The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-29
THE AMUSEMENT REVIEW.


The season at the Grand will be practically
closed this week. and excellent attractions have
been provided in consequence. Tonight and to-
morrow night Miss Clara Morris, the distin-
gdished actress, will appear in conjunction with
her carefully selected company, which includes
Gustavus Leyick, Clements Bainbridge, Lille
Eldredge and others. To night Miss Morris will
play Mercy Merrick in 1.-THE New Magdalen,"
and tomorrow night tho title role in Camille"
The advance sale for the first named
performance is larger than for the ether,
although Mr. Wilkie Collinss play is comparative
ly unknown here. The sale of seats is very
large, there being considerable demand from
people of other cities. The Morris engagement
promises to be fashionable event, and it is sure
to be a marked artistic success.
THE zoo THEATER.
The Zoo Theater had its usual large Monday
night house last night and the performance
given by Lille Halls company was received
with much laughter and applause. The special
ties were those of the San Francisco quartette,
good singers, Hodges and Bliss, Lulu Wentworth,
Ophelia Starr an old favorite, Miss La Font
Frank Campbell, Lew Tatum and others. The
performance concluded with the burlesque
''Hassanbad, or the pretty Princess" The COM
wi matinees to-day, Thursday and Saturday.
NOTES
The advance sale for the strangers of Paris"
at the Grand the latter part of the week will be-
gin this morning. 1t is very interesting melo
drama, deliberately mounted and well acted.
Haverlys Minstrels, with Billy Richardson,
Carroll johnson and the rest, will give single
performance at English's Thursday night, the
burlesque princess of Madagascar" being the
principal attraction.
Buffalo Bill has new terror in store for the
public He has added to his Great West"
show five 'Rocky Mountain canares" Trans
lated these canaries are burros and he has Sc
cured the most vociferous of their breed. What
these animals cannot accomplish with their heels
they finish with their oratory.
Mr. Wilson Barrett it is now definitely de-
cided, will come to this country the year after
next, bringing the entire organization of the
Princesss Theater, London with him. He will
appear in "Claudian," for which the American
rights have been carefully reserved with this end
in view. 1t is his present intention to shortly
revive Hamlet at this theater. and if it proves
successful he will make that, also, feature of
his American tour.
Mr. George Rignold, who is playing my
Partner in London, has considerably altered the
text, so as to allow him to interpret the principal
character Cornish miner temporarily in the
American gold fields. The play is spoken of as
success with the audiences although rather
badly ''raked" by the newspapers. The author
receives for the use of his play in London roy
atty of three guineas, or about $15, night The
piece is being performed in pirated form in the
provinces, the pirates naturally paying nothing
for the privilege of using it.
One of the funniest criticisms can remember
on dramatic hitch, says Mr.. Edmund Yates,
was delivered in the Queens Theater, Dublin,
years ago. A portly Mephistopheles in some
Faust extravaganza had to 'go home" The
dramatic devil was like Hamlet, 'fat and scant
of breath" and as he sank through small circu-
lar trap-a sort of converted vampire" to be
techncal-he stuck. The demons below tugged
at his crimson legs in vain; the mortas above
tried to stuff him down; all useless. And then,
over the delightful Dublin din that rose from
the whole house, came still snail voice: We'll,
boys, that's q comfort anyway-helrs fulln'
Then they dropped the curtain.
Mr. James ONeill will re main with Mr. John
Stetson another year. 1t has been pretty widely
known for the past three or four months that
Mr. ONeill possessed an anxiety to go starring
in play called THE American King" outside
the management of Mr.. Stetson but his contract
with the manager of the Fifth-avenue Theater
has been such that he could not well afford to
throw it up excepting observation-disclosures of most
extraordinary temptation. During the past sea
son Mr. O'Neill has been in receipt of salary of
$500 week, Mr.. Stetson assuming all the risk
Of loss, upon a combination providing an old and