Evening journal., 1889-02-18
ADJUSTMENTS.


Philadelphia Play Houses This week.
Booth and Barrett begin an engage
ment in tragedy at the Chestnut Street
| Opera House tonight. "0thello" will
be the play. with Boath as Iago and Bar
ret as Othello. Minna Gale will play
Desdemona and Gertrude Kellogg will
play Emilia. "0thello" will run until
Thursday when the Merchant of
Venice" will be put on for the rest of the
week.
Charles F. Coghlan's new play,
"Jocelyn, with Rose Coghlan and her
I company, will begin two weeks en-
gagement onight at the Walnut Street
Theatre This is the first production in
Philadelphia Of 'Jocelyn, which has met
with great success elsewhere.
At the Arch Street Theatre Charles II.
Hoyt's farcical comedy "a Brass Mon
key, will be given. Since its first pro-
duction at the Arch Street Theatre "A
Brass Monkey" has met with much sue
cess, having had run of over one hun
dred nights at the Biiou Theatre in New
York, where it packed the house nightly.
There are many entertaining songs in
this piece, including the famous "Razzle
Dazzle"
Lewis Morrison as Mephisto, in his
spectacular rendition OF Faust" at
Herrmann's Broad Street Theatre, win
continue until further notice, with many
additions in scenic effects and the
strengthening of the cast by the intro
duction of Mr. Sinclair as Valentine. A
novelty is the handsome display of pyro-
technics.
At the Grand Opera House the Boston
Ideal Opera Company will sing this their
last week. The repertoire is as follows
| Tonight, 1.-THE Bohemian Girl" de LUIS
san } Tuesday night and Saturday matt
nee, Carmen" de Lussan aud Janu-
schowsRy9 Wednesday, "Martha"
| N'Allemand y Thursday Faust" Janu-
schowsky)3 Friday matinee, Queen To
paz' de Lussan and Januschowsky; ,
Friday night, 1.-THE Barber of Seville"
| (L'Allemand Saturday night, "The
Daughter of the Regiment" (L'Allemand }
The new tenor, Edward Scovel, will be
heard in Faust" and Carmen" and
Frank Baxter will take the leading tenor
role in the other operas.
1.-The Silver Age, >" lively and sensa-
tional border drama, will open at the
Standard Theatre this evening Edwin
+. Mayo is making money out Of the
Silver Age, which attests its popular
ity
Nat Goodwin, Jolly and good-natnred,
turns up with his company of comedy
artists at the Chestnut Street Thea
tire tonight in the double bill Of
Turned Up" and LEND Me Five Shil-
lings. Mr.. Goodwin needs no introduc
tion-he introduces himself
At the Continental Theatre, new yer
sion of Uncle Toms Cabin" will draw
large audiences from class who may be
denominated by theatre-goers as "tender-
foot. These people enjoy entertainment,
and take IL in every form. But the
wicked theatre-well, they draw the line
at 'Uncle Tom"
At Forepaugh's Theatre tonight will
be revived one of the most exciting of
Irish melo.dramas-'O' Kelley Aboo.
The scenery is new and wonderfully pic
turesque.
Held by the Enemy" drama based
upon episodes of the civil war, will be
brought out at the National Theatre
tonight. The play is replete with stir
ring scenes and picturesque tableaux /.
At Carncross Eleventh Street Opera
House burnt cork holds full sway and
crowded houses greet Scenes on the
Levee "The Two New Sports, and rs
Marriage Failure"
y W Williams speciality company will
be seen at the Central Theatre this week
Mr.. Williams has gathered his own vau-
deville combination and all Of his artists
are fully mp to the standard.
"The kindergarten, merry farce
comedy, will DO produced tonight at the
hensington Theatre. The principal
sources of merrimeRt are the eccentric
school-master and the incorrigible school
girl, besides large amount Of speciality
business.
At the Lyceum Theatre little Florence
Bindley will be seen in Dot, pleasing
comedy.