Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1886-11-06
entertainments.

BUNNELL'S GRAND OPERA HOUSE.
Edwin F. Mayo, in the role of 'Davy
Crockett" will conclude his engagement at
this opera house tonight. All should avail
themselves of the opportunity to see the
performance. In the Museum hall are many
attractions.
CONCERTS AT cARLL's.
The first concert of this season by the
Concert association will be given Wednesday,
Nov. 10. at Carlls Opera House. An orches-
ira of sixty-six men from Boston, with F.
Giese, as soloist, will give Beethoven's fourth
symphony, Webers s'Euryanthe'' overture,
Dornak's legends" serenade by Mozart;
for strings, Hungarian Rhapsody by Liszt,
and concerto for violoncello, played by Mr..
Giese. Single tickets on sale Monday, Nov.
8, at Peck's book store.
ROBSON AND CRANE.
Robson and Cranes performance of f'The
Merry Wives of Windsor" at Carll's Opera
House last evening was as usual an excellent
one. This afternoon the play will be repeat
ed, and this evening "She Stops to Con-
quer'' will be given. The history of the first
production of this play is quite interesting.
DR.. johnson wrote to David Garrick in 1773,
Goldsmith has written play which he calls
by the ridiculous title of She Stops
bad, but strikes me as being about as funny
as an old stove without any fire in it. Dis
suade him from it's production if you can"
Garrick, like Colman, took the advice of DIR.
johnson and refused it. Goldsmith heard of
this and beset DR.. johnson with tears and
reproaches. DIR. johnson relented, and at
his urgent solicitation Colman yielded re-
luctant assent to its being brought out
in his theater. During its rehearsals tie
leading dramatists of London predicted its
failure, but the actors-who have always
known more about their own art than is
generally unprecedented complete tri-
umph for the new play and they were right.
The audience laughed immediately and Gar
rick proclaimed it the cleanest comedy of his
time. The play is now a standard, and is
recognized wherever the English drama
is represented as an established classic.
From the want of an organized and thorough
ly efficient company of the old school of &C.
tors it has not been as often represented late
ly as its unquestionable merits would have
justified. Its latest opportunity of this kind
is in the present company of Robson and
Crane, who are to play it at Carlls Opera
House this evening. Robson will play TONY
Lumpkin" and Crane as "Hardcastle.' - There
will be large audience.
''THEoDoRA"
A large audience greeted Miss Lillian Olcott
and her company in the now famous "Theo-
dora" at the New Haven Opera House last
evening. Theodore" was written by the
greatest living playwright, Victorien Sardou,
and is justly called q great historic drama
1t is the embodiment of Gibbons world
renowned description of the Emperor Justin
ian and his favorite-a picture of the
glories of the Byzantine empire. It
represents to us more impressively
| than the casual study of ancient history can
do the varying fortunes of the life of great
empress and those about her. In one scene
she is in her palace receiving ambassadors,
in another among the lions of the amphithea-
ter; again she is in the garden with her low
or; still later she assumes
down q revolt and finally perishes
by the hands of the cowardly Justinian. The
play was put on the stage in duplication of
the original production in Paris, in which
Sarah Bernhardt assumed the title role. The
costumes, properties and armors are all from
Paris and the scenery is the same as that re-
Gently used in New York city. We have
never seen its like here Miss Olcott evil
IDENTIFY suffered from severe cold last even
| ing, but it only distressed her, not her
auditors We have only words of
praise for this talented lady. She has
had the personal instruction of the
great author of the play and she has pro-
dted by it. The company is good one and
is the same which has been 80 highly praised
wherever Theodore" has been presented.
The unavoidable waits between the acts
| ought to have been relieved by an orchestra
more alive to a sense of duty. "Theodora"
will be repeated this afternoon and evening
and the audiences will test the seating capac-
J ity of the theater.