The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-09-12
TNTERT1INlMENTS.
Hyperion Theater.

At the Hyperion on Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday nights. September ID,
IA and Is, and at the popular matinee
on Saturday, Whitney and Knowles
production of 'Quo Vadis' will be seen.
The Bridgeport Telegram says of the
production: A great deal was expected
of "Ouo Vadis" as rendered at the Park
City theater last evening by F. c. Whit
ney and F. C. Knowles and If anyone
was disappointed 1t was their own fault
The play was all that could be desired
The situations were so unexpected ana
so dramatic that one held their breath
as to what should follow Sobs were not
infreuuent as the audience which filled
the house followed the sorrows of Lygia
a captive maiden, held as hostage by
Caesar and who as a Christian and
beautiful woman becomes the victim or
the hate of Poppoea, the empress, who
conspires against her and who is only
saved from nartyrdon, by the interces-
sion of Ursus, who kills the bull upon
whose horns she is bound. She is loved
by Vinicius, a tribune, whose CONVEX
sion to Christianity and defense of It's
principles combined with his touching
attachment for this helpless GIL won
the applause of the audience many
times
No better personalities could have
been chosen for the parts of Nero and
his wife than Royal Thayer and Car
oline F. Rohr The cruel, vain, imperi-
Gus face Of Nero is one into which all
the fiendishness of a wicked man are
burned BY the passions of his vile SOUL
ha off
stage, on it she is the very incarnation
of jealousy, deceit and hate Beautiful,
her flowing robes with their flashing
Jewels vie with the wicked sparkle In
her blazing eyes as she sees the victims
of her malice suffering the fortunes of
agony, physical and mental, 1t would
seem that the only time this consort of
as cruel a mate ever smiled was when
someone suuirmed under her Misses.
face seen only in the first scene, that of
Pomponia, was an attractive one, and
well suited to the matronly dignity of
the wife of the Roman general, Plau-
thus most touching scene later on is
that of the death of their charming lit
tie boy in the Mamertine prison Ursus,
giant Christian, and Chilo, sneaking,
spying old Greek, are two unusual char
acters The latter particularly did some
fine acting Petronius is a grand char
acter and held the admiration of all
throughout, after he had exonerated
himself by loving devotedly beautiful
slave whom he had whipped for some
fancied insult. The effect of the whole
is very satisfying. the gorgeous robes,
unusual to the modern garb, are well
worth seeing, and held ones fascination,
the plot Of the play is unusual and in
teresting, and the sentiment created is
OF thankfulness that the terrible times
are over and the peaceful religion which I
was the source of such suffering to it's
original followers has transplanted the !
one that created only ruin to it's devo-
tees That this fact was general was
proved by the generous applause ac-
corded to those who from time to time .
SO courageously defended their belief |
In spite of the death which it must cost
The advance sale Of seats has been
large. Prices: Night, 81, 75c, Soc; popu-
lar matinee, 25c, 5oc.