Evening star., 1897-03-17
ADJUSTMENTS.

Square Opera House will have a theatre
cal attraction next week that Is calcu-
lated to draw exceptionally large audiences
and to excite an unusual amount OF COM
ment and discussion. new Sardou play
Is always an event, and his latest drama,
.'Spiritisme' which is the play that will
be offered, may be considered doubly so
on account of its striking originality of
story and treatment. NJ. Sardou has been
a believer in spiritualism for very many
years. and has boldly seized upon spiritual
istic phenomena as an aid in developing
a love story of absorbing interest. 1t deals
with the love affair of beautiful, erring
wife, whose husband is a scientist. and a
believer in spirits and mediumistic powers
She elopes with a young Creole is reported
to have been killed in a railroad accident
and is brought back to her forglV1ng nus
bands arms and love through his faith in
spirtualism. 1t is powerful story and
is handled with the dash, dramatic force
fulness. brilliancy of dialogue. which are
characteristic of the famous French ORA
matist. The company engaged to present
this play includes among others. Maurice
Barrymore. J. H. Gilmour, VIM. F. owen,
Theodore Roberts, Charles Harbury, George
H. Fernie. Milton Lipman, George Howard
Edwin Warren, Robert Holland, Victor
Moore and Virginia Harmed. Oilve L.
Oliver. Margaret Robinson, Blanche Bur
ton and Louise Brooks. The sale of seats
begins tomorrow morning.
Wilton Lackaye.-Considerabl interest
has been manifested in the coming engage
ment OF Wilton Lackaye one of the most 10,
popular of American actors, and his 'all
star cast in DR.. Belgraff' at the New
National Theater next week. The success
es achieved by Mr.. Lackaye are well
known. particularly his creation of svengali
in 'Trilhy.' The play is somewhat similar
subject on which it is based. 1t is said
that the author. Charles Klein. who also
"Heartease has given it a treatment that
is unconventional'a and forcible in story and
situations. and the company supporting
Mr.. Lackaye Is the strongest that has ever
been organized, excepting that A. of the al! al!
star cast which presented The Rivals"
last spring. Marie Wainwright. one of
the most artistic of American actresses.
Is the leading lady. Alice Evans. who has
played the principal parts with numerous
Hoyt productions; Grace Mae Lamkin,
talented artist; that much loved stage vete-
ran. c. w. Couldock; Forest Robinson. one
of the best of heroic actors; Joseph Allen.
Byron Douglas, J. w. Rennie and Edwin
Wallace have important roles. Particular
attention has been given to the presenta-
ton and scenic effects. and performance
of unusual excellence is assured. MI
Lackaye and company will undoubtedly at
tract large and fashionable audiences.
"Shamus O'Brien"- Columbia Theater
viii present to Washingtonians next Mon
Gay night one of the latest London
and New York successes in the line of
romantic opera 'Shamus O'Brien.' 1T
Broadway Theater, New York, with the en-
tire original cast, scenery and costumes.
7 here will be grand chorus of sixty voices
and orchestra of twenty-five talented
musicians. The story of the opera is taken
from the well-known poem of the same
name. The Nbretto has been arranged by
George Fl. Jessop. and DR.. c. Eilliers San
ford composed the score. Shamus O'Rrien
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has been sent for MIN: rejected lover of
Shamus' wife, Mike Murphy. tells a search
ing party of his whereabouts, and ne is
captured; he is sentenced to death. bu.
through the aid Of friend he escaDrs
from the death cart and makes for the
hills. In a short time Mike and dozen
soldiers are in hot pursuit and the lnf0rmer
in an endesvor to catch the fleeing man
is shot and killed, and in the excite m-nt
which follows Shamus makes his escape.
The cast includes Mr.. Denis OSullivan.
late of the Carl Rosa Grand Opera Com
pany: Mr. Joseph OMara, tenor OF the
Royal English Opera Company and also
Covert Garden, London: Mr.. Reginald Rob-
erts, MIR. A G. Cunningham, Miss Lucy
Carr Shaw, sister OF Bernard Shaw, the
musical critic of the London Saturday Re
view and author of Arms and the Man"
Miss Annie Roberts. Miss Augusta Schiller
and others. The sale CT seats opens at the
bcx office tomorrow morning.
"Girl Wanted. Girl Wanted" which is
one of the conspicuous comedy successes Of
the current season. will be the attraction a
the Academy of Music next week. 1t will
be presented by a splendid company. and
will be up to date in every respect. Frank
Bush, the inimitable mimic and versatile
&C dian. is still at the head of the COM
pGny. and the play gives him ample scope
for the exhibition of his versatility. and
during the action ne masque:ades as no
less than seven different personages, two
of them being females, a German domestic
ard a prima donna. He has series Of
highly dverting adventures ir and or a
New York fiat building. and a lot of lu-
dicrous people are involved with him in the
action of the piece. New songs novel aid
brilliant specialtes and the latest co,reCy
ideas are notable features of the produce
tion.
The Man-o'-War's Man.'-It is a fact
that all the world loves a lover. 1t is also
a fact that all the world loves hero.
Therefore, when you combine the qualities
of love and heroism in one single individual
You have the character in whom the pub
lie takes an extraordinary interest. Such
dashing hero of Thomas F. Shea's new
play. The Man-o' Wars Man He is a
person whom 1t is said the ladies in the
audience fall willingly in love with. while
the male contingent is lost in admiration
of his manly, vigorous personality. Con-
way is the central figure in a great many
thrilling situations which give him a
chance to show bravery and gallantry
never before surpassed by any hero, real
or Imaginary, raval or military. In every
act he has several hairbreadth escapes in
all of which he shows a GOODNESS and a
courage that bring forth loud applause
from the audience. In the hands of Mr.
Shea the character of Jack Conway is in
vested with a life a vigo~ and an origi-
naiity that have won unstinted praise
from the critics. The hero is in love with
Elnor Denleigh. who is also known as
Vera Marandoff, the notorious Russian
spy. The action of the play commences at
the new Army and Navy Club OF New York
city, where Conway, disguised as
