The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-04-10
AT THE LOCAL PLAY.HOUSES
"Ship Ahoy!" Comes Sailing Along as
the Last Opera of the Season.
10 Contains Number Of Pretty Airs-"Mid-
night Alarm"-HOyts "a Temperance
Town" COming-Stage Gossip.

''Ship Alloy" which appears at the
Grand Opera-house Tuesday. Wednesday
and Thursday nights, April II. IL and IA. is
a nautical-farcical operetta, written by III.
Grattan Donnelly, we'll known as the au-
thor of Natural Cas-" Later On" and the
Millionaire" The music is by Fred Miller,
IT.. well-known composer. and who, by
the way, Is a native of Indiana. Mr.
Miller personally conducts the orchestra
with ship Alloy" The Miller Opera COM
pany. which presents ship Ahoyn here.
has among its fifty people such we'll known
comic-opera favorites as Miss Louise Mon
tague. who is widely known for her great
beauty and talents. the rising young come
dian James E. Sullivan. Harry b. Bell. Miss
Florence Dunbar and Annie Barrett. The
scenery and costumes are said to be
very elaborate. "Ship Alloy" bears q proud
distinction of having made the largest run
twelve weeksl ever known for a comic
opera In the city OF Boston, which was FOL
lowed by q successful engagement OF eight
weeks in New York city. During ITS long
run In Boston many people there Claimed
that it would be strong rival to popular
"Pinafore." Since then the opera has
proven this prediction. having made rep
utation second to mono in this country.
It's profits In seventeen weeks In New Eng
land reached $4,000. One of the greatest
saltwater air and its whistling and catchy
music. The first act shows a tropical ISL
and. upon the shores of which is stranded
an old schooner that has been wrecked
there making a beautiful picture. The
second act shows the deck of one of our
new United States men.of-war. 1t IS the
first scene of the kind that has ever been
put upon the stage, and IS exceedingly
novel and interesting. showing all the de-
%aSl Of nf nrOn
vessels.
OF the numerous so-called sensational
melodramas" that have been played here
''The Midnight Alarm" which is this
weeks attraction at the Park, 10. in many
respects. the best. In 1t sensationalism Is
not allowed to run wild, to the exclusion
of dramatic consideration. and several of
the charscterizations are particularly
strong As the title indicates. the play
deals with the exciting incidents in the life
of fireman in the metropolis. Cunningly-
contrived complications keep alive the in
terest and lead to conjecture as TO how the
author is TO bring the tangled events in
harmony with the desire of the audience
All this Is happily brought about
however, and the curtain descends
on scene of happiness. The
company carries expensive mechanical eff
able among these are the East-river wharf
set, the Brooklyn-bridge scene. Uncle Gid
cons farm, the railroad draw bridge in
terror and exterior of eDgine-house No. O,
New York city. Conspicuous features are the
living statue clock. flight of the lightning
express, the midnight alarm, with the rush
of q genuine fre-engine and horses TO the
fire. When played here last season The
Midnight Alarm" made a pronounced hit
with the patrons of the Park, and q repe-
rition of it may be expected during this
weeks engagement, which begins with the
matinee tomorrow.
Charles II. Hoyt's new comedy, "a Tenn
perance Town." which was produced for the
first time on any stage at Buffalo. n. Y,
three weeks ago. and scored an instants-
neous success. has been secured for the
Grand Opera-house the latter part of next
week. The piece is said to be the best of
Mr.. Hoyts numerous comedies, and to be
more like "a Texas Steer than any of the
others. insomuch as it is drawn on more
legitimate lines than some of his earlier
pieces. It will be given here with the orig
NAL cast, with the addition of Eugene Can
field, who joined the company last week.
Mr.. Hoyt has been working on "a Temper
ance Town" for two years. and it's success
seems to have justified the trouble he has