Word: actress
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...theatre in spectacular style early in 1880. The English version made for this production by Fred Williams is the one used in the Castle Square representation. The scene of the operetta is laid in Lisbon, Spain, two centuries ago, and the plot concerns the adventures of the Parisian actress, Fanchette, who, having once enjoyed the friendship of Don Lamberto, secretly married to the Queen of Spain, comes to Lisbon to renew her acquaintance with him, not knowing of his marriage. She arrives at Don Lamberto's residence just as he is expecting a visit from the Queen; and in order...
...cast of the principal roles is as follows: Don Lamberto, Edgar Temple; Don Januario, J. K. Murray; Don Norberto, W. H. Clarke; Don Domingo, Lindsey Morrison and Stanley Felich; Mungo, Oscar Girard; Marie, Queen of Spain, Laura Millard; Fanchette, the actress, Clara Lane; Donna Antonia, Rose Leighton...
...plays that stand out above all the other masterpieces in that particular form of drama: Corneille's Polyeucte and Racine's Phedre, the one the finest sacred tragedy, the other the finest profane tragedy. We are to have the opportunity of seeing the latter performed by the greatest modern actress. The part of Phedre is consummately difficult: Mme. Sarah Bernhardt plays it to perfection. She has gained in it the unanimous applause of the most exacting critics and of every admirer of Racine...
...second and last week of the engagement of Mrs. Potter and Mr. Bellew at the Columbia will begin March 11, and will undoubtedly be a repetition of the complete success during the past week. Mrs. Potter will be seen at her best as an emotional actress, and Mr. Bellew will also have excellent opportunities for showing the quality that is in him. The bill will be the younger Dumas's comedy of "Francillon" on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday evenings. The comedy has been seen in Boston before, with both Mrs. Potter and Mr. Bellew...
...Muse," Mr. James's best known novel, he divides himself from the rest of the literary fraternity by his enthusiasm for the art of acting. In this work he has not only given us a comment on the theatre, but also a living character in the person of the actress heroine...