National Republican., 1888-04-29
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The eminent tragedan, MIR. Thomas W.
keene, and supporting company Of unusual
strength. headed by that sterling actor,Joseph
WbeelOck, will appear at the New National
during this week In a round Of Shnkcspearian
plays Mr.. Kcene has made rapid strides in
his profession since his last appearance IN this
city, and his excellent work this season places
him upon the highest plane as an exponent of
tragic art, His Ingo is Il revelation 10 many,
and as Rchelieu he Is second TO none of the
tragedians Of this day. Therepertoire for the
week will be as follows Monday. "Rche
llcu;' Tuesday and Thursday, Richard me-
Wednesday and Friday, Julius Cesar" sat
urday matinee, "OthellO." with Mr. Keenc-uS
lago.
tine M'oAULL OPERA COMPANY "RELlAlAN."
At Albaugh's Grand Opera House to.,nor
row night there will be the double attraction
of the opening of the five weeks season Of
the McCaull Opera Company and the arst per-
formance here of "Bcllman." the latest and
greatest success of Won Suppe, the famous
composer of "iatinitza" and "Boccaccio."
The McCaull Opera Company is unquestionu.
bly, the strongest comic opera organization in
America, and as reward of merit Col.
McCaull has experienced an extraordinarily
successful season. "Bellman" was produced
in Wallack's Theater, New York, in August
last, and through scOrChng heat ran for
nearly one hundred nights TO enormous busi-
ness. From the opening of the regular season
in october until the present time the McCaull
Opera Company has made money every week.
a record of prosperity which, II Is believed.
I Is unpd'd,,vlvo in tho history of comic opera
IN this country. III f't'titue1pnfit IN ruu weeks
run Of "BCllman' at the Chestnut street
t1,nt t.,l
and in New York, Boston. chicago. &c, IL
has proved the most remunerative of Col.
McCaull's many successful productions Won
Suppos score Is said to contain some of
the best music ever written by this popular
composer, while the libretto by Messrs West
and Icll offers unlimited opportunity To the
clever comedians Of the McCaull Opera Com.
pany. The scene of the opera Is laid in the
court of sweden, 100 years ago, and the story
Is that of Carl Bellman, the Swedish poet,
who stands high in the estimation of the
king and Is atfianced to the kings ia.
vorite. For political reasons aud on
account Of his personal influence, emissaries
of the Hats" and Gaps" two rival politi-
cal organizations, pay homage 10 Bellmau.
and the various mtrigues which follow lead to
numerous complications and humorous incl
dents. The part Of Bellman is taken by lIu
bert Wilke, the excellent baritone, who has
fine role for the display of his rich baritone
voice, as well as for his admirable acting
qualities. De Wolf Hopper, as the millionaire
dealer in herrngS, and jefferson de Angels
and Herbert Cripps, as the two Hebrew powder
merchants, carry the greater portion of the
comedy with great success, The comic trio
for these three comedians i one of the
great hits of the piece, and is encored five or
six times at each performance. Marion
Manola, Laura Joyce Bell, Annie Meyers.
Josephine Knapp, and other charming singers
sustain the female roles of the opera. The
ensemble Of the company is particularly
strong, There Is a large aud well drilled
chorus an,cXcellent orchestra, and the musical
| direction of the work is In the hands of Adolpn
| NOwak, New costumes, made from artist
| designs o; Nine. Mathlde CottreIlv ..c
| the stare n'"'uras Tha No'n'" nright,r
a7-,5sa ,,..,.5 so -, su.dll Opera Com
pany arrives here tomorrow morning from
Chicago by special train, and Col. McCaul
will come from New York to be present at tht
opening performance of his season here. Thl
| advance sale Of seats for the "Bellmann hav.
been extremely large, and the McCaull Opera
| Company is sure Of meeting with great success,
here.
Next week the company will be heard IN
| Audran's successful comic opera, Indiana,
| IN which Digby Bell, the comedian, will hay,
| a leading part,
HAIRLESS BIJOU ,TIIEATER,
| Gus Williams popular comedy drama, "On,
of the Finest" will be the attraction ut tn,
Blou next week, commencing with q Monda!
matinee Mr. Dan Mason assumes the charac
ter of John Mishler, the New York policeman
and delineates the character equally as well
II not better than did Gus Williams. The SUP
porting company is composed OF recognizes
artists, who present the play In q most credit
able manner, zone of the Finest" Is a thrill
ing Comedydrama, descriptive of everyda
life in New York city, and contains many in
teresting situations. The dock scene, repre-
Senting the Fall River pier, the arrival and dt
parture Of the steamers Bristol and Puritan
is very realistic Fhe boats will he beaut
fully Illuminated with working ports smoke
Sc. During the performance a number of eS
cellcnt specialties will be introduced. As
whole, the attraction will be one of the stron.
est produced at the Biiou
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA,
| Two grand concerts are announced to b
given by that .unriyaled musical organization
the Boston symphony Orchestra, az the Con
gregatonal Church, Thursday afternoon, Ill
ID, and Friday evening, the ith proXmo. I'll
work Of the symphony Orchestra is we
known and appreciated here and at the al
preaching concerts they will undoubtedly +,
peat their past successes, Mr. Wilhell
Gericke viii conduct. Miss Louisa Melsslinge
late prima donna contralto Of the Metropol
tan Opera Company, will be the soloist Sea-
will be on sale at Ellis's tomorrow.
DIME MUSEUM,
Manager johnson bills his entertainment (,
this week as "The biggest show yet, and !
is usually correct in his forecasts, Mile, Emn
win Ay through the air without any visib
means Of support; Jul. Greenbaum the ILL
sionist, will hold forth; the Wechs, Ed an
Kitty, will introduce songs and dances in the
sketch, "a Novel Novelty" and other goo
people will appear. The new features OF Il
curio department-DrA Alex. Davis, the wizar
and 5ames Car, the malo slblnO.