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Wed 26 Feb 1890 - Sportsman (Melbourne, Vic. : 1882 - 1904)
Page 2 - WHISPERS AT THE WINGS.
ftffllfcftllS AT THE W1N0.
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Fbrtootbe lWof Iresli liille on Saturday.
Dtgkfawai4le-5oyti, wline the Warn on
roo4e aidr>r-Wruira in H«nd»jJ«>g
the 8ei. Take it all rornid, I qnertjonjl
mw ««(«< ku hero : more rocoeasfnl in.
Autnlfa tliw Chades Warner. He hu
made money, he "turn made friends, mid he
. 4ms msdsaa iiuuGMntn. -What toou
wirii for more? Ceitunly he could not wish
for a nmre .dieeo-.flMchccring«cepaoa
than be had an fiatunJoy ni£htnd he coold
not Uaveeiired more hwdyand enepdmg-
ing recognitkm of his yonne daughter a in
dications of lier advance in her art. He.
ought to be, and lie says he fe satisfied.
I'm not going to discuss, anew the
merits and the demerits of Bands Across the
Sea. It isn't a play that will stand dis
secting by any means; you could pull it to
|>ieoeft; but itrliosin it the dements of pit
ting a hold of the average, andieuce ana of
giving opportunity for pronounced and
pointed acting. Like all pieces, 1 don't pare
what they are, it has uudergene at tlie
bauds of the interpreters a process of
evolution. The principal parts have deve
loped ; the minor ones have gone the other
way. Some people liavo said to me, " But
. Warner's so artificial!" Isu't melodrama
tlie most artificial sort of stage-play ? Well,
then, what should tlie interpreter of it be !
Eh t I don't know that Warner lias im
proved Joek Uudley at all. I'm ratlier
inclined to say that he overacts it
and makes the .light comedy portions too
profuse. He certainly never tnisses a point,
and docs put his whole soijl and energy and
ability intc the part.
Yes, Gracie Warner's improved, de
veloped, artistically -and physically. ou
must remember she's only nlwut IH,
and fonie jumeniseraice in the Ban-
ti _« 1 1_ 1. .J 1. fi.. a.iami
CTUIVK, UOOK FUggl'SlUU IU IIIC 1U«
Howinanygirl of her age have gone through,
in so short a stfle time, such ail -exacting
and \aricd cxiCMcncc as she has done ! Nut
many. The idea I have is, that she is over-,
worfced — willingly — and that litjr immature
abilities— and site has tliedrainatic instinct—
arc Wing forced as it were. There's the mis
take to my mind. On'c thing she must lie care
ful of — tiio must not foil into the habit of
speaking in a jerky, staccato manner.
Later on she'll coinc to the front, I think,
though, nnd do credit to her dramatic
mother — Australia — mod what she say
herself about it — and 1 dou't mippose that
anyone begradged hor tlit» reception she had
on Saturday. Maud Williamson playid the
shred of npart of thcFiiaich girl junt anil-should
lie. Wlmiatloo.iot rcc<»)cctious were brought
back 10 me by the oppcntnnce of that lassie,
Lily Clit'.ierow, in the frisky female part.
From lbig tlie baby in the farce of Mr and
Mrs White; from l»ciug one of Miss Heath's
Willie Cnrlylcs; from playing pae in a
pantomime of my own, site's workcdlter Mny
along; aud she's <jiritfi a youug thing
too. This is her chance now, and ".villi
it rests the making or marring of her
career, tihe litis a big field open to her
because, yon must remember, they have
loading and walking ladies galore ; but there
arc only one or two decent comediennes in
these colonics. I w&tchcd Lily, and she's
a bit crude ami tliin yet, is done acting
whenever rhe shiils her mouth, and is in
clined to he jerky and spasmodic in» her
spcaiviDg ami utuiip. i iiith. uil
she!! work herself out. of ; nnd i think she'll
make a capable comedienne.
