Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1894-05-29
entertainments.
HYPERION.


to-night's attraction, presented by the
ever-popu1ar and highly-gifted actress Rose
Coghlan and her fine company. Miss
Coghlan knowing that the piece would
succeed If we'll played, organized the now
well-known Coughlan company, and the
success gained equals anything that has
been attempted on the stage during the
past decade. Mr.. Clement Scott, the
adaptor Of diplomacy" for the English
speaking stage, witnessed the performance
of the comedy in Chicago while visiting
the exposition, and over his signature said
no better representation has ever been
given of the play. Miss Rose Coghlan will
give . fine production of this famous play
at the Hyperion this evening and to.mor
row evening she will present her latest
successful revival "Forget- Ne Not" This
is accounted Miss Coghlsn's strongest
play. Sale of seats now open.
The Whitney Opera company, present
ing Msssrs. DeKovsn and Smiths most
popular and celebrated opera ''The Fenc-
ing Master" will be presented In this city
for the first time next Friday evening, with
dainty little Marie Tempest in the leading
role. This popular opera enjoyed run of
over $50 nights last season at the Casino.
Sale OF seats now open.
GRAND OPERA HOUSE.
The four act comedy drama "Jerry" was
presented to large and appreciative audi
ence last night and will be repeated to-
night and tomorrow night, with a special
holiday matinee to morrow afternoon. Dyke
Brooke as "Jerry Cranston," an outcast,
and leading man of the play, was very
creditsble in his acting. Walter g. Horton
as "Hal Travsrs," a schemer, took the part
of the william of the play to perfection.
Fred Hood as slack Ellsworth" in love
with Mana, we'll enacted his part and al
ways appeared in the nick of time and
rescued her from the williams plots.
George Middleton as "Colonel Leigh"
southern gentleman, Miss Dora Vinton as
''Nana Leigh" an heiress, the heroine of
the play, won rounds of applause. being
very enthusiastically greeted time and
again. Miss Mamie Gladdis as "Mrs.
Leigh" the colonel's wife, and Mics Ella
Dunbar as "Rosie Rapid" swift girl,
played their respective roles admirably.
Miss Dunbar also pleased the audience
with her singing and dancing.
Between the third and fourth acts the
SO, 900 wrestling and fighting stallion
"Msjor," splendid animal, is brought out
on the stage and wrestles with his working
partner, George Washington Liver Perry,
| q well built young colored man, who in
answer to the challenge of ''Major's" man
ager, Mr.. Brock, comes forward from the
| audience and wrestles with the stallion for
| ten or fifteen minutes, the stallion win
ming. This is a very exciting performance
| and intensely interested the audience,
which watched the contest with rspt at
| tention MI. Brock also introduces "Babe,"
the smallest horse on earth, whose age is
Ave years and who is thirty-one inches
high. His weight is eighty five pounds.
The entire show Is full of interest to all.
Willie Collier will appear the last three
days this week in a new play entitled ga
Back Number" written by Edward e.
Kidder. "a Back Number" is very much
on the order of ga Poor Relation" play
that served to make Sol Smith Russell IA
nous. From the field of farce comedy to
legitimate comedy drama is a radical de-
parturs and one that ia to be commended
by all thoughtful people, and as Collier is
still very young man, and at the same
time Q clever comedian he has without
doubt very brillisnt future before him,
and his talent and ambition should place
him in the foremost rank of Americas
comedians.
PoLI's WONDERLAND THEATER.
Both yesterday afternoon and evening
there were sounds on Church street that
resembled the dull roar of distant thunder
and in front of this theater 1t was the
loudest. It was not thunder, but the ex-
pressions of laughter from the crowds of
people who filed every seat in the theater
and even crowded into the lobby. The
greatest laugh provokers in the country,
the American Macks, who made their first
appearance in this city, were in the main
responsible for the uproar. They are the
princes of fun makers and as knockabout
artists they nave no equal. As cure for
dyspepsia they are superior to all patent
medicines. There are no kings of fire
equal to the Salambos, brother and sister,
whose performances are marvellous. They
charge their bodies with electricity, fire
snapa from their arms and legs and not
content they blow at will flames from
their mouths. The policeman and the
tramp, as represented by Murphy and
Link. 10 an entertaining feature and their
parody of sSWeet Maris' is one of the
best that has been heard. They are fire.
quently encored and at each response
burst forth with some new and funny
song. Two handsome young women, Or
lando and Loretta, give representations of
national dances and that in Spanish COS
tune has not been equalled in this city,
not even by the famous Tortsjsda
troupe of Spanish troubadors. Then
Conway, Tony Hart, jr., and Bobby Bry-
ant. the whole from one end to the other