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young voices, and the feminine portion
Of 1t is pretty and slapely; in fact, the
Wflburs have always been noted for
their handsome girls, and it is said that
this season Manager Wilbur has out
done even himself in this respect.
At the request Of many of his pat
roEs Manager Wilbur has revived the
beautiful spectacular marches which
were formerly so pleasing feature of
the performances Of this company, and
reproduced with marvellous lighting
and costuming effects. Several of
these marches will be given during the
coming engagement.
Inc living pictures are a feature for
any performance; they are given in adj
dition to the operate productions COM
plete. The Wilbur pictures are today
among the finest in the country Man
ager Wilbur has just completed the
purchase Of new lighting apparatus,
which will render the pictures more
realistic than ever before, and which
cost him in the neighborhood of s10,-
600.
The company contains the names of
the old favorites, including Marion Ma
nola, Hattie Richardson, Lille Taylor.
Ethel Robinson, ]. E. Comfy, W. H
kohnle, Gus Vauhgn, Emmett Drew,
AL Lamar and Maud Daniel, manager,
and chorus of thirty-five people, to-
6CtuiCi WlUu d large orchestra, unQer
the direction of Frank N Darling
The production of LA Boheme," in
English, which will be presented for
the first time in America at Philadel-
phia, Sept. 10, is said to be one of the
strongest operas when rendered in
English, that has ever come from an
Italian composers head. Critics who
have read the book since its transla-
ton, say that contrary to the usual
rule the opera has lost nothing in the
change. In England, where the Eng
fish version was first heard, it has en-
joy ed a greater popularity than any
grand opera in English which has been
presented there during tho past two
decades. Judging from the success
which attended every performance of
the opera given in Italian by the
Royal Italian Grand Opera company
last season, La Boliene,' in English,
should make decided hit.
r. A. Roberts, who staged Lifts
great production of Shenandoah" at
McVicker's theater; Chicago, will stage
Mr.. Lifts forthcoming production of
Sporting Life at the Academy of Mu-
sic, New York. Sporting Life" will
be the annual melodramatic production
at the Academy and will be mag
nificent one. 1t will cost Mr.. Lit fully
$4,000 to raise the curtain. There will
be over 500 people upon the stage in
one of the acts
Mark Murphy, late co-star with
Thomas E. Murray. under the team
name of Murray & Murphy, has been
engaged by Manager Fred Peel for the
leading role in the new comic novelty,
"Caseys Wife,"
what Happened to JONES'" the new
comedy success from the pen of George
H. Broadhurst, a former Minneapolitan,
will be seen in this city in the near flu
ture.
Fair week will be celebrated at the
Grand by the advent of one of the
most popular attractions in Mathews
and Bulger, the eccentric comedians
In their rag-time opera, by the Sea
Side Waves" Their newest endeavor
IS described as comedy opera, put to-
gether with "rag-time accomplish
ments.' and no matter what this may
be, that it will be the very 'limit" in
novelty no one will question who knows
the resources of this funny firm and
their wonderful inventive genius.
What the result of the large number
OF stock companies being organized in
New York for the coming season will
be, it is impossible at this time to de-
termine. but II is certain that from
present indications they viii be highly
necessary in order to fill large blocks
of vacant time In many theaters
throughout the country. There appears
to be fewer travelling organizations of
merit each season. The causes lead
ing to this condition of things, it is not
hard to discover. The efforts of a few
persons in New York to control not
only the travelling companies, but the
principal theaters of the country.
have struck a death blow to theatrical
enterprise. and speculation in that di-