The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-11-21
ENTERTAINMENTS. s.
nyperion rhentsr.

Captain Dleppe IS a story almost too well known to bear repetition, but as many theater-goers may not have read the charming novel of that name, a brief outline of the comedy may not be out of place. Captain Dieppe" is a French political adyenturer and soldier of fortune. He is cool polished man of the world, with high sense of hon. or and code peculiar to himself. He leaves France in hurry and in order to dodge the secret service agents he takes up his abode in a little Italian village not far removed from the Rivi- era.
 Seat sale now open. Prices $1.50, $1.OO and 75 cents.
 Atthe Hyperion on Monday, Tuesday, Wenesday, November 2S, A and 25, ''The Wizard of Oz," the new spectacu- lar extravaganza, which has been rum ming for the past year in New York to audiences limited only by the capacity of the Majestic Theater, will be pre- sented. The press has fairly teemed with eulogistic descriptions of the Wizard of o." and SO glowing are the reports of the new spectacle that it is difficult to form an adequate idea of the nature of the production. Instead of being based, as most extravaganzas are, upon one of the ancient fairy tales, "The Wizard of Oz" is derived from a modern fairy story of twentieth century Kansas, but there is no essential diff ference between the two sources. In- stead of following the fortunes of Alad- din or Bluebeard, the audience follow the fortunes of bewitching little To- peka girl, Dorothy Gale, who is trans ported into fairyland by a cyclone that disrupts her ancestral home and trans ports her into the land of Oz, where she encounters all sorts of whimsical and fantastical creatures, witches, benevo- lent and malevolent fairies and finally the mighty potentate, ''The Wizard of oz," who is not of supernatural pedi- gree, but an old circus fakir, who irl- poses upon the credulity of the simple. minded plot of "The Wizard of o." which is said to have more coherence of fanciful story than most light pro- auctions of it's class. t
 Chief of the personages in the action are Fred Stone and Dave Montgomery two inimitable comedians, dancers, pam 1 tomimists and contortionists. Messrs Montgomery and Stone are credited with the biggest hits ever scored by comedies in extravaganza. They re- ceive weekly salary of eight hundred dollars, and Manager Fred Hanlin,
 the sponsor of "The Wizard of o." has 1 contracted with them at this enormous l stipend for a five years continuance in his management. MT. Stone appears in "The Wizard of Oz" as a scarecrow, l who in one of the earlier scenes of the extravaganza is endowed with life, and from thencefon Is the rnoEing mirth- compelling spirit Of the play. MT.
 Montgomery appears as a Tin-Wood-
 man, who likewise becomes vital force I for fun and comicalities after his joints
 become oiled up once. These two char
 acters are absolutely unique in the field
 of extravaganza, Both are immensely funny from start to finish, and never ] once do their antics and mad pranks
 tire the audience. - 1 Scores of rapturous lnaidens, to the i eye alluring and to the ear eloquent,
 make up the brilliant ensemble of
 what is declared to be the handsomest
 stage spectacle ever produced In this
 country. There will be special i11ati-
 nee Wednesday. The curtain rises at
 3 and p. m. sharp. Seat sail now
 open Prices $1.50, $1.00 and 75 cents.
 Positively no free list during this en- gagement.
 In the presentation of ''Everyman, Il
 the old morality play, at the Hyperion
 on Thanksgiving day at the matinee al
 2:30, there is no curtain, no footlights;
 in fact, none of the environments of the modern production. It is given as the old plays were done in the monasteries
 'Everyman" was written four hundred
 and fifty years ago by Peter Dowland
 a Dutch priest, and is remarkable lit-
 erary curiosity In the evening Shakes. peare's Twelfth Night" will be pre-.
 sented by the Everyman company al
 S:90. Seat sale Tuesday. Prices $1.50 $1.00 and 75 cents.