The evening times., 1896-03-10
of excellent American actors some time

OF excellent American actors some time
| ago.
| In fact, the comedy, by reason of its ef
| ficient Interpretation and its own pure and
! wholesome flavor, achieved a success OF
| its own. 1t demonstrated in the amuse-
| ment it provoked, how ready the public is
| to laugh with clean fun when we'll written
| and Cleverly acted.
| MIR. Hare made u pleasant impression as
| Gpod-hcdried Ben amin. whose heart jump
| cd into the wrong place for a few minutes.
| He Il Il little man, with a pronounced sense
! of humor and an appreciation OF relative
| values. Unless one read his name in black
| letters on the bills no one would nave
picked him for Il star. He is not aggressive:
| ne gives those about him every opportunity;
but sympathy and appreciation single him
! as an actor under whose spell II is pleas
\ ant to sit.
Others OF the company were more or
| less conspicuous by reason OF their roles.
Mr.. Fred Terry and his beautiful wife.
4 julia Nelson. appeared in Gilbert's one
| act piece, COMEDY and Ira gedy," prior To
! the longer play. II made distinct hit, s
! also did Miss Nelson. She displa yed eE-
! traordianry talent in the little play. The
! audience wa most enthusiastic at the close
and gave her a number OF curtain calls
/ Mr. Hare repeats the same bill tonight.
: IL would he well TO bear III mind that the
I curtain rises promptly at ;.
! a crowded house greeted Mr.. Thomas ..
! HOu>. last night. where he produced tor
i The first time III Washington Il DeY comedy
I entitled The Spectator" from the pen
Z OF Grorge ii. Bruadhurst, a Chicago news
paper man.
While the play. perhaps. is not the
I strongest that might be found for Mr.. Sea
brooke for the display of those qualities
OF 4 legitimate comedian OF which last
night he proved himself possessed. 1t Is
stIll sufficiently clever to entertain an
audience for Il couple of hours. and to give
q the people that are in the cast an oppOr-
iunity Tor displaying themselves to good
advantage.
The Spectator" is 4 play distinctively
ChcdgoeSque. Its !ni iere-t centers in wheat
deals and the operations OF bulls and bears
IN the contest % two determined spectators
3 10 crowd each other to the wall. and i'll the
final victory OF one oil the cuntcndIug par
Ties. StructuraHy the second act is the
strongest of the three. and in IL Mr.. Sea
brooke has an opportunity to show that
lie Is not only good comedian. but that
he IL fully able 10 sustain Il dramatic
/ climax. so powerfully did his acting here
affect the audience that he had several re-
calls after the fall OF the curtain. nor would
the audience be satisfied until he had
made Il brief speech, wherein he expressed
Misrepresentation OF the heencouragcmentw which
they had given his efforts to rise from the
lower level of burcsque To the higher re-
giOn OF legitimate comedy.
Mr.. Scabrooke has surrounded himself
with Il very clever company. Mr.. Atkins
Lawrence took the part of Henry Duncan,
the adversary OF John Fullerton Mr.. Sea
brooke IN the wheat pit, and portrayed 1t
admirably. Mr.. SIuney Booth as Robert
Fullerton was effective Dotn us the energetic
young business man and the devoted lover,
and Mr.. ROY Fairchild gave an excellent
picture OF what change the western plains
can effect in Il hot house product of Lon
don society.
Miss Jeanette Lowry was lovable as
the ingenue. and she had an excellent COM
panion in Miss Marion Young as her sister
Miss Ethel Winthrop. Miss Blanche MOui-
ton, Mr.. Fred W Peters, Mr.. Walter Bunse,
were effective. The ladies' were superbly
gowned and the scenery was all that could
be desired.
"Thc South Before the War; with its
wealth of Southern melodies, Dixie land
scenery and its cake walk returned to Ker-
mans last evening To stay the whole week
and the large number roffriendsthat greeted =
II demonstrated that Its popularity has
not waned.
The depicting OF Southern scenes, es-
pecially anti-beIium ones, and the singing
of Southern songs is ever sure to make up
a conmendable performance. but when this
is all done by the negro himself il becomes
doubly entertaining. There is a hcalthful
smack of simplicity and naturalncss about
The South Before the War" therefore that
raises il above the average production OF
like nature.
The dancing and singing are the features
of the show. This is carried on everywhere
from the scenes down on the levee, with its
piles of balcd cotton, to the famous camp
formance is charmingly grotesque. There
are three male quartcts and one female
sextet, and there is no dearth OF wholesome
music and humor.
The company includes the folio wing mem
bers: Billy Wolf, lilly Williams. Frank II.
White, Jack Symonds, Miss Josie Earl,
Ferry, Master Rastus, Sallie Jones, Pauline
Mcdowell, Sue Grundy, James Grundy,
George W. Pickett and William Murray.
Andrew Mack, sweet singer and clever
liam Tod hv 81 n ,f,Ia
players, began his second engagement here
this season aG the Academy OF Music last
night in "Myles AroOn."
The star is very popular in Washington,
and this fact was emphasized by the num-
bcrs that applluded his s;illies of Wit and
sighed over his mimic misfOrtunes. The
play is a clever Irish comedy that gives
everybody an opportunity to lnterpclate
clever songs and wittlcisinS. and the coed
humor of the audience is never allowed TO
slump.
Mr.. Mack's supporting company, in many
cases, did remarkably good and effective
work Miss Lidia Mcmillan looked and
acted a very sweet Lady Glover Miss
Dorothy Kent, as Myles sweet heart. won
the hearts OF the audience as wen as or
her stage lover. Mr.. Charles X. Webster
gave Il remarkable bit OF cha racter imper-
soDatiOn as Mother Bell.
A number OF other characters wore the
short trousers and velvet coats peculiar
to Irish comedies, tried their best to
break up love matches and rob orphans
and in other ways enacted the roles or
stage villains. They were property hisscd
by the gallery, and every one felt coed.
Andrew Mack is one OF the cleverest and
most popular singing comedians on the
stage, ard "Myles AroOn'' furnishes him
an excellent opportunity to display his
talents.