Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-10-07
GAS YOU LIKE IT."
Great Preparation for It's Presentation
I'm Convention Hall.

in Convention Hall.
The great Convention Hall, at the corner
of 5th and l. streets northwest, has pre-
sented a very busy scene for the past two
days. A stage has been erected, and q
| competent florist, with a score of assist
ants, has been actively engaged in con-
verting a portion of the hall into a minia-
ture Forest of Arden. Wagon loads of
trees. greens, palms, branches. with the
autumn Hinged leaves, MOSES, grasses
and stamps, have been carried to the hall
to make an appropriate setting for Shakes
peare's idyl LAS you Like It, which
Messrs Charles b. Hanford and N. Du-
Shane Coward are putting on for the ben
eft of the liberty bell entertainment fund.
1t has been determined to utilize only a
portion Of the great hail. so as to make the
auditorium portion more coy. and also util-
ize the gallery on the L street side. The
stage will therefore begin a little more than
half way back in the hall. This will still
give over two thousand good seats besides
the gallery. In the rear Of the stage dress
ing rooms will be arranged for the COM
pany. Calcium lights and electricity will
be used for lighting. The cast that Mr..
Hartford engaged while in New York has
been held intact. Miss Eleanor Merron OF
the Lyceum Theater. New York. will ap-
pear as Rosalind, by kind permission OF
Mr.. Daniel Frohman. Miss Merron Is one
of Mr. Frohman's leading ladies. She al
ternates with Miss Georgia Cayvan. and
during the absence Of Miss Cayvan in Ja-
pan Miss Merron played all the leading
parts She is an excellent actress, and has
played Rosalind many times and in three
al fresco performances. Mr.. Creston Clarke,
who is well known, and who played the
part SO successfully at Marshall Han. Will
be the Orlando Miss Francis Gaunt.
formerly with Julia Marlowe. will play
Celia. Miss Gaunt is a very pretty blonde
and an actress of genuine ability. Miss
Grace Atwell. formerly of the Boston Mu-
scum, will be the Phebe. Miss Sally VIII
liams, who played Audrey; Mr.. James L.
Carhart. who played Adam; Mr.. Percy
Sage who played the Duke Frederick at
Marshall Hall, have all been re-engaged
Additions to the cast will be Bertram
Temple, who was last year with Mr.. Han
fords company and formerly with Robert
Downing; Robert Smiley, who VIII again
essay Jacques De Boys and Theodore Erie
bus. Prof. N. DuShane Coward Will play
the part Of Anxious and lead the vocal Sc.
lections by the Capital Glee Club. and vii,
also sing the beautiful solo Blow. Blow,
Thou Winter Wind" with chorus by the
glee club Mr.. Hanford will. of course: be
seen in his favorite part OF The Melan-
choly jacques" The Wrestler is the only
character not yet engaged, but will be filled
in ample time. Altogether the affair prom
Uses to be a most artistic and unique per-
Torrance, and should not be missed No
curtain will be used, and the performance
will be virtually al fresco. Reserved seats
and tickets are now on sale at Merits drug
store. The first two rows OF the gallery
will be reserved at Is cents, and admission
to the gallery will be so cents Lower moor.
reserved, s1.25; admission 81
1t has been decided to give two night
performances instead of a matinee ana
night performance. The play Will therefore
be presented on Tuesday and "Wednesday
evenings.