The Sunday herald., 1886-12-05

and thN instead Of being terribly nerce, likc
his grim ancestors Of eight hundred years
ago, he was terribly funny. His maine Ia w.
\. Mesiayer. aud he Il now engaged In a cru
sadie against dull care. which he manages to van
qulsh at every round, as Robert, the old Mcs'ayer,
did the saracens aud Greeks. The principal feature
of the piece IN which he and his capital band OF
merry.makcrs appear at the National Monday even-
ing IA incohcrency. u Ia sort Of -. Niius dance
VI funhc arntheoss ~ absurdliy, like his great an
ceatOr, who was the bully OF tue Army OF the cru
shies-a sort OF Red Cross John u, sullivan, the
snlehly Mesalet appears ~ an athletic champion.
Thc AleNius OF old was transformed into morse
doctor, whom George Richards makes funny enough
Ia turn the heads OF the whole Greek Court, could
they be present Agelnstes, VINO got Count Robert
nin such trouble, becomes hydropaih, and serves
- convenient football Tor the COUNTS defendants
to knock around. The varanglan becomes an irish.
man In the play, ani the Cesar an il.condtioned
dude Anna Comnennss eruduOn conld scarcely
hold us ground against the bewlichng Theresa
vaughn, and the l,ed cross bnlly would have been
willing TO exchange the strong minded Breunhda
for such charming voice. Altogether, Nr. Mos
iayer seems to have tho advantage OF his Crusader
f0refaher, and N he does not crack heads ne does
Jokes AMI splits sides also. The Court of CONSTANT
noplc under the Comncuus never had sweetcr sing
crs than me ades OF Mud springs he scene OF tnis
resemblance between Mr.. Mestayer aud his great
ancestor. beyond vas,ness OF bulk, Tor which the
Crusader and the actor are both famed. Perhaps
some dramatic tihhon will vet recount the doughty
deeds Of the actor m the realms OF fun, and show
that he was worthy ~ having tue blood OF Conn,
s,....
II isalwass pleasant TO note the advent of new
star before the Washington public, and especially
so when the star IA recognized "a thorough, intel
igeni. aud scholarly master OF his art. as has long
since been conceded In favor Of Mr.. u. X. Bandmann,
who opens n weeks engagement at liarrs's Bljou
Theatre next Monday. Though new TO Washing
ton Mr. Bandmann Is by no means new to the people
| n large. he having made several successive and
successful tours of the civilized globe. lie IL sup
ts.tttsA "A
pany. The whole company II elegantly costumed,
| and Mr.. Bandmann's recognized genius as n stage
| manager Ia a sufficient guarantee that the staging
will be correct and elaborate IN every detail. The
| New York sun says OF MIR. banlnann! "The aver
aye star nowadays does not care 10 play sN charac
| ters In week. Herr Daniel Baniinann, hard
worker always and an actor whose ability was long
ago recognized here, has not yet allowed himself to
| become indolenl, even though of late wears he has
Travelled mucn and labored strenno,sly. Last night
| at the Third-avenue Theatre an audience that was
| thoroughly kind saw him play Herchio IN Romeo
and Juliet II was the fourth role he had essayed
| In as many nights lie held the stage only brief
hour and yet he was In no sense suhordlna'eu TO ms
been seen here in long time. and he was seemingly
so youpg and so vigorous that some OF his auditors
were led to wish he had been the Roneoof the play
| The queen NAH passage was treated with an airy
delicacy that gained him round OF hearty plaudits,
and the death scene was neither exaggerated nor
| boisterous."
The Choral Society Concert Wednesday evening
promises to he the most interesting one ever given
| by this organization-ihe only one in the city de-
voted 10 chorus singing. The society will present
chorus of over one hundred singers aud an or
chestra of twenty-five pieces, under the able leader
ship of MIR. Harry C. Sherman. They Will also have
the assistance Of Miss Charlotte Walker. last veal
| with the American Opera Company, Mr. Whitney
| Mockridge. who mas sang with the society on two
previous occasions, AMI Mr.. George Prehn, a new
| baritone with voice of great compass and volume
| The programme Includes Rhenbergcr's "ktnl
Erle,' by the society; TOrcador's song from Carmen
Mr.. Prehn Sule Materne Ceneri, Miss Walker
two English songs, "Proposal.' By Bracket, ans
"Bcst of Al,"Dy Moir, Mr.. Mor.ridge, and Barnby'
cantata, "Rebekah.n This society certainly de
serves the support OF the musical people of Wash
iDgton in Its efforts to present the hest class o
chorus music. We are glad 10 see that there ha
been an unusually large sale OF seats.
Kernan's Washington Theatre this week will Pre-
sent capital vaudeville show In liallen and Hart
First Prize Ideals. The specialists are numcrou
and high class, and the performance Is througnou
| ut