Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-08-31
THEATRE COMIQUE.
TmE OLD WASHINGTON RENOVATED.
4 First class Variety Performance 10 he
inRuEurnted.

4 First class Variety Performance 10 he
InnuRurnted.
4 who Of the many residents Of Washington.
either old or new, does not know Of tho wash.
lngton theatre, corner Of Eleventh and q streets
and who Of them has not, In either one way or
| another, spent pleasant hours within It's walls
I In the primitive days Of tho city all tho great
histrionlc representatives held high court there
/ Then came better Accommodations and Its glory
waned. Then the war came on, and once more
! the Washington was the centre Of the drama,
| and It's crowded audiences testified their appro.
/ batlon night after night by their cheers and az.
I plause. Again II was doomed to retire before
the march Of progress, and was fitted W a. a
/ ballroom, and on Its smooth floor the benuN and
= bellies OF Washington society have often met
/ and engaged In the giddy whlrl Of the waltz or
| the more staId figures Of the qundrllle
But once more tho old the ARE Is up with the
| age, and on Monday night II will be reopened In
! that latest and most popular Of American amuse.
| mbnts q variety theatre. As Ia we'll known to
all who have been away FROM home, among the
| and EIstern cities arc Towards atheneum in
] Boston, FoXs varieties In Philadelphia, and
/ kindred enterprises 10 other cities,
Feeling that Washington needed lust such an
. entertainment, several months ago Messrs l..
/ Il. Walker \ Co, gentlemen who have had tho
| largest experience In the business, came to this
Y
cudtd that the best possible spot which could no
( selected wlsthe old Washington theatre, or as
! Is more mmiihrly known, Uarusls saloon, at tue
cOrnerOi Eleventh and streets, A lease Of the
property was soon effected and the new proprie.
/ tors set to work to make the necessary change
for their purpose. Tho result Of their labOfs IL
~ complete transformation that no one would
/ recognize 10 the neat light and airy theatre the
old and welLknown hail. The first move was 10
secure more room, and the adjoining building
with lts thifty.hve feet WAS rented, This was
devoted to stage purposes, and, Rs con nee,
one Olthe finest stages, for q small theatre, In
The country was built, Then they went for the
auditorium with the determination TO make II a.
rOomy and commOdlous as possible that ali
should have an equal chance. The hrst i'm.
pToyoment was to raise the floor to an incline
plain, amply high to give all good view Of the
stage aud performers. Thona gallery was built
1 running the entire area Of the hail, while on
either side Of the stage have been erected four
private boxes, capable Of seating six persons
each. The entire capacity OF the building will
bo about fourteen hundred. Great care Las boon
taken to secure adequate ventilation, and the
entire interior ns far as hnlsh, light aud com.
fort Is concerned, has been we'll lO0ke ed amer
As at all such institutions there's q bar room
attached, hnt 10 lhls case tho proptiotors made
up thelt minds that II should he entirely dis.
tlnct IRON tho thcatre ana for that reason have
rtmOdcled the lower floor Of the building This
has been entirely htted up as hrst.ciass bar
and conversation. room, new gas nNtufcs
paper, irCacO work, &c, beiuE easily visible to
the yiitor, while In the centre Of the room Il Is
intended to place q beautiful fountain. The
. WAlt u Nulli NuNuut hAlufe ms uNOl placed ~
the north end, and In the rear OT II Ia probably
the nnest single plate mirror In the country
This room will be Kept ODen from q. m. to u D.
m, and as Eleventh street has boon recently
Improved by y hne Wide sidewalk II 10 safe 10
say II will DO literally patroniSed. There will
be two entrances to the show, the main one on
q street, whore the ticket office IL local ed and
the other through tho bar room, which Il en-.
tered from Eleventh street. Tho dressing
rooms are eight In number, costly htted up and
reached by private entrance from Eleventh
street, easily accessible from tho rear Of the
/ stage by broad private stairway.
The company engaged Tor the opening week
II probably the hncst ever presented at q va
rlety theatre In this country, embracing as IL
does such ATtistes as Miss Marion Taylor, tho
burlesque artistic; Miss Alne la Fayre, the
vocalist; Mile, Gallette, the premiere dansuese,
and host VI the best known performers 10 the
profession, together with a splendid ballet Of
twelve young ladies, under the direction OF one
Of the most accomplished Of masterP, and the
usual nd iunots and aids
That the ladies as we'll as gentlemen OF Wash.
inEtOn viii have an opportunity Of witnessing
this performance, II has been detetmlnsd 10
have las In other citles) two ladies' nights
Tuesday and Friday, and matinees on wednes.
day aud Saturday afternoons. The prices as
liked are most moderate, aud Il will certainly
he the fault Of the public II tho management
are not literally pRtruuiEHd.
Messfs Walker * %. have already done their
part, and unless the Washington public have
lost all taste Tor legitimate variety Performance
they will certainly make the theatre comllue
BuccCSs,