The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-12-30
LONDON PANTOMIMES
BOXING NIGHT GIVEN OVER TO THE
FAMOUS ENTERTAINMENTS.
Kitty Tyrren Fell Dead I'm the Wings
During the Play-"Blue Beard"
at Crystal Palace.

LONDON. Dec. 29.-Boxing night was,
this year, remarkable in many respects.
OF one hundred pantomimes which were
produced. In London and in the provinces
there were BABES in the Woods" Is;
cinderella" IL; '.Dick Wilmington and
His Cat" IL; Robinson Crusoe," 3; ali
Bahia and the Forty Thieves" 8; Little
Red Rindinghood," s; Little Bo Peeps
Z; "Sinband the Sailor" z; Blue Beard
5; Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp" 4;
Beauty and the Beast" 2. and one each
of Jack and the Bean Stalk" Santa
Claus" .Puss in Boots" Little Boy Blue"
and five which were pantomimes OF vari-
Gus descriptions. 1t is estimated that fully
one million people enjoyed a holiday In
some manner or other, in this city, on
s.boxipg night" But there was sad note
amid this general festivity. Kitty Tyrrell
was playing in king Cat" at the Ele-
phant and Castle Pantomime. In the Sec
ond scene, after reciting the line: His
road TO fortune, he'll have DER my corpse"
Miss Tyrreu fell dead in the wings. OF
heart disease.
The great pantomime for Londoners is
TO be found at Drury Lane. This years
spectacle, which is to be seen in the United
States later on, is "Dick Wilmington" and
il appropriately ushered in the first year
of Sir Augustus Harris's tenancy of the
famous old play house as direct lessee.
.Dick Wilmington is gorgeous spectacle.
a far better show in many ways than Drury
Lane has known for half dozen years
past
In point of numbers Of course, the great
show with which Olympia was reopened.
far surpassed any other London attraction
$500 people appearing in the cast To a
very large extent The Orient as the pres
ent Kiralian spectacle is called. could hard
Nv be distinguished from its predecessor, as
c.onstantinople and the Golden Horn were
very much in evidence. In point of gor-
geousness most tremendously arranged,
..The Orient" as a spectacle would be diff
fcuit to match. And when you add to this
the beauty of a thousand dancing women,
music and song, the whole is a show dif-
fcult to do justice. There was practically
Not the least important in London's box.
ing night attractions was the production
If bjs fairy pantomirne. Santa Clans. >
This more even than last years "Cinder-
| ella which was seen in New York, EN-,
phasized the poetic and dainty, com1inel
with artistic costuming and charming ligh'
An important theatrical event for East
enders also marked boxing night. the re.
ffle Miie-<nd road, whitechapes. the the
ater that Is to Whl.echdpel what Drury
4 Lane is TO the West End. The Pavilion Is
the f1rst London theater to be constructed
; on the American plan OF having the princi-
, nal floor on the street level without any
Structural distractions between the seats
and the sidewalks The pantomime produc-
ton at the Crystal Palace Is one OF con-
siderable Importance This year Blue
Beard" was the subject, ana the book was
Entrusted TO Horace Lennard, with assist
ance from Oscar Barrett, who produces the
The great boxing day" shows are by nc
means exhausted in mentioning the above.
There were many other panton1imes of a
sort and special attractions without num-
her In the four hundred theaters and mu-
SIC halls OF which London boasts inclui-
tag the reappearance OF Mr. Toole st%ss:s
own fheater. IN walker. London"
Beerbshm Tree tonight closes an inn
mensely successful season. prior to his go
ing to America with his much appreciated
Hamlet.
Trneedian Keen Loses HIS Voice.
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