The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-27
ON THE CITY'S STAGES
"KING DODO" AND PRIMROSE AND
DOCKsTADER AT ENGLIsH's.
Vaudeville at the Grand Opera House
Two MeIOdramas at the Park
Variety at the Empire.

Comic opera and minstrelsy will I'll this
week. with the exception Of Thursday
night, at English's Opera House. king
Dodo," an extravagant story set 20 music,
will be presented there tomorrow, Tuesday
and Wednesday night and Wednesday aft
ernoon. The book was written by Frank
Pixley and the music by Gustav Luders,
two Chicagoans, who were the authors of
THE Burgomaster" The company is OF
Henry W. Savage's organization. Mr.. Saw
age is at the head of the Castle-square
Opera Company, which has made grand
opera in English a profitable venture in
the last several years. King Dodo" was
first shown at the Studebaker Theater, in
Chicago, early last summer, and its run
there closed few weeks ago.
At the head of the company are Ger
trude Quinlan, Elsa Ryan, Cheridah Simp-
son. Raymond Hitchcock, Miro Delamotta
and Arthur WoOley. Mr.. Hitchcock has
not played in this city since he was here
as a member of the Three Little Lambs
company with Marie Cahill Mr.. Della
motta and Miss Quinlan have been men,
bers of the various Castle-square opera
companies for several years. Miss Ryan is
an Indianapolis girl and acted here two
years ago as Madge in "In Old Kentucky"
The company includes a large chorus and
orchestra.
Mr.. Pixleys book tells Of the adventures
of the King of Dodoland and some of his
subjects. The King was old. but he desired
his young ward, the Princess Angela. for
his wife. She loves Piola, a soldier of for
tune. The young man told the King that
in his travels he had come upon a spring
Of youth in the land of SpOOpju. There
upon the King and his court jOurneyed to
an elderly woman who yearned for hus-
band. Dodo agreed TO give up his dream
Of youth and marry the Queen, but in an
unhappy moment he drank "a glass of
water from the magic spring and became
boy of ten years. or course, he was i'm
possible as a husband then. But luck
turned his way again and he tumbled into
the spring, which, having a reactionary
quality, made him again a person of adj
yaneed age, and the Queen accepted him
He conferred the kingshiD of DOdO land
on Piola and gave him his niece Angela.
Primrose and DOckstader's minstrels will
come to English's for three performances
on Friday and Saturday. Theatergoers are
familiar with the fun-making abilities of
the two leaders of the company. The en-
The usual elaborate first part" with its
ballad singers and comedians and bill Of
vaudeville acts will form the show.
IIlll oHeIludL , SuOWs WHICH he calls Ile
City Sports" will have the week at the
Empire. 1t consists of two skits and a
string of vaudeville turns. The skits are
called An Irishman's Visit to Paris" and
Troubles in q Buffalo HOTEL The olio is
composed of the Speck brothers, the Unique
ters, soubrettes, Craig and Ardell, musi-
clans, CROWN and Murray, John ]. Welch
and the Kelley brothers, bag punchers.
Two melodramas, neither of them new to
the Park Theater. will divide this week at
that playhouse, The principal actors in
both are not obscure. The first is IAN
American Gentleman" played by a COM
pany at the head of which are William
Bonelli and Rose Stahl. The latter has had
experience in several stock companies.
Elmer Grand n. who had the name part
in the dramatization of Hopkinson Smiths
novel, caleb West" is the star in THE
Night Before Christmas" which will be
week at the Park. The story is of the
country, and i'm one scene a judge passes
sentence of death on his son.
The novelty of the vaudeville at the
Grand Opera House this week will be
Stuart, a female impersonator. In years
gone by the man impersonating a woman
on the stage was familiar. Mark Smiths
vogue i'm 1892" in which he played Queen
Isabella, Will be remembered. Since then
the trick has been used in farce-comedies
and by a few vaudeville actors. OF the lat
ter Stuart is most prominent. His voice is
of soprano quality and he wears handsome
gowns. His associates will be the Faust
family of seven acrObatS, CuShman, HOl-
comb and Davis, singing comedians; Rialta,
i'm poses and electrical dances; Burton and
Brooks, story-tellers: Mr.. and Mrs. Gard
ner Crane in a sketch. The Happy Pair
Hacker and Lester, trick wheelmen, and
the biograph.