The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-08


mated, certainly give better show
than any other minstrel troupe which
has been here this year, and every one
does his best to make the entertain
ment success.-Portland Telegram.
Beach & Bowers will be at the local
theatre Friday, March 9.
At the metropolitan theatre next
Wednesday, March IA, Henry w. Saw
ages beautiful bird opera Woodland
will be seen for the first time since it's
phenomenal success in the east and
middle west and especially in New
York. Chicago and Boston, in which
cities it was the vogue for upwards of
sixty weeks.
The story of "Woodland' is mag
NATIVE and poetical, the characters
are all chosen from the feathered
tribe and furnish opportunities for a
great diversity of suggestive cos
tunes, from the broadly comic Blue
Jay and the Rooster, to the gorgeous
Peacock and pert Jenny Wren. The
comedy OF the piece is clean and re-
fined and the action at all times
sprightly, but the principal charm
will perhaps be found in the music.
The songs are delightfully."- lively, tune
full and catchy, and the ensembles
and choruses have been declared to be
the best Mr.. Gustav Luders has ever
written. AS in the case of all Mr.,
SaVege's offerings, the staging of the
piece will be found elaborate, costly
and artistic and when seen here will
be the same in every detail as when it
was originally presented in Boston, al
most two seasons ago.
Woodland" is in two acts and both
are laid in the cool shade of the for
est and represent scene in the wood
'''A" q" eoi'! ud"H. lie characters
represent, by the colors and particular
features of their costumes, the birds
they are supposed to represent, as
not Il feather is used in any of the
costumes. The well-known fun MAX
ers and songsters who appear in this
quaint musical conceit are Mr.. Harry
Bulger, who has the leading comedy
role, that of a tramp politician; Blue
Jay, with a fOndness' for branded
cherries and a penchant for stealing
thrones; Miss Helen Dale, young
Wellesley college graduate, who has
the part of the pert and saucy Jenny
Wren: Walter Lawrence, Miss Magda
Dahl, Sherman Wade Miss Lillian
Mattice, Louis Casavant Miss Ida
Mule, Charles w. Meyer, Miss Ber-
tyne Mortimer, John Donahue, Miss
Greta Risley, Miss Eva Fallon. and
Mile. Matte Nichols. In addition
there will be found some three score
OF young women, who are all suppos-
ed to represent some feathered deni-
zen of the forest, were selected for
their daintiness, beauty and voices,
and form one of the prettiest and best
singing and dancing choruses ever
seen. The company also carries it's
own orchestra in order to insure
proper Interpretation of the delightful
music of Mr. Luders.
Ten Years Of English Grand Opera
Success.
Until Henry w. Savage entered the
amusement world with his now
famous English Grand Opera company,
that is to be heard in Grand Forks
tonight, every impresario that had at
tempted to sustain a company to give
grand opera in English lost a fortune.
The history of grand opera in English
dates back fifty years, but only in the
past ten years since Mr.. Savage found
ed his company in Boston, has the
music loving public taken seriously to
the endeavor. Its work each season
has met with increased success. Over
forty-five hundred performances have
been given and the company has gone
on its way with unbroken financial
and artistic success. The question Of
popularizing grand opera classics by
giving them in our own language and
at prices within the reach Of all class
es is no longer in doubt
Mr.. Savage's company this season
represents the best effort of his entire
career. The favorite artists Of last
years "Parsifal" and English Grand
Opera companies have been combined
into one superb organization Of over