The morning times., 1896-02-13

limits of single city She has made the
character more universal. more human.
Duse is not strikinGiy beautiful i'll face or
figure. Her face is almost plain. and in
her movements there are none of the grace
full sinuous, gliding movements of Bern
hardt. And yet buses face strikes you at
once. When you look at those wonderful
eyes OF hers-and above all, when you seeher
in profile. listening silently to some con-
Yersation in which she is painfully inter
ested. you get the full sense OF the strength
OF her genius, and her mastery of all your
emotions.
The attraction for the week commencing
February z at the Grand opera House Will
lac the famous HanlOn Brothers ''Superba
Upwards OF | 90 people will he engaged in
the presentation nd q grand corps Gle ballet
OF thirty beautiful girls Will do some
special compositions ana add much to the
entertainment ~ their agile dancing.
The Hanion Brothers are deServedly IA
nous for giving US the best that has been
seen in the way of rautomimc They do
nothing hy halves and their generosity in
staging big productions is proTerbial.
In their plays they introduce any number
Of amusing tricks and scenic Illus ions. i host
OF vaudeville speCialifes, consisting OF
acrobats, tunblers, contOrtioniSts char
acter singers and graceful dancers anG
usually interspeTsed throughout the per
formancc. 'SUperba' as sLectc;le wlil
compare f2yorably with the grandest that
haze been seen here, but as Il Eant0niime
there is nothing to compare II with. from
the fact that tic Hanions are ICryey yCrs
OF pantomimc have no competition.
This attraction Will be found especially
amusing To children. nd the fairy story,
thefuBny clown and other anlusin features
form a clean and wholesome method of
entertaini ne the little ones. For this
reason the reserved seats have been put at
hair price at 9he Wednesday and Saturday
matinee.
Mr.. Neil Burgess who, with his complete
original Ne " y lork cenpany, is row making
his farewell road tour will appear at the
Academy of music for one week, begin
ming Monday. February IT, presenting the
ever populaTfa aud intensely amusing play,
The County Fair" in which he posi-
lively assumes his familiar role of Abigail
Prue.
This engaseteent viii offer our theater-
goers the last opportunity of ever seeing
THE County Fair or the star himself
again, as Airy sBnfgess. at the termination
of his European tour will positively with
draw himself and play from the stage.
NuTnberless improvements have been made
in the staging Of the County Fair"
whose mouptiHgs now excels everything
previously sdSn ia domestic drama. The
great racing. scene, in which formerly but
three horses. took part, now presents a
field Of six spirited animals, all racing
at full speed.
The scenery, which is entirely new, is
painted from picturesque bits sketehed in
the Green Mountains of Vermont. and is
magnificent in its fidelity to nature.
OF Mr.. Burgess as Abigail Prue-whom
he created-it is but faint praise to say
that be is inimitable.
1t would be impossible for any chara cter
to appeal more strongly to ones humanity y
than that of this prim New England spinster,
whose peaceful home life, quaint love af-
fair and financial difficulties form the
motif of the play.
From start to finish she sustains one's
interest without, however, in any sense
eeiipsing the remaining dranatis personae,
and one feels as the curtain falls that one
is honestly sorry To part with her so soon.
The attraction at Keman's Lyceum The
ater next week will be Reilly and Woods
Big Show. This organization is conceded
by the patrons of the lyceum to be one of
the best coming to Washington, aud its
weIl-earned reputation of having only ar
lists OF superior ability on its roster is
this season more than sustained.
Among the names on the program is
of catchy songs; The National Trio, parod-
lists and entertainers par excellence; Evans
and Vidoeq, eccentric comedians; Pat
Reilly, the ininitable Irish comedian; the
sisters Lane, singers and dancers: Jerome
and Alexis, the European marvels; the
Fremonts, refined sketch artists.
l. The performance concludes WITH series
Of living marble statues, which follow in
close detail the original works of some
OF the most noted seulptors of the old
world.
Beginning tonight, and for the remainder
of the week, at the New National Theater,
Mr.. Sol Smith Russell will present Rich.
ard BriadSlay Sheridan's brilliant comedy,
'.The Rivals assisted by the full strength
of his admirable company, who were Sc
lected especially for this production Great
care has also been given to proper mount
ing.
Probably no actor now before the public
| is more universally and deservedly ad-
mired, both in his public and private char
acter, than is MIR. Russell. keen and
earnest student of odd character, he is
ever ON the lookout for novel and striking
| types. Every creation which he has made
| his own has been the result of long and
| careful study and observation of real life
| His art is of the hignest-the art that con
ceals art.
At the Lafayette Square Theater tonight
| Nile Rhca will be seen as Josephine, En-
| press of the French, in the play OF that
| name. In this production Rhea has a
| part In which she is perfectly at home.
| To the role sf Napoleon's much wrongetl
| wife she brings The queenly grac and state
| liness of m:inncTa which have made her
!. famous upon the Stage. Although it will
| be given but9two performances here, the
| play has hadsnn immense success in other
| cites, and until she secured Nell G wynne. y
| Rfea made its the nainstay of her roper
| toire. The part of Napoleon will be as
| sumed by Mr., Lsnp Adams, who makes a
strong study of the character, and proves
| himself the equal OF other persouators OF
| the Little Corsicin."
The Smart. Had Roy.