Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-01-30
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De Koven and Smiths latest comic
opera success, The Highwavman, -
will be seen for the first time Tuesday
evening at the Burtis opera house.
The new effort of the versatile collab-
orators is said to equal in merit their
last success, Robin Hood and in it
both the librettist and composer are
credited with having done their best
work. The Broadway Theatre Opera
company, headed by Miss Camille
D'ArviIle, which presents the opera,
was organized by Andrew A. McCor-
mick, the manager of the Broadway
company of that play house, and the
principals and chorus were selected
from the best of lyric material. The
new opera is of a romantic type with
comic Establishments. AT the be-
ginning of the present century in
England, gentlemen turned outlaws
when reversed in fortune, and laid in
waiting on dark roads for peaceful
travellers. Such a character Is the
hero of the ..Highwayman, and the
story deals with the efforts of an old
girl chum of boyhood days to secure
his pardon and restore him to re-
spectacle vocation. She follows him
into the widest haunts, disguised as a
highwayman herself, and holds up n
stage coach to secure his pardon.
which has been purloined by the very
scoundrel who has ruined him at the
gaming tables The characters are
said to be so well distributed that
each one of a dozen principals has
prominence in the story. There are
three acts laid in the courtyard of the
n
on the York road. and the park of
Beverly manor, an old-time English
gentleman residence, said to be Law
ishly staged with bright costumes
and sumptuous scenery. The music
is everywhere spoken of as delight
fully tuneful. The cast is an excep-
tional one and Includes such artists
as Miss D'Arville, Maud Williams,
Reginald Roberts, Nellie Braggins,
George O'Donnel, William S. Corliss
and John Mayor.
There was a novelty at Harper's
theatre Saturday night-an Uncle
Toms Cabin performance without a
note from the melodious voice of the
terrorizing hounds that are down on
the program for the sensational act
of the show. The tendency seems to
make it easy Shedding for Eliza and
her che-ild. The company referred to
didn't even have a chunk of ice-of
course, this might be explained by
saving that it was done in defer
encc to Eliza's wishes, as she was
obliged to wear her light soled shoes
ut this production. Simon Lagree,
too, was absent when the role was
called, and there were others who
failed to materialiZe. One would
hardly know that Uncle Toms
Cabin" was being played if he We're
not so informed by the program. 1t
is an outrage to annihilate this pretty
story in such merciless manner.
The company had plenty of nerve,
1.-The agents pawsing among you" be-
tween acts and selling tickets for the
concert, which was given after the
big show
David Belasco's company will play
in Davenport ut the Burtis Thursday,
Feb. 2, with Mr.. Belasco's latest
drama, The Heart of Maryland"
the play that has been so highly eulo-
gized by the New York, Chicago,
Boston, San Francisco and London
press, and in which they will have an
opportunity to display their artistic
resources. The play is realistic
throughout, by its romantic episode
of love in all its phases.