1899]
 

THE AMERICAN THEATRE
 

585
 

" Patience " was sung Oct. 3. Attalie Claire had been announced
to sing the title r81e, but owing to iUness did not appear, and BeUe
Thorne was substituted for her. " A'ida " was produced Oct. 10,
and was sung for two weeks: Aida, Yvonne de I'revUle; Amneris,
Lizzie MacNichol; Rhadames, Joseph F. Sheehan; Ramfis, Herbert
Witherspoon; Amonasro, W. G. Stewart. " II Trovatore " was heard
Oct. 24, with Adelaide Norwood as Leonora, Lizzie MacNichol as
Azucena, and Jos. F. Sheehan as Manrico. " Romeo and Juliet"
was sung Oct. 31: Romeo, WUliam Lavin; Mercutio, W. G.
Stewart; Juliet, Yvonne de TrevUle. Nov. 7 "The Pirates of
Penzance" was sung. Nov. 14 " Carmen," with Jos. F. Sheehan
as Don Jos6, and Lizzie MacNichol as Carmen. " The Chimes of
Normandy " was heard Nov. 21: Serpolette, Villa Knox; Germaine,
Adelaide Norwood; Jean Grenicheux, Joseph F. Sheehan; Gaspard,
Edward P. Temple. " La Boheme" was sung Nov. 28, and con¬
tinued for two weeks. Dec. 12 " Faust" was heard, with Charles O.
Bassett as Faust, Wm. G. Stewart as Valentine, Lizzie MacNichol
as Siebel, Rose Leighton as Martha, and Eloise Morgan as Mar¬
guerite. "The Bohemian Girl" was sung Dec. 19. The three
hundred and fiftieth performance of the opera company in this city
was celebrated Saturday evening Dec. 24. Vincent Wallace's " Lur¬
line" was heard Dec. 26. Jan. 2, 1899, "Martha" was given;
" The Queen's Lace Handkerchief" was given Jan. 23 ; " Lucia "
was sung Jan. 30, with Yvonne de Treville as the heroine. Later in
the week. Miss Norwood sang Lucia. " Pinafore " and " I Pagliacci"
were heard Feb. 6.

"Pinafore" and "Cavalleria Rusticana" were given Feb. 13;
" Mignon," Feb. 20, with Marie Levick, her first appearance here,
as the heroine. " The Grand Duchess " was sung Feb. 27; " Rigo¬
letto," March 6; "Olivette," March 13, with May Baker in the title
r61e; " La Gioconda," March 20; " Mikado," March 27; " Merry
Wives of Windsor," April 3; " Carmen," April 10, when E. C.
Hedmondt, a new American tenor, appeared as Don Jos^, and Lizzie
MacNichol as Carmen. " The Daughter of the Regiment" was
sung AprU 17; " Trial by Jury " and " The Barber of SeviUe," April
24; May 1-2, " Faust; " " II Trovatore," May 3 ; " Romeo and
Juliet," May 4-5 ;   " Aida," matinfe and night of May 6.

The theatre was closed May 8, and was reopened May 9, with
" We Uns of Tennessee," by Lee Arthur, seen for the first time,
and with this cast:
 

Hiram Gray .
Jack Gray . .
Sidney Gray .
William Pool .
Jack Thomas .
Scank Cerais .
 

Archie Boyd
. Robert Drouet
Geo. Pauncefort
. Burt G. Clarke
Stephen Wright
Raymond Hitchcock
 

Monroe. . .
Charles Webster
John Mason .
Hank Williams
Martha Gray .
Ellen Champe
 

Theodore Roberts
. . Robert Elliott
. H. L. Sutherland
. John E. Ince, Jr.
. . Marion Lester
.   Ann Warrington