THE  BROADWAY  THEATRE
 

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One hundred and ten people took part in the production. It was
magnificently placed upon the stage and well acted, but it was pecu¬
niarily a failure. Monday night, March 12, was one long to be
remembered, especially by theatrical people, as it was known as
" the blizzard night." The meraory of the oldest play-goer could
not summon up a night so disastrous. The storm which set in
Sunday night, March 11, brought with it an avalanche of snow be¬
fore dawn. At theatre hour Monday night, the streets of New York
were a howling wilderness. Travel by either surface or elevated
cars was impossible. Of the twenty-five or thirty amusement re¬
sorts, only eight were with open doors. The run of " La Tosca " was
interrupted night of March 16, when Fanny Davenport was unable
to appear, in consequence of illness. The theatre was closed March
16, but was reopened March 17, and Miss Davenport's engagement
terminated March 28.

The theatre was closed April 30 and May i, for rehearsals of
"The Queen's Mate," which opened the summer season May 2.
" The Queen's Mate " was a new version of Lecocq's " La Princesse
des Canaries," first heard in America in 1883, at the Fifth Avenue
Opera House, this city.    The cast here was:

Anita.....Camille d'ArviUe   Inigo      .    .

Inez.......LiUian Russell   Bombardos

Catarina.....Rose Leighton   Pataques

Guzman      ....      H. W. Emmet   Gomez   .    .

Pedriilo.......F. Darrell   Juan .    .    .

Campanini and a company gave a concert April 8, May 13, and
June 3. The summer season terminated with " The Queen's Mate"
June 30,

The regular season opened Aug. 13 with "The Queen's Mate,"
now cast as follows:
 

. H. Paulton
W. H. Clark
J. H. Ryley
Hattie Delaro
.    .  W. Still
 

Anita......LiUian RusseU

Inez.......Agnes Stone

Guzman.....Fred Clifton

Pedriilo......Edwin  Lowe

Inigo.....       Harry Paulton
 

Bombardos      ....     W. H. Clark

Pataques.....J. H. Ryley

Topez.......W. DaUis

Gomez.....Miss Van Osten

Juan........H. Leoni
 

" The Kaffir Diamond " was produced for the first time Sept. ii,
and had this cast:
 

" Shoulders "...
Robert Douglas   .    .
" Downey Dick "
Bye Bye     ....

Col. Richard Grantley
Walter Douglas . .
Sergt. Tim Meehan .
 

Louis Aldrich
M. J. Jordan
Jos. A. Wilkes
Johnny Booker
Frazer Coulter
Chas. Mackay
Chas. Bowser
 

Millicent Douglas
Alice Rodney
Sanderson   .
Orderly .     .
Courier .    .
Mme. Biff  .
 

Dora Goldthwaite
Isabelle Evesson
J. H. Hutchison
. Wm. McCloy
M. C. Williams
.    Adele Palma
 

It was acted for the last time Oct. 13, and was a complete failure.
" Mr. Barnes of New York," a dramatization of A. C. Gunter's novel.