You don't want anything heller than Vin
cent's Frenchman, and Fleming revive
gratifying memories of hi impersonation of
an ungrateful part. Walton's Tom BarscH
h a trillv. loo low-eomcdiaitish ; and Hamhro
dni'B fairly well as the French Count.
I don't know ihat there's anything striking,
either good or kid, about the others, ami
the scenic settings areas good a« ever they
were.
Since the Unit night they have had rattling
good houses, with the exception uf the Ores
circle, which has been u bit off.
What your dramatic daughter thinks of
your kindness to her you can gather from a
note she send me:— 1 "Ought 1 not to feel
very happy ' J was so 1101 vous, but
tbc audicuce were s.o kind aud so
encouraging I could have kissed them
nil round. Was it not n really great
night. J know father wa nervous, too. I
never heard such a reception as he raceived
oil Ills first cnirancc. I nm so delighted <0
get back to Melbourne after our hard work
oil tour, and I .assure it has indeed been bard
work for ufc; but the cordial greeting of our
dear friends here makes me feel that I could
M'ork for ever for them, aud tli ink the most
arduous Jabor pleasure. ) I have tried itara
to improvo, and sluflicd moi'uiag. noon ad
night, because J iMtend one dSy that yon
titall all lie proud of ine and cay : — "Well,
Miss Watyer'u school of art was Australia.
It was in the colonics she appeared as an
actress fit i%t ; it was here they fostered her
etnall Ix-gitniings ; it was in the colonies
they. recognised her opening talent aud made
hcravpji-eio the very highest rung of the
study to reach it."
This sort uf I'.S. is added hy Warner
himndf "Arsr.'t the Melbourne audience
glorious, eh V My heart was too full on
-Saturday nt the tremendous demonstration
on my re-appearance. I think it was
greater tlnm my first appearance in Prink.
1 shall never forget ihcir kindness, and wlieu
1 return to the old country, my atrectioiiate
remembrance of all the kindness received hi
the colonies will evev be wil h me, and 1 shall
long for Ihe lime when 1 may revisit, Aus
tralia's hospitable tiiorcs."
They had a littl outing,
tin Sunday 'twas, «f course.
And y«m n.ay not be duubtittg
They jiiusu'red tlieri in force.
To P'incfitT thy railed
lu quite a fi'ylirii trap,
And with a fea'-t thry hattb-d.
Exjifiisr ? Who cared a ran !
Tin1 Ikjj-s tlieir pipes went Mowing,
And ripping something stiff ;
Th" girls were aho ehowine
llow cigarettes 0 mid whiff.
And so they " went 11" jolly,
And ereat was their surprise,
When Doucaster at folly
In horror raided Us eyes.
Strange but tme! You can have Two
Nights at Hume in one evening nt the
Princess's. And they are enjoynbfe nights,
too, either in the artist's studio or iu the
lady's liondoir.
Uuring the day thefirown J'olter-KjTlc
Bcllew lot are rehearsing Cainille against
Satutiay. Soineliody who knowB " some-
think " was telling me that the Yankee
"society actress n Iras fallen off in appear,
ance contideraMy recently ; and I aon't
think that this rort of business will catch
on in matter-of-fact Melbourne.
Keep a thing seven years And youl!
get a use for it, they say. tio this comes in
handy just now that Mrs Brown Potter
flashes as a dramatic meteor across our
southern sky. It as taken from the
" Washington Capital" of throe or four
years ago, and it tells of the
coming into notoriety of llio Yankee
" society actress." The leading runs "Ostler.
