The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-04-15
ATTRACTIONS FOR THE WEEK
A Brief Season Of Opera with the Carle-
ton Company in Erminie and Nanon.
Kate ClaxtOn Underlined for Several Perform
ances in a New Dramatic Booth Barrett
Representations Gossip About Players.

The Carleton Opera Company win give AEr-
,nin,ap nm Monday and Tuesday evenings and
Wednesday matinee, and ''Nanon7 Nedneseay
evening of this week. at the Grand Opera~nouse.
Mr. Ca-ieton's company is easily as the head
NJ an travelling organizations devoted to ths
production of light and comic opera There Is a
nicety in the inisa and brtlliancy 81 his per
formances that can be found nowhere else, NOS
excepting the stationary companies located Id
New York and Philadelphia. Some OF them,
perhaps, equal them, but in the completeness OF
ensemb les they do not. The result IL that, IN
all that goes to make up the most popular form
Of public entertainment, there il moth
ing missing The fun, the music, the
pretty faces. the rich dresses ana
the DELIGHTFUL pictures are all there IN profus-
ION. "ErmInis' is beyond doubt the most popu-
Mar comic opera ever produced It is replete
with funny situations, and keeps the audience
roaring with laughter except when Il Is listen
ing 70 the light. bright, catchy music with which
the opera sbounds It has been running for
neay5v eight hundred nights at the New York
Casino and has been given nearly two Thousand
performances in the other principal towns ana
. cities of she country; always to overnowlng
houses Mr.. Carleton holds the exclusive rlen0
b. srreial arrangement with Mr.. Rudolph Aron-
son Of the New York Casino. 10 produce the
epera. throughout the country, SO that nls per
formapce is the correct authorized version. On
Wednesday evening Mr.. Carleton VIII, In re-
aponse to bumerous requests. repeat tne cnarin,
ing orera '-Nanon,N with which be has seVerai
times before so delighted Indianapolis audiences
The Booth Barrett engagement. which is to be
the GROWING dramatic event of the year here.
il rapidly dra wing near, and its approach IS IN
dicaied by the scores Of inquiries that are being
made regarding il. The undertaking Of paying
this celebrated organization So 800 for three per
forrnances in this city was somewhat venture
some. hut IL the present interest manifested in
the engagement may DO considered an lndlcA-
ton Of .s financial success there need be no
especial fear Of lis result. Letters received by
the local managers show that theatsr parties in
all The leading towns within a radius of seventy
fire miles Of Indiananolis are arranging 10
ATTEND one or more of these performances IN
ever came TO Indianapois before for a theatrical
event. Locally, the interest IS no less
great. for there has Arrays Desn :
iforious and commanding dramatic astrac-
tions. Messrs Booth and Barrett are TO
Aprear at English's Friday and Saturday oil next
we elk, the 9th and 28th inst. appearing IN
''OIbe}lor Friday night with Mr.. Barrett IN the
title role, and Mr.. Booth as Iago. king Lear
Saturday matinee. with Mr.. Booth as Lear. and
Mr. Barrett as Edgar and closing with "Jul1us
Cesar Saturday night. with Mr. Booth as
f3rutus and Mr. Barrett Cassius. The prices
for reserved geats are ST. 81 and So for the re-
spective floors, and tho sale will begin next
wednesday morning. at the box-ofhcs at En-
elishs, 1T o'clock. The regulations governing
it are that no cheeks" will be issued for places
in the line, as has heretofore been done, but the
FIRST who come will be first served, and that no
one person viii be allowed to buy more than ten
seats for each performance. Every effort will
be made 10 prevent speculation in seats, and
orders for seats sent by letter or telegraph will
be filed the sale progre asses. II will continue
from day to day until the engagenent begins
Miss Kate CIaxton, who il to appear at Eng
lish's the last three nights Of this week, Ia an
actress OF ine powers, WHO in the last few years
has been handicapped BY the lack OF strong
play suitable to her. That want has been sup
piled, if the criticisms elsewhere are any tindica
tion, by her new drama, 1.-THE World Against
Her. which she will present here. Il was writ
ten by Frank Harvey, author of Wages of Sin.a
and other successes. and in Mics Claxtons CAP
able hands 1t proved an undoubtsd success
In every respect during her recent long engage
msnt In New York. and since then IN other East
ern cities. It is spoken of as . drama OF very
strong human interest, original and striking.
ADAPTED to her since her first famous season with
the Two Orphans" Associated with her is
tnat manly actsr Mr.. Charles Stevenson, and
the same company that supported her in New
York. The play will be given the same elaborate
stage mounting hera as there, and her engage
TDept promises to be a successful one. The ad-
vance sals will begin on Tuesday.
Experience has demonstrated that the strong
est and most popular attraction that plays at
the Museum is the Bennett 8 Moulton Opera
Company, and the announcement of its return
engagement there this week will doubtless be
almost enough 10 itself to draw large audiences.
Two months ago 1t gave twelve performances
there to audiences that more than exhausted the
seating capacity of the theater. There forty
performers in the company, which is well
equipped with scenery and costumes, and 1t
gives very entertaining productions of comic
opera successes. The old principals are all re-
tanned. among them the clever prma donna,
Miss Josie Domaine, Edith Barton, contralto;
kittie MaFcell soprano; Gussie Barton,
Charles BiReiow and Tom Ricketts, COM
cdians; IT. o. Holmes, tenor Franz Nelson,
basso. and others. The repertoire for the week
which is popular one, is an follows: Monday
afternoon and evening, sFatinitza;" Tuesday
matinee. 'Fantine." evening. bohemian Grip
Wednesday, matinee, MERRY War;" evening.
Fra Diavoio;" Thursday. both performances.
s'Robert Macaire:" Friday. both performances
'Mikado;n Saturday. both performances. "Oh-
yette." There will be no increase in prices