The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-02-12
CoRSR DAYTON COMEDY CO.

The public has been taught that
cheap prices for theatrical enter
tainmeEts donot always necessitate
cheap entertainments, or what
would be more proper, bad enter
tainments. Since Mr.. Corse Pay
ton entered the field as a promoter
of popular priced theatricals he mas
made fortune By giving each play
in his repertoire with thesam care
tul attention to scenery. furniture.
proDerties, and other details as IS
riven by the best metropolitan COM
panies. and by engaging actors OF
recognized ability to interpret the
several characters. This effort on
his part has met with pubic APP
ptoval, with the result that thea
tres are crowded at every per-
formance given by Corse Payton
Comedy Company, For lhis season
the same standard established by
Mir. Payton has been raised lew
notches. and the public can rest as
sured that during the engagement
of Corse Paytcn's Comedy Co.. in
this CITY the selection oI pays and
the manner oil presentation Will be
betterthan ever beioregiven by any
company playing repertoire. MISS
Florence Hamilton, the fascinating
leading lady OF the company, who
divides the honors of each perior-
nance with Mr., J. Frank Burke.
will be with them, whose recognized
ability as an actress is widely
known, and during the engagement
she will present a panoramic dis-
plav OF the latest creations oil Worth,
Felix and other prominent dress.
makers oil Europe. Daring the en-
pagement, the ladies Of the Com
pany will wear over one hundred
| different dresses, each one fashion
plate REPRODUCTION that the ladies
| of our cay.
Cor. Paytols Comedy Co. en-
raccr2nt will begin Monday night
at the Opera House when they Will
present that master-work OF the
lawmakers art 1.-The Proiigal
Daughter which has been greeted
with the greatest popular approval
in every metropolitan city. Daily
matinecs will be given, at which
the prices will be 10 and 70 cents;
prices for the eveningperlormances
being 10, ~ and 80 cents.
One night OF Grand Opera will be
piven by the American Grand Opera
! Company at the Opera House next
Friday evening, Feb. Is. commenc-
ing at SIS o'clock. Gounod's i'm.
mortal masterwork, ''Faust' will
be presented. with an ideal cast of
artists. Madame Delamotta is a
Young but most competent and ac
complished artist, and her presen
tation of the charming role OF Mar.
ruerite is at once a revelation and
a model. Her voice is a pure SO
prano OF great range and flexibility
and of thor 1ughly symrathetic quail!
itv, while her histrionic powers are
not SURF ,sed. The role o. Se,bel
Marguerite Youthful lover, is Civ
en- by MISS Campbell, fine young
contralto. who has had great sue
cess in Europe and America. Mr.
Grafton Baker, who sings the rol,
OF faust; has perhap the purest ane
finest tenor voice now employed il
grand opera. Mr.. Williams, the
baritone, in an excellent Valentino
and S,unor Rudini in his great rol,
Of Mcphistophes is absolutely un
surpassed. There are no wornou
voices in the Company; nor anv ar
lists or whose appearance anolo
gies need be made or immagined
Great operas, grandly given. is thu
record OF the Company. endorsed
by enthusiastic audiences.