The evening times., 1895-10-08
LAST NIGHT AT THE THEATERS

| The second week of the season at the
| Lafayette Square Thea,er was opened
| last night by Frederick Warde i'm the
| 'Mountebank-" As an actor Mr. Warde
| mas aiways been popular in Washington,
| ana the roman trama in which he ap-
Peareu, attn, olete with sadness,
anu d "Trip OF Interpretation,
added to ra -, tlet ra,ted from, tho
reputation he IS made in the rendition of
Shakespearean plays.
Mr. Warde as 'Belphegor" had abundant
opportunity TO exhibit the diversity Of his
talent. and in every instance awaited him.
self OF situ3 ions.
The company was of superior merit.
Miss Bowman, as Henri made a Very
favorable impression, aud NJ iss Gillitt, as
Madeline" the Mountebank's wife, had
a strong conception OF her part.
The Lafayette Square orchestra under
the direction of Prof. Victor johnson, last
evening made its initial bow. and rendered
an excellent musical programme
Tonight Mr.. Warde will appear in The
Lions Mouth"
At the Lafayette Square Opera House on
Monday next Miss Ada Rehan, assisted by
Mr. Daly's New York and London com
pany, Will appear in the following repertoire:
Monday, Railroad OF Love" Tuesday,
schoolfor Scandal Wednesday V, Twelfth
Night" Thursday, las You Like It, Fri
day night and Saturday matinee, Mid
summer Nights Dream" Saturday night,
Tanning the Shrew''
Madeline; or, the Magic Kiss" for the
first time in Washington at the New
National last night.
While Madeline is not destined to be-
come a great work, it is a pleasing inno-
vation upon the many attempts at comic
opera which are foisted upon the public
every year, inasmuch as the cola borators of
the work do hot rely upon the horse play of
the comedians to carry the piece long but
have crowded enough melody int, the opera
to make 1t interesting.
All of the refrains are tuneful and the
choruSes weIl sung. Particularly plea sing
was Miss d'Arville's Dream Song and
her dainty rendition OF the song oh Fickle
Heart
Mr.. W. G. Stewart as Ribean was n
pleasing baritone. and his solo. ..Oh LADY.
Fair Lady, in the first act received an
encore
George c. Boniface. ir., and Rose Leigh
ton assumed the comedy parts in the opera.
and were more or less successful in their
efforts. All of the company was clever
and the chorus particularly well drilled.
D'Arv;lle and Madeline" should do Il big
weeks business.
The Kimball Opera Company, With
Corinne as the central figure. presented
the opcratic extravaganza 'Hendr ick
Hudson before a large audience at the
Academy last night.
The three acts are full OF specialties,
which afford the players opportunities
which the opera does not. Corinne was
al all times grateful To the eye. and in some
of her songs was pleasing to the ear. She
dances picturesquely, poses gracefully,
is energetic in the performance of stage
business. sings To a certain extent, and
makes her delightful little self generally
uscful. Corinne's voice will probably
never reach high opera, but now and then
she discovers a set of chimes in her throat
which she rings 10 good advantage. Co
rinnehas not big voice. but what she lacks
here she compensates for otherwise.
She took the role of Hendrick Hudson
and made a transition 10 Carmen, Span
ish dancing girl. for the purpose of intro
ducing tambour dances, mandolin sere-
nades. and the song La Palerma," all
of which she did acceptably.
Ben F. Grinnell as Kill Won Kull was
merry and was in much request with the
audience. and was forced to respond to
encores. Mr.. Charles Fostelle as Ysabel
was funny, and frequently tickled the
audience under its laughing rib. Lindsay
Morrison as the Marquis was also good.
Christopher Columbus. in the person OF
Frank Hayden. was dignified, and prob
ably gets salary. A burlesque on ''Trilby''
closed the performance.
An audience of gratifying size welcomed
Kalbfield's Orpieum Stars at the Bijou
last night. The troup presented high
class vaudeville performance and all the
players were generously applauded.
The Zoyarows in their trapeze work were
exceedingly clever, and the YoshiDatc Inn
perial troup of Japs. in their peculiar line
were very good. The other performers,
all of whom are worthy of notice, were:
The original jubilee dancers. the Barrys,
in their sketch. "Cont inuati the vocal en-
tertainer, AL Roome; McAvoy and Rogers,
THE society sketch artists 4 lien II :
Waas, in his approximations of ofdistinguished
characters: violette. eccentric and toe
dancer; Crandall and CLARK, in q musical
comedy; Brandon and Regeni, and Bob
BranigaD.
Weber & Fields Vaudeville Club pre-
'ented an interesting performance at the
I.yceum last evening. The house was a