The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-03-10


That the popularity OF 'sTrilby'' has
not wared vas fully demonstrated last
night when the patrons of the Lyric
Theatre, Hoboken. crowded the house to
see the first presentation Of the play
in that town. The hearty applause with
which the spectators rewarded the efforts
of the performers showed, too, that they
considered themselves well repaid for
their trouble in attending. tTrilby''
scored one more success in Hoboken.
The dramatdzation of the story is by
Paul NJ. Potter, whom critics unite in
hanging the novel for the stage Mr..
Potter has. however, been obliged to
make notable changes and great lovers
trying. The book as it came from the
hands of dts creator is SO perfect that
all additions and subtractions seem to
intercourse with Mrs. Bagot is not Du
Maurier's scrupu,ous and high bred
Taffy, and when Trilby consents to elope
she resigns her crown of martyrdom and
descends to the level of an every day
The novel is SO well known that to de-
Paris, those of the first and second acts
being in the Latin quarter in the studio
shows the foyer of the. Cirque des Basti-
bazouks and the fourth is paced in the
Hotel Bristol; The audience gets &
VI L III II pCillli
acts and the Christmas revels give some
idea of the careless gaiety that distin-
g guishe4 tn nf j Par1sI M5eT Of t fast,, famous Is
great men nave sown their wild oats, to.
be capped in after years in the laurels of
earthly success.
as Tri,by, and won the hearts of the
audience as easily as she did those of
Climbed csn ssass to a svenaairs. b @efn I i%nsue snee
and left hope and happiness to follow
him the sympathy of the audience. was
s when shy a N anaTO IL al fllg rs s sha ia It (
matchless singer and all the misery Of
z blasted life. tears seemed her most
Svengaii, Mr.. Edwin Brandt. was, per-
haps. the most striking figure on tha.
stage. From his first entrance till his
s~pell-bound with the CLEAN of his evil
eye. Many Of the women turned their
heads in fear lest his hateful face should
halInt them in their dreams. &
The other characters of the play. al,
Of whom were co~nscientious.y performed
hv the various actors w~ers:-Taffv. Mr..
z; MacIntyre; Little Riilee. Rrenten
Thorpa. Gecko. Douglas Lloyd: zou You.
Jay Wilson: Dodor' Charles , Poor;
Rasot. Judith Cryder; Nine. Wizard.
Elizabeth BrAfnerd.
"Trilby', will be at the Lyric Theatre
hon fob TDratrP.
The programme for this the twenty
ninth week of the season at the Bon Ton
is quite up to the extraordinary STANDARD
which has prevailed for the past month.
The entertainment at this house has al
ways been satisfactory but for the last
four weeks Manager Dinksns has quite
pubic appreciate this is apparent in the
the rush hours. The La Mont Family
ne narnhc &c a 30 n~na11dnf ~ DACtlzr- 1n:.~-
the best of their kind in the world they
are new. Double somersault's are mere
ehila'e on ,gla 81 the t. fas@; lo 4 dsg0r msn t + =
come spinning across the stage in q
saulfing n the ar AND on the shoulders
Next in point of favor with the audience.
comes Frances Harrison and her biack
Of them dance. especially the frsf has,
of the quartette. who is a young fellow
q great cleverness The La Porte sisters
new songs. Nordheim is very clever on
Che slack wire. and the .Sidmans are
genuinely ssntrE sg,, fann nyx = In a qpiet wy in q
scribina .Unc.e's'' visit to New York.
Eva quite captured the house
yaaas, her is gras15ul SINGING IS wait Of 'ug psT Ms
a satire on the Four Hundred. The Full
female fem sr cosfums 40 ana ! s%p Kneekabo aan act IL IL
which a coordination house full Of trap
doors figured prominently. On the pro-
Comic acrobats: Keating and Harris.
musical artists; Scanlon and Welsh. Irish
dialect team; Elsie Graham, 2 pocket
author Of a hundred songs, and others.
ssTher~ - danger in drlay..
Since 1861 / have been q great sufferer
from cafarrh. / tried Ely Cream Balm
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