Thursday night at the Lyceum Theatre the Dallas Company played Wilson Barrett's great religious melodrama, The the Cross," before a satisfactorily large audience, stalls, pit and gallery being quite fall, and the only parts of the house in which vacant seats were visible being the dress circle and boxes. The work, which is too well known to call either for criticism or description from us now, is full of incident and interest, with just sufficient of the tender passion infused into the plot to make the play acceptable. Mr. Dallan Buperhus, with energy anil dignity, while layed the part of the hero, Mr. Percival Knight's study of Nero was well-conceived and satisfactory. Mr. Duncan Munro delighted the audience with his most consistent representation of the Granken but good-natured Glabrio, and the other mule characters were all adequately supported. Of the ladi the cast, it may be said that Mrs. Henry Dallas sustained the beautiful role of th Virgin Martyr, Mercia. with mud and grace combined with dramatic intensity and feeling, and richly deserved every hand-clap of the plaudits with which she was rewarded. Miss Marie Arnold made an attractive representative of the wealthy patrician Indy Berenice, andthe other sang "Soldiers of the Queen." by special jadies were sufficiently clever. The dresses were good, the scenery effective. and the Mage management deserved high commendation.
Zaza."
When Mr. Dallas first produced "Zaza" in Shanghai, it was the general opinion that it was the best performance that the Company had given in Shanghai, and it was only natural, therefore, that there were many requests for a repetition of the piece. The drama was repeated on Friday night, to a full house, the occa sion being the benefit of Mrs. Henry Dallas, who received quite an ovation both on her first appearance during the croning
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