The Washington times., 1895-03-14
COMING TO THE THEATERS.

The attraction at the Grand Opera House
next week will be Lottie Collins and her
merry band of entertainers. known as the
Troubadours. The performance is de-
scribed as an entirely novel one, and EN-
braces comedy, opera, and vaudeville.
Miss Collins VIII appear twice in the bill
as the heroine in sparkling little comedy,
called the Fair Equestrienne, and later
as Brenda in the farcical operatta, 1.-The
Devilbird' -
Miss Collins is dancer and coincidence
of Individuality, and already considerable
interest is centered in the rendition of her
new song entitled The Up to Date wo-
man, which has created Juror elsewhere.
Supplementary vaudeyilles Will be intro
dueed by a host or clever people. numbered
among whom are those favorite musical
comedians, Wood and Shepard: the famous
| high wire acFobats, the Meers Brothers:
Anna Wilmuth, a charming little balladist:
Ward and Curran. in musical grotesqueries;
Marian. Hayes, and Marian. assisted by the
Misses Winshop, Bishop and Warren, in a
| unique and beautiful gavotte. Miss Collins
will be supported by the well known comic
opera comedian, Frederick SeIOnan, who
has been especially engaged for this tour.
1t is seldom that the greater interest is
aroused in a coming attraction than that
which is shown over willard Spenser's
new opera, THE Princess Bonnie" which
comes to the National next " week. Perhaps
this is partly because Mr.. SpenSer's Little
/ Tycoon" is still remembered as a remark
able success, but this has been put into
! the shade by the enormous favor shown 20
/ The Princess Bonnie" by Philadelphia.
where the people Were simply carried
away by it, and it held the stage Contin-
uously for a phenomenal run.
This opera has not been s cen in New
! York, and many stories have gone the
| rounds as to why Mr.. Spenser did not take
his opera there and secure for IL n metro
politan approval. It has been intimated
that Mr.. Spenser was afraid 10 chance a
metropolitan production. That gentleman
vigorously denies this, however. He
states that his own reasons for not
going to New York at once is that he pre-
fers to have Boston, Chicago, Pittsburg,
and other cities first indoTse his work.
He is of the opinion that New York the
ater-goers would not take kindly to a
Philadelphia success coming direct from
the Quaker City, no matter how great
success it might be. And it is more than
| likely that MIR. Sponsors Judgment is
correct.
MIR. Spenser has left nothing undOne to
present his opera in a thoroughly first
class manner. Considerable int crest will
be taken in the appearance OF the young
American prima donna, Miss Minnie
Landes, whose beauty is remarkable and
| the advent in comic opera of the we'll
kno wn comedian, Mr.. Frank Daniels.
Among other members OF the cast are
Joseph s. Greensfelder, William Arm
strong, Robert Broderick. Lillian Swain,
Mabella Baker, n. S. Burnham, and Mount
JOY Walker.
hot nfriI to hold ,TT
attention of an audience for hours to amuse
it, to thrill it, to excite it, and to please it
in every way by ingenuity of plot and skill in
acting, may be seen and heard IN the great
melodrama, 1.-THE Silver King" which
comes to Buffers Biiou Theater next week
tits play that never grows old, because
it is full of the vital interests of human life
which strikes home to each behoIder The
seventeen scenes are a masterpiece of
construction, and to see it once is to carry
away memory that is never to be erased
Carl A Haswin offers an ideal WilfTed
Denver. The supporting company is one
of rare excellence, and includes Charles
Foster, s. H. Verney, Louis Clifford,
/ Francis r. Haswin, Annie Morton, and the
| clever Walsh children, Harold and Mabel.
Word has just been received from John
Mahnken, manager of Gilmore's Band, in
| New York, that he has secured the famous
4 Cllliu pidlllSts SlluODSOU, OIL BtTlll,
| to appear with the band in this city. This
| mere child has appeared before royalty and
| toured with Patti, Melba, AIbani etc, and
| been embraced and praised by Rubinstein.
! She has become fad, and her appearance
/ here with the Gilmore concert next Sunday
| evening at the Grand Opera House will be
| an important event.
| ''The Cotton King" Sutton Vane's new
! melodrama which Manager W. A Brady is
| to produce at the Academy of Music next
week, is said to have scored the greatest
hit of any play this season. 1t ran for
/ eight weeks in Boston and for 100 nights
/ in New York, playing to enormous business
| in both cities.
While ii is said the author of 1.-THE Cotton
King has met all the requirements Of
the modern meIodramas. he has broken new
ground by the presentation of a scene that
| rises high above the level of it's class.
OF course. the hero is always good and the
villain constantly bad, but in the part of
Shillinglaw, the engine driver, he has
drawn a human character in which the
powers OF good and evil are at work with
an intensity that stands out as a bright
feature OF the play. Shnlinglaw, who has
been discharged by the hero for drunken
ness, falls into dissolute habits and finally
is in great need of money to get food and
nursing for his wife and child. who are
sick with a malignant fever
In his hour of distress, Stockley, the