The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-04-21
"rHE DOCTOR OF ALcANrARA."
The Unity Clubs Offering to Cincinnati
Charitlea

The Unity Club made its first great hi
In its presentation of "The Sleeping Beau
ty," or rather Of "A Sleeping Beauty" fol
there are people who still contend that the
real production came first, and that the
Unity Clubs effort was burlesque. But
be this true or not the great hit was made
by the Unity Club, and since that time the
pubic has known it as the leading organi'
zation of the kind in Cincinnati. Its next
achievement was in being the first to give
us "Pinafore," and then came the series OF
popular lectures which filled Pixies every
Sunday afternoon during The past season.
Last evening the Club scored another til
umph in giving us Eichberg's comic opera,
THE Doctor of Alcantara"
The programme gave the cast as follows,
with the additional items mentioned:
Dr. Parace!sus.. s.........-...-....Mr.W W. G. Cochran
Bathazar Mr. Edward Cooper
Mr. Jonn (. Dudley
Don fomposo.. Chapman johnson
ssneso sssnsa POrtsn .aF MF /; 1 HsFSIaye HHsEsIaye
isabella. Miss Dora Henninges
lnez Mrs. w. A. Hall
Chorus Of Citizens. serenaders, Night-watch,
Gypsies, etc.
introducing the Spanish National Dances, La
Jota Aragonesa" and La Bella sevilla"
Stage Manager. er........--.. Mr.W. Austin Goodman
The whole produced under the supervision
OF Mr. Edward Cooper.
Ireasurer.............. Mr.. Albert G. CLARK
All the characters were we'll sustained
and it was one of ths best amateur efforts
we have ever enjoyed. Mrs. VIM. A. Hall
as ''lnez" was the decided hit of the oc
casion. She has rare appreciation of the
part and her singing and acting are both
unusually fine. The following description
of the costumes will be found interesting
THE CHORUS.
Miss Evans. white; Miss Stanwood, pink
and garnet; Miss Hill, light blue; Mis-.
Leonard, buff; Miss Alice Allen, light
pink; Miss Genevieve Allen, lavender
Miss Fithian, rose pink and black; Miss
shoemaker, crimson and black Miss Elsie
Field, white, with black and gold; Mis-.
Wilder, blue with black and gold; Mis-.
Coolidge, blue and blacS; Miss Dodd, vel
low and black; Miss Tempest blue anG
scarlet.
Miss Winnie Smith, Miss Crowther, Miss
Truesdale, Miss Sennett.
THE DANCERS.
Miss Hattie Evans with Spencer Dodd,
Miss May Stanwood with Fenton Lawson,
Miss Ida Hill with Harry Woods Miss Ger.
tie Leonard with George N. Jones, Jr.,
Miss Alice Allen with Charles Green, Miss
Kate Handy with Harry Leonard, Miss
Genevieve Allan with George Hill, Miss
Belle Fithian with James b. Stanwood.
CHILDREN DANCERS.
La Petite, Ballerina-Gertie Rawson,
Tommy Gilpin, Oracle Weitzel, Clarence
Pinguely, Annie Louise Megrue Edward
Rawson, Mamie Rawson, Charles Riley,
Lille Smith, Andrew Atherton, Daisy
Spence, Samuel Early, Carrie Rawson,
Charlie Robinson, Blanche Goudhue, Bun
ME Starbuck, Mary Tyler, Joe Young,
Bertha Webster, Clifford Andrews, Helen
Glenn.
''The Doctor of Alcantara" tonight by
the same club. Proceeds 20 to the Wild.
ows Home and associated charities of Gin.
cinnati.
AMUSEMENT NOTES.
IAN Arabian Night" next week at the
Grand.
Mr.. John Dillon, supported by Miss Lou.
lisa Dillon and good Company, appear at
the Grand this afternoon and evening for
the last time in FREAKS of Fortune"
Thursday evening the great play, 'The
Lancashire Lass"
Heuck's Opera-house NIP and Tuck"
Next week Big Four Minstrels
Next week at Pixies Opera-house 'The
Pirates of Penzance." Sale of seats will
commence at the box Office of the Opera
house tomorrow morning.