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Williams. Anna Boyd, AUene Crater, Ada Deaves, Irene Verona,
and J. W. Herbert were also in the cast.

The theatre was closed the week of May 20 and was reopened
May 27 with **A Daughter of the Revolution," comic opera by
Ludwig Englander, with Hallen Mostyn, Harry Macdonough, Sid¬
ney Worth, Annie Lewis, and Camille d'Arville in the principal
rSles.

'* Prince Bonnie " followed Sept. 2, introducing Fred Lennox, Geo.
O'Donnell, Will M. Armstrong, Rob't Broderick, Richard Quilter,
Jennie Goldthwaite, and Hilda Clarke.

On May 11 T. Henry French disposed of his interest in the
Broadway Theatre company to Elliott Zborowski, and Andrew
McCormick became manager of the theatre. The next season
began Sept. 3, 1895, with " The Caliph," a comic opera in three
acts, book by Harry B. Smith and music by Ludwig Englander:
Irene Perry and Mathilde Cottrelly in principal characters. This
proved to be a failure and the house was closed Oct. 5 until Oct. 19,
when " Brian Boru," a romantic opera, with music by Julian Edwards
and Ubretto by Stanislaus Stange, was produced: Max Eugene, John
S. Slavin, Amelia Summerville, Richard F. Carroll, A. Lyman,
and Thomas Ricketts in the cast.

" His Excellency," a comic opera by W. S. Gilbert and Dr.
Osmond Carr, was heard first time in this city Oct. 14. The Actors'
Fund had a benefit afternoon of Dec. 13. The entertainment was
under the direction of Daniel Frohman.

Rose Coghlan took a benefit Friday afternoon, Dec. II, and the
receipts were ^6,300. The programme was: " The Old Musician,"
Felix Morris as Mons. Jacques; E. H. Sothern appeared in a mono¬
logue by himself, entitled *' I Love, Thou Lovest, He Loves; " the
third act of " A Fool of Fortune," by Wm. H. Crane and his com¬
pany, came next; after which were scenes from " King Henry IV.,"
by H. Beerbohm Tree and company, and scenes from ** The Geisha."

" An Artist's Model," lyrics by Harry Greenback and music by
Sidney Jones, was seen for the first time in America Dec. 23 : Earl
of Thamesmead, Lawrence d'Orsay.

On Dec. 21 Jefferson de Angelis assumed the part of Pat O'Hara
in " Brian Boru," in place of Richard Carroll. The theatre was
closed the night of Jan. 4, 1896, and was reopened Jan. 5 with
" Shamus O'Brien," another Irish opera, with the book by Geo. H.
Jessop and music by C. Villers Stanford: Denis O'SuUivan and
Joseph O'Mara in the cast.

" El Capitan " was revived Feb. 22, 1897. " L'Arlesienne " ("The
Woman of Aries"), adapted from the French of Alphonse Daudet,
by Charles Henry Meltzer and Willy Schultz, with music by Georges
Bizet, was produced March 22 : Agnes Booth, Rosa Rand, Augustus
Cook, Charles M. Kent, Walter Craven, Horace Lewis, and John E.
Kellerd in the chief r61es.