The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-11-19
AMUSEMENT MATTERS.
The Abbott Opera Season-The Other The
atrical Attractions This Week.

The Abbott Opera Company, the most popular
musical organization that visits this city, will
begin limited engagement at the Grand to-
night, and the advance sale gives promise of a
profitable season. The company is said TO be
numerically and artistically stronger than ever
before. ana has met with great success this sea-
son. Tonight Adolph Adams's entertaining
opera-conlique, "King for a Day." will be pre-
sented, with Martha" tomorrow night, La
File de Madame Angot," Wednesday matinee;
"Lncia de Lammermoor," on Wednesday night,
and "Mignon" on Thursday night. Besides Miss
Abbott who is a general favOrte, the company
this season includes Mrs. seguin-Wallace,
the artistic contralto. whose home is in this city;
sig. TAgliapletra. the noted baritone; Julie
ROsewald, William Castle, Sig. Fabrini, VIM.
bIouericK ana other well-knOwn artlsts. me
chorus is large and well trained, and theUrches-
ira VIII be under the direction Prof. ROsewald.
The cast for tonight is as follows:
Nemea, the Princess. Emma Abbott
Zelldi, sister to ZephOris.. Zelda Seguin
King Sig. Taglia pietra
Kadour, the princely villain. 49,. VIM. Broderick
Zezil, tax gaTherer. Observation-Disclosures. Walter Allen
Plfear, Zelidps lover. Victor Novello
On Friday and Saturday evening next and az
the Saturday matinee, the Few conedy-drama,
"a Mountain PINK" Will be produced at the
Grand Opera-hOpae by Miss Louise Sylvester and
a company OF such wel-known professional
people as Frank E. AiKen, James j. Holland.
Frank r. Pierce, Barry Maxwell Harry Hawk,
Helen Sedgwlck, Genevieve Rogers, Marie Lear
and others. The piece is said be of the IN liss
school,, and has met with considerable favor in
other cities. 1t was written by EIwyn Barron,
ofthe Chicago Inter Ocean:
Englishs viii be closed for the first part of
the week, and on Thursday night Mr. Bernard
McAuly will present his well-known comedy,
"a Messenger from Jarvis ST cton." On Friday
night he Will appear, for the first time in this
city, as Falstaff, in Henry ~" and much inter-
est Is felt in this performance. THE Jersey
man" will be given at the matinee, and the en-
gagement will conclude on Saturday night with
a repetition of the first nights bill.
The Park will be occupied all week by E. T.
Goodrich, who Will present his new sensational
play, Monte, or Double Life,' in which
those of Clark and Edwards Ward and Lynch,
Mile Louise the Mann brothers, Edwin Varney
and W. II. smedley. The bill should attract
Thomas DAILY, "black- face" comedian, for
merly of Emerson, Clark and the DAILY brothers,
has been elected to the Massachusetts Legisla-
ture from Boston.
Clara Morris will probably give three perform
anees here, New Magdaene," Camille" and
"Article Forty seven," at her return engage
ment here in February
Joseph Wheeloek, who is making prom ounced
success during the present season as Dave
Hardy in "Esmeralia," will create the part of
Steve Harland in Belasco's new play, "May
BlOssom," which will be brought out next season
by Gustave and Charles Fcohman.
Mr.. David Wheeler, of this city, who has been
advance agent for the Anna Dickinson Dramatic
Company, has returned home, and he didn't
walk, either. The company has Gisband-
ed, after rather disastrous season.
Mr.. Wheeler is of the opinion that
Miss Dickinson could make money if she would
allow some competent person to manage her
business, but this she will never do, and as long
as she ins1sts Oh carrying out her own ideas she
Will not be successful actress. He says,
for inst lance, that she insists on playing "Ham-
let" although many people will not 90 to see her
in il. At Detroit she put "Anne Boleyn,"
and made a hit with it, playing to good business.
but when she went back to Hamlet" in spite of
the protests of her manager, the houses fell off
to almost nothing.
Mr.. Abbey is a bold and adventurous manager,
says a New York writer, but he is also a wonder
fully lucky man. He made handsome profit
last week az the new Opera-house something no.
body believed possible; his Grand Opera-hOuse
was packed all the week with the "Siver King"
Irving ran up at the Star Theater to over $751;
GOO on the week, which gives Abbey personally
net profit OF more than $4,000. The Park
Theater in Boston is doing a large business, and
Mary Anderson surpassed Irvings receipts in
his own theater in London. 1t appeared to be a
sudden boom in all the Abbey specuatiOns,
though it must be remembered the losses on the
first few weeks were severe, and will take some
time to make them up. But the people have got
to running in that direction now, and the sue
cess is no longer matter of question.