The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-01-22
GRAND OPERA HOUSE.

You can fill a common thimble to
overlooking, but what does the overflow
amount to- You can fill an immense
building 20 overlooking, and the over
Grand opera house every evening where
the crowds assemble to see productions
of the highest grade which are seen
at q dollar elsewhere, but at this well
known place of amusement the same
attraction, perfect in every detail, is
seen at popular prices. Last night long
before the ticket offices were opened
a long line was in waiting for the sig
nal to be given to commence the sale
OF tickets, and when it did begin the
two ticket sellers had all they could do
to keep the line moving.
Down on the Suwanee River" is the
magnet which is now attracting such
crowds to the Grand opera house, 1t
is something absolutely new, and is pre-
sented by a company of fifty-eight peo-
pie, forty-eight of whom are eolored.
The company includes Billy MeClain,
the king of eolored comedians, and his
clever wife, Cordelia McClain, Charles
A. Walker, Harry Singleton ana many
other well known colored artists, Sc
lected from the 500 members of the
company presenting BLACK America"
The play is divided into three parts.
The first act takes place in the Afri-
can village of Bakuba where King
Bocm-de-Aye and his subjects are cap
tured by slave hunters and taken to
the orange plantations on the Slwanee
river in Florida, Here the second scene
is laid. These two acts gave John Fl.
Young, the noted scenic artist of the
Broadway theater, New York, great
opportunity for spectacular tropical eff
fects of which he took full advantage.
The third act shows a social gathering
In a. Thompson street hall. Most in
teresting specialties are introduced
throughout the first two acts. but the
third act albounds almost wholly in
funny features.
The dancing carnival in the second
act introduces twenty of the greatest
colored dancers. and the cake walk in
the third act is we'll worth the price Of
admission to see.
There will be a matinee to-day, when
this fine production will be seen staged
and produced in every respect the same
as the evening performance, the only
difference being the prices. Matinee
prices 10c, 2Oc csc.
The matinees are specially given for
ladies and children, and the large at
tendance at them shows how they are
appreciated by those for whose benefit
they are given.
Ada Lee Bascom, a young California
authoress, made a special study of
characters on the Bowery and wrote
comes to the Grand opera house the
last three days this week. The char
acters in "a Bowery Girl" are correct,
their peculiar dialect and dress is only
to be heard and see there. The play is
under the able management of Mr.. Har-
ry Williams. Clara Thropp, who plays
Nora, a Bowery girl, is one of the
leading soubrettes on the stage. The
scenery is a special feature, and car
load is carried by the company 1t is
from the brush of John G. Buss, seem
ic artist OF the Haymarket theater,
Chicago. The principal scenes are the
Bowery at night, at Grand street with
it's many characters; the Palisades on
the Hudson river. with a terrific dyna-
mite explosion. This scene is a realism
in stage mechanism. The housetops of
New York, the Brooklyn bridge in the
distance, with thrilling and realistic
escape from fire. Matinees Friday and
Saturday.