Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-04-08
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The production OF "pina,ora- hoe a,..
reSoIutonlzed American theafers MT. Loan
manacar r h mSo n, may De called a veteran
hundred nights 10 the Philadelphia pnhlic az
the ease and gentflity OF the opera and the
Se e OF the airs which IN no respect
Mr Ford sent me word last week 60 come over
anu anu see the piece as he believed &c would be
ycuy seen ana nswsy s 70 e lad pre-
.neners. The manager was right: the piece "a
pelioIined there was a real revelation Only
among the stage people: this was Lille An.
nanaaie, who had sung I'm the StraIosch froune
Feil's Po,n, ne R ana piguant married lady from
by Blanche Thompson, a V,ntn,a pttrI . sums
pretty ana composed Hebe is 1ha IIra.1 v
Mincle' VI who se p plees; Ills Is acted by Miss
Belle Mckenzie. She Is about twenty 49,. VI
90, and a.fennsylvania girl, POSSESSING Ire
SOFT countenance OF that commonwea,tSo
whose women are not so much noted for ssvl.
as for eomplacency. This young girl WAS y
Lupll OF the Normal school, and during the
Centennial ran away stage struck, and pre-
scented herself 10 Manager Ford. who TOOK ner
back 10 her parents. She ran away the second
tine, ana then he prevailed on her parents 10
iet him adopt her and bring her up. Ford SAID
10 me: In my experience with the theater.
that Is tie only & Cd Batured investment \
ever maoe whiCn brought me back any money
| attribute the success OF my piece 10 that girl
livery morning 1 get mail OF from ten 20 one
hundred letters addressed 10 her. she does not
see them al all l open the envelopes aud oc-
caSonally when i SIC Mt show her some OF
ihefr enclosures. Here Is letter now from a
hoy about fourier years old; ne wrote a letter
10 Belle ana ! told her TO answer &c: conse-
quently the boy writes every day, and has
grown wild She don't answer any more let
tiers"
Sir Joseph Porter In this company is sung BY
an Old actor named Denham: Ralph RackstraW
sung by John Garner. young fellow from
st Mary 'scoupty, Mary iand-tbe colonial conn-
~ OF the state-who became possessed OF a
small fortune and Went to Europe TO cultivate
his voice
There is no possible comparison between the
production OF 'Pinafore' at the Broad Street
Iheaier and its performance at any OF the New
YORK houses. When the curtain ascends at
Pllladeiphil there Is seen a ship taking uo the
Whole stage with the masts not Ia prolific "a
we are accustomed 10 see them. but one behind
The other, reaching 10 the rear wall OF the thea
Ter, and each mast appears To be taken out OF a
vessel The rigging Is real, aud sailor boys are
seen SHINING down the ropes and going up the
Lalyards. The chorus is composed Of pretty
Baltimore girls, and every person on the stage
works rot only with wholeness but with defer
ence TO the leading points In the piece. Butter.
cup does not slash her arms about and make
nurlesque OF the part. "Pfnafore" was intended
70 pe protest and sign OF the reaction against
ouilesque ana French opera boufe The more
Iucuy anQ respectfully Ii Is sung the better ts
the audlence collected Church people have
Lace Iully one half OF Ford's houses for the
MOItn past Gath an the Grapksc