The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-19
In LOCAL THEATERS.

This evening "The White Squadron"
will be the attraction at the Academy
of Music. In the third act the CON
gress of tho navies' is assembled.
Here the artist has had wide scope and
has improved his opportunities. The
magnificent cruisers are seen in all
their beauty and grandeur. Every de-
tail is complete. The other scenes have
not been neglected. and the skill of the
artist Is seen in every act. In the
fourth act, which pictures the Para
hiba, a monastery Is presented, sur
rounded by tropical shrubbery amid
hilly descents. The company, which is
headed by the well-known actor, w. a.
Whitecar, is a most capable one.
A. Y. Pearsons melodramatic pro-
duction, Land of the Midnight Sun"
will be presented at the Academy of
Music Monday night, Jan. 2l. The
play was fashioned by Edwin Barbour.
the author of several successful
dramas of the latter day school.
Mr.. Barbour gives credit to Hall
Gains story, THE Bondman," for
many of the incidents and charac-
ters found in his play. 1t is the story
of two sons of the same father by diff
ferent mothers. The lawful son, born
in Iceland, swears to kill his father for
cruel treatment of his mother and also
his half brother. The plot is consider
ably involved, the scenes occurring in
North Carolina and Iceland. The
brothers fail in love with the same
woman, although unknown to each
other, and she marries the illegitimate
one. The brothers meet in Iceland.
They, for some fancied crime, are sent
to the Sulphur mines, a penal institu-
ton where they learn of the relation
ship existing between them. They
finally escape during a volcanic erup-
ton that takes place at Mount Hecla.
Jason, the legitimate son. Is made gov
ernor by the king of Denmark. He
pardons his younger brother, who,
with his wife, returns to America.
Mrs. Cora Urquhart Potter and Kyrle
Belew will appear at the Academy of
Music on Tuesday evening in their lat
est and greatest success, Charlotte
Corday," a tragic drama of life during
the reign of terror in France. Mrs.
Potter assumes the title role, and Mr..
Belew the role of the great tyrant,
Marat. In regard to Mrs. Potter'S i'm
personation Of the eXacting role of
Charlotte Corday, the Chicago Even
ing Post says: She has the external
if not the internal attributes of the
Charlotte of our imagination, unlike
the actual as our fancy doubtless por-
n,l, 1aN.
even If she does not simulate the alb
sorbing sense of passionate duty which
moved the slayer of Marat. In the stu
dio of David posing for the picture
of Judith and HOlofernes in the brill
liant robes of the orient, vacillating be-
tween the duty of the poseuse and the
mission of death to which she was self
dedicated, Mrs. Potter stands out a
stage picture of engrossed interest,
brilliant in color, stately in posture, a
veritable study in purple and crimson
and Nemesis"
"The Little TottOOn," q comic opera
written by ID. G. Johns, will be pre-
sented at the Academy of Music Jan
"a by the following cast:
Piardo, n nobeman. Horace l.. Johns
PiZaro, village sChoolmaster,
Il. S. Barratt
Pidro, n villain. n........ Thomas G. Williams
Vilo, Parlo, tramps,
II. j. Johns, Jenkin C. Thomas
Marinda uhe Little Tottoon) daughter
of Piardo. o...............M Miss Julia Allen
Sponzella, Il dairy maid,
Miss L!dla Sailor
Quta, village maid.......Mrs. ID. G. Johns
Sylvina, servant. ..... Miss Marie Gilgallon
Vanita, daughter of Piardo,
Miss Sarah Raines
Chorus of Villagers.
ID, G., Johns. s.......... Manager and Director
There is a pretty story by the opera
which Is set to tuneful music that Is
at times brilliant. The opera Is inter
preted in an excellent manner by the
artists mentioned a1ove, and will ne
doubt draw large audience TO the
Academy next Thursday night.
II II Il
]. S. Sanford. the new manager of the
rockingham theater, arrived in the
city from New York last evening. Mr.
Sanford is a manager of wide exeperl.
ence, having been connected with the
"Bostonians," the Rhea company and
other well known combinations.