Joe," aud the subheading is "The Poem
which shocked Washington Society." Then
; there is this — "Mrs James Brown Potter
read a lie&utifully striking poem by George
R. Sims, an English writer, at
the charitable entertainment at Secre
tary Whitney's residence. We publish
this poem in full to-day in order that
certain prudish people, who had fancied that
tliey had been shocked on Leaving tho poem,
moy peruse it aud be assured that there was
nothing improper cither in the words or tho
tone of it. We have heard " Ostler Joe "
called " Swinbuorian" in character, but such
a reference to it would be made only by
persons who cither never read this poem or
who never read 6winburne. If the object of
a public reading be not to put a
lot of stupid people to sleep, but
to produce a dramatic effect, then Mrs
Pother exercised a correct, and praiseworthy
judgment iu her selection of tins poem."
oil, I'm not goiug to give you tlie whole
poem ; you can get it, and a lot of other
good things lir tiims, for a shilling, round wt
Cole's ; but ill give you the gist of it with
two verses of quotation. Ostler Jo was 00s
of those good -hearted fellows, and ho mar
ried the tillage beauty, Annie Smith. Tliey
were happy for a bit, buttbe usual " villain
came across Annie and lured her away,
breaking Joe's heart and putting Iter on the
froth that leads to gaiety and destruction. ;
The villain takes Annie to London— hut this
Is how it runs, —
Faraway io mighty London rase the woman
'into fame,
For her branty won men's homage, and the
pfronpered in nersbmnr; '
Quick from lord to lord tile flitted, higher still
cftcli |iri£e>he wan,
Abo hrrtivals piled betide her as -the 'stars
beside the sun.
dr»gfed#Pt down
tbsRS L»» ®%r«ee for
ilhetoitnfir 4C
And tiielnror iefed givro 0 pdqr Oitlir
Joe for J«»bt»% . ; ! -- '
With thtirlrMd and.crofly jewels Hob .And
titled low bought- , -
.Wetijwi with flnng fooitiepswhaellrt.
atar «saat ns.biglit ;
Then ths dafkflnsame on swiftly, and the
gloaming turned to night, _ . /
flhtttertd strength and faded beauty toevfthe"
laurels from her brow :
Of 4hs.lhooMndi.s>iil had vonbippfdseter
one come near heir now.
Aiid tlien itgori on to tcB of thU frail,
fragile tiling lying In tramble lodgings, dying
without a »>ut to tend her. But Ostler Joe
hoars of her, goes to London, finds her out,
alt is forgiven and forgotten, and she dies in
Joe's anas. It's oue of films' lies, realistic
touches. Just you read it, and if you don't
feel that sympathetic sonietjiiug coming
over you— welli there's no heart or soul iu
you.
The Royal Comic Opera Company left by
steamer yesterday for New Zealand, where
they do a five months' tour. George
Musgrove wnsdown seeing a big crowd off—
04 of them. 'Principals — Billie Kit on,
Leumaue, Imano, Kinnaird, Meiivale,
Pollard, nnd tho rest — were there. The
chorus, thirteen of &ti orchestra, with
Caron at their bead, and scenic artist, aud
leading stage hands all floated away to
Maoriland. What do you think the fares
alone cost ? " A little cheque " for £1343 !
Pretty stiff, isn't it I Immediately on their
return tbey open at the Princess in The
Gondoliers.
The firm of W. G. and M. is dissolved
from the 4th of March. Existing contracts
are to be mutually observed, but the in-
terests in the theatres are divided. Wil-
liamson and Garner take our Royal and
Princess - and Adelaide's Royal, while
Musgrore hold's Sydney's Royal. It may
be that H. H. Vincent will remain here and
manage for Musgrovc, who may arrange to
work in with the MacMahons at the Opera
House.
George Darrell writes 111c from Diinedin
uoderaatc 1'Jtli inst: —
"Business excellent here, notwithstand
ing the Exhibition, which is a great opposi
tion. The Pakcha lias Caught on splendidly.
The critics unMiimourfy prououuvc it the
best play I have yet written.
"Next week I produce The Lucky Let,
Caradoc's Crime aud Forloni Hoiie. it i«
the race week, and I anticipate uoiug trc-
metidoiis his.
