The Washington critic., 1888-01-28
ar THE THEATRES.
The Stage Attractions FOR the FIRST
Week IN February.
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A1DAUGHs-RoBErT D0wNfSG.
Handsome robust Robert Downing as
ISpUfdcs, in "The Gladiator" will he the
attraction at Albaugh's next week. II
there Is any tragic star in whom Wash.
ingtonians take an especial interest, II is
Robert Downing, or "Our Bob, as he Is
.familiarly called here. There have been
but two "iladiators," Edwin Forrest and
John McCullough,a ,andnow eomeSthct third
IN Robert Downing, whose name prom
ises to become even more closely identi-
fled with the character Of SportdcS than
those of his illustrious predecessors. A
prominent feature in connection with the
production will be the splendid scenic
effects which were all painted by Noegt-
lin, the greatest scene painter in this coun-
Try. Among them will be the streets of
Rome, with their triumphal arches,
the battle fields OF Campana the bay of
Naples, and the grand arena scene, which
is an exact reproduction of Gerome's cele-
brated historical painting. The company,
too, is composed Of large, handsome, ath-
letic-loUking men another important fea-
turc towards the realistic presentation of q
play of this character. The. company Is
said to be the strongest yet seen in sup
port to Mr., Downing Amony Some of
Harris, Harry Meredith, Samuel &. Du-
bois, Samuel j. Browne, Miss Matte
Earle, and Stella Rees.
MRS. JAMES BROWN POTTER.
"Loyal Love" the play in which Mrs.
Potter has made her greatest success so
far will be the first piece presented at the
National Theatre during her engagement
here next week, and will be given on
Monday, Tuesday and Saturday evenings
and "wednesday matinee, while "EoneU
and Juliet will be presented on Wednes-
day, Thursday and Friday evenings and
Saturday matinee. In the supporting
company Mr.. Kyrlc Bellew and Mr..
Henry Lee arc names which are we'll
known. Mrs. Potter is famous i'll Wash
ington, and her success in amateur theat-
| ricals and as n society leader Is pleas
antly remembered, while her career upon
the professional stage has been watched
| with interest by her many friends. The
advance sale OF seats has been unusually
large and promises u brilliant reception
for the lairstar.
HARRIS Duou-''oS THE rRoSTTER."
James NJ. Hardie and Sara Won Lecr
will appear next week at Harris In Mrs.
Johnson's great melodrama "On tho
Frontier" This is its first appearance in
Washington, and as a pointer to what il
is we quote as follows from the Drooklyr
| Citizen. "That the large audience en-
| joyed the performance was evident by thu
continued applause which greeted tn,
various fine points and handsome tab
leaux abounding in the play. As it
| title indicates, it is one of those realistic
! Western, mountain histories which
abound in heroism and manful portrait
| tures. To say that such artists as Jane
| NJ. Hardie and Sara Won Leer assumed
| the principal characters is to speak of thu
best and finest acting. The supporting
company is excellent, and the scenery
| tine.h
KEREAN's-RENTZ-sANT BURLEsoUE.
The great Rentz-Santley Novelty an,
Burlesque Company will be the attraction
at Kernan's next week. Eight Thousand
dollars have been expended on nev
features for this season. A brillian
number Of the programme is "Adam ant
lye," the Parisian sensation as performe'
over 900 times by Nine. Theo. Th
feature, however, of the show is Afatsad
Sarakichi, the Japanese wrestler. Las
week he wrestled Lem McGregor, TIL
"St. Joe kid" in twelve minutes. TIL
RentZ-Santley managers offer $50 to an
local wrestler whom Matsada fails {
throw in fifteen minutes. The exhibition
concludes with the realistic craze, "Toe
bogganing. lisa great bill. No mistake
sEYMoUR's LECTURES.
Mr.. Cbas. W. Seymour will deliver hi
third illustrated lecture at Albaugh'
Sunday night, the subject being "Catht
rine the Great" Czarina of Russia. TIL
pictures will include views in Russia
Poland and Hungary. These lectures al
not only. extremely interesting, but the
arc very instructive. Admission % cents