Evening journal., 1904-12-24
Theatrical Notes

Henry w. Savages magnificent pro-
duction in English Of Richard Wagner's /
sacred festival music drama, "Parsi- |
fal," will play a two weeks engage !
ment at the Chestnut Street Opera |
House, Philadelphia, beginning on next |
Monday. This is by all odds the great
est operate event of the year and those
who did not see the production when
1t was recently given in this city will
now have an opportunity to witness it. |
1t is the greatest undertaking in |
English speaking opera in the history
of this country and the production is |
the largest of any kind that was ever
sent on tour 1t comprises 200 people
including a complete Wagnerian or
chestra and the scenery and properties
I'll five 6O-foot baggage cars. The sing
ems are all artists Of international repu-
tation and come from the leading OPP
era houses of Europe. The conductors
are men Of fame in Germany. "Parsi-
far is given by Mr.. savage's company
exactly as it lis done in Bayreuth. The
production is replica of that used in
the festival playhouse and in the per-
formanoe the best traditions establish
ed by the composer as followed to the
smallest detail
In all sixteen performances viii be
given in Philadelphia, the matinees be-
ling on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
There will be no Christmas or New
Years matinees. As the work is given
In its entirety 1t has been necessary to
follow the Bayreuth custom of giving it
lin two sections. The evening perform
lances begin at $50 o'clock in the even
ing. Between the first and second acts,
from 7.l5 to $50, there is an intermission
Of one hour and fifteen minutes for din
ner The second act starts at 9.35 and
the third act at 1910. The matinee per-
formances begin at IL a. m. Between
the first and second acts, from 1915 10
Las, there is an intermisslon of one hour
( for luncheon, and the performance ends
at 4 o'clock.
( The scale Of prices is the same as
b adopted here. ranging, according to To-
cation, from 81 TO SO. Reservations ac-
1 companied by checks or money orders
E VIII be filed at the box Office in the or
der In which they are received. on
e Friday afternoon, December 2S, at
o'clock, Rubin Goldmark, the distin-
gulshed composer and Wagnerian
scholar, will give an invitation musical
q lecture at the Chestnut Street Opera
iluQcts All RAANAltAstsAo p Va oNlile MAAA w
: admitted free.
The big feature Of "a Woman's Strug-
gIe," which comes to the Lyceum De-
I, celnber 26, q and % is the scene of a
baseball game in progress at the New
o York Polo Grounds. The events which
' lead up TO this scene make it highly
Y sensational.
= big scenic production OF Mark +,
Swans play "At Risk Of His Life" head
a ed oy Harry Leighton will be seen here
{ for the first time. The piece comes with
I the stamp OF metropolitan success upon
e it and is presented by a splendid cast
n This company appears at the Lyceum
1 December %, 50, 81.
8 Coatesvine, Pa, Dec. a.-Myer Brent
d Of Baltimore. outhelder Of the CoatesvillC
:, baseball team and Miss Mary Davis q
l. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Davis
e of this place, were married here last
night
n Miss Elizabeth Kennedy comes to the
y opera House on Monday afternoon an6
n night in "Magda." The real measure o
/, success is success, and there can be M
- question of the success that Miss Eliza
~ beth Kennedy achieved last season a.
Rosalind in. "As You Like It."
The Times OF Chattanooga, Tenn, Il
speaking of her Rosalind said; "She pos
sesses marvellous powers as an actress
rl When an actress proves herself able to in
. terpret Shakespeare so perfectly as Mis-
Kennedy did last night she proves her
II self a real actress. one whose success !
e. marked and established-a name TO liv
Us after her. Miss Kennedy's work last nigh
ie opened for her the way to the stardor
IL of the few"
p The Commercial Appeal of Memphi
said "She has encouraged her ambition
look forward TO greater things, and s
H. earnest has been her effect in the pas
Is. and present that the public should len
rs her a cordial support. She is in no sens
al restricted by what others have done. Sh
e. reveals a true artistic discernment Of tn
IL role of Rosalind, endowlng it with tn
richness Of a fertile mind"
bo The promise Of a grand production hel
- Of "a Chinese Honeymoon" with it's oril
,e inal cast at Grand opera House on Tue
Ne day night bespeaks a rare treat in stoI
a. | for amusement lovers. The comic opel
"a which Sam S. Shubert has piloted
such triumphs on both sides Of the cor
tinent possesses the same charms while
held London, New York, Philadelphia
Boston and Chicago for so many week
The opera is in its fourth year in Lol
in don, and the Britishers have shown I
to- signs of firing Of 1t. The tuneful mus
Ter and bright lines Of the Honeymoon mao
iii it possible TO play to packed houses
TO Chicago during ten weeks of a hot sun
ed mer. Philadelphia had it 20 weeks ar
is Boston saw it ten weeks and is elamoriI
by for more. J. A. Iiernan and Lillian Rec
tly head the company, Mr.. Kiernan playiI
III his original role Of Pineapple, which
nd the funniest work ne has yet done; Mi
m. Reed plays the cockney slavey, III III, al
has rounded the part out so that it HI
gone down into operate history as OF
at of the greatest bits of work ever seen
comic opera. The trials and troubles
the couple while on their honeymoon
the Orient, have made so many laugh tn
the production OF the Chinese HoneymoC
tic is anxiously awaited.
- William r Grav'g beoufifuI drap,o