The evening times., 1896-01-15
COMING TO THE ThEATERS.

SUNiNJ III l0E lQEAl ENS'
| melodrama has to possess some exclusive
merit to succeed nowadays in New York.
| The metropolis is a great crucible in which
| the gold and the dross OF dramatic material
are quickly tried. .-.-..-
All the best forms Of pla VS. are familiar to
! its theater-goerS, ana of melOdraina, which
appeals to the widest range of people, it has
a knowledge begot by long ana intimate ac-
| Quaintance that makes its Judgment almost
| lnfaliibe.
\ The only big melodrama that has made 4
| triumph in New York Tor many a season is
THE Fatal Card which viii lie seen al the
| New National Theater commencing next
| Monday night, January 20 tranrornearly
| zoo nights at PalmerS Tneater.
At every performance the theater was
| crowded, and there was the greatest enthu-
| siasin over the stirring scenes OF the play.
| 1t is not only remarkable melodranla,
| showing cleverness and novelty OF construc-
| ton ana unfolding ils story so that the -'sus-
| pense' continues until the very last moment,
! but it is acted by an extraordinary cast.
George Alison, Clarence Holt, Henry
Herman, Bruce McRea, Joseph Brennan,
Giles Shine, j. A. Moray, J. W. Benson,
james kearney. Amy Busby, Adrlenne
Dairolles, Nay Wood, Elsie Graves, Alice
Adhesion, Jessie Stone and other actors
and actresses are seen at their best in The
Fatal Card"
At the Lafayette Square Opera House,
beginning next Monday night and con-
| tinuing throughout the week, with matt
nees Wednesday and Saturday, there will
be a great attraction in Manager Augustus
Pitous sumptuOus production of Sardou's
Napoleonic comedy, Madame Sans Gene
1ne gifted American actress, Miss kath-
ryn kidder, will appear as Mauame sans
Gene, the careless washerwoman, the hand
some duchess, and the friend or Napoleon,
in which she has already made such brill
liant success here, and Mr.. Augustus Cook
will be seen in his ilfeiike ImpersoDation
OF Napoleon.
Madame Sans Gene, as Catharine Hub
scner, the laundress, is mlrth-.oving,
kind-learted, devil-may care girl. Later,
when through all the changes OF the Reyo-
lutionary times, she finally becomes the
Duchess of Dantzic, and figures promi-
nentiy in the court or Naroleon, she Is
still the lovable woman OF the laundry,
beautiful, pure, generous In an immoral
court.
sive play, grandly put on the stage, and,
with a weii-, ou sIOry, well done.
For the Wednesday matinee Miss KiGder
will make her first appearance on any stage
as Rosalind, in las You Like It." The
play will he presented under the personal
Supervision or Manager Pitou, who has
been renearsing ii with this company for
music viii be sung by an octette of trained
voices specially engaged for this per-
formance.
One of the most successful of all plays
of the south is Down in Dixie" which
will be the attraction at the Academy next
week. Its author is Scott Marble, and
il is produced by Managers Davis and
Keogh with beautiful scenery and strik-
ing mechanical effects.
The principal mechanical adjunct used is
q huge cotton compress. A senseless man
is placed in the compress by his enemies,
who set the machinery working. The
great jaws are about TO close on him, when
the heroine Dredk ks her way into the place and
draGs his body to safety.
A most important feature in Down in
Dixie is the famous piccaninny band.
A darkey quartet adds TO the musical eie-
ment of the performance.
Down in Dixie" is Il play at once thrill
ing, sweet, jolly, and picturesque, and its
power to please immense audiences has
been proven. 1t has won especially high
favor in New York.
John ]. McNally's greatest or all satires,
"A Straight TIP will be presented at AL
lens Grand Opera House next week by
Murray and Lohman's Comedians.
The comedy has been entirely rewritten,
and is strictly up-to-date, being interspersed
with strong speciality features, handsomely
staged and magnificently costumed.
"A Straight Tip ran ten consecutive
the leading American farce comedy attrac-
tion the past three seasons, pla ying to ban
ner business almost where. The
coterie OF artists presenting it is an unusu-
ally strong one, including sucff Washington
favorites as Willis Mack, Albert p. Kent,
Charles Willard, Billy Hall, Harry Lynton, |
Lon Seeley, Margaret Terry, Jennie Kline.
Flo Irwin, Leonore Burton, Mabel Havens
and Ada Mortimer.
Manager Kernan's attraction for next |
week will be the New York Stars This |
is a variety organization composed OF ar |
fists of more than ordinary ability. Listed |
on the program are several really superior |
novelties among which may be mentioned
the world-rcnowned female gymnasts, Ami !
and Ino in q sensational and daring per-
rormance in mid air. These ladies' have been |
called human flies.
Others re the American Ma cs, the popular |
Irish comedians; bingham, the premier |
yentriloquist OF the world; Matthews and /
Harris, the refined sketch artists; Miss En-
ma Francis, the peerless little vocalist; Fred |
J. Huber, the renowned chara cter comedian; |
Mile. Florizell, the European marvel OF the |
crystal mirror; Goldie st. Clair and Goldie. |
in up-to-date comedy; hegreat Sparrow, &C. |
centric clown, juggler and king laugh |
maker, and Swan and Bambard, grotesQue |
comedians.
The performance will conclude with the |
absurdity entitled, Sights in New York"
George Edwardes, the enterprising and sue
cessful London manager, has sent to this |
country many important companies, but |
1.-THE Shop Girl,'' which is occupying the |
boards of the New National Theater during
the current week. has hit the popular taste
of Washington with greater vigor than |
any Of its predecessors, and the Gaiety !
Theater Burlesque Company have already |
established themselves as prime favorites. |
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