Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-03-28
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valuable figure On the American stage. His
unique personality, entertaining as it is, con-
tributes less to his Importance than his thor
ough appreciation Of what is good and his
steady purpose to give the highest ideals Of
| comedy to the public. In the case Of 1.-The
Henrietta he secured his material at home and
from his own generation. Last night he went
back to Buckston's delicious comedy married
! Life" The play is one that gives a delightful
picture of the times when people were much
more stately, more gorgeously dressed and
| much more frank than they are today. The hu-
NOR is steady and delightful. and the language
graceful at all times. Mr.. Robson as Henry Dore,
who married much above his station and whose
manners in good society constitute the greater
/ portion of the fun. was wonderfully clever and
! amusing. He fits the part beautifully and pre-
| serves the full force OF the comedy without at
any time broadening 1t beyond the bounds OF
naturalness. The company is a good one from
beginning to end. Mrs. Robson was a charm
ing Mrs. COddle and Mr.. Woodward was thor
| oughly entertaining as Mr.. COddte. Mr.. Ell
| wood as LynI a most agreeable actor, and
| the others, including Mr.. Hallton, who is a
young man of unauestionable promise, con-
| tributed each an important share to a delight
| full entertainment. Tonight Married Life"
| will be repeated. On Wednesday and Thurs
| day nights. .'She Stoops to Conquer" and on
Friday and Saturday afternoon and night THE
| Henrietta
| NATIoSAL.-A large audience at the National
last night thoroughly enjoyed Mr.. E. S. Willard
! and his company of excellent players in Henry
Arthur Jones' well-known play, 1.-The Middle
man. 1t is powerful play throughout and
| the character of Cyrus Blenkdrn is peculiarly
adapted to Mr.. Willard, who plays always in
| the lower register and moves audience
rather by what he does not do than by what he
does. He gives always such sense of conf
| dence in his power that an audience enjoys that
sense even more than if he displayed the latent
force and dissipated it. He is the storm king,
swaying the forests as he will, yet leaving them
| upright. to again feel his power always con-
scious that the greater energy is unexpended.
| No more impressive actor plays than is Mr..
Willard. vet he is not in all senses the greatest
actor. The company about him is perfectly
| adapted to fill their parts in the cast apd their
| work is at all times in harmony with his. Miss
| Burroughs is at all times charming. with a
| sweet womanliness that captlvates her audience
| and Miss Elliott Mdude Chandler is a grace
full. grateful figure in the play. After the last
| curtain the audience insisted on seeing the
! players, and there was general call and every
body came to the front and bowed acknowl-
| edgments.
AcADEMY.-Thespis was a triplet at the Acad-
envy last night. and with "The Majors Appoint
| ment" for a prologue. Iottie Collins for an
interlogue and "Gloriana' for an epilogue. the
| combination was considerably in advance of the
| usual theatrc attraction. The Majors APP
| pointment." dramatization of Julia Schayer 3
/ very pathetic story BY Nelson Wheatcroft and
| George Backus. affords Mr.. Edwin Stevens an
| opportunity to present most acceptably a fine
| oid-man character The finer touches of the
story are lost in its stage naturalization, but
it is effective and affective, and is an
excellent preparation for tine hvelier
spirit of what follows. At $50 Lottie
Collins. who has Tara boom -de-ayed' a
previous occasions here. appears and gets
nearly much enthusiasm il nobody had
| ever seen her or heard that tune before. Clio
riana.' three-act farce. follows the frolicsome
Lottie. and it is genuinely funny albeit Thespis
seems to ride the horse too hard at times. 1t
has been a success in London. Paris and New
York. and naturally Washington does not dis
| regard the opinion OF Its contemporaries and it
will be a success here The three leading char
acters in the play as played are Edward Stevens
as Count ErisioH. Mr.. Otis Harlan as SpinkS, a
valet, and Miss Henrietta Crossman Mrs.
| LOUering (GtOriGnd). delightful. delirious,
delicious. domneering widow. Miss Cross
man is superbly handsome and she
does GlOriCnd well possibly as
any woman on the stage could do IL. Mr..
Stevens the Count is excellent at ali points
and equally good in quite different line is
| Mr.. Harlan as .Spinks, the valet. The other
characters were i'll the main well taken. The
play received with salvos OF applause at
every point. and there in attendance as
fine an audience the Academy has sheltered
this season. 1t might be well to suggest in con-
nection with this notice that the performance
begins at s o'clock and that it is bad form and
bad manners for people to come tramping into
the theater for three-quarters of an hour after
| ward.
PADEREwsKI's REcITAL.-An audience that
filed every seat in Metzerott Music Hall and
| which overfiowed into the available standing
! room. both upstairs and down. greeted the
great Polish pianist at his recital last night 1t
| was distinguished audience. TOO, Mrs. Cleve-
land. Mrs. Bssell and Private Secretary Thur
Der occupying of the boxes, while the
others were occupied by Mrs. Metzerott. Mr..
II I'D ha,-
| ing friends with them. The most distinguished
people in political and social circles were there
| With their families and friends. and
| no artist ever had more generally ap-
preciative throng of auditors. The program
was certainly sufficiently varied to test the
performers versatility. and that he filed the
| expect Citations of his audience was manifest from
| the close attention paid during his performance
and the applause that followed each number.
The mastery which this artist has the
piano is complete. Every technical difficulty
has been conquered and he accomplishes the
most marvellous mechanical feats with perfec:
ease and accuracy. His lingering is graceful,
| rapid. clear and distinct. and in some of his
octave passages his work is bewilderlng. But
beyond this Paderewski has the true musicianly
| spirit and the poetic temperament that
enables him to grasp the true meaning
| of the composer and to make it thrOb
| under his touch upon the keys This was
particularly noticeable in his Chopin numbers,
In the Bach-Ll5Zt fantasia. IN his own nocturEe
and in the concluding rhapsody, which he read
| differently from others who have played it..
| The encores came upon the Chopin etude,
which was repeated, and upon the last number,
a very unusual compliment, when he gave his
own delicate and beautiful minuet.
So great is the desire to hear this remarkable
pianist that another recital has been arranged
| that will take place at Metzerott Music Hall on
April 25. and subscriptions are now being re-
ceived at Metzerotts music store.
HARRIS BIJoU THKArER.-"The Shamrock, :"
a new rish drama. with that sterling young
comedian, Edwin Hanford, in the title role,
began a weeks engagement at Harris Bijou
last night The play is full of interest and the
author has touched the popular pulse. Each
act vies with the other in interest, and the
tableaux, of which there are a number. are
striking. The scenery is new and original, and
| the burning of the cabin in the second act is a
| striking piece of stage realism The company
is complete and even, and taken all in all the
| performance is one of the best seen here this
season. Again tonight.
KERNAN's LYcEUM THEArER. - Sam T.
Jacks Creole Company, better than ever be-
fore. pleased a large audience at Kernans last
evening. The company has changed materially
since last season and is now entitled to a place
among leaders Of variety entertainment. A
spectacular ensemble, in which the strength OF
the company was introduced, opened the per-
Torrance. 1t was on the minstrel order and
the Jokes and songs were new. The combina-
ton march was clever and effective. Mitchell