The morning times., 1896-10-29
THEATRICAL TOPICS.
This Week and Next on the Wash.
inptOu Stages,

AT the Lala yrttc last night Thomas W
Kecne presented Hamlet" His appear
ance in this character Is not so frequent
rs To identify him Intimately With II as
ne is wt,n 'BiCllITGl IN. Dht ne lIas pidyeC
it sufficiently often and long to have cs-
taDiiSncd ui> performance aS "nc WItIcn tIt
stage historians Will rank as COnSplcuu1Sly
good.
the audience as To his Interpretation oI thu
temperament of the moody L rinCe. kecGe's
Hamlet is an emlnenuy san" ana rational
man who is cunning in his diSSem bling, but
or Il high ana i"Ivy mature Which takes
frequent communion with himself, result
ant in an accented spirituality and dc'.l
emotional nature.
MIR. keene having defined his conception
10y his clean treatment of the role, for
the balance OF detail adhercs faithfully Ia
stage traditions oil the school Of Forest.
Kean, and Booth.
MIR HanIord elected to appear as King
Clautiius instead of Laertes, which is
usually played by the leading man. Seldom
before has the black nature of the uncle
king been SO well defined with SO little
of the outer show of conventional vii
lainy 1t was a fine performance, as was
the Laertes of Lawrence Lowell
This young man displa yed "a native intel
ligence and expressive genius Of breadth
devoted student of Mr.. Keenes methods
Miss Hopkins was not impressive in pphe
las earlier scenes. but developed the mad
scene to 4 fine finish.
Yesterday AFTERNOON the Greek tragedy,
"Ingomar,' WAS presented. with Mr.. Han
ford as the barbarian. Tonight Julius
Caesar" MI Keene as Cassius, Mr..
| Hanfurd as Marc Antony
No announcement in the theatrical sea
| son is greeted with more pleasantness by
| engagement of Miss Ada Rehan and
AugGStin Days Company. They appear
| here next Week AT the Lafayette Square
! Opera House. TIE repertoire chosen is a
| client giving Miss Rph.1p
| every opportunity for the display of her
| marvellous versatility.
In full the repertoire is as follows: Mon
day and Saturday evenings, The Tanning
| of the Shrew;'' Tuesday, a revival of
Boucicault's London Assurance;' Wednes-
| dag evening and Saturday matinee, "A
| Cru;chcs,' and Friday evening, las You
| Like It. Perhaps the most interesting
| feature Of the week will he Miss Rehan's
| performance OF Lady Gay spanker in the
| The revival of London Assurance" Itis
many years since this charming comedy has
been given in Washington, and in the part
of the dashing Lady Gay Miss Rchan
s'TE,e The entire en- re- "Daiy Stock Company" will
be here, including such as dear old Mrs
Gilbert, who IS now in her seyent y.sixtl
| Clarke. Mr.. Charles Richardson. tMr. IaIy :
most promising leading mani, Mr.. Edwin
Stevens, Mr Herbert Gresham, Mrs. Perc
| Haswell, Miss Marie st. John. Miss Mau,
| Hoffman-in all over forty persons.
| The demand for seats is unusually larg.
| and indicates that when such a treat is il
store for them Washingtonans turn out in
| full force.
Little's World with its exciting scene
| aud handsome scenery Will he seen at the
Bijou next week. Mr.. Little, the star,
u painstaking, clever actor, and gives a
| excellent portrayal of Il rOilickIng. heroic
sailor and from his very entrance he cap
tivates his audience by his easy, smoot
sytle of acting.
There is no attempt at ranting nor n
| capturing the audience by any other tina
| pure aci.ng OF the higher order. and Mr.
| Little's popularity is solely due to his Stcr
| ling worth as an actor. The amount G
ingenuity shown in the construction of TIL.
| play and its realistic scenes and the me
| cianical skill required to carry out tn,
| conception are in themselves sufficient I,
lprovoke the admiration of the theatergoers
But in addition to this, the drama itself