The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-08-31
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Lillian Lewis Mil appear 1t tha Graud
Opera Houses on Monday aiternoon and
evening, Ia fine rendition of shake.
sreares ''Cieopatra." OF this production
u Ia said that tho Royal Egyptian daueers.
who dancs tue barefoot advertisement. are
not ths docils creatures which tales OF
oriental woinan's humility one would be
led to beiuve. They have the same as.
ssrtivcnoss. the same rumpus raising pro.
cllvltius and the same persistence In
baying their own way. They have no
objection to tbs bare fest and limbs. but
they will not dance bare faced. so the
Egyptian nose veil Is part OF their eos'
tune.
Ine production is embelilshed with
storm scene, tabieaux vivant. Cleopatra's
barge and q host OF handsome women
adorned In gorgeous costumes. Iuoiuded
Ia tho cast Ia Edmund Collier. who appear.
cd with SUCCESS with Booth and Barrett
Miss Lewis hersel. hns achieved success
10 the title role. Tho press and public
everywhere coincide that the production
is all that It Ia claimed TO be and the en-
gagement 10 euro to be success.
The coming OF "A Trip 20 Chinatown"
to the Grand Opera House next Tuesday
evening brings with 1t knowledge that
Mr. Charles Hcyts farce comedy has ex.
celled. go far es The annals OF thnatrio2f
history are conosrnsd. all precedence. IL
ts customary to dress farce comedy sdnrf
ing the summer munths and this hns besl
done with this production. IL 10 being
presented this season with an entire new
Gust, Including Mise Laura Bigger. ris.
ing Wilmington artIste. who has been
identified with Mr.. Hoyt for many years
10 the leading position ehe will Sustain In
this presentation.
Mr.. Burt Haveriy. who has also enjoyed
such relations with MIR. Hoyt, will also
demonstrate his abilities as at actor and
comedian. The company that will assist
the above favorites will be from tbs most
exsmp plary artists that have been seen In
MIR. Hoyt's compositions and our theatre.
goers may rest assured that the presents
tlon will equal those given In the past. II
1t does not surpass them in every respect
pIJoU THEATRE.
Little Trixie."a 70 mirthful. IN usieai come
dy. was given lts second presentation be.
fore large Wilmington audience at the
Bijou Theatre last evening by Miss May
Smith Robbins and an sxoesdlngly clever
company. The presentation last even
ing was FAR better than the one given pre-
vious. enoh and every artist protraying
thee aracters better and with more emo
ton. Ths closing performance OF the
engagement will be givea this evening.
Commanding with special Labor day.
Monday. and continuing for three days
with matinees Morday and Wednesday
afternoon.
s. William Fenness,'s big meio dramatic
Bijou. The play contains oil the startling
features which lovers Of melo drama de
msnd In these days. There are realistic
views of large shlps then there Is a revolv.
Ing scene howlng the interior and exteri-
or OF coal mine; there Is an apple or.
chard In full bloom. and there 10 scene
10 which one can tell an object lesson In
coal mining. The story OF the play In
brief 10 as follows: Richard Bartley.
London shipping agent has lost his
daughter Mary Just an instant before she
fails heir to twenty thousand pounds.
Into his office at that precise moment
comes William Hope with his little daugh.
ter Grace. looking for employment OF any
sort. In an unfortunate moment Grace
is substituted for the dead Mary and
Hope Ia taken into Bartleys business.
Hope knows Coal field secret and both
become rloh. But ihe bad Leonard
Monckton has overheard the compact and
being folled In Q robbery scheme by Hope
he devotes his life to revenge in Its most
diaboiical forms.
Fourteen, yesrs lapse. and lMonkton
comes back from somewhere for his de-
ferred feast.
He begins by warning the supposed
Mary Bartley that her lover is false (of
course this isn't so) and ends by plotting
with Burtley and rascally miner to
cause an explosion In the mine where hope
is known to be- At this time the facts of
Grace Hopes relationship have become
known. She overhears the villains. and
smashing hig window OF genuine glass
rushes TO warn her father. But the explos.
ion comes and they are imprisoned with
the man who had worried the destruction.
The cast Ii headed by Elmer Grandin.