Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-10-17
and q vaudeville company will be the at
traction at the New National Theater next

and q vaudeville company will be the at.
traction at the New National Theater next
week.
Academy of Music.-The bill at the Acad.
envy of Music next week will be melo-
drama, when London Sleeps"
Bijou Theater.-The merry Bunch OF
Keys will be at the Bijou Family Theater
next week. It Is not too much to say that
Hoyt wrote his masterpiece first, for Of all
his odd conceits the Bunch Of Keys is
the Oldest, most popular and has made the
most money. Each season during the sum-
mer vacation 1t is locked and rejuvenated-
this Is how Manager Bothner always keeps
his enterprise trim and in shipshape order.
Ada Bothner, the star, will be the center
of attraction as Teddy Keys. New songs
this oldest and best farce comedy ever
presented to the lovers of refined amuse-
ment.
Kernan's Lyceum Theater.-Manager ker-
mans attraction at the Lyceum next week
will be Weber's Olympia Company, meri-
torfous- burlesque organization, equipped
with all abundance Of magnificent scenery
and costumes and numbering in its ranks
many new faces who will make their initial
bow before a Washington audience next
Monday night. The opening burletta, which
is entitled Right Mr.. Wrong" is clever
musical arrangement composed for the pur-
pose of introducing the full strength of the
company. An olio of exceptional features
lcilOWS, IN WHICH Will appear MISS Leila
Meridith, who Is said to be the most per-
fectly formed woman on the American
stage; Collins and Henshaw, acrobatic
comedians and eccentric dancers; whitney
Brothers, expert musical artists; the Hope
Sisters, singers and dancers; Evans and
Huffman, in their original creation, intro
ducing PAROLES and local witticisms. and
Miss Abbie Lamereaux, the popular bur-
lesque queen. The concluding feature OF
the program will be an up-to-date burlesque
he NJ Sn1nmnn entitled
apollo in New York. said to be one of
the best burlesque compositions ever pro-
duced on variety stage. A prominent fea-
ture introduced in the burlesque Is the John
Good dance, executed by six girls. There
will be matinees Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday.
Boston Symphony Orchestra.-The an
nouncement Of the sale of season tickets
at MetZerott's music store Monday MORN
ing at o'clock for the five concerts to be
given the coming season by the Boston
Symphony Orchestra will arouse the usual
interest among all lovers Of the best in mu-
sic in this city. For eleven years this or
ganization has visited Washington, main
tanning from the date Of its first concert.
April IL, 1886, the highest standard of per-
Torrance. One Of the greatest tributes
that could be paid to the quality of these
concerts Is the attendance each year of the
same loyal patronage, occupying the same
relative seats, and always an increasing
number of newcomers. The dates an
nounced for the coming five concerts are
Thursday evening. November II; Tuesday
afternoon, December 8, when the matinee
will begin at 4:15, as an especial accommo-
dalton to many of the patrons who would
he unable to attend at an earlier hour, and
Tuesday evenings, January 10, February
q. and March q. The soloists are Nine.
Carreno, Mr.. Ben Davies, Mr.. Martnus
Sieveking. who will be the soloist for the
first concert, when he will play the Won
derfully brilliant concerto for piano No. l
OF Tschaikowsky, and Mr.. Carl Halir, the
famous violinist from Berlin, who makes
his first visit to this country. The list of
composers whose works are to be per-
formed Is sufficiently varied to suit all
tastes, including Beethoven, Schubert, Mo-
Fart: %Mendelssohn. Bach. Weber, List.
BerlioZ, Brahms Bizet and Goldmark An
especial feature will be an entire program
devoted to the works of Wagner.
Soldiers Home Dramatic Company
Ever since the night of organization the
Soldiers Home Dramatic Company has
been doing very effectual work. Great
care and pains was taken to suit the men,
bers OF the company to the characters in
the different plays of the repertory, and
from present indications it seems as If
each man was in his right place. The
repertory at present consists of the fol-
lowing plays: Rio Grande," a three-act
comedy. requiring a cast of eleven persons
The Woven Web" requiring ten in the
cast. a double bill. comprising "Uncles
VIII and Lend Me Five shilings." both
hemians," and "A Rival by Request and
'Tulu' will be in good shape to be placed
In the repertory. There are many PLAYS
not mentioned here that the company has
put en-, but as they have been before the
Washington public So often they have been
stricken from the list. The constructio
of the new theater is already four months
behind. but ii is hoped that by November
IL the opening performance may be pro
duced
The Keene-Hanfcrd Combination.-Shake-
sperian and other classic plays will be
presented a the Lafayette Square Thea :er
the week OF October 26, when Thomas W.
keene the eminent tragedian, will appear
there in his varied repertoire His engage
ment WILL of course, attract more than or-
dinaiy local interest on account of Charles
Il. Hanford, the young and popular ira
gec!an Of this city, who is associated with
him this season as leading support and
classic plays ever finds more cordial
welcome In this city than Mr.. keene Since
the death of Edwin Booth and Lawren &c
Barrett he has been the sole exponent Of
that class of plays in which those ira
gedians won fame Mr.. Keene's repertoire
which shows his remarkable versatility
embraces the following plays: Louis XI,"
Richard III, "Richeliea," Julius Caesar,
THE Merchant of Venice" "Othello'' and
Hamlet" 1t has been several years since
Mr.. Keene appeared in Julius Caesar"
although Cassius Is one of his strong ,st
characters A great deal of attention will
be paid 10 the staging of this play. Mr..
Hanford, who won distinction as Marc
Antony with Booth and Barrett, is consid-
cred one of the greatest opponents of this
character ever seen. Mr.. Keene has play
ed to uniformly large business since he
opened his season, and the large audiences
which have attended his performances have
demonstrated that popular public interest
in the works of the great master and in
other classic plays has not by any means
abatad
Harry Fisk's Benefit.-The benefit to be
rendered Mr.. Harry Fisk by the managers
of the various theaters in this city Friday
afternoon next at the Lafayette Square
Opera House is becoming more and more
popular as the time for 1t approaches. That
it will be q huge success is not doubted In
the slightest by the promoters of the af
fair the object for which it is to be given
and the excellent program to be provided
dispelling all fears as to it's ability to draw
crowded house. Mr.. Fisks popularity
during his twenty-five years of service in
the profession, and more particularly the
twelve years during which he has been
associated with Mr.. John w. Albaugh in
the management of Albaughs Grand Opera
House and the Lafayette Square Opera
House, are well known, and his many
friends and acquaintance will take this
opportunity eagerly to repay him for the
many kindnesses he has extended to them
in past years. His generosity was such tina t
1t became almost byword, while he always
had pleasant word for every one who
approached him, no matter on what bust.
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