The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-05
Grand Opera House.

The Man Who Dared" was present l ed to a packed house, at the Grand opera house last night The story of 1 the play briefly is as follows: Countess
 Martineau is a woman of fickle mind, a l lover of wealth and display, shallow
 and sensual Her husband, Count 1 Louis, dotes on her very name, but his 1 wife is faithless, and with her lover, i Giradeaux, plots his death. They poi son him and leave the house, An anti
 dote administered by faithful servant illustrates their design, but they re- main in ignorance of this fact and be lieve him dead The count has a twin brother, who, like many twins, so close ly resembles him that they cannot be
 told apart This brother. who has
 been in Africa, returns with great
 wealth but is killed by accident in
 front of the Hotel de Martineau, while
 his brother, the count Is watching him.
 A plan flashes across the mind of the
 count, and he assumes the name and
 dress of his brother, the dead man, to
 seek revenge on his wife. Seeking her
 out as the brother of the count, he
 makes love to her and wins her She is
 lp lIldiIy nm. buA iitl bttt nv lH 'iiN'h
 by her lover who stabs her The count
 kills the murderer in duel and mar
 ries Maris, daughter of the Marquis de
 Montford In the third act, while woo
 ing his wife as his brother, she drops
 her glove containing a note. Before
 the count can reach it her lover, Paul Giradeaux, snatches 1t up and throws 1t into the cafe of lions in front of which the party has been standing at
 the zoo at Monte Carlo Then he dares the count to get it. Nonchalantly, the count enters the cage, a lighted cigar in his month, and picking up the glove, he kicks one of tho lions out of the way and leaves just as the animals, aroused by his courageous act, prepare to leap at him. decidedly thrilling and hair-raising scene. Howard Hall as sumes the role of the wronged count and he is supported by Miss Lorena Att wood and a company of more than av- craze excellence The play will be re peated again to-day matinee and night
 "The Road to Ruin" comes to the Grand opera house for three days run, commencing Thursday next. This will be the company's first visit to New Haven and should draw crowded houses. The play, which had a long run in New York city. serves to intro- duce characters scenes. etc. of Goth l am, giving a truthful presentation of 1 ach scene shown. The plot is very | one and holds the attention | )f the audience throughout the per pormance. Aside from the serious DOT | ton of the play there is a sufficient | vein of comedy thrown into the play to make it doubly interesting. The seen ,ry will positively prove one of the features of the bill, Terry | McGovern bantam featherweight and | lightweight champion of the world, will | ,e a special feature with "The Road to 3un' company during its run In this ity. It is only after considerable lustling and the expenditure of a large
 mount of money that the management las succeeded in securing his services. Terry McGovern is so well known to he American public that no introduc- ion is necessary. There will be a mat nee Saturday. The advance sale of eats is now open at the box office. Se- ure seats at once.
 Theatergoers will have an opportuni- V to witness one of the greatest TO- 1antic dramas ever written. entitled An Actors Romance" which comes to he Grand next week. commencing londay, March 10, for three nights and aturday matinee, with J. Harvey Cook nd Miss Lottie Church in the leading oes