The morning times., 1896-01-23
COMING TO THE rHEArERs.

Monday at the Lafayette Square Theater.
The Lady Slavey'' will then and there be
produced for the first time. not only in
Washington, but also in this country.
The piece had a very long run-as long a
run as had been accorded to a production
of the kind-at the Avenue Theater, London.
Through arrangeIne with 7. Henry
French, Canary Il Lederer have secured the
American rights, and on February 3, IL will
be staged at the Casino. New York under
their management where, according to
their expectations, IL VIII eclipse the re-
inarkably prosperous engagements at that
house OF Erninie" Nadjy," 1.-The Passing
Show" the Merry World" 1.-The Wizard
OF the Nile and other productions made at
this famous home OF comic opera.
The Lady Slavey'' is described as "a
British lyric sensation but, as 1t will
be seen at the Lafayette Square it will
have practically its first production on
any stage, for all the music is new, and
has been composed by Gustave Kerker, and
the hbretto used in London has been used
simply as a spring board to another lib
retto, essentially American in its signi-
ficance. 1t is asserted by the management
that there are more pretty girls In the
cast OF this production than has ever hither-
to been the case of light opera.
The attraction at the National next week
comedy success of the season, and of all
the farces which Manager Charles Frohman
has aspresented TO the publicf for genuine humor
this has been declared by the metropolitan
press to be easily entitled 10 the first rank.
The company to appear here will be the
original New York cast, without a single
exception, which comes direct from the
metropolis.
The story OF the play is that hen-pecked
Pinglet has a termagaDt for wife. His
friendly neighbor, Paillard has charming
wife, who is angry with him because he
is going to spend the night in Paris 10
investigate complaints about a haunted
room in IL hotel, Pinglet makes love TO
her and she accepts IL for revenge. A
circular of the Hotel Mascot is scattered
about aud all hands get one. Paillards
nephew and pretty servant maid get up
a Filtration. Then comes Il country lawyer
and his four daughters.
They also seek the Hotel Mascot, while
Mrs. Pinglet goes to her sisters TO spend
the night. The second act is laid in the
Hotel Mascot, where Piuglet and Madame
Paillard come far supper aud likewise
the maid, accompanied by Paillard's
nephew Paillard cpmes, to investigate
the haunted room, while the lawyer and
his daughters come for lodging place.
The daughters are put in Pailiard's rooal-
he mistakes them for. ghosts, in their night
robes, nearly discovers his wife taking
a private supper with Pinglet and his
nephew with the servant, and creates such
a row that the police raid the place.
In the third act Pinglet completely de-
ceives his wife and Nine, Paillard her
husband and the busy architects are really
suspected of being the guilty ones. In the
end they right themselves ard the blame
for the hole confusion is sacd.ed on the
scifooiboy and the lively mad. while the
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scathcd.
The cyclone scene in the second act OF
"The Rainmakers," which is to be presented
in this city ON Monday next January %,
at the Academy OF Music, is one of the most
wonderful pieces OF stage realisns ever
produced. The comedians, ponnely and
Girard. in the gCise of sports. steal the
explosives and paraphernalia of genuine
rainmaking scientist, and start out TO do
business on their own account, although
they are profoundly Ignorant OF the uses
of any of the dangerous explosives they
have secured. Their first patron is an
actor. who desires a shower at his country
home.
The price is agreed upon. and the bogus
begin operations by setting Off
the entire explosives. dynamite bombs,
rockets, mortars. and all. The result Is
scarcely what they anticipated for deiuge
of rain follows. and with ii comes a thunder
storm that ma kes the earth trembe. Then
comes a cyclone of terrific force.
The company includes Ross and Fenton.
the Travesty Stars; the Rogers brothers;
German comedians: Imro Fox. the comic
conjurer: Nellie Lynch. a petite and versa
tile soubrette; Jessie Gardner. Florence
Clarke Grace Langley, May Warren and
Donnelly and Girard.
Russell Brothers Comedians. on their
return visit TO this city at Herman Lyceuin.
have added some new features TO their
company, which are sure to become very
popular and bring the company TO a stiil
higher standard than ever before.
There are besides the popular Russell
Brothers. who are too we'll known TO
need description, May Howard, the cele-
brated queen of burlesque who has always
headed her own company. and VINO makes
her debut in the vaudeville world, iier.
Burke and Randall. comedy acrobats; Fake
and Senon. musical comedians; JOHNNIE
Carroll who does some new limitations OF
j. W. Kelly; Fields and Lewis. the two not
tamales; the Morreilas. in iaughaDie
sketch. introducing their trick dog, Bod
The whole show concludes with the Two
Off Uns." There will be matinees Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday.
In tne MeiSteTslIiReT, Which win 'S
produced at Aliens Grand by the Dam
rosch Company, you will have the pleasure
of listening to the greatest living Hans
Sachs, Herr Emil Fischer. Manager Mar
gulies says that when he made a tour
through Europe last summer he took par
ticular interest in the performance OF
the "Meistersinger;' among others ne u.s.
tened to the famous Basso Gura in Munich,
who has reputation as one of the most
nj, 10 M arc nj r.,lt. of Hans Sachs.
but he found that neither Herr Gura, nor
anybody else could equal Herr Fischer in
the part of the genial and poetic cobbier-
1t seems that good bassos are Just as
rare abroad as good tenors.
This is what the Louisville Post says of
Herr Alvary's appearance as Siegfried:
1T was night of triumph for Alrary.
From his first appearance, when he came
into the little mines cave with
the elastic vigor or youth and health, driving
a great shaggy bear before him, until he
fulfilled the work of destiny and won the
magic ring and awakened the eutranced
Brunnhilda, he held his audience IN thraI,
partly by the beauty OF his voice, partly by
the personal magnetism that is his In an
unusual degree, and partly by the finish and
force OF his acting. 3l.5
His Siegfried may justly be called great,
great in intelligence and conception, great
In vividness OF portrayal, great in voice
and in the completeness with which he
realized ones Imagination as to the manly
beauty OF the semi-sayage, the child of
nature, strong, fearless like lion in the
fastness of his native Jungle. His voice is
1t has q power and at times
a depth and richness Of tone hardly to be
looked for In tenor"