Morning journal and courier., 1889-01-30
entertainments. THE RUNAWAY WIFE.


 Mir. Mckee Rankin and his company in "The Runaway Wife, drew qnite large audience at the New Haven Opera House last evening. The play is the joint production of Mr. Frederick G. Maeder and MT. Rankin, and both authors took part in it's perform ance. The play is good one. It has an in- teresting plot and does not depend upon scenery costumes to make it successful. The play owes its success to the fact that it requires first-rate artists, and that this requirement. is fully met by both author-actors, Mabel Bert and an unusually talented company. MT. Rankin, played the part of "Arthur Eastman" the blind artist, very effectively and he was supported by Miss Bert who assumed the role of the runaway wife. One of the most the excellent acting by Miss Lombard and MT. Bell. They are both promising young artists and played their parts very naturally and very charmingly. Mir. Joseph Allen, also deserves special mention for the hearty manner in which he played the role of ''Dr. peatea tonight and tomorrow evening. It ought to attract large audiences, as it fully deserves the metropolitan success it recently achieved.
 One of the most beautiful and artistic lec- lures of the Stoddard course was given at the Hyperion last evening upon the fine old Ital- ian city of Florence. The lecturer brought the picturesque and classical life and appear ance of the grand city most vividly before the imagination of his hearers and added fresh life to memories of past and present by the pleasing delicacy of his touch. The great masterpieces of Italian art were hand led in most happy way. and the bnried gems of antiquity brought again to light in all their grace and beauty.
 GRAND OPERA HOUSE. Reilly and Woods new variety show att tracted another big crowd to the Grand Opera House last evening. The Vaidis sisters went through some marvellous acting on new and unique revolving trapese. The theater is not high enough for Miss Lizzie to make her leap from the dome. There will be a matinee to-day.
 EMMA JUCH.
 This evening is the Emma Juoh concert at 1 the Hyperion. This means great deal to the musically inclined people of New Haven, | who have purchased almost the entire house Only few good seats remain unsold. Miss Juch is an artist whose fame needs no herald | ing, and she is supported by goodly array ' ! concert will be the rendition in costume ot | the entire second act, including the garden scene from Gounod's Faust. Altogether the concert cannot fail of being great success. TWELVE TEMPTATIONS. Gilmore's famous production of the ''Twelve Temptations" will be given in ar | elaborate manner at the Hyperion the last two evenings of this week. The scenic effects are magnificent.
 ROBERT MAXWELL. | The cauterizing scene in the first act o
 "Monbars," ]" the picturesque romantic drams
 which MT. Robert Mantell is to produce a
 the New Haven Opera House on Friday and
 Saturday eveningt next, has attracted wide
 spread attention, but the best scenes in thu play are those of the fourth and fifth acts l and it is in these last two acts that the rar, | ability of MT. Mantell romantic actor i
 made apparent. His acting in these tryinj
 scenes is masterly ,and the applause he night
 ly gains is well earned.
 BRIsToL'S EQUEscURRICULUM. MT. Neil is in the city arranging for th ! appearance of Prof. D. M. Bristol:s Equescu1
 riculum at the Hyperion on February 6, l 8 and g.