The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-10-15
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Hyperion Theater.

Though many years have passed
away since the curtain rose for the
first time on 1.-THE Old Homestead" at
the Boston theater, we have it still
with us, ranking as one Of the strong
est drawing attractions on the Ameri-
can stage. All the phenomenal sue
| cesses that have been exploited from
time to time since It's introduction have
only held sway for awhile, then stopped
altogether, while this story of New
England continues along with undated
prosperity. There seems to be some Pc
culiar magic hidden between it's lines
with magnetic force that attracts all
hearts. Denman Thompson will accom-
pany the production this year, and APP
pears as Uncle Josh" He will be sur
rounded by the same company, which
has supported him for years, and all OF
whom are almost as much part of the
play as Uncle JOSH himself. The
engagement Is for one night only to-
night at the Hyperion. Seats now on
sale. Prices, 81, 75c, soc.
The I<law & Erlanger Opera COM
pany an organization of one hundred
and twenty-five people, headed by Jer-
ONE Sykes, and with it's own orchestra
of twenty, will begin an engagement at
the Hyperion theater next Wednesday,
presenting Smith and DeKoven'e new
comic opera, Foxy CUTLER" But five
performances will be given here, in
Guiding the matinee Saturday. The
scene OF the first act of the opera Is a
shipyard near the wharf at Portsmouth,
II, III; hal Md
geon, has promised the hand Of his
daughter Daphne to Ned Register, a
young sailor, providing the latter re-
turns from q foreign voyage with two
thousand pounds Ned arrives with
the money on the day that the opera
begins. There also arrives a party Of
strolling players. One of these is a
Japanese dwarf, who is a kleptomanac,
This character Is struggled into
sailors tavern, and Ned's money is
stolen This is the case that Foxy
CUTLER Is called upon to investigate.
Naturally in the course Of the three
acts the sagaclous CUTLER suspects and
arrests nearly every member Of the
cast, excepting the real thief, the
dwarf, whose diminutive stature era-
bles him to be always near Foxy, yet
always free from suspicion. A s1lb-plot
concerns the adventures of LoCo!ombo
Helen Bertram) and Paganino Julius
Steger) two Corsicans who come TO
England in pursuit of vendetta,
which has existed in their family for
many carnations. This motive is the
means Of taking nearly all the princi-
pals to Corsica for the second act, and
Foxy Quiller's adventures In spying
upon a band of brigands here are a
subject Of amusing interest. Other
characters, in addition to those men
toned are Walsingham Binks, propre-
tor of a band of strolling players and
Bella-donna, an aged Corsican dame,
who was the original cause of the ven
delta referred to. CUTLER is, of course,
the most prominent character in the
action; but the other roles are said to
have excellent opportunities and are
free from conventionality. Incidentally
the claim is made that the new Smith
and DeKoven operetta is free from all
horseplay, slang and suggestiveness; a
claim which. if substantiated, should
help to win the favor of the patrons of
the lighter sort of theatrical entertain
ment. Seats now on sale. Prices, $3.50,
ST. 75c