The evening times., 1896-04-04
COMING TO THE THEATERS.

NO-llNU ~ Ill iII<H - l. M
! 4 former great faVOrite OF Washington
lovers OF good farce comedy Will make his
bow MS d star at the Academy next Mon
/ day night In the person OF Joseph Hart
who fog several years has been a coinpp-
ncnu part of very funny partnership,
| Hallen and Hart. The me iiun of the come
dams art AZ this time na ; a very explicit
name, "A Gay Old Boy" and the dppedi
| 10 th. imagination Instantly cOn.cs WITH
out explanation.
In its development Mr.. Hart in his role
| will have great deal OF difficulty IN
! launching his pfrtty wife in n atmosphere
! or quiet and sober gentiiIiy. iuc play
, was written Tor him especially, and THE
! scenery and ouJnj OF Iii. stage are iI oi
COMPANY that will probably lie rated
! very hignly mas been engaged 10 support
| Er Hart IN the piece. IL NUMBERS among
| Others the charming sCubrette, MiNs carrie
! he Mar; May Thompson, Lcona An rose
! Nellie H,rti,S, Ai.I ArcIrr, t.ese'a Wool,
I ward. A Lecch, Harry II. Morse, Donald
| Harold, WcStIIeii h. ak. and WA IL Nutch-
| EFT.
Few productions OF light opera have been
seen in asniHgton Tor years Nnicn created
| such iavnrahle impression as did thit OF
Rob Roy last idll. Tie popular yoniG
/ composer and lIbrettlst have gwen Othtr
works TO the public winch have met with
a fair measure of success, but 'Ronin
Hood and Rob ROE are the TWO OPERAS
on which TIE fame ana reputation Ol MC>>rS.
smith and lie hoven must uncUuntetiy rest,
and. With the former opera lately ctic-
brating Its two IhousaEdth performance
in New York and the latter now coIDplcilns
a Two wears season, tner success IL IN
quest iOnarIy deserved and wei carhcu
In Miss Juliette CordcD, Miss Li2z!e Mac
Nichol. Miss Anna O'kceie, Mr.. William
Pruette Mr.. " illiam Mclaughlin and Mr.
Richard r. Carroll, Mr.. Whlinrg certainly
possesses what might almost tie termed i
star cast; but nO one can justly claim pre-
emInencc in tins respect, 50 Much attention
having been paid to tIc ensemble work and
"A wcil-halanced whole rather than TO the
elaboration OF any single part.
An augmented orchestra iS promised, and,
as the production III every Respect wiIl hc
the same as IN New York and :tS seen here
before another successful engd cement Will
be the uuduuuted result az tnc I.IsIyrtte
Square TneI;cr next week,
The HinriChs Grand Opera Company in-
tact ana coming from tue iOur months se;i-
son in Philadelphia. ma IL their iritinl bow
before a Washington audience Easter Mon
In the field of opera uustdv LInricils
has done ycoman work, and his
push and abHuy has been recognized,
particularly in lie Quaker City. The opera
company strong ia It's Ensemble work |
and Judging 10y The enthusiastic notices !
which the principal artists have received !
AT tue hands of The critics. there i every !
reason To believe that We VIII have TWO |
weeks of grand opera that VIII be worthy |
Of all patronage. !
The season opens with '1es HuSuenots" |
and the following brilliant cast: Tracey, +!
Loveutz. Fleming. Gogny, iIrUIa, DeBach- |
cr, LOrrain. Avcrin. Saporetti. Tuesday ,
night "Faust' viii hc gwen, with Tracey, /
LoyentZ. Fleming, SynueherS. Gogny, Aver |
III, LOrraln amt SapOrctu Iii the east; !
Wednesday night tire great double bill. |
"tavallrria Rnsticana' anu "faeliacci''
ing. William 1tli:' saturday matinee, Il I
repetition OF ''taust. ana saturday night
iii Trovatore'' VIII be given.
There is "a large chorus. most of which :
were engaged in Italy last summer. and
an orchestra which has been selected by
Director Hirrichs among the Instrumental
lists of the large cities of this country.
is one of the most efficient
and complete that has ever made tour
of this country.
will be presented by Julia Marowe 1apcr
and Robert Taber at The National Thcatcr
next week. ana they are assured OF 4
b,. Shakcspcares immortal love tragedy, |
- Romeo ami Juliet Ior which they nave
provided new scenery and costumes. This
play will DE presented Monday night only.
The repertoire Tor the other perform
ances will be as follows: Tuesday night,
she sI9opS 10 Songu.e5;m r. Wcdnes,Gay
'As You Like IT, Friday night, a new
and careful production OF Henry w."
historical play. which has
>tNuOUn Uttl seen tui.uS past lNtItl 4
five years: Saturday matinee, The Lady
Of Lyons" Saturday night, Twelfth
Night"
Inis is the full repertoire in which the
Tabcrs and their company have appeared
This season, AMI il affords those wno APP
preCiate classic plays n variety OF enter
during the week. Among the
members of the supporting company are
william F. owen, Henry Meredith, Thomas
L. Coleman, a resident OF Washington;
Henry Doughty. Eugcnia Woodward, Mrs.
Sol Smith. Eda Aberie, Katherine Wilson,
and Alice Parks.
Manager Kernan's attraction for Easter
week will be Irwin Brothers Big Spe-
,ialty Company of European and American
Novelties. Among the entertainers who
will appear are Cushman and HolComb. |
The premier American vocal and character
duo: George Fuller Golden. the positively
original comedian: the celebrated Todd |
Judge family, Europe'S aCrOhatic marvcls; |
O'Neil and Sutherland, the winSOne aero !
)atic dancers: Howard and Emerson the |
descriptive vucalists. illustrating the story !
If their songs with stereoptlCon ana calcium |
Effects; Miss Kitty Nelson. the charming
,erio-comic; Johnston. Davenport and Ior-
lila the eccentric knockabout comedy trio;
Noore and KanCher. expert musical artists:
Fisher and Carroll the Celtic wits. and the |
ounger brothers Irwin. in their latest |
European success. entitled Scenes at the |
Zoo.' introducing the funny dwarf come
iian. Major" There will be a special
Easter matinee Monday.
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