The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-25
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THEATER.
 The engagement of Arizona" an 1 nounced for to-day at the Hyperion,
 matinee and night and on Thursday night, December 26, will doubtless af- ford the patrons of this theater con- siderable satisfaction. Mr. Thomas excellent play has repeated it's wonder full original success in New York in another record breaking run of four months and at last it goes on tour of the principal Eastern cities. before be- ing transferred to the Pacific coast for long engagement. Anything which comes from the pen of the talented au- thor of Alabama" and Tn Missouri" demands and is accorded friendly and serious consideration by the American public Mr, Thomas has, more than any other writer, laid the foundation and lower courses of that American drama, which will one day develop into most imposing institution. Arizona" as the name implies, is play which has it's scenes, characters, and incl dents located in the picturesque South west. The people of the play comprises sturdy ranchmen and cowboys, the brisk, alert woman of the pioneer gem eration, and their dainty, graceful yet strong and self-reliant daughters-types of the American girl over which the whole world has come to wonder and admire-oflicers and soldiers, Mexicans and Chinese, fair samples of the hetero- geneous community which MT. Thomas has chosen to utilize in the way of lit- erary material
 The piece is as full of bright color contrasts as the changing combinations of kaleidoscope It fairly pulses With fresh, vigorous active life of the young West. It has love story as tender and almost as tragic as that of Romeo and Juliet" and 1t has a relief work of humor as ripe and unctious as that in which MT. Thomas has pre- viously shown us in Alabama and "Mizzouri"
 When the critics have said of "Ari- zona' that it is better than Alabama, they have said all that they very well could say in praise of an American play and that not one, but every one of them leading writers of the New York and Chicago press has said repeatedly dur ing the unparalleled runs of four months each of the piece at the Herald Square, New York, and the Grand Opera House. Chicago, and the Acad- emy of Music, New York
 That Arizona will be richly staged and excellently well acted is guaran- teed The decorations, costumes and accoutrements were all chosen and ar ranged by that eminent authority on Western life and customs Frederick Remington. the artist of The Man and the Horse'
 The principal actors and actresses en- gagged for the production of Arizona" are Miss Olive May, J. W. Cope, Dus- tin Farnum, Miss Grace Thorne Fra ger Coulter Miss Agnes Muir, William o. Hazeltine, Miss Alice Chandler, William Haworth Miss Eleanor Wilton George O'Donnell Stanley Murphy, Frank Campau and Charles WeIch Seats now selling. Prices, $15o, s1.O0 and 75 cents.
 / Faust with Lewis Morrison him. self appearing as Mephisto, will be the New Years Day attraction at the Fly perion theater, matinee and night. The new scenery and electrical effects are
  el this year and a new spectacular pro- logue with choral and vocal music has been added
 The very successful play, Quincy Adams Sawyer" will be seen here at the Hyperion on Thursday night, Jan uary 2 The scene is laid at Masons Corner country town of Massachu- sets, where Quincy Adams Sawyer, wealthy Boston young man, comes to build up his health in the country. The girls admire him and some of the coun- try boys become jealous and plan to run him out of town. But MT. Sawyer conducts himself in such a way that he finally wins the love and respect of the whole community and even turns around his enemies.
 Elsie de Wolfe in Clyde Fitch's sue cessful play, "The Way of the World,' comes to the Hyperion theater on Fri l day night, January 3.
 F. s. Willard will present the cele- l brated play, "The Middleman,' at the | Hyperion on Saturday night, January |