The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-13
LILLIAN LEWIS AS .oLEnrArna..
"A voluptuous Production of Grand
Drama.

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A voluptuouo Production of . Grand
Drama.
Tonight the famous Lewis Cleo.
pasrs" production will be pre-, ented st
| the Academy and there Is every reason
TO suppose that the largest house OF sSa
season will be present to Gee the super b
dramatic spectacle. The barefoot ballet
wall positively be seen and the prices
Will mob be advanced.
Inc picturesque In dram can go no far
sner than 1t is carried In the prod NC ZION
OF 'Cleopatra" as Ii will be presented
oy Miss Lillian Lewis. Music, ballet,
eapleaux, beautiful women adorned by
and adorniug voluptuous costumes, color
ana light. Like glorious pageant tue
drama presents itself in series of pic
tures; the chorus Of Osiris, ohanted by
Egyptian devotees; tho greeting of Cleo.
patrs when sho arrives in her barge ;she
olVerHsemens OF royal uancers, and the
Queens dance before Antony forms n
series OF truly oriental pictures, char
acteristio and perfectly oonsie.ens with
ms eensuousness Of Cleopatra's time.
Ihe muaic il decidedly semitic. Cor
geons Is the only word which osn
describe the costumes, and whether the
oesuty OF the chorus and tho ballot
aaorns tho garments or the garments
acorn the wearers, ono thing ia GER
taln-she effect OF beauty and lowell
ness is there. But it is no. alone the
Spectacular which is to DO COM
mende3-she drama Is we'll acted. Miss
Lewis herselt has mastery concep-
ton or the Egyptian queen, and her Rne
physique and spieodiu voice I'll her nd
mirably for the portrayal OF this part.
The cast which support Misc Lewis il
capsole. AS the prices will not be ad-
vanced this will te the first presensa-
sion OF "Cleopatra" as regular house
prices.
Big "BlScR Crook" Tomorrow Night,
The coming to thie city of that IA
nous spectacle, 1.-THE Black Crook"
will recall to the old-simers Tho Black
CROOK" OF 1866, with It's academic lrem-
iers, Its full-skirted coryphees, and Its
amply draped figurantes, and who lass
year gazed upon the upectscular car
nival at the Academy of Music. New
YORK, with Its succession of ecsnee, are
moved to reflection ON the change in the
times. Prior to she initial production
OF Charles Barcas' spectacle, there had
never been q regular ballet Of any siz,
In this country. Lola Montez had fitted
across the stage, end Fanny Ellsler had
danced few characteristic steps, but q
complete ballet, with prima Assoluta,
seoondi and ballerini was unknown.
The little the public had seen of women
In tights Was confined to tho perform
anoe Of "Mazspps," in which either
Adah Isaacs Menken, Kate Fisher or
Leo Hudson was lashed to the bsck of
a wild, untamed Bsrbary steed.
The sensation c.p be imagined when
all at once the stnge at Niblo's Carbon,
Now York, wau filled with what seemed
TO BIS myriads of women In short skirts,
In trunks and in breeches. I. was q
beautiful spectacle and it appealed to
the eenses as no theatrical performances
ever had before. The present reyival
Is superb, in fact IL is superior to the
initial production. Tho allegorical bal
let's are sll gorgeous, and those with an
Illustrative significance are nest enter
tanning. The European specialties are
novel, and in point of true excellence
outrank anything az yes brought 10 this
country. 1t Ia huge undertaking to
start large company en- tour, and its
management deserved great deal of
credit for displaying such energy. 1t
will be seen here In all of It's regal
splendor ct tho Academy OF Music toa
morrow night.
The bss. fried oysters in town az
Bonners,
DR.. CHAIRMAN w. JONES, brother OF
Dr.: IL. e. Jones, of this city, has located
in Roanoke for the practice Of his pro-
feesion, with offices on Salem avenue 9.
W., (ups!airs) next door to e L Erbs
drug store.
AN we'll equipped at No 121 Eighth
avenue 8. ". to give ladies Turkish,
Russian and Electric Baths, from 1 to
p. %. daily. except Sunday. Can also
give massage scientifically. MINNIE
KENvIN, Trained Nurse.
Do You BURN CoALP If 90, get w.
K, Andrews 81 Co., 219 Salem avenue, to
deliver 1t to you with their belled
teams from under their dry sheds.