Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-19
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Grand Opera MISUNDERSTANDING next
Monday night and continuing throughout
the week Captain Paul." one of the sea-
sons successes. having just closed Il two
months engagement in Boston, will be the
attraction at Albaugh's. Captain Paul. is
young naval hero of revolutionary fame,
who arrives at the D'Audray Chateau in
search of Irene Vernon, American girl
with whom he is in love, who has been
shipwrecked on the coast and since held
captive by the D'Audrays. the younger
of whom is also anxious to marry her At
the chateau Paul hears from old JeaHy
servant, that he is the rightful heir to
the estate, and numerous complications fol-
low until his claim is finally made good
through Spanish gypsy. One of the most
realistic effects ever attempted and accom-
plished occurs in the third act in which
occurs the battle scene between Captain
PauTs" privatee., the Ranger and the
English ship, the Brette, resulting in a
collision and the destruction of the latter.
The company is large one, requiring over
100 people, and contains some clever art
lists, among whom are Mr.. A. S. Lipman,
A. NJ. De Lisser, VIM. Hatch, w. j. Har-
ley, Mrs. Hattie Neffiin, Pauline Willard
and others.
Sousa's Band Concert.-John Philip Sousa
and his peerless band will appear at the
Grand Opera House tomorrow night. Mir.
SCusa is a rare illustration of born lead
er, and to his personal magnetism, allied
with the lnQlVluudl talents OF the DalQ 8
members, can be traced the surprising ex-
cellence OF the organization. The band
comes here fresh from great and renewed
triumphs at the st. Louis exposition and
Manhattan Beach, and is playing in superb
form. The playing of Sousa's stirring
marches by this band Is totally unlike the
playing of any other band, inasmuch as
tie virile quality and magnetism of those
compositions are only to be compared to
the playing of Strauss waltz by Strauss
himself Other bands are occupying the
musical field, and there is room for them
all, but among them and Sousas band
there Is rivalry. Sousa has been well
coined here before, and 1t was the uni
versal expression of opinion on his last
visit that the organization had reached
that perfection attained only through the
leadership of genius and the ensemble of
strikingly talented musicians. The band is
accompanied by two charming young art
lists of great talent-Miss Myrta French,
the brilliant soprano, and Miss Currie
Sousa's musicians are in perfect form, and
under his matchless leadership the band is
continually winning new laurels.
New National Theater.-Mr. VIM. H.
Crane, in many respects the most versatile
comedian on the stage, will be the attrac-
ton ut the New National Theater. His
repertoire will be as follows: Monday.
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, THE
Merry Wives Of Windsor with the
original New York cast, superb scenery,
ETC.; on Friday night and Saturday matt
nee. The Senator" and on Saturday night
a new comedy by Martha Morton, entitled
His Wife's Father
Otis Skinner.-One of the most notable
engagements of the season will be that of
Otis Skinner at the Grand Opera House
on Monday, January 20, in Clyde Fitch
successful new comedy, His Grace de
Grammont," and Victor Hugo's powerful
tragedy, The Kings Jester" The first
play deals with court life during the reign
of Charles III of England, and shows some
thing of the artificiality of manners,
etiquette and protiigacy of the fashion
ables of that period. The author has GER
tainly selected a striking personality for
his central figure in the Chevalier de
Grammont, who was a favorite at the
court of France in the reign of Louis XIV.
He was exlled on account of his love affair
with Madame Houdancourt, the king s