Morning journal and courier., 1880-03-10

fortunate enough to be present were well re- paid. Aunt Polly and company will be well
 come whenever they shall present themselves
 to New Haven audiences.
 THE YALE NAVY BENEFIT. The students are making elaborate prepa- rations for the performance to be given at Goes Opera House on Tuesday evening, March 16, for the benefit of the Yale navy. The juniors have been working hard to make their play ''The Liar' the success, which, judging from its present outlook, it promises to be. The parts are carefully assigned to the best talent in the class. The Glee Club are work
 ing hard at the minstrel part of the entertain ment, while the end men are gathering in
 jokes from all quarters Though coming in
 Lent, the audience bids fair to be large one and one that will greatly enrich the coffers of
 the navy. The people of the city should lend
 hearty support.
 TABLEAUx AND CONCERT. The tableaux and concert in the interest of the New Haven branch of the Woman's Board of Missions will be given at the Grand Opera House this evening, commencing promptly at o'clock. The programme is as follows: PART FIRST. Yale Orchestra.
 Tableaux. Cottage Scenes Songs. Yale Giee Cub
 song@ait was Dream" .ooVen Miss Hazlet.
 songs nae aies O!un IaDl9aux. E eSt1Yal 0ceuee PART SECOND. Tableaux Bertalda a Fisher Girl Yale Orchestra.
 Song" Mia PiccireIla," from |" salvatcr ] Gomez r'oSA '''''''' Miss H.zi.t Song. YaIe dlee Clun Carriages may be ordered at 10 o'clock. An outline of the story of ''Undine' will be dis l tributed at the hall with the programmes. Horse cars will bs waiting in front of the In
 surance building at the close, going each way | to Fair Haven and Westville. WIDOW BEDoTT. On the first presentation of "Widow Be- dott" in Buffalo the Courier said stMr. D. R. | Locks's (Petroleum V. Nasby's) 'Widow Bedott had it's first representation at the Academy of Music last night, and the theater
 was crowded. To keep an audience laughing | for three full hours is Q dramatic feat rarely
 accomplished, and certainly not approached in
 these latter days and the Widow Bsdott | is by all odds the funniest drama on the I American boards. AS a play it is complete. There are no dull moments in it, and the fun ! increases in volume with each succeeding scene until the curtain drops on the fourth act The humor is richly unctuous the dia- | logue pithy and telling; the fun is positively electrical in it's effects. and from beginning to end the audience are permitted no discretion but to laugh.'
 The "widow" will appear at Goes Opera
 House on Friday and Saturday evenings and Saturday afternoon of this week. The sale of seats will commence at the box office this morning.
 LAWRENCE BARRETT. A brilliant audience will greet Mir. Law renee Barrett on his appearance at Goes Opera House tomorrow evening in his new play of t'Yorick's Love-" The persons in
 this drama are actors; time, Shakespeare's
 day; place, London; scene, an actor's home,
 and the stage, first behind the scenes-the
 new play supposed to be performing to an
 imaginary audience, and afterward to the real
 audience, where tragedy is enacted which has
 been plotted behind the scenes, and natural
 ly weayes itself into the new play the com pany of actors are now engaged in play
 ing for the first time. The motive is jealousy; first professional which makes the plotting
 villain; and afterward, domestic, which
 drives an actor in @ murder playing scene to
 enact real tragedy as @ member of theatre
 company. He receives the cue for the play
 tragedy in the shape of real letter, and his
 own household names, instead of the play
 property letter, and the result is 8 genuine
 tragedy in a new play upon that old stage.
 The blending of the fictitious and real ele-
 ments in the play are it's strong original tea
 tures, and the development of genuine from
 the simulated passion is maryelously well done.