The evening times., 1895-11-13
COMING TO THE THEATERS.

Chauncey Olcott will be the attraction at
Aliens Grand the week commencing No.
vember lS. He will present 1.-THE Irish
Artist" u joint production of Il decidedly
pretty Irish coniedy-drana- 1t represents
scenes in Wexford, Ireland, in the early
part of the present century. and its creators
have invested il with Il charm which holds
the audience interested from beginning to
end
An Irish love story forms the theme OF the
play, and fishermen, smugglers pretty
iasses and blithe lads are incidentally, yet
naturally, introduced.
Mr.. Olcott appears in the principal role.
ana as Maurice Cronin gives an admira bic
representation of the Irish lad whose ar
tistic Instincts send him TO London to de-
veIop his talents a nd win fame a an artist.
Mr.. Olcoit's singing Is one OF the enjoy
able features OF the production. His voice
is fine tenor, robust in quality, schoolcd
for grand opera, and which he handles with
all the finesse OF n master. Almost every
song, most of which are his own compost
ton, are encored nightly. and it is a rare
night he is not called out before the curtain.
At the Academy next week Charles Han
ford Will begin an engagement of one week,
presenting a repertory of the classical
drama, assisted by Elihu Spencer, Nora
O'brien, and an excellent company.
Mr.. Hanford is a star who needs no her
aiding In Washington, his native c!fy-
Throughout the country he is an accepted
favorite of that rye class Of fiheater patrons
who look for something besides M ;e
amusement on the stage. and who believe
that the drama has serious function to
perform.
Mr.. Hanford is doubly Il ravorite in the
city Of his birth, where his education and
the years of his dramatic apprenticeship
were accomplished. The repertoire for the
week has been arranged as follows: Mon
day, The Merchant of Venice Tuesday,
and at the matinee on Wednesday, '.Vir-
ginius:" Wednesday night, Julius Gaze
sar: Thursday, Damon and Pythias:"
Friday, ''Rmmeo and Juliet Saturday
matinee, Merchant OF Venice and Sat
urday night, 'Othello."
A gallant organization is Charles H.
Hoyt's superb spectacular musical mill
tary comedy, "A Milk White Flag" which
ran all last season at Hoyt's Theatcr, IN
New York, and also ran over 90 nights in
Chicago.
TINS emanation from Mr.. Hoyt's marvel
ously fertile brain is good natured satire
on our military organization. ard is re-
plete with that humor which is SO ram
pant in the makeup of our boys in blue.
The author has seized with ready wit
this ample material has been const :ucted
upon the many opportunities for twitting
our amateur soldier, which the latter is
constantly furnishing. to the keen pen and
fertile imagination of the writer. and from
comedy more ella borate inits entirety than
any OF his previous efforts.
Mr. Hoyt's plays are too well known to
the tneaterg goers for us to eS pat late at a ny
great length on them here. Suffice it to
say. he is the only native author who has
never made failure, his plays having. one
and all, IN rapid succession, scored ell
phauc, artistic and financial successes,
and in "A Milk White Flag" he has out
classed all his previous efforts.
The play Will he presented at the New
National Theater next week in the same
elaborate manner and with the same marked
attention to artistic detail and accessory
as all his other productions.
The presentation of ''Hansel and Gretel"
al the Lafayette Square Opera House next
Monday evening by Sir Augustus Harris
London Opera Company. under management
of Mr.. Augustin DAILY, will be- an event of
great musical interest.
II is the one opera produced in EuroDe I'm
many years that has claimed the attention
OF all the European musicians and has re-
ceived the unanimous Endorsement of the
worlds greatest composers. II is said 10
contain mu sic the like of which has not Eeen
heard in This country in many years.
il is somewhat after the style OF the i'm
mortal Wagner, tuneful and melodious. and
contains some of the most exQu1siiely beau
tiful passages. This opera was given at the
Royal Opera in Berlin for period Of six
months with enormous success and has
been sung in all the European capitals.
In London its success was even greater
haninGermany, and when il wa presented
al Daly's Theater in New York some six
weeks ago the success was Immediate and
pronou need. II has beeen running at Da-
1y's ever since, and will be brought directly
here and given in The same lavish manner
that has characterized the New York pro-
ten about this work of Humperdinck, and
now that we are to have a chance to hear it,
a rich treat is in store for those who are
muSically inclined.