montgomery Rev. Mr. Sherwood Mr. W. B. Laurens James Dobson Mr. Welsh Edwards Hotel Waiter Mr. W. Quigley 78 M . Q- 3 < DO o CO o B -m Selene Miss Clara Morris Darine .- Miss Maude Granger Zayda ._ Miss Kate Claxton Neodie Miss Meta Bartlett Leila Miss Kate Holland Locrine Miss Emily Lewis The Cast of '' Camille." Camille Miss Clara Morris Prudence Miss E. Mestayer Nichette ...Miss Kate Claxton Olympe Miss Maude Granger Nanine Miss Kate Holland Armand Duval Mr. Chas. R. Thome, jr De Varville Mr. McKee Rankin Gaston Mr. Stuart Robson Mons. Duval Mr. John Parselle Gustave Mr. Claude Burroughs The Cast of ''The Sphynx." Admiral de Chelles Mr. John Parselle Henri de Savigny Mr. McKee Rankin Lord Dornoch Mr. Frederic Robinson 87 B 1^ B U Arthur Lajardie Mr. H. W. Montgomery Everard Mr. Claude Burroughs Ulric Mr. F. F. Mackay Blanche de Chelles Miss Clara Morris Bertha de Savigny Miss Charlotte Thompson Clemence Lajardie Miss Roberta Norwood The Cast of '^ The Hunchback." Master Walter Mr. Frederic Robinson Sir Thomas Clifford Mr. Charles R. Thorne Modus.. Mr. Stuart Robson Lord Tinsel Mr. Owen Marlowe Fathom Mr. J. E. Irving Master Wilford ...Mr. H. Dalton Master Heartwell Mr. T. E. Morris Gaylove Mr. Jno. Mathews Thomas Mr. C. M. Collins Stephen Mr. W. H. Wilder Holdwell Mr. E. Sinclair Servant Mr. W. S. Quigley Julia Miss Clara Morris Helen Miss Kate Claxton -m LOUISE. L4