Our visitors, we trust, will not take these criticisms amiss, since we object to little that cannot easily be remedied while nothing is further from our wish than to detract from the general excellency of the whole season's work. It must be confessed that the feminine roles were not as a rule so well sustained asthe male. In Miss Helen Grenville the Company possesses a thoroughly capable and charming actress who can rise occasionally to real heights. There was one moment, in the last act of "Old Heidelberg," in which she sent such a thrill through the house as no actress could have wished to surpass. Her playing of the part of Kathie was always sweet, natural and affecting. In other respect the feminine side of the Company needs strengthening. Among the men there jis no need here to add to the deserved praise which has already been given to Mi But his supreme merit should not blind us to the excellence of other actors, the polished sureness of Mr. Sydney Pease and the delightful comedy of Mr. Sinclair Cotter. Different tastes will have selected different- plays for preference, bult certain performances stand out clearly in undisputed success; Mr. Claude King's Earl of Pawtucket, Miss Grenville's Kathie, Mr. Sydney Pease's Von Hank, Mr. Cotter's Wil-in the Earl of Pawtucket, and is Kellerman in "Old Heidelberg." Beyond these there is seen a background in which nearly every player stands possessed of some virtue, supported on good knowledge of stage-craft. We would wish the Bandmann Company bon rayage and an early return to Shanghai,
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