Morning journal and courier., 1893-02-15
Entertainments.

'The South Before the War; played to a large audience yesterday afternoon, and in the evening the house was literally crowded to it's utmost. There will be a matinee today, and the engage ment closes this evening. The performance is full of specialties as novel as they are amusing. The pleasures and pastimes of the old south were cleverly depicted, and amused the large audi ence, Charles Towards southern sketch, enti- tied Under Southern Sum-, opened the per formance. Tho strength of the company was dances etc. "Washing Day on the Levee,' an, Potatoes" in which were introduced bu ck and wing dancing, followed. The performance con cluded with prize cake walk, which is simply side splitting
 Donnelly and Girard presented the la5ghable comedy Natural Gas" at the Hyperion last evening to @ good sized audience. The play abounds in clever dances and songs. Miss Amy Ames as Kitty Malone and the specialties of Messrs. Donnelly and Girard are especially wor- thy of mention.
 Jamss T. Powers N ill bs seen in his latest sue cess, "A Ma1 Bargain" |" to morrow evening. An exchange says: The company contains fourteen people who work every minute to please. MT. James T. Powers is amusing in his own original way. and needI words of introduction or praise Everybody knows him. MT. Peter F. Daley is in tho same list and shared the applause with the star. The other gentlemen who ell did good work were: Frank Howard, W. w. Allen, T. Herseft Mack (uho by the way, is Julian Mitchell, one of the authors of the play ia d;sguise), Frank M. Kendsick and Richard Carle. THOMAS e. sEABRooKE AND HIS 'IsLE OF CHAM PAGNE''
 The rays of the lime light aFe now concantrat- ed upon Mr. Thomas 9. Seabrooke, whose imper. sonation of the grotesque part of King Pommer5 | Sec nd in "The Isle of Champagne" has lifted him simultaneously into fame and fortune Mr. Seabrooke's first appearance in Byrne and place at the Hyperion the ate- on Friday and Sat l urday evenings next, with matinee Saturday, ard | the ennocncement is exciting an unusual amour, Of interest since the fact is generally known thet
 the production of this brilliant lyric novelty vii | reveal an amount and degree Of spectacula al l magnif1ceEce such as is rarely displayed excep
 on the metropolitan stese. Tho opera is as rict l 1n melody as It Is in comedy; hence its enormou, l success iq New York and in Boston, where it ha!
 been pronounced the most amusing and attract ! ivs work of it's class.
 Anton seidl and his entire metropolitan orches 1 giving grand operatic Wagner night which in
 cludes excerpts and scenes from Richard Wag
 and concert soIofsts especialiy engaged o for th' l arduous roles included in this noteworthy pro l gram. The subscription sale of seats is now ope1 l at the Hyperion.
 THE POLICE PATROL"
 Material universe seems to have been ransack
 ed for material to make this play interesting ant | 1t may be observed that the work of the autho
 aud actors has not been in vain. The patrol wagon | the horses and the men using it are the genuin,
 thing, fresh from Chicago, and the story told in thu ! play is based on actual occurrences. It's mount
 ing is of the most liberal kind, the artists brusl | having been freely used. Then the introduction l of magnificent team of horses and patrol wagon | add to the realism The characters are vel | drawn and natural. he play will be seen at tn, | Grand opera house February 16, F and IS. ! THE NEW HAVEN OPERA HOUSE.
 Boccaccio was the opera that the Wilbu Opera company sung at the large matinee yester ! day at the New Haven opera house, and to sucl
 a crowd at the evening performance that not seat, chair or box could he had at any price. Th | company have made enormous hit and com ! plete success. And one might well ask hoy
 could the company heip doing so? Vocall.
 strong, stage work excellent, opera popular, pro
 auctions equal to city ones at three times thu l money, and some Of the handsomest fort,
 girls seen on the stage for years. Thel
 little favorite on the comic opera stag l boards, heads the company Of old, witt ! all the vim, dash acd beauty that has been her ! for years, rendered the mora effective with eX | perience. In the church scene a well encored bi 1 of singing was where Miss Kirwin easily sing
 low F. although soprano prima donna.
 | Miss Dorothy Morton appeared as Fiametta il l "Boccaccio' last evening loSusieK rwin's dashin
 Boccaccio. The opera to-day vii be the famou ! New YorkCasin success, "Erminte, f matinee an
 evening, and s'The Roya Middy'' will be playe
 tomorrow, Thursday, at both performances.