The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-10-16
Grnnd Onern fSause.

The presentation of Hall Gains great
 play "The Christian" at the Grand op- fera house last night was one of the most satisfactory performances of the year, and the large audience present attended their appreciation and satisfaction by
 unusually generous applause. The com pany is one exceptionally well balanced,
 and this famous play will suffer not at
 all for being, in the hands of the capable company which appeared at the Grand
 last night and which will present the
 piece tonight and tomorrow night and
 Saturday matinee. The past record of
 "The Christian" has been one Of the
 best of any play yet produced and if all succeeding performances are of the | same high order and there is every reason to believe they will be when
 presented by this same company, it is certain that many admirers will be add
 ed to the already long list. ...
 The story os ''The Christian Is too
 we'll known to be refiearsed again but Iabounds in numerous strong and thrill 1 ing situations with climaxes and semi
 climaxes which arouse the greatest en-
 thusiasm and compel recognition from i the audience. .,s s. | The character of Glory Quayle in the
 hands. Of Miss Blanca West was most
 acceptably interpreted by this splendid young actress ana she won the enthu- siastic approbatfoh of the audience which filled the house to it's capacity. Every seat in the immense auditorium
 was filled and the standing room was at a premium long before the play began. Lionel Adams as John Storm, Caston Bell as Horatio Drake. Walter Mon tague as Lord Robert Ire, and Miss
 Lillian Ward as Polly love were very acceptable. and Mr. Adams work was especially good and of the calibre of
 much more celebrated actors. V There should certainly be generous outoouring Of the citizens of New Ha- ven and residents of the vicinity to the
 remaining presentations of this play as
 1t has a moral which all will do well to
 heed and lessons os much importance are to be learned and an excellent com-
 pany presents them.
 Miss Wes. is native of Bridgeport NhAa "Sat tAtG pGSd5luli UL II1G C0IHpdIy visit to that city. the first of the week she was accorded enthusiastic ovatlons by her many old friends and associates. A number of Bridgeport people attend ed the performance last night.
 The Ministers Daughters" which comes to the Grand Opera house next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, has been delighting large audiences wher- ever it has been presented, and should no doubt prove the same here. The play deals almost entirely with a stra- tum of society known only to the lar ger cities. The dangers and pitfalls to which the young and innocent wage seekers are subjected are carefully and skilfully drawn. Of course in the end the villains are foiled and virtue tri- umphs. The cast which will interpret Leonard Growers comedy drama is an excellent one. The scenery and mech- anica1 effects are of the best; and the explosion and burning of the Old Tet- low Oil Yard, with it's massive mechan- ical effects, is the strongest sensational scene now upon the stage. Matinee Wednesday.
 
 The magnificent scenic production "A Working Girls Wrongs" Hal Reids greatest effort, will be the offering at the Grand Opera house next Thursday for one night only. This is one of the acknowledged successes of the season, so highly commended by the New York critics as a decided revelation in the certain possibilities of the melodrama hitherto unexplored.