44 1 shall leave for Melliountr, in nil pro
bability, by Wuirarnpa on 'JSth l-Vhruarj'."
The Sultan of Mocha goes merrily at tlie
Opera House, just as it did before. That's
nil llmt need ho said about it. Saturday
brings Nemesis, one of the most lauglinhlc
skits I know of. Yon just want Terry or
Charlie Groves to plav Calino and you— well
at least I would be happy.
Upat tho Alexandra they have boon giv
ing Tlie World Agaiurt Her to very fair
butsinex, bnt 1 fancy f hoy arc thinking more
of wlmt Robbery Under Anns is to do than
niiythfng else. They've been rehearsing
busily, and Dampicr and Garnet Walch,
wlto have adapted the novel, have been
giving Ihcir best attention — and yon know
what the "hurt." of two such men means —
to the preparation of the piece.
My tiydney friend tolls you this about llio
shows over there —
tiignur Hnzon gave ids second orchestral
c<'iricert ut the Exhibition building, iSutur-
day afternoon, whou the attendance was :
good, ami everything wont well.
Little jurd iaunilcrov draws all right at
the Royal. There's a lot of difference 111
the representation of Miss Hopkins and Miss
Berkley, and instead of running each for a
week, the management wisely detcnuiucd
they should play on alternate nfghtR.
Caste at the Criterion is-, without doubt,
one of the heM thing the company has done.
All the profession agree that Anson's Kccles,
iu particular, and the company severally, a
each has n good chance, havecclipscd former
efforts. Bettor still for the firm, the build
ing js packed nightly. AU this week you
couldn't, engage a scat for love or money, all
being taken to the end of the season.
Iu one way its a big pity the piece can't have
a longer run, for any lover of good noting
could ecc "Caste as she is ployed" several
times a month with pleasure atul profit. B.
and B.'s season here lias artistically been a
big success, and financially thoy have 1>een
.well rewarded, as they certainly deserve
On Saturday well have to brash away the
starting tear, aud nay good-bye to them
we hope not for long. After a long ran,
Midsummer Night's Dream vanished from
Her Majesty's, to give place to Jlen Lund-
scek's melodrama, My Jack. Unfortunately,
our tried friend, Koto Bishop, is ill,
nnd cannot yet appear in it.
May she soon he restored. My Jack
is a mixture uf all the Jacks,
the sensational liemg thrown in honis-holus
almost 10 the nauseating point., From a
literary point of view you could not praise
il much, though some of the critic have
been cruel (to tliti public) lo l>c kiud lo the
new piece. There are some good
scenes willi variety business thrown
in, and .hick, which first night was
not over t ill midnight, promises to he inucli-
beloved of the gods, nlay it not die young
on that accou.it, for the management's oakc
anyhow. It's essentially a tinsel and glitter
piece, aud won't lie liuit by condensaliuii.
J. G Williamson left ill ihe Frisco mail
1 mat on Wednesday nnd had a good rend-off.
Adelaide attractions are notified by my
confrere over there thus : — Some of the
members of the London l'avilion C/ompauy
have been lcfi in Adelaide lamenting be
cause the ghost won't walk. Tln;y are nego
tiating fur jwiymcni by the aid of a lawyer, as
several of litem desire to return to Eughuid
to their wives and families. Jt is hoped
that au amicable settlement will be arrived
at.
Jolly Nash and two or t#hrcc vocalists
have been running an attractive little show
entitled " Be Merry and Wise ; or a lecture .
ou Laughter," at Garner's Booms during
the week, ana doing fair business, but not
commcusurate with the merits of the show,
which is good enough to attract large
audiences. No doubt Jolly will inn it
through the colonies with good kucccsa.
The theatre is still closed.
j asmauiau tattle taken from the weeklies
runs : —
Snazclle is experiencing an unusually suc
cessful season at the Town Hall, Hobart,
the place being crowded nightly. He returns
to Laiincestou shortly, and will open at the
Mechanics' Institute.
The St Johu-Wilkinson Gaiety Bur
lesque Company arc still in the uortli-
eastern districts.
(i ration Biggs has been indulging in
fishing excursions in Hobart. His latest
catch was a full grown specimen of the
" umbrella fish."
Tbc curtain of the Launceston Academy
of Music bas been down all the week, and
will not rise again til - Monday evening,
when the HoUaway-Howe Dramatic Com
pany commences a season. They have had
a'good run in the South, and wound up with
the Ring of Iron. Some of the members
are in town recuperating.
Friedman's World's Novelty Company
wound up a rather sick season at the
Academy of Music on Saturday evening, and ,
are now amusing Hobartoniana at the
Bog&i
Never since Miss Amy Shcrwiri'took .the,;
lie&rtp of the inusic-loving people of Hobart :
by storm has it fallen to the lot of any lady '
vocalist to achieve the success won by J
Mad&me Manan Burton, who ha been an-
pcaring ou the couoert platform there.
The new crowd at the Victoria have, J
tiiink, caught ou;, and the St George's
people are doing very fair bnticMs,.arEtip
Lincoln prospers at the Athemmim.
Jennie Lee s in town and may go to New
Zealand nnd Queensland. . Liddy is
down jn Melbourne from the other tide and,
will arrange tor., Uickards here and Jennie '
Lee else where. . Richards wi)l<men at the
Palace de Varieties tiiortly, J- gallon 1
and those, who came' out with.lum for 4he
pantomime, return to England by the mall
steamer ou Friday. » Johnme O'NeU,
one of ottr dramatic identities, and a folfy
good follow, takes a Iwy. at the . Hibernian
Hall on Friday, and see you lie there, mind
you. . . Harry Raynor, of the brothers who
were out here, is dead, and so's Jennie
Rogers, of the Brjnee ot. Wales, Bitttltfg-
bam. . Bland Holt's at Balhtimt. .«
Simonscn's crowd were at .Penola on Mini
day audjwork their way -to Adelaide. « .
In answer to a correspondent, Icahuot fihd
out here where the Herbert-King <drcus ia.
Tb<y my soe this udllct tne know. . .
The mmsted contifaa, -Bitty Swostoam,
firsfadsss minstrel a off varietr
it is stated, left os
fled January, bound for Australia. , #
Pw old fricudJVul) Norton, ia at present in
3A>ndon, having concluded -a successful tout 1
18 rough California, British Colombia, Japan,
yhina, Australia, New Zealand, and the
indies. He is now reorganising aourthroo£b
Jlmerica. . . The "Era" eafrs that \VU.
Bam Bignol J was to stil oil the 31st olt.
fter s.s. IberiaOricnt line, accompsnied by
WtoipsriBaaiifliiieee, CorBydneyj "
to produce Nowadays, tor his brother George,
Easter, j«nd hopes to -
netura to Knghnd in the late Autqmn. Wil.
liam eontidcrs be has lieen more successful
as Jack Saxtou than in any part he has ever
played an thisoMmtry! and hopes to make
thepieto«-M'to&|feothcr-tsMa. -
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WHISPERS AT THE WINGS. (1890, February 26).Sportsman (Melbourne, Vic. : 1882 - 1904), p. 2. Retrieved March 29, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article227941799
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"WHISPERS AT THE WINGS."Sportsman (Melbourne, Vic. : 1882 - 1904) 26 February 1890: 2. Web. 29 Mar 2025 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article227941799>.
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1890 'WHISPERS AT THE WINGS.',Sportsman (Melbourne, Vic. : 1882 - 1904), 26 February, p. 2. , viewed 29 Mar 2025, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article227941799
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{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article227941799 |title=WHISPERS AT THE WINGS. |newspaper=[[Sportsman]] |issue=471 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=26 February 1890 |accessdate=29 March 2025 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}

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