The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-09-01
ADJUSTMENTS FOR THE WEEK.


The regular dramatic season OF 1SS9-90, ut
the Grand O~pera-house, will begin Thursday
night of this week. with "a Brass Monkey"
Charles III. Hoyt's popular farce-comedy, as
the attraction. The engagement will be
for four performances, including a Saturday
matinee, and q better selection for an OPEN
ing card could not have been made. Hoyt
has written quite o number of popular
plays. but IA Brass Monkey" has been one
of the best successes of them all. The piece
is intended as a satire on superstition, and
the scene is laid in an -auction-room, where
q great variety of characters appear and IN
troduce songs.d dances, comic speeches, fun
ny business. and laughable complications.
The play had q run of more than 100 per-
%formances at the Bijou Opera-house, New
York. and did the finest business ever
known in that theater. The company Is in
every respect a strong one. Charles Drew,
average. assumes the leading character. Miss
Flora Walsh 10 also a member or the COM
bination. The engagement at the Grand
promises to be q marked success. The ad-
vance sale of seats will open tomorrow.
"a Soap Bubble,n which has been seen
here before and is known to be one of the
funniest comedy creations of the day. with
f. j. Connolly, q character actor OF recog-
nized ability, in the principal role, is the
attraction announced for the Park Theater.
1t is one of those ~extravagant farces with
no particular plot or dramatic merit, being
simply a light running vehicle for the in
PRODUCTION of q well-arranged list of popu-
lar musical selections. attractive dances
and entertaining speciality features. The
authors only aim was to amuse the au-
dience for the evening and those who have
seen the piece will testify to the fact that
he scored a success: The performance is
son that Mr.. Connolly has surrounded
himself with performers of capacity, and as
a result the show Is spirited and full of
fun from the time the curtain goes up .un-
til it falls on the last scene. Miss Virginia
Ross and Dolly Foster are members of the
company. and both are favorites at the
Park The engagement will open to-mor-
row afternoon.
At the Grand Opera-house, Wednesday
night. Lily Clay's female speciality and
burlesque company, with hearly forty peo-
pie, will appear for a single performance.
This. the Oldest company of the kind on
the road, has filled several engagements in
Indianapolis, The programme is made up
largely of speciality features, such as songs,
dances, marches ana comedy SKETCHES. Inc
company has a few male members, but most
of the entertainment Is In the hands OF the
women. Alice Townsend Is the chief per-
former. though others too numerous to
mention participate in the various features
of the bin. The combination travels in its
own car. The advance sale of seats begins
tomorrow morning at the Grand Opera
house bOx-office.
The formal opening of English's Opera
house will not take place until the 18th of
the present month, whenG George Ober, an
actor of the Denman Thompson school, will
fill an engagement, playing "Old Home
spun,"O one of the successes of the past sea-
son. The work of decorating and gener-
ally Overhauling English's is about done,
and the house presents a handsome appear
ance. 1t has been ~repapered and otherwise
improved.