Morning journal and courier., 1881-12-12
Entertainments.

HAvERLY's sTRATEGIsTs. Haverly's Strategists Comedy company are booked for Carls Opera House on the evenings of 18th and 10th, with large company Of excellent performers
 FOUR.
 On Friday and Saturday evenings of this week tThe Big Four" will give variety entertainment at of by our exchanges and fine performance is as- snred
 PUNCH AND JUDY
 with their entire family together with their cousins week at the Parior Opera House, 49O State street Clarence H. White, the wonderful ventriloquist, will introduce them.to the ladies and children THE voKEs FAMILY.
 This evening the ever welcome vokes family will appear at Carll's Opera House in that delightful comedy, ''The Bellies of the Kitchen" which is in dancing and comical situations, the whole making most enjoyable entertainment. Reserved seats are on sale st Loomis.
 CALIFORNIA MINsTRELs. skifs famous California Minstrels and Golden City brass band will appear at the New Haven Opera House on Wednesday and Thursday evenings of this week every member is said to be a star. There four end men and the prices will bs popular" Seats now on sale at Loomis. PROFESSOR cADwELL. Commencing this evening Professor Caldwell will occupy the boards at the Grand Opera House this and give illustrated lectures on sMesmerism and Pgy- chology," and will give grand matinee on Wednes- twenty-ve cents, with ten cents additional for served seat. Gallery seats fifteen cents LAzARE, LIFE's MISTAKE. The great emotional drama sLazare, Life's Mis- take" is to be presented at the New Haven Opera House on Friday and Saturday evenings and satur- matinee, with Alexander Caufman in the leading
 sn sre highly spoEeD Of by the TOroto Rofd and other journals of note in the New Dominion. It is of the East Lynne order of dramas and MT. Caufman | has made hit as Lazare.
 MICHAEL sTRoGoFF. The performance of ssMichael Strogoff,' given at \ the Grand Opera House Saturday afternoon and tatons spectacular drama ever seen in this city. The ballet unusually large and occupied large share of the time allotted to the performance The costumes brilliant and novel, and the perform ance as whole all that claimed for it. Good audiences present and literally bestowed their ! applause.
 AMERICAN THEATER. ! The American Theater presents another new spe- ciay company this week for the amusement of their
 many patrons there can be no doubt of it's supe- the theater, for the list includes of the best known in the variety minstrel profession. The untiring efforts the management of this cosy
 little temple of amusement to please the patronss meeting with good success.
 MIR. RIDDLES READINGS.
 MT. George Riddle, instructor of elocution in liar yard University will give course dramatic read ings in the Atheneum the first of which will be given this evening and the second on Wednesday evening Of his first reading in Hartford the Ianes says: A
 more interested and delighted audience is seldom gathered in Hartford than the which filled the body of Unity Hall last evening The attraction was the first of series of three entertainments by Mr. ' George R1ddle the accomplished elocutionist and actor, from Harvard It was not the first time that Hartford people have had the privilege of hearing MT. Riddle in his readings; and he comes with an added reputation since the in which he took such leading part" HISTORICAL LECTURES
 ~Dr. Freeman, the English historian delivered an- other in his of historical lectures at North
 arean Teat rtaD ae spoks m Q. Goa have been less directly touched by Rome and her Tss 4L is s1s f or; 1i m torical knowledge and then spoke of the influence l which Rome did exert on England and her institu- tiOns. presenting much valuable thought. The Eng fish language received large Roman infusion into influence on English common law, and then of the common history of England and the United States then of special points in American polity, referring to our Congress Qboth houses and system of gov | ernment, comparing it in special points with the CTS the next lecture in the course this evening The ! lectures are well attended.
 | ROBSON AND CRANE.
 The Carn Opera House comfortably filled last | Saturday evening, when Robson and Crane with l their own comedy company in the support present. | ed comedy adapted from Shakesreare's Twelfth aptation 1t often verges from the text and ac- tion of the original work For instance the fool is ! Countess Olivia, and thereby. becomes prominent, where in the original he does not appear at all This also in that of some of the others. considerable portion is cut entirely and original song also introduced The conceptions of the characters Sir Am drew Aguecheek" and 'Sir Toby Belch" by Crane and Rosbon parake of the nature oR too low give them Shakespearean flavor although they clever in themselves. MT. Crane was the best of the two and was, after the manner of Falsta, boated, pulent body. He was enabled in this character to show his excellence as comedian and acted the sot very cleverly. Robsons makeup long, lean lank and cadaverous individual with 8 countenance de- picting the last stages of consumption, ridicu- I lous contrast His Cha ha," uttered in his usual penny trumpet tone, greatly amused the audience Mr. Harry Meredith's 'MalYolio" excellent, be- ing good conception and worthy of the marked ap- probation 1t received. Miss Alicia Robson the page was the favorite of the evening "Thy tongue thy face, thy hmbs actions and spirit do give thee fvefold blazon"-a quotation from the lines of the countess-aptly applies in describing her in this character The rest of the characters sustained in manner to make the whole performance 9 very acceptable one The audience were liberal in ap- plause the leading artists being called before the onstrated that the performance is taking one and will succeed, despite the sacrifice of the original drama.