The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-29
ENTERTAINMENTS.
Iyperiom rhsater.

 company will be seen at the Hyperion tonight. An exchange speaking of this company says: Messrs. Weber and Fields, although they are the proprie-
 tors of the company, are by no means the prime movers in the performance. With rare managerial astuteness they do not consider themselves the whole show" and they have added others who rank equally well if not higher in ability. There are William Collier and Louise Allen, the latter portraying
 Mary MacLain and the former a fash
 ionable New York gambler. They have
 one act which brings out to a note
 worthy degree the advancement made
 by Miss Allen. Both as a comedienne,
 a dancer and a singer she displays
 great improvement since her last ap- pearance here some time ago and she
 is to be congratulated.
 Peter F. Daley is his same old self and sang negro songs and did bur lesque stunts" with his customary
 unction. Charles A. Bigelow made his first Boston appearance with Weber
 and Fields and was heartily greeted.
 He is a great acquisition to the com
 pany and his familiar and genuine comedy methods fitted into the show to
 8 nicety. He was especially good as
 the proprietress of the boarding school
 in ''The Big Little Princess"
 John T. Kelley was as funny as of old and Lillian Russell continues to de- fly the passing years, for she has suf- fered no apparent change either in per- sonal appearance or in the quality of her voice. Messrs. Weber and Fields were of course very amusing. They do
 not figure very prominently in the pro-
 gramme, but whatever they do is of the laugh provoking nature and we'll re- ceived.
 Fay Templeton added another hit to the many of her career. She was ad-
 mirable in the first part and carried
 off the honors in 'The Big Little Prin-
 cess" The music is new and of pleasing nature; the costumes have a fresh and artistic look, and as before
 remarked, the whole performance is re-
 plete with that quality known on the
 stage as ginger"
 Seat sale now open. Prices s2.50, g. $1.50, s1.
 In the comedy, Duchess of Devon- shire" which will be produced at the Hyperion tomorrow night by Miss Fitz-Allen and her specially selected company the authoress, Mrs. Charles 1 A. Doremus, has written love romance around the stirring incidents in the life 1 of Lady Georgiana Spencer which ap- peals to all classes of theatergoers. The action takes place in 1750 during the reign of George the third and at the time of war between England and France over the possession of Canada, and when the low rumblings of discon- tent from the New England colonies | were beginning to make themselves 1 heard at the capital, at England. The treatment of the story is clean-eut, re- l fined and forceful, the wit of a high order and the exciting episodes all that could be desired. The scenery and cos tunes have been reproduced from old plates of the period of 1750 Seat sale now open. Prices $2.5O, $2, $1.5D and s1. The latest in the annual series of Irish dramas written by Augustus
 Pitou for Chauncey Oicott will be pre- scented at the, Hyperion on Friday night, May 1. Its name is "Old Limer- ick Town" It is described as a TO- nance with the hero at first a wealthy spendthrift and later g. winsome wooer,
 an ideal sweetheart. The action shows
 the fall and rise of his fortune in both
 love and money. That is the charac-
 ter created by MT. Pitou for MT. ol-
 colt to assume. The time of the play
 is about sixty years ago. The place is
 Limerick and that neighborhood, with
 Shannon River and Doonas Falls to
 give picturesqueness; and MT. Pitou is
 always lavish in the matter of scenery.
 The ballads written by MT. Olcott to
 sing in this play are said to be in his
 best vein, and he is declared to be in
 excellent voice.
 Seat sale Wednesday. Prices $1,50, $1,
 75c.