The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-04-12
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 aOuo vadisq" comes to the Hyperlon o-night and tomorrow night, Aprll lz and IS. with all it's scenic adornmene and the original New York cast as special Easter offering. The piece mas attracted interest far beyond the ordi- nary Mr. Stange has arranged the dramatization in six acts. The f1rst act opens at the home of the patric1an' re tronius where the young soldier, VI nicius comes to tell his uncle that, ne has seen the girl Lygia at the house or Au,1s Plautius her guardian, ana Ltbat he will have her for his own, talk ing her as hin wife if he cannot gain her as his mistress, Through the vil- lainous Chilo, he learns that the girl belongs to a new sect, the Chrlstlans, and from Petronious he receives the warning to shun her and follow her fellow relgionists. The scene shifts to the garden of Aulus Plautius, where Vinicious territies Lygia by passionate pleadings. Aulus orders him to leave, but the Pretorian Guard, sent by Nero, arrives to take Lygia to the imperial court Aulus would slay her from the dishonor which seems impending,i but he is prevented.
 Act II takes place at Nero's palace. introducing the emperor, his sycophants and Poppaea, the stolen wife, of wrom he is now tired The banquet scene follows, together with the drunken at- tack made by Vnicius on Lygia. The
 +l,o yir1 from her lover, but from the emperor, who would have saved her from Vini- cius and kept her for himself
 Act III reoites the search made by the contrite vincius among the Christians for the girl whom he now loves with an honest love. The act has two scenes, the second showing the exterior of the house where Lygia has taken shelter, and ending with a panoramic view of the burning of Rome.
 Act " is at Nero's palace again, and shows the progress of the conspiracy against Petronius who Tn the play is made to die by his. own hand. The cli- max does not come immediately, how ever, the second scene in the act pictur- ing the interior of the Mamertine pris- on anu lUG luIt tlllOu5ll IL Iol AS by V.nicius,
 Act V shows the arena and allows Petronius to make q last speech to Nerc's face. The rescue of Lygia by Ursus is not depicted, but is indicated together with the fortunate escape of vinicius and the girl.
 Act VI takes up the flying threads and weaves them into coherent whole
 The company seen here earlier in the season was pronounced a most capable one, but this time the same manage ment gives us the complete original cast, including Roselle Knott, Edmund Lyons, Charles Riegel. Willard Newell, Richard G. Williams, Nellette Reed Walker Dennett and Mabel Mortimer
 Special bargain matinee Saturday, at which prices will be 25c, 5Oc Seats now on sale. Night prices 25c, 35c, soc, 75c, and $1.
 The Roger Brothers, who will be seen at the Hyperion Monday night, and their clever associates know how to tell, sing and act a good story, and therefore there are few normal people who fail to find exhilerating pleasure in the entertainment of "The Rogers Brothers in Central Park" Nor is the fun making confined to the leaders, for Louise Royce, pretty Jeanette Ba- geard, winsome Edith St. Clain, agile Emma Francis, Will West, Lee Harri- son, John Page, Arthur Gibson-but stop, the number is too great of those that help the galloping fun to mention all individually.
 The sale is rapidly progressing. Prices 25c, soc. 75c, s1 and $1.50.
 There will be brilliant gathering at the Hyperion theater on Wednesday evening, April r, when E. H. Sothern appears as Hamlet with one of the most elaborate scenic productions ever made here. New Haven will get the en- tire presentation as it was stagd in New York. The New York Herald says that The success of Mir Sothern as Hamlet is an epoch in dramatic annals" The curtain will rise at 7:45 D. m. sharp. Seats on sale Monday. Prices $2, s1,5O.