The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-04-21


HhlTS\ evening perform
ance. which 10
MOI given on some
day set apart when no other performances
are given elsewhere. in order that actors
and singers. whose professional duties de-
bar them from seeing all performances
save their own could once in awhile been
tertained by their brother professionals
The advent of the Warde-James company
i'm this city prompted tho appearing OF
the great combination which appears TO-
morrow, Sunday, evening. The perform
ance will begin with the two most power
full acts of Camille" in which MISS
Granger, Mr.. Hayes and the company
will be seen to very great advantage. ine
Pyke Opera company will give three acts
of different operas, introducing solos for
the principals, etc., also Miss Louis Man
fred, Daisy Thorne, Helene Salingcr. Mira
Del la Monte. Winifrcd Blake, AL Leach
and others appearing to the very pest
advantage. There will DO three famous
companies in the opera house tomorrow
night, the Pyke company, Maude Granger
company and the Warde-James COM
pany. The latter celebrities will be the
guests of tho two former. and for whom
all the boxes are reserved. Ono othcr
who has been n very famous actor In his
time will be in the audience tomorrow
evening, the tragedian Daniel b. Band-
mann, camo from his. ranch at Missoula
purposely to see this notable aggregation,
as well as to see our own local celebrity,
John Mcguire.
This will be memorable performance
in Butte, and many OF the audience will
no doubt be anxious to see an actor
audience such as will be present Sunday
night. There will be no advance in
prices. the gallery only 5Jc. and dress
circle 81.
The performances of such actors as
Frederick Warde and Louis James are
liberal educations in tn -1selves, verita-
BILE lessons in history and dramatic litera-
ture. What student who witnesses pre-
sentation of "Julius Caesar" but takes up
n Roman history and studies up that
period represented in the play with re-
newed interest, and follows the fortunes
of the characters with eager attention?
And so it is with "Richard Ill, "Henry
w." and host Of others. Then ON the
other hand are "Othello" and "Francesca
da Rimini," both OF them studies in hui
man nature, portraying passions that
move the heart the same to-day as fthey
did hundreds of years ago. And from all
these plays some moral or thought can be
taken which If applied to our .prosaic
lives will prove of benefit TO us. Whas
moro stirring picture can be drawn of the
horror of jealousy without cause than
Othello's wretched fate, and what moro
pitiful example of the fruits of deceit and
falsehood than the tale of Francesca OF
Rimini. 1t is for these reasons that Butte
is TO be congratulated upon the prospect
of this weeks engagement at Maguire's
opera house of these tragedians.
During the week they will present
.Juhus Caesar" "Othello," francesca
da Rimini," "Richard lII'' and Henry
w."
The feature of the repertoire is liking
Henry w." which is set down as n spe-
cial bill for Tuesday, the anniversary of
Shakespeare's birthday, and also for
Thursday evening. Although IL Is ac-
knowledged TO be one of the best, If not
thebest, of Shakespeare's poetic dramatic
writings. IL is almost an absolute novelty,
as is is fully 10 years since the play has
been presented in this country generally,
and in those days plays were not mounted
in the manner they are now, with elabo-
rate scenery and gorgeous costumes, such
as are promised in the Warde-James pro-
duction. The action commences at an in
teresting period of English history. King
Henry ". declining into tue vale of years,
broken with sickness and agitated with
remorse, resolves to expiate the murder
of his sovereign by n crusade to the Holy
Land, but is diverted from this resolution
by the sudden incursions of the Welsh,
under Owen Glendower, and the revolt of
some of his principal nobility, particu-
larry the powerful house of Northumber-
land. at the head of which is Harry Percy,
the renowned Hotspur. From these events
arise the tragic incidents OF tho play,
while TO the "ninble-footed madcap
Prince of Waiesn We are Indebted for our
Introduction to those joyous companions
OF the Bears Head. Poins. Gadshill. Bar
dolph ana the inimitablc Falstaf, who
sustain the comedy interest. At what
time Henry W." was originally pro-
duced is not known. but il is generally
supposed that IL was given its premier
performance during tho lifetime of
Shakespeare. and there is n tradition OK
tant that he himself enacted the part of
Hotspur in the year 1897. There is not a
character in it from King Henry or Prince
Hal to Bardolph that docs not sparkle
with wit or poetry; and. whilst we are at
one moment lost in admiration of the
sentiment, we are the next convulsed
with laughter by the keen wit and satire
of Falstaf. - ef.s.
Mr.. Warde will play Prince Hal Mr..
James. Falstan; Mr.. Lindsey, Hotspur,
and Mr.. Turner, King Henry.
II is probable that Butte will be given a
series of promenade concerts during the
summer under the auspices of Profess r
Marines Silver Bow band, one of the best
musical organizations in the West. A Sc