National Republican., 1880-02-27
An US EN- EN1'S.
National Theatre" The Tourists"

National Theatre" The Tourists"
Tho National is nightly filed from pit to
dome by the most delighted audiences of tho
season. "Tho Tourists" are immense---simply.
And don't you forget It'll"
National Thentre--Mary Anderson.
The many friends of this talon ted young
actress will doubtless be grati6cd to learn
that she will begin an engagement on Monday
night. Miss Anderson's phenomenal success
is part of the history of the drama in this coun-
try, and were not the steady Improvement
that has marked her methods n guarantee for
future efforts, one might almost be led to fear
that her career is but of metcorlc brilliancy
and not destined to permanent brightness.
No actress, considering age and experience,
has ever met with more dcternincd-we do
not say injudcous criticism by the press
than Mary Anderson. Somo have found fault
with the quality and use of her voice; others
with her gesiculation still others with her
conception of the characters she represents.
None, however, have denied that she has orig
inaity of conception, amounting. in some in
| stances, to daring bodness, and this one fact,
more conclusively than any other, proves that
she has inherent genius. We, however, range
| ourselves on the side OF those who, making al
| lowance for all shortcomings growing out of
| inexperience aud lack of previous training,
pronounce Mary Anderson q great actress, not
only in point of originality and boldness of
| conception, but also by reason Of brilliant and
artistic execution. Moreover the opinions of
critics, pro and con, fall into comparative in
significance before the popular Endorsement
which has come to Miss Anderson. 1t is doubt.
| ful whether any actress ever took so spou ia
neous and firm hold upon popular aztec
tion and retained it as this young
lady, and this would seem to provo that
she is possessed of that magnetic spark sure to
expand with time into bright flame, which
irresistibly attracts the interest and approba-
tion of the great public. During the week
the following will be Miss Anderson's reper.
tOire. Monday, "Evadae;" Tuesday, "Romoo
and Juliet" Wednesday, "Ingomar;" Thurs.
day, "The Hunchback;" Friday, "Evndnc;"
Saturday matinee, "Ingomar," and Saturday
evening, "Love; or, Countess and Serf."
FOrd's Opera House" An Arabian Night"
The excellent company from Daly's Theatre,
in New York, continue to delight large audi
ences every night by their perfect presenta-
tiou of Daly's latest success, AN Arab ian
Night" A better play 1t has not been oui
good fortune to see more aCceptably rend cred
in this city.
Ford's Opera-House-"French Flats"
The dramatic company from the Union
Square Theatre, New York, will be at Ford'f
during the coming week, appearing in the
great success, French Flats" OF this play a
New York dramatic paper speaks as follows
"'French Flats is u work of art distinguished
for its humor rather than for its wit. Thi
humor is abounding, beginning at the rising
! OF the curtain and ending only With the
going down of tho same. The action is con
tinuous there being no break from ono ac
to another, So that the only reason for tn,
lowering of the curtain is that the scenes may
be changed. Otherwise 1t might be playc(
through without interruption, like the olt
classical plays in which Rachel appeared. The
plot is exceedingly ingenious. All the charac
tors are made use of, and the unraveling o
the complicated skein in which the dramati
! persOns arc entangled is accomplished by on,
of those neat masterstrokes of invention
which it seems only Frenchmen can devise
The characters are typical painted in strong
rich colors, vvidly contrasting with on
another, and forming when grouped q singu
larly striking ensemble illustrative of the fol
, lies, errors aud weaknesses of certain circle
of civilized humanity"
Theatre Comique.
: All who have attended the Comique thi
I week speak in the highest terms Of the attrac
tions offered, and the Murray & Hedges Com
bination will always be assured of u heart,
{ welcome should they decide TO revisit Wash
ington. The performance begins with femal
minstrel scene, in which considerable merri
, ment Is created by Harry Woodson and hi
colleagues, while in the olio Jake Budd's LAS
I of the Modocs" shakes the house. At the matt
} nee this afternoon all the most pleasing fea
4 lures OF the show will bO presented.