The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-04-05
ENTERTAINMENTS.


A FINE LIST OF ATTRACTIONS.
This week will be one of special inter-
est to theater-goers, as Mr.. G. B. Bun
nell has at both of his houses one of the
strongest list of attractions seen in
some time
At the Hyperion tonight and to-mor-
row right the new comic opera, 1899"
will be presented; on Wednesday THE
Man from Mexico" will be seen; on
Friday THE Prisoner of Zenda," and
on Saturday wheelmen's matinee and
in the evening Denman Thompson's
"Old Homestead"
AT the Grand tonight and tomorrow
night with a special matinee Tuesday
Edward Harrigan will be seen in "Old
Lavender" on Wednesday, matinee
and evening, Jim, the Penman," plays
a return date, and on the last three
days of the week, with daily matinees,
1.-The South Before the War" will be
presented. To present such strong at
fractions at popular prices-matinees
10, 10 and % cents, evening 10, 20 and 80
cents-seems incredible, but the i'm
SuppOIL tAlcllueu W NIL
by his patrons who crowd his comforta-
BILE house enables him to do so.
H. L. Ensign and Eduard Hoist are
responsible for the new comic opera,
1899" which will be produced by the
Fifth Avenue Opera company of New
York at the Hyperion tonight and to-
morrow night. The opera Is in three
acts, the scene Of action being at the
close of the next century The first
scene shows a college and campus with
students of both sexes engaged in their
athletic sports, the difference from the
present time being that the women take
the lead in everything; the men are
considered the weaker sex. The flying
machine is another novelty, two of
which, complete in every detail, will be
used in the production. The comedy ell
ement is furnished by Edwin Stevens
in the character of Mr.. Packer of Chi
cago, who escapes in a. flying machine
from a Spanish countess (Mathilde
Cottrelly), who, being under the i'm
preston that he is millionaire, wishes
to marry him. Packer, while posing as
millionaire, is in reality a penniless
adventurer, but who is on the lookout
| for rich wife, and as the countess her
| self is without any means of support
| he takes every means to keep out of
her way. Packer later on, disguised as
the Prince of Mars and envoy from his
| father the King, and who is supposed
to have come from Mars in his flying
machine, makes the acquaintance of
g I, So tIA
who is a woman with two beautiful
daughters, Corona and Electra, exactly
, alike in everything except disposition,
one being gay, while the other is of a
dignifed temperament. Packer falls in
love with one of the girls, and, being
unable to tell them apart, places HIM
self in some funny situations The cast
of the production is one of the strong
est yet seen in New Haven, having such
we'll known favorites as Hugh Chill
dress, Edwin Stevens, Mathilde Cottrel-
ly, Nita Carritte, Charles Butler, Sid
DeGray, Cam Mauvel, Alice Holbrook,
| Genevieve Reynolds and a chorus of
sixty voices. The costumes are by
Simpson, Crawford & Simpson, and will
be found in keeping with the general
|
open.
"THE MAN FROM MEXICO"
| H. A Du Souchet, the author Of the
most successful farce produced in this
country for years, MY Friend from In
| dia," has just completed another COM
edy, 1.-THE Man from Mexico" which
| will be presented at the Hyperion on
Wednesday night. The farce will be
presented by the Smyth and Rice COM
edians, the splendid organization which
first presented here My Friend from
India" and which has just closed a
run Of $50 nights at Hoyts. Sale OF
seats now open.
THE PRISONER OF ZENDA."
| Much of the attractveness of THE
| Prisoner Of Ienda" is due to the high
sentiment of honor expressed in its
lines. 1t remains only for Daniel Froh-
| mans Lyceum company to bring out
those finer feelings suggested by the
story, and the opportunity to study the
effect will be offered at the Hyperion
on Friday night, when "The Prisoner
of Zenda" will make it's first appear.
ance in this city. Sale Of seats opens
Wednesday.
| THE OLD HOMESTEAD
That quaint and delicious play, "The
Old Homestead" Is to be with us once
again on Saturday. April TO- matinee
and evening. It has all the old feat
ures that has made it a success for SC
many years. The company that will
offer the play includes Archie Boyd as
Joshua Whitcomb," Fred Glare as ''the
| No lot
cy," and Kathryne Miller as Mrs
| Murdoch" The double male quartet oil
THE Old Homestead" which was al
ways a popular feature, will render new
songs and harmonies, led by Dick Jose
the favorite tenor. Wheelmen's matt
nee Saturday. Sale of seats opens
| Thursday.