The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-03-08
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s4ne Of the opei"
,h.atricai patrons the past week
r,,.,sr for two nights and a mat
......on with Faust" for two nights
.,t,nse. and lastly, Tim Murphy In
steer" for one night. The pa
:, neither Fife Ellsler. nor Nor
what these artists deserved. The
!. !, capricious about these things
y. companies and certain plays be-
.rr,l favorites and always draw well.
I. ,,hse Of equal merit never draw.
thoroughly good attraction is IRE
an empty house and the stand
Avn only" sign Is hung out the next
,o- a barn storming outfit. Patron
..,efore. is not an infallible rule for
.,,,nr the worth or excellence of a
!, It's interpreters. "a Texas Steer"
mod audience and II was also an
,.m.ly smooth, good show. In which
uurphy as Maverick Brander Is inim-
\. But one attraction will be seen this
s-pella Fox In light or comic opera,
one night only.
liza Fox will appear Tuesday night at
ooera house In 1.-THE Little Trooper"
mi. attraction in New Orleans the Pic
:. saws: 1.-THE audience. which was a
large one, gave the little star a most
uslastic reception, and applauded her
~ throughout the performance. Miss
For has had q wonderfully success
e.reer and has been one of the "fads'
~ great Gotham. 1t was. therefore,
rst,,ral that she should have been ac-
a, az warm a welcome. Miss Fox
4 her debut in THE Little Trooper. ="
,aantation from the French by Clay
.ne and william Furst. The operetta-
q the work may he styled-has typic--
French plot. dash of Partisan sug-
tv,ness. and sparkles over with mirth
beginning to end. The Little Trooper,
rlalrette. the character assumed by
Fox is the wife of a captain In the
,rrh army of 1862 The latter was In
sxlth and beloved by Mathllde. the pro-
,tress o: the Bon Marche, and they be-
"A involved In a little love affair. Clair
crows Jealous and dons the uniform
trooper In order to punish her hus-
IA. She gets into no end of ridiculous
atoms, and finishes by becoming recon-
Il 10 him. The music of the little opera
rneful and catchy, in fact popular, and
stage settings and costumes most ella
NE. The performance last night made
ec.ded hit with the audience, and was
uounced one OF the most amusing and
liant comic operas ever given In this
Miss Fox was charming in her i'm
scnation of Claire.te. She is the EN-
Elment Of coyness. deviltry and temper"
IN most brilliant cast ever seen In the
hou old play, The Rivals" which has
It's own for a century in all English
aking countries, is to be arranged at
at cost and the company is to star the
fling cities OF the East in thirty days,
nencing- May /. Here is the contem-
ed cast, the arrangement for which are
at perfected
Acres. ..................Jose Jefferson
anthony Absolute. William II. Crane
Lucius O'rrigger. Nat C. Goodwin
nd.,...u... .............. Francis Wilson
plain Absolute. Robert Tdbei
aklard ... :. ........Joseph Holland
g. =" .....................E NJ. Holland
halaprop. ..............M Mrs. John Drew
Ga Languish. Julia Marlowe-Tabei
y... =. ..,,,............No yet selo"
us astonishing company of players
one star of the first magnitude, was
fmbled only after many months OF hard
II on the part Of the manager Eacf
yer was OF course engaged with hi;
company, and as all are most sue
su, had engagements TO the very END
NE theatrical season.
'x Workers. should be we'll amused, no
dy better in all the big, round world
" have their choice of forty-eight the
NJ that is. counting music halls ant
"a houses and Madison Square Garden
Co most of the time 1t IS in action, Il
Of the strongest of attractions. Mos
asse. too, ere between Thirteenth anC
yIourth streets, about a mile and .
sho largely on or within a square %
s1xay. Not n single house outside o
UNITS really amot hts to anything
s.eeh OF them hold 1900 people; sin VII
oetween POO and 200. while the Metro
wan opera house can seat 300 and Mad
square Garden can accommodate n
Wy as 1850, so Barnum says. TIE aver
p'ce OF seat is about 81, but not whe
opera is concerned. or Bernhard. Dus
eVquein arc on the stage, thcn tn
q goes up TO SO to IS for n single seat
me most desirable spots. As to ap
ance they are probably the most beau
IN the world. They have not tn
Aaour OF tradition and the haze of his
around them, but they have NOR
w women and pretty and costlier cos
y, IN them than any others in tn
new Eastern success the Philadel
Zines says; "a Woman of the PEG
has been characterized by exper
~ as being superior TO wages G
Woman Against Woman" an
Wy against Her" all of which hay
written by Frank Harvey. Will
I, ne similar to those plays from til
4 s,at The main characters are take
n. ,ahhs OF the people. still II treat
,,,l,ener class by way of contrast.
h. say pathetic in tone. and the ht
suses IN such heart-melting scene:
~ M .s"eeis good womanhood that on
,n,press the tears of sympathy. Sh
h h.n ana the trials and misfortune
AN I, ~" 10 her are such as occur in oil
So ~ ihey hear the imprint of trut
N Ia 90 they seem that the stage
Mn. NV and the audience sees nothin
svs ttoung wife ard mother strugglin
d. ,,a es profigate husband. and at III
IA, as prevent her child from becon
''''''ate OF the founding asylum.