The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-08

TWO COMIC OPERAS, 4 DRAMA AND
M-INSTRELs At ENGLISH'S.
As Varied Entertainment at the City's
other Pfn houses Genera
News OF the stage.

This will be an c~ventful week at the the
aters. -Four entertainments viii be offered
at English's Opera House. in the following
order: The Bostonlaus. in Maid Marian"
Monday night; William II. Vests min
strels. Tuesday night; the Lulu CHASER OPP
era Company. I'm Dolly Warden" Wednes-
day and Thursday nights; Kathryn Kidder.
in Molly Pitcher" Friday and Saturday
nights and Saturday afternoon.
Maid Marian" which the Bostonians
will sing. was written as a sequel to their
robin Hood" by Reginald de Koyen and
Harry r. Smith. Several of the same char
acters move through the later opera as did
through the earlier one. Henry Clay Barn
abe will again be the Sheriff Of Nottingham
and George rockingham Friar Tuck. w.
II. Macdonald and Josephine Bartlett,
prominent members of the organization,
also have leading parts in Maid Marian"
Grace Van Studdiford is the prima donna
this season. She sang here last winter and
Is an Indiana woman, but she has not long
been an actress, and, therefore, is not so
we'll known as the other principal Boston
ians. Besides these the cast contains a
humber u new Singers II VIII ldh6 TIE
minor roles and are presumably gifted with
fresh young voices. The chorus and or
chestra will be directed by 5. L. Studley,
who has been the BOstonians' conductor
for many years.
In the sequel opera the park surrounding
the Castle OF Huntington is the first scene
Robin Hood, on the eve Of his marriage to
Maid Marian, leaves 10 take part IN the
Crusade. The Sheriff of Nottingham con-
tinues his efforts TO deprive Robin of his
rights. In the second act q camp OF the
INrngadaFG In Palestine iE shown and IN the
third act the personages are gathered in
the banquet hall of Huntington Castle. In
other places the opera, the stage pictures
and the company have been praised and the
public is acquainted with the generally fine
quality Of the BostOnians' rendition of light
operas.
William H.. Vests minstrels will present
an entertainment of the usual minstrel
form. Billy Van remains the chief come
dian in the first part" and the "olio' and
ne viii be assisted by Hammond and King
and y. 5. Carr. Other specialists in the
company are the Rio acrobats, the Zeb and
Zarrow trio of bicycle riders and Carr, Nc
Donald and Parshley, musicians. The sing
ers include Manuel Roman and Clement
Stuart, tenOrs. Wilson Miller, bass, and
George Jones, baritone. Richard j. Jose,
tenor, was with the company earlier in
The season and presumably still is, though
management.
The Lulu CHASER Opera Company is led
by several comic opera players of long
recognized ability. Miss CHASER was the
prima dona Of Francis Wilson's company.
Van Rensselaer, Wheeler and Mark Smith
are experienced comedians and Richie
Ling is one of the best of the American
light opera tenOrs. Others of Miss Glaser's
assistants are Tom Daniel. Percy Stephens,
Harry Lott. Estelle Wentworth. Adam
Palmer Walker and Amelia Fields
Dolly Warden" was written for Miss
CHASER by Julian Edwards and Stanislaus
STANCE They We're the authors of Friend
Fritz for John Mason and Marion Ma
nola; "Brian BOru" for the +. G. Whitney
Opera Company: Madeline, or the Magic
kiss for Camille DArvflle, and The God
desS OF Truth for L1lllap Russell. In
Dolly Warden" the tale is told of a pretty
country girl who went to London and be-
came involved in the whirl of the most
when the love of elaborate dress and lux
uriOus surroundings was intense.
Kathryn Kidder has not acted in this city
for several years. since she impersonated
the clever washerwOman that charmed Ma
poleon in Madame Sans Gene" In her
new pIav she is the Molly Pitcher. famous
in American history, that worked a cannon
against the British In the revolution when
her husband had been shot The play mar
rates Economically Molly Pitchers various
adventures in that turbulent time, and the
man whose place she took at the gun was,
in this fiction. her lover. not yet her hus-
band. Miss Kidder has been associated
with other players in some of the most
ambitious of dramatic enterprises and had
several fine attachments.
Wilfred Clark and company and Eugene
ORourke and company are TO be presented
in short farces by the management of the
Grand Opera House this week. Among the
other persons of the bill two are familiar
- nffg Gladstone and Pete BakpF Miss
Gladstone told her comic story of a coun-
try girls visit TO a big city at the Grand
last season, and MIR. Baker has been sing
ing German dialect songs for many years in
plays and in vaudeville. The show will be
completed by Werner and Reider. Tyrolean
warblers; Raymond and Caverley, comedi-
ans and dancers; the De Muths, dancers;
Collins and North. singers and story tell
ers. and the biograph.
"'TheIma." a dramatization of Marie Co
reHi's novel Of the name. will be the play
at the Park Theater the first half of the
week. The show will be found spectacular
as Well as dramatic, and the supernatural
elements of the tale are prominent in its
stage presentation.
Edmond Hayes and his company i'm n
new farce with an old name. "A Wise
Guy" Will have the Parks stage the lat
ter tree DAYS of the week. David Gar
rick IS buriesqued in connection with a
great deal OF singing and dancing in this
piece. Some of Mr.. Hayes's assistants are
Auclc Palmer, the Harmony Four, the
three Sylvester sisters and Edna Farrell.
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Sam Devere's company and Rice and
Barton's company will divide the week at
the Empire Theater. Devere's show will
be. seen first. lie will play the banjo and
sing indecent songs. unless ne has re-
formed. but his company would seem TO be
interesting. 1t is composed of the Phasey
troupe OF fourteen singers and dancers;
Hodges, Haywood and Lancaster, in ~
Pleasant Evening;" the Misses Bennett
and Stembler, in n sketch; the Worlds
Comedy -Four, singers and comedians: Ger
tie r. Clair and her -four black cherubs."
and Mildred Howard De Gray, once the
barefOOted dancer and now showing a
dance that she calls ~ Dream of Love"
TIE chorus viii be exhibited in an after
piece. The Cloak Models"
Rice and Barton will offer two bur-
leSques. "Raiding the TenderlOin' and
sBrOwn Among the Daisies" the latter of
which is an opportunity to show 1.-THE
Honolulu dance. the press agent says.
The specialties are the Esther sisters. Null
len and Dunn. Rice and Elmer, Lloys and
Walton and Eckhon and Gordon. IdyIIa
Nyner and frankie Haines Will lead the
chorus.
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