The evening times., 1895-10-30
COMING TO THE THEATERS.

| Edgar Allen Poe" u play by George c
| HaZeiton. jr., of this city, son Of ex-Attor
ney for the District Hazeitun. will be- pro
duced Tonight by Creston Clarke, at tn,
Lafayette Square Opera House.
A large and fashionable audieuce is ex.
pectcd TO greet the new play. 1t recently
| stood the severest test at Its first pro-
duction in Baltimore, where the poet lived
| and was best known, and met with most
| favorable criticism from press and pubic.
| Mr.. Clarke's impersonatmn OF the poet
| made an instantaneous and decided hit.
Digby Bill is coming TO the National next
week In the new nautical opera, Nancy
Lee" He plays the part of Gabriel Swift,
role drawn strongly from life and one that
was familiar to many communities some
thirty years ago, during our civil war.
Gabriel swift is a provost marshal, and
is fashioned after a fellow VINO lived out
West, known To have been Il horse doctor
scnool master, town squire. in TACT, every
thing You saw fit to call hiru, and always
conspicuous in political gatherings.
When war was declared, he was by some
means made provost marshal of tie dis
trict, an appointment wmch gave him su-
preme power. He could order q citizen to
be shot on the thinnesu pretext, and could
even exercise his authority on high Off
cials. Physically, lie was the tallest thing
in the district.
1t will be seen that the author of Nancy
Lee has ample opportunities to create
laughter ana merriment. For instance he
brings swift on board a United states man
or-war TO lnterccdc for the release of n
nephew, who Is prisoner of war. Assuni-
ing his provost marsbal's supremacy, he
threatens the death of q sailor. who has
paid no heed TO his presence, whereupon the
Yankee tar throws him overheard, thus
showing that coionels, generals and provost
narshais may be all rignt on dry land, but
IN tLe Navy tuey are nut INIT"
Miss Marie Wainwright and an excep-
tionally strong company. headed by Na-
thaniel HarIwg, barton Hill, hattie Rms.
sell, and Gertrude Elliott, will be the attra,.
tloh next week at Aliens Grand Opera
House In an extremely interesting and well
varied repertory.
On MvLf,iay, Tuesday. and "Wednesday
evenings ana at the Wednesday matinee,
Miss Wainwright will introduce her ne5T
drama of New York life. His Puritan
WIFE, by Florence Schacffel. This was
recently successfully produced in Pittsburg.
where it was considered to be an extremely
strong play, written In an entirely modern
and unconventional manner
On Thursday Miss Wainwright will give
the only performance OF Tom Taylor's
brilliant comedy drama, AN UNEQUAL |
Match i'll which she made so profound an |
at the same theater last season. |
Friday and Saturday nights and Saturday |
matinee will be devoted to a magnifi- |
centiy costumed revival of Sheridan
Knowles most famous comedy, "The Love
chase"
Miss Wainwright has only this season
ldded the character of the high-spirited
to her gallery of legitimate i'm
1ersonations, but her reception in New
York and Brooklyn was most gratifying.
We are pleased to announce the coming
o the Academy next week of Miss Kaie
'laxton, who has made so much in this /
ountry of that famous melodrama ..Tbe
'wo Orphans" giving the play, by her
ndeniable dramatic genius. success
ever surpassed, and rarely If ever equaled.
Her portrayal of the character of Louise
he blind girl, is SO graphic and faith
nlly natural as TO be revelation, and
rom hundreds OF thousands of eyes which
ave witnessed her assumption she has
rawn sympathetic tears. 1t is her own
haracter creation, and If ever an actress
'aS adopted 10 the rendition of such part |
late ClaxtoD is surely the one.
III her support Miss sClaxton has con-
ened cOterie of artists the peers OF
HON it would be difficult to find. The
lay Will DC tnOuDteu Dy tne ma Dagement |
unexceptionable style, and Miss Clax-
ms engagement promises to be in all
,spects q decided success.
j. NJ. Hill considers Augustus Thomas
iccessful play, The Capitol" the great
It American drama up to date, and be-
ewes that it will make more money than
ny piece with which he has been in any
ay managerially associated.
As the list of such pieces includes "The
enrietta," Joshua Whitcomb," .'Char- ]
VS. Aunt and TOO Much Johnson" !
IFS indicates great confidence in the draw {
g powers of The Capitol" But that ]
,nfidence does not seem to be misplaced, ]
,r THE Capitor' is now attract ing I
'owded houses at the Standard Theater, ID