The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-10-23
A FEATURE THIS WEEK.

Klaw g. Erlanger's and 3. d. Stevens
Great Production of Sousa's New
| Opera Chris and the Wonderful
| Lamp"
At the Hyperion theater to-nigh
Messrs. Klaw & ErIanger and B. S
Stevens will present the greatest anC
| most complete of all their productions
The new work, Chris and the Won
derful Lamp has been in preparation
for more than six months, and some
idea of the magnitude of the entertain
ment may be conveyed by the fact tina
special train of four cars was requir
ed to bring the scenery and accesso
ries from New York, Chris and the
Wonderful Lamp" will introduce tC
new stars to the theatrical armament
Jerome Sykes and Miss Edna Wallace
Hopper Both of these artists have
scored so many successes that the com
ing change Is but the natural evolution
of their careers AS they are to appear
in roles specially written to fit their pc
culiar abilities as entertainers, it is
only reasonable to expect a success
out of the ordinary. Messrs, KlaW &
Erlanger and b. D. Stevens announce
that Chris and the Wonderful Lamp
is not only the largest but the most
expensive of all the great productions
which they have presented to the pub
lie. The scenery for the extravaganza,
including five complete stage sets, the
costumes and accessories are all abso-
lutely new and will be seen here for the
first timc. In addition to Mr., Sykes
and Miss Hopper, the joint stars, the
company will include Miss Ethel Irene
Stewart, Miss Mabelle Baker, Miss
Beaupre, John Page, Miss Nellie Lynch
and many others. The full company
numbers 100 persons and is by far the
largest company ever assembled to pre-
sent extravaganzas in this country.
The book Of Chris and the Wonderful
Lamp" Is from the clever and brilliant
pen of Glen McDonough and the mu-
sic is by the most famous bandmaster
of modern times, John Philip Sousa.
Chris and the Wonderful Lamp" is
said to be an entirely new form of
theatrical entertainment. Among the
novelties promised are an electrical bal
let, which will include some bewilder-
ing effects never before seen upon the
stage; new topical song unlike any
ever written, and, of course, new
swinging, dashing march entitled THE
Men Behind the Gun" which will be
sung by the full strength of the com
pany AS this will be the first pre-
sentation of Chris and the Wonderful
Lamp" almost The entire business
staff of the firm are here looking after
the details of the production. The re-
hearsals are under the personal supervi-
sion of Mr. Sousa and Mr.. McDonough,
while. as usual, Ben Teal is the active
stage director. A. l.. ErlangeT, Mare
Klaw, B. d. Stevens, the proprietors
of the production, James j. Brady, the
business manager, Charles F. Towle,
the eastern representative of the firm
at Boston, Colonel George Frederic
Hinton, business manager of Sousa's
Band are all in town. The stages of
the Grand, as well as the Hyperion
have both been required for the rehear-
sails, and Manager Bunnell has been
untiring in his efforts TO provide proper
facilities for the proper presentation of
the work. Several large delegations of
theatrical men are expected to-day from
New York, Philadelphia, Boston and
other points They will witness to-
nights performance. II is limited that
Chris and the Wonderful Lamp" is a
beauty show" Ben Teal, whose taste
in such matters has been indicated
many times by the public appreciation
states that the chorus is 'one big bunch
of female liveliness, and confidentially
Mr.. Teal is far from being a suscepti-
BILE young man. II must therefore be
set down in the calm deliberate judg-
ment of one whose opinion upon such
matters comes dangerously near being
a rugged immovable fact.