The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-17
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ADJUSTMENTS.
Grand-"Thc Grand v~ixier."

uOHud W.. OtdDTOtht > HcW opera, iHc
Grand vizier,' had its first appearance in
a city Of size at the Grand last night, hav-
ing been ex%perimentally brought out at De-
catur, ILL.,, a few days ago. AS a comic
opera it Is hardly up to the standard of
modern successes, and certainly does not
rank with Seabrookes great success, "The
Isle of Champaign" However, it contains
much that is styled up to date in the
way of low comedy, and furnished plenty
of amusement to a large audience, which.
perhaps. was there. more to see and laugh
at Seabrooke's foolishness than to ~criticise
the opera. His Swim Out, O'Grady," con-
tanning a number Of new verses, was a flu
rious hit, and the comic duet with Elvia
Croix. How It Occurred was repeatedly
encored. There is little question that
its money, but there is some
doubt L !; If Mr.; seabrooke can give the opera
he takes 1t to New York. 1t is somewhat
unsatisfying and bulky, There is no call for
introducing their dance. and the dance
itself, while clever. Is not sufficiently &c,
weight to the piece. The company is eS-
c%ellently drilled. showing the pains that
Fred Gagel, composer and musical director.
has taken in getting all the possible beau
ties out OF his music.
Katherine Linyard is a bright singer in
the cast. who stands out with much promi-
nence on account of her flexible soprano
voice and her intelligent rendering of the
slant approval from the musical critics,
and she makes up for considerable that
may be desired: but is lacking Some one
the best things out of ''Tobasco" and
MGR ed them them into Z T psw opera under the
accounts largely for whatever weak spots
there are in the opera, and with further
piece that will satisfy metropolitan judges.
Seabrooke can hardly. help being funny,
Whatever senanG ed,t the s9r rs mnIa sion he is Is not Fran a
els Wilson, as is sometimes said, for Sea-
br2oke's, fun is as original, in its way. as
hard worker, constantly on the alert for
new tricks, gags and little bits of stage
S tSe sasce snat Of are al, lar modern res asmie epe sor
kings, and deserves to rank well. but there
are some people who wish from their
an Irish character Poor Pat is worked to
cast as follows:
Dennis O'Grady, a shipwrecked sailor
masquerading as Monsieur Mouchoir,
a French physician. Thomas G. Seabrooke
Hassabad Tempar, a hypchondricai
cs s,rles an italian trader water K, Allen
Rhubarb, trained nurse. Charles Mcdonald
Kamfor. trained nurse.........D Daniel Baker
Tuffnut, a slave des.ler......K Karl Formes. jr
Carleton
Phatfellah. Concord
Sing Ill, a messenger. ........ David Loeb
ANNA. an Algerian slave;.....,.....
katherine Linyard
Bachnumba, a harem veteran..-.......
Carrie T.. PERKINS
Haidee. OF Hasabad's household ........
Hattie Moore
Mlrza. .Nanette nixon
LulidIe.. Maug Anderson
Jsauoura. FLORENCE Wiley
Nela. a breeze from Italy ........E lvia Crox
isle of agne" Tonight.
The isle of Champagne will be given
by Mr.. Seabrooke's company tonight. The
opera is bright and full of gags that need
not a corkscrew to undo them. Seabrooke
sings his funny songs, ''The Prodigal Son.
and 'The Song of All Nations" and is
pursued with encores until he runs out of
verses. The first act shows Pommery on his
island, bereft of cash and full Of a low
spirited melancholy and other fluids. A
brig is stranded on the coast. 1t contains
water. and to get money in the treasury
Pominery marries Miss Abigail Peck, OF
New Bedford, Mass. the owner of the ves-
sci. and establishes a state monopoly of the
sale of water. incidentally, he imbibes
some of the new beverage with startling
effect on hts impartial nerves. Miss Abigail
proves a very tartar on the throne. She
conspires with Major Frappe to down the
King. She pretends death, and the obliging