Morning journal and courier., 1880-12-21
Entertainments.
CHRISTMAS ATTRACTION.

Entertainments.
 CHRISTMAS ATTRACTION. The powerful company with Mrs. Thomas
 Barry, the popular leading lady at its head which is now playing Montreal and other
 cities, will appear in Carlrs Opera House on
 Friday evening and on Christmas matinee
 and evening, producing the great Union Square success "A Celebrated Case" It has
 been long time since the play has been given here and will receive a cordial welcome THE OLD CROSS.
 On Friday evening next the Wellesley Sterling Combination will appear at Peck's
 Grand Opera House in the grand romantic
 drama entitled "The Old Cross; or, The Dogs of the Monastery.'' The largest and
 best trained St. Bernard dogs in the world will be introduced in the play, also very | large Siberian bloodhound known as ssSam- | bo." Seats are now on sale at Loomis' music store.
 A CELEBRATED CASE
 The Christmas attraction at Carll's Opera
 House on next Friday evening, and
 Saturday afternoon and evening, will be Thayer, Smith & Moulton's company, l l York, and the play to be presented "A Cele-
 brated Case" Mrs Thomas Barry, late of
 the Boston Theater, will appear in the dual l role of ''Madeline' and ''Adrienne," and
 she will be supported by frst-class compa- ny. Reserved seats are now on sale at Loomis'.
 DEACON CRANKETT.
 Messrs- Near & Clarke, of the New Haven
 Opera House, promise rare treat to our
 citizens on next Friday evening and Saturday
 afternoon (matinee) and evening, when the
 great New York success from the Union
 Square theatre, entitled Deacon Crankett, D
 will be produced This play is New Eng
 land idyl by John Habberton Esq.,, author
 of ''Helen's Babies," and when last given
 here was well received. The sale of seats
 will commence at Loomis' tomorrow morn
 ing.
 SARAH BERNHARDT IN CAMILLE"
 The appearance in this city of the famous
 actress Sarah Bernhardt, who has been crea-
 ting such furore in New York and Boston,
 has been looked forward to by theatres going
 people with intense interest That the house
 would be we'll filled was evident from the
 first days sale of seats. The audience was
 brilliant and fashionable one, large number of ladies being present. That the enthusiasm created by the great French actress is in part a sort of fashionable craze there is no doubt, but neither is there any doubt that Mademoiselle Bernhardt's acting is in itself a power of attraction and accounts for the great success with which she has met. Her personal appearance was no doubt @ surprise to most of those who had heard and read about her. Her thinness has been greatly exaggerated. She is, however, quite slight, and is rather tall, of symmetrical form, moves with ease and grace, and in gesture is wonderfully perfect and expressive Her voice is clear and musical, and though she speaks with great rapidity her enunciation is marvelously perfect, her slightest whisper being distinctly audible. Her entrance upon the stage was greeted with appropriate recognition. AS the play proceeded the interest increased, her action so .clearly indicating her meaning as to enable all who were conversant with the play to follow easily During the first act the audience was so intent upon satisfying it's curiosity that it did not show any signs of deep interest in the play. But towards the close of the second act it was aroused by her anguish in consequence of ''Armand's" jeal- ous letter and the intensely pathetic manner in which she pictured her life's dream. In the love scenes in this act she was simply 1 charming. At the end of the act the curtain | fell amid hearty applause. In the third act | Miss Bernhardt showed her great I ability in delineating passion and intense | feeling and fairly startled the audience | with her cry of despair when it first flashed | upon her that ''Armand's" father wished to | separate them forever, and in the great act of 1 which followed she evinced a | wonderful power of expressing mental suf- | fering and anguish. The death scene was | very realistic, and although it was pervaded | by peaceful and hopeful spirit the audience felt relieved when it was over. The support | was generally good, and particularly so in the of Armand, {" by M. Angelo.
 The advantages of having such theater as CarIl's Opera House in this city were again thoroughly demonstrated last evening.
 So fine collection of beautiful goods as is offered at the fine store of the Messrs. Bur gess x Burgess is great addition to the at