Show AT tte the THEATERS pinafore nt at tho the grand takes well A fairly good house welcomed the initial production of Pl Ili tato re at the grand last night and it the I 1 0 satisfaction sati is with the performance seemed to tie be general most of the pyke company have played it before and most of them exhibited cl evident familiarity with their roles without lattery flattery it may be sald that there are no weak spots it in tho tho cast mrs pyke as josephine showed to unusual advantage tier her solos being particularly ticul arly good and her acting flawless ll throughout Salin goir as little buttercup was more than acceptable though she Is not as little as most of the buttercups Butter cups who have assumed th the role the part does docs not give her no ns good opportunities as some othe others she he has filled heretofore she Is as bright as a ne new ly minted dollar and I 1 Is pal pai ilc etc strong where mental or originality la Llla litY Is required sir C akl M left the orchestra and went on the stage as captain corcoran ile he is 13 an easy graceful actor with an ail excellent baritone voice and made a a line fine impression mr blake as dick deadeye exhibited another of his extraordinary tra make jakc ups for an odd c character which seems to be a special ecial talent with him and upon which he certainly must expend much patient study lie ile also maintained his record as a singer and surpassed it in comedy acting at al leech raised his reau reputation ta several degrees decrees by his rendition of tho the toe iole of sir joseph porter ahm shoeing ing himself to be a versatile actor with abilities beyond that of a successful buffoon george bird carried on his III pantomimic part us as he only can and mr boyce Il litis tilden and miss hanlon ilanon hanon on sustained their pre previous credit the latter the best appearance ho he has done so tar far the vivacious music as assigned S ignec to the chorus seems to nt fit the their it tastes as well v all as their talents and they sang with mith more vini vim and fewer lost chords than usual the popularity of the opera apers li IR partly and perhaps earlc ly responsible but certain it Is that the perfo performance rila nce too took k amazingly it with ili most of the audience the performance at al I 1 wonderland of champagne and oysters followed by confusion Is the boat best bill the house hai hag presented tor for somo time the competent abage manisc ment of burton stanley I 1 is S 3 a largo large factor but the success sues is mainly due to tile tact fact that tile the company contains several re real 1 I I 1 actors the advance sale tor for miss babcocki Bab cocks eleusinia Eleu sinla at tile the theater on thu thursday r s night begins at the box office t this his morning morn lne |