Word: leighton
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Principal disputants.- Affirmative: W. S. Leighton and R. J. Dunham.- Negative: J. W. Kelley and S. L. Wonson...
...will be the two sailors, Bob Becket and Bill Bobstay. Miss Lane should make a charming Josephine; there being a double bill Miss Mason will alternate with her in this role. Miss Ladd is to be the Hebe, while the blithsome Buttercup will have a worthy exponent in Miss Leighton...
...same evening Mascagni's Grand Opera "Cavalleria Rusticana" will be given with a distribution of characters as follows: Santuzza, Miss Lane and Miss Mason; Lola, Miss Ladd, Lucia, Miss Leighton. Tiridu, Mr. Persse and Mr. Bassett, the latter a new comer; Alfio, Mr. Wolff and Mr. Murray. A bill of this kind was never before given and it is an undertaking which no opera company has ever dared attempt but the Castle Square Opera Company has established a reputation for audacity and may be relied upon to successfully keep the promise made for Monday, Feb. 17, as they have redeemed...
...Lord Chancellor was thoroughly at home. Mr. Murray as Strephon, Mr. Persse as Mt. Ararat, and Mr. Wooley as Tolloller rendered the familiar airs with charming effect, while Miss Lane as Phyllus was even more dainty and bewitching than ever. Miss Mason sang Iolanthe with great clearness, Miss Leighton was sufficietly impressive as the Fairy Queen, ably seconded by her fairy lieutenants, Miss Ladd and Miss Quinlan...
...informal reception was given in 10 Holworthy last evening to Rev. Leighton Parks, D. D., lately Preacher to the University...