The age-herald., 1899-01-17
~THE PLAY@

With a good cast of vocalists and a we'll trained chorus the opera "Martha"> was presented by the Andrews Opera company at O Brien's last night. Martha" occupies a position above comic opera, and since it was first sung forty years ago before a critical audience it has been popular. Every body who loves the theater has seen it, but when sung by good musicians it's charm remains.
 Miss Myrtle French, as the prima donna, became favorite after her first effort last night. She has a voice of wonderful power and sweetness. Her stage presence is pleas ing, and her vocal powers charming.
 Pearl Nightseer, the waiting maid,' has a rich contralto voice. She is very pretty, also
 MT. Walters, the tenor, won the audience
 with his fine, yet vigorous voice.
 Walter Howard Plunkett, sings in
 well-trained pleasing voice.
 F. J. Mccarthy, as the sheriff, was ex- ceptionaly good, was the entire com- pany.
 Miss French sang "The Last Rose of
 Summer" beautifully and received an en-
 thusiastfo encore.
 The bill this afternoon at matinee will
 be Bohemian Girl,' and tonight a double
 bill, "Cavalleria Rusticana" and Pirates
 of Penzance' will be presented.
 To "A Stranger In New York;" the latest
 comedy work of that popular playwright Charles Hoyt belongs the distinction of playing to larger and more enthusiastic
 audiences last season than any of the Hoyt attractions. Its enga cement of thirty weeks in New York, first at the Garrick, then at Hoyt's theater was phenomenally success full displaying as it did the Standing Room Only" sign at every performance. or all the plays MT. Hoyt has presented to the stage in the past, none have proven greater drawing card or made more fa- Vorable impression than this masterpiece,
 which, so far as humor is concerned, has never been duplicated on the stage. The Stranger" comes to O Brien s Wednesday evening. The company this
 season will include John Gilbert and the following: Tom Martin, John Gilroy, Ar thur Began John Mitchell, H. J. West,
 Charles Church, Alice Holbrook, Amy Null Ter Charlotte Stole, Annie Martel, Oracle Gray and others.
 Jack and the Beanstalk," the famous extravaganza which has gained the unstint- ed praise of the public wherever it has been seen, comes to the opera house for one per-
 formance only, Thursday night, January 19. | This production has been so widely herald ed by its long and notable engagements in Boston, New York, Philadelphia and else | where that 1t scarcely calls for the formal- | ty of an introduction even in places where | it has not been seen. It's managers. Klaw | &s Erlanger, have kept it up to the highest | notch of excellence, and have improved | upon its past performances whenever it has | been possible to do so. This season there | has been just enough change in the per- | sonnel of the cast to stimulate interest l anew, though in the main the company is | the same as in former years. Of the sad- | ditions to the cast interest will be taken l especially in Emile Beaupre. This charm | ing commedienne was chosen for the bart | of Jack" as possessing in an eminent de- | gree the qualities required for the best as- sumption of that character. Of charfhing | figure and graceful carriage, her attractive | features surrounded by a wealth of Back l hair, she fills the pictorial requirementsgs si
 "Jack" to a nicety. She is the possessof of l a magnificent voice, which has been care l fully trained and 1t is in the vocal require ments of the part that she adds the great | est amount of merit. Another important