The Archive · 1900

The Passing of Our Regiment

A LARGE and very appreciative audience was present at the Lyceum on Saturday evening at the repetition of "Our Regiment," and every point, every absurdity, every bit of good acting was promptly taken up and heartily applauded. This naturally helped the play to go even better than on Tursday evening, and as Mr. V. de Maire acted a little more briskly, and the intervals were not nearly so long, the result was another great success. Miss Lehte May was again the centre of attraction by her charm, her naturalness, and her perfect appreciation of her somewhat inconsistent role; the it which animated her defiance of her undo in the second act, and the tenderness of her love-making in the third—both in delightful contras: to her girlish insouciance ain the first act—being a8 before striking evidence of the histrionic talent Miss May possesses. Mrs. Borrott and Miss Santa Cruz were both again charming in the comparatively small arts they filled so graciously; Miss Mabel Moss_was inimitable as the kind-hearted Mrs. Dobbinson with a will of her ow Mrs. Constable was perfection as the pretty maidservant; and the men were all worthy of the ladies in the cast, Mr. Fitz-Spavin being again followed with roars of Inughter. The very pretty scenery came in again for plause, and the substitution i al of a selection from "Rip van Winkle " for that from Lohengrin" was thoroughly appreciated by the majority of the audience which filled the theatre.

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