Morning journal and courier., 1891-05-13
A BRILLIANT SUCCESS.

FA0h1n& or venice 0t A00t E1h1s bited-Nermandy, Grecian Cymba1, l Hungarian Gypsy and Other Dances -The Singing by Blanca and Man
 uella-The Yale Glee Clubs Astfst-i P Some of Those Present. s' The performance of stThe Flashing of venice'' last night was an unqualified suc- cess. Almost every seat in the house was filled when the curtain rose at 8:20, and a number of gondoiers, arrayed in black cowls, cloaks and masks, appeared, led by the court jester with lute. They sang beautiful serenade, in which the familiar voices of the Yale men were recognized. As theysdeparted Blanca and Manuella en- tered in black cloaks and masks, which they cast off and appeared radiant in beauty. Then was the pretty mirror dance. Manuella retired and Blanca drew aside, the curtains of an immense mirror yelled tithgauze: She then went through a variety of pretty maneuvres, all of which were faithfully reproduced by the mirror. The reality was finally recog- nized by the audience namely, that the image was not an image, but Manuella herself, who initiated exactly Bianca's movements, even when they both turned their backs to the mirror, receded and de- parted and then came before the mirror again All at once 8 loud rapping was heard, Blanca quickly donned her mask, and in stepped the court jester with his friend Anatole, both masked, of course. A pretty scene with the rose (as described in the heargument, published heretofore) then | took place between them, Manuella also having entered, and, after unmasking, the four united in the Flashing dance.
 Suddenly the chamber was filled with
 masked men and women, who circled round
 and round the four and turned very pretty l figures. This was "The Gondoliers Sur prise." Finally tbey unmasked and formed l grand tableau, which was heartily ap- plauded till the curtain was raised again for 8 moment.
 The second scene opened on a stupend- ous array of colors and shapes of every con- ceivable variety. Among the most prominent were the flowers and bees" The flowers were girls the COURIER of yesterday and dressed in colored shirts with green silk coverings to represent the leaves or calyxes. The bees | were striped yellow and black from head 1 to foot and had "feelers'' on their heads, 1 making them quite natural. The minuet dancers were dressed in the old continental style, powered wigs and "pig- -tails," and most luxurious costumes, some of which have been already described in the CoUR- TER. The costumes for the gondoliers | dance were characteristic, the ladies wear | ing pretty colored 'kerchiefs on thei,
 heads. The Normandy dance (described | ly encored, was also the Swedish, | which many thought the feature of the
 evening, though in fact that was extremely
 difficult to decide. Undoubtedly the pret-
 tiest of the dances, however, was the
 "Grecian cymbal dance." The costumes were of silvered gauge, without sleeves The figures were not so intricate as the | others, but the whole effect was exquisite.
 The May-pole figure in this dance brought
 was that of some seemingly real Hunga
 rian gypsies, so naturally were they gotter
 up. After the dances the jester led the
 final grand march.
 description of the play would be l quite incomplete without description ot Mrs. Robertson's beautiful singing, ane
 especially of Miss Hetie Bradley's, 6.
 Manuel1a. Her Nightingale Serenade, /" in
 the second scene, was tri1led out exquisite ly, and she received plants and flowers and bouquets which good-sized flower bed would not have contained. Flowers wers
 also won by the Normandy dancers and
 others.
 The whole is remarkable illustration ot | what can be done with material unskillet
 in dramatic art and requiring none, ane I the highest praise is due to MT. Marwig
 both for his success for the United Work
 CTS and also for the pleasurable entertain
 ment he has given to so many New Havez
 people. The Yale Glee clubs arc also t.
 be thanked for their services.
 Among those present were Hrs Fl
 Whitney, jr., and party, Miss Trowbridge
 Mrs. Bishop, in the boxes; Governor Bige
 low and Dr. Harwood in the audience.