Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-04-20
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comedies in his extensive repertoire. He
will inaugurate his engagement Monday
evening with a presentation of John Bald
win Buchstone's charming comedy, Leap
Year. or the Ladies' Privilege" appearing
as Mr.. Dionysius Dimple. husband on
trial. This is the result of Mr.. Robson
latest incursion into the storehouse of an
cient dramatic literature and the play has
probably not seen the light before since
the days when Mr.. Robson was leading &c
centric comedian and character actor in
various celebrated stock companies of the
leading cities of this country. The inter-
probation Of 1t given by Robson in this
country, and by Liston, half century ago,
in England, remain the standards in the
stage annals of the two countries. Leap
Year" will be repeated on Tuesday, We'd
nesday and Thursday evenings and at the
and Saturday matinee Mr.. Robson will be
seen as the gay and rollicking Tony Lump
Kin, In his production of Oliver Goldsmith
immortal comedy, 'She Stops to CONQUER
which met with so much success when pre-
sented here by this comedian three seasons
ago, and the engagement will terminate on
Saturday evening with the only presenta-
'tion Of Bronson Towards comedy success
of the century, 1.-The Henrietta" with Mr..
Robson in his favorite character of BERTHE,
the lamb Mr.. Robson will be aided by
Mrs. Robson, Mr.. VIM. Yerance and an
efficient company, and each comedy will be
mounted and costumed in the lavish man
ner that characterizes all Of Mr.. Robson's
productions.
Miss Ada Rehan.-Great interest is being
manifested in the engagement, beginning,
Monday next at the National Theater, of
Miss Ada Rehan and Mr. Days company,
Offering repertoire Of plays, some of
which are familiar and others in which
there will be the pleasure of seeing Miss
the latter is 'The Honeymoon" Two
Gentlemen of Verona" and Heart of
Ruby" In julia. in the 1.-TWO Gentlemen
OF Verona" Miss Rehan has added another
Shakespearean heroines. And Mr.. Daily has
done nothing in years that has been more
successful than his production of Tobin's
comedy, THE Honeymoon in which Miss
Juliana, her latest creation. Heart of
Ruby" is Japanese play from the French
OF Judith Gautier. The repertoire for the
is foeMs L9Se
Wednesday. Heart of Ruby Thursday.
Tanning Of the shrew;" Friday and Sat
urday matinee. 1.-TWO Gentlemen of YER
ona;" Saturday. Nancy & CO..
Kernan's Lyceum Theater.-There will be
gay vision of Spanish life at the Lyceum
next Monday, when Sam T. Jacks Extrava-
ganza Company, just returned from its
successful tour of Spanish America, takes
possession of the stage. This show is made
up of all the necessary adjuncts of thor
oughly enjoyable program, cleverly writ
ten burlcsque with laughable situations
the best Of selected specialties, series
OF living pictures and most necessary of
all. corps Of pretty women. The bur-
lesque is styled THE Bullfighter." and
deals with the life and adventures of one
Don Pedro Escamillo, Spanish matador,
who vanquishes various rivals. and finally
Stays huge bull single-handed, as the
climax of the play. Don Pedro is repre-
sented by very pretty girl. the picadores
and other assistants by equally handsome
women, and the heavy villain is the raging
taurus himself-a model Of stage realism.
The living pictures are marvels of beauty,
and the specially bill comprises every va
riety of entertainment, vocal, terpsichor-
can, aerial and humorous.
The Circus Coming.-Some very unique
mum & Bailey Greatest Show on Earth this
season By way of introduction to the
sports and races on the track tourha-
ment has been devised between hunters
pure-blooded Arabian steeds and others.
The Maypole dance Is beautifully executed
by expert horsemen and horsewomen, sue
ceeded afterward by jumps and leaps over
realistic hunters meet" showing whole
packs of coursng and fox hounds with
their whippers-in, etc. 1t is a very pretty
and novel introduction to the races and ap-
prected by all who love high-class horse
manship. This new feature will be seen
here when the show arrives on Friday and
Saturday, May II and IS.
: Buffers Bijou Theater.-The dramatiza-
ton of Rider Haggard's She will be the
attraction at Buffers Bijou Theater next
week. The play will be presented with a
strong cast and with every accessory of
scenery and costume and stage appoint
ment necessary to give realistic effect to
the stirring incidents and situations. This
exciting melodrama, with it's vivid spec
tacular effects, has been remarkably sue
cessful elsewhere and there is no doubt
that 1t will be greeted with crowded houses
during its engagement in this city.
The Last Bischoff Concert.-The last con-
cert of the Bischoff Course takes place
Tuesday evening next at the Congrega-
tional Church. The season will be closed
with fitting send-off, judging from the list
of the most prominent singers of the city
being among those who will contribute
numbers to the program. The list includes
Mrs. Nellie Wilson Shir-Cliff, Mrs. Thos.
Miss Elsie NJ. Bond, Miss Isabel Du Bots,
Mrs. John Seager, Mrs. H. c. Browning,
Miss Florence McNelly. Miss Edna Scott
Smith, besides chorus of trained male
voices and DR.. Bischoff, of course. Seats
are now on sale at Ellis music store.
The Trinity College Clubs.-An affair
which promises to be both a society and
musical event will occur at the National
Rifles Armory Wednesday evening next,
the occasion being the concert by the Trim
The list of patronesseS includes some of the
best-known society ladies of Washington,
and has already been printed in The Star.
The clubs come prepared to render the best
program possible and their efforts are sure
to be crowned with success
The Kneisel Quartet.-It will be source
of great pleasure to the many lovers of
chamber music to the many lovers of
Quartet of Boston will appear at an early
date in the concert at Builders Exchange
Hall. The quartet is composed of Herr
Franz kneisel first violin; Herr Otto Roth,
second violin; Herr Louis Svecenski viola,
and Herr Alvin Schroeder. violoncello.
These gentlemen have been connected with
the Boston Symphony Orchestra for many
years, and enjoy a reputation which pos
sibly far exceeds that of the famous SYM
phony orchestra itself. Their work is of
such an order that they may safely be
ranked as the foremost of chamber music
organizations. The program for this their
second annual Washington concert, is as
follows: Beethoven's Quartet in G major,
Sarasate's Spanish Dance, with solo for
violin, by Mr.. Kneisel; Tschaikowski's An
dante; from quartet in d major; Sgam
hatis Scherzo from quartet in D fiat
major; Dvorak's Waldesruhe, Sits Sere-
made, Cossmann's Tarantelle. with soil for
violoncello, by Mr.. Schroeder, and Schu-
mann's Quartet, in A major. Tickets will
be on sale on and after Wednesday, April
n, at Droop & Sons, SO1 Pennsylvania ave-
nue..