The morning times., 1896-10-06
WEEK AT TIE THEATERS
"a Lions Heart" Seen for the Firsl
Time Here,
Aihah Lewis New Play DID Not
Make a Hit-Biils at the
Other Houses.

The Grand Opera House was filled la :,
night Win The 8Uuience when wi,n.ss.sa
the first production in. this ciry nf :. a
Lions Heart, which is ;tccurateiv do
scriDed on Tie bills as a romantic meIc,
drama. .N
IL is rather good story and much in
advance III text and mecnanical devicn
OF many plays which are more known for
their age than for their intrinsic merit
To- the Washington public. The piay is
perhaps open To criticism that it is too
IQug, IL statement winch is maGe in oupo.
sition to the Iact tnat the audience did
not fInd 1t 50. TINS perhaps was becaus,.
of the intuition that Uae finest part or the
production is in the Iourtn act, really
tbe fifth act, because the prologue has
all tie merit or complete part or Tie
Grama. In this prologue is tie only uis,
position OF the pIaywrighJS, Shirley anu
LanGeck, to cater To Inc unfortunately
general demand ior seduction anu OtIei
side dishes OF the passion problem.
The FEST OF the play deals with the revenge
or the hero with the hons heart, MI. Carl
A. Haswin. Tie subject and object OF
Ills revenge is Gaspdrd Dobre, the seducer.
Both OF these characters are well pOrtra y ed,
Tue skill Ot tie villain being so Dramatically
good as TO lave made him. one or the
prime IaVorltes in tue cast Another par
uculariy good character is MIR. Nerney's IS
Daddy Mason, who Ior all The W orld looked
as II Ie " ere Oh The way TO the polls with
free silver ballot in his hand
Iiie humor oI The peace is in the quite
capable hands of Mr.. Harry S. Keane and
MISS Edltn FdSSett TiIton, the latter or
whom VIII furnish the girls with some
pointers on how TO wea and win and
boss tue other half OF the family.
Tue VICES or the play introduce some
Dew ana Interesting history or French penal
colonial iasi!iops 10 WORK out the denoGe-
mtht, Which Is as ingenious as IL IS I'M
presslyr.
a It.nrS Usart., nroE., g. - ,,s...,I-.
The audience or last nignt unCiOuhtt,IIy ap-
precia -ed It's line points, While IL over
iOohed tie minor deiecJs, wAiCi. however,
uo not mar tue play as d whole.
Ll!iidh Lewis Appeared 1T the New Ma
tiohdi IbcdJer lass al saL tu " nat the me-
5riiiii called II 1haGaCtcr comedy pa -
An innocent s'iIIer. IA a uputinuiI ii ii,ie
1i laughter - ef1urtiCe e. vl.,,y yui-aI tS,s
aIsirHte hda a ECUu d.IIe 4 Les I-uZI.-l
~ ie'4i4y ever yth.ss Ss.t.O.- tn. tis. nI,iini-
,iJu us1.iIIy dt,uT,.s'i g. pgays wltut. hive
s.,Uts where the nriuilc twIEes ucr hand
-ISLIrI .4t'stai,I i.y' t..-iIt,I gat.s ltt
tSats A. het VOICE. anu tAs orchestra pIa! :
creepy HG>se.
tnc ntaAessOf Au Innocent Sinner the
prO- IstLG Is4y tbc IssI.1,-sioaIity tttualiy u
lDe iyet OI Lil.lau l<swls ana I-tvT,n,e
-,lS.Tstoi, have t.iGth tEt t!fra'lhaTc nluiil,
d.p..ot!s.G,. lDis ti4cfiIr q, lEfsuut-tTe ds .,
,eo..,..it'Oi iOf 81 i...is f.'lt Hy,-~-e Il nds
UcCu used often ut luuE, bat because IA
iulbN tie pDs,l o! Is,4,s Ul TIE l...a
were 30 admirably seized upon and 90
lAOIuU-a4y tAIidustrG tilaL t.,tLiIE CyilI-
!uE d!trg COGIt DC ,u..siI.r'i 'is uJiitEs..st. Z.
than Initiative BuI An Innocent sinner
has not, excepting tbe Ia lG"-isiIl, tiIt I,tint-
esl RESEMBLANCE ~ DU alhuIIcT great
play, ,UbeT lu Itdtiucas OF features II
10 crude Iu CUnslTuctiun, ver9Ose, ana only
DOn1Is.Ntl, " DrTt' " - NupifpN-.. tu De estouE
The ttn.nie "a thus P.ay and all the illusions
- II -, Iss,-Il.iiis =, a,.vs. cl-is 81 ~ =. >
-, whea not aan He'd VIA the MOS sensitive
touch.
me bes; actor In the cast was assigned
- - tI..4.,.rI ,.til1.. - -ts,...-sls., b., d,
the most unCalled Tor. That admirable
artistic, EienOr Carey, nHtie an IMPRESSION
VITA uc. bHi...s.s ,NI4I 40 thC EuIv ~ tue
dissoiute Laughing Anne. in spite OF the
materials sn- i,.ti 20 WORK wttn.
Miss Lewis ds Hinua worked hard and
to tile. limitations OF her dramatic ca
paCity, did all she could To make of the
role Lue success that probably means 80
much 20 her. Lawrence ianiS pia yed the
SvengaiI-like jacob, but TINS actor, who
can teau shaKespearc's verse N.th more
Intelligence than IueIy Hfotn!IlShU stars.
was not happy in his role. IL. Coulter
brlnker was earnest as Tom Brldges, Lh"
renee Marstua anu Edwin Browne acted
a pair OF Village characters, Frederic
l.aii,ler was realIy good As a dirlIdent cuuu
try boy, and Mrs. Frank Iaunehiil acted
!. rustic mabrou naturally
Iut SCENERY when eLIOel!GSneS the pro
duction is handsomely painted aud dis
was also an enjoyable feature.
Those inenably funny gentlemen, Charles
Murray and Ollie Mack, IaInlliariy known
us Murray anu Mack, are back again at
Jpe acauemy uf Music, IA fact which viii
be testified to by the full house which
greeted thein there last night.
II wUuiu be ike carrying potatoes 10
Cork 10 lry ana add to the compliments
these huritsqucrs Of things human aud
divine have already received from the
press. I he Murray and MACK quality
uf the IertaiuIneHI Is quite enough to
have made tie reputation of the piece,
which. 10y The way, is called 'FlnniSan $
Courlsnlp.' but there are Others III the
cast who are Immensely clever III their
line. .
MISS Muyme Taylor. for instance. Is
covered with an excellent soprano ana Is
Is vivaciuus as she is pretty Ihen there
are the Deaue Sisters, wEum 1t appears
to be the ambition of Murray ana Mack
10 outCu III Spanish dances and utrcr sucii
diversions. Then there Is Il whole lot OF
chic summer Glils-hitty Ole. ASuee
billiard Clara Howard, Mae IrumbuiI.
Fanny Trumbull. Misses Cummings ana
.,el,uore III the Hot TamaIc Alley. anc
..auy other bnght folks ana things, eSpe-
pecailiy Miss oracle cummings. III = ne
Wiuuw CorrigaD Is out OF ianIe OF the
Lick telescope.
More Things ppen in 'Finnigan's Court
ship" then would mi the church register
.he consecutive. blasts OF The recent wash
ington cyclone But as already stated,
aiurray aud sI.tck, with eheir SaIaXy, are
asa.h III town at the AcJucnHH, AID ~
la,L nlgus, luey Will have 10 TO tetoFe
they 20 ON ore capital invested.
Jonn Phlup souSa's new opera, II
Caulian,'' which was produced at the La
fuN,..t, last night, is evidently the most
coi,s spic,ious success win whch Dcwoli
lto,,tnr Mss LPcD associated III Is Iiesi
anu oril.u.i In tLCIuc and the story u
,IuI.,rl ,d viii ,iaIo ,ue and situation W nicn
arc nc ualiy and uproarouSiy Iunny.
Vita. ~ more, ana letter tue E,Ud pants
IN tir took art not oiscure'i by tue music
Mir SouSa itas impressed his broad Cai'acity
Iur .un,. ai,u IL, ui,,ue Lpon numerous pUr-
lions OF the opera, but he mas uispEl!cG
ttc taste and tnt- tact seldom possessed OI
exercised by oihcr composers than sir
Arthur sullivan, TO SubGiuc himself when
I'M. words deserve a hearing one OF the
main dchgh,s of listening To I'll Captain
~ tuat IGr ,iriiJ OI the Test songs may lie
caurlt, from the words. A suspicion sGg
cess itself that John Philip read klciu :
Look, clcc.e ed the weak SPOTS and said
I'm come out strong there. 80 har
monious Eaiancc is maintained. Wien tht
words of thc songs are worth listening
TO tic orchestra gives the singers an op.
portupity, hut wien the hhrettO flie> Oft
ON the hlcSneyed tangent about swnrds
and banners then the horns and drums
come 20 tie front ana the entnuslasih Ii
cliCiuuS.
al tnis time when the sun supposedly )
beams ON nothing but what is old it Is
refreshing To turn to the Hopper-Sousa
Klein artiCle or entertainment and ehyoy
the possibilities of Il happy blending oi
originality, huinor and degree of art.
AS FL Captain, Willie" Hopper has
Il part compounded from the OLD recipe.
Two parts poly sylat,ics, two parts misery =
But DeWulT has a new line of gorgeous
sentences which he fires at little Klein
and his misery is based Oh IL new order oi
circumstances. he wonder OF Ills uIi.
nagEing powers for Entertainment Is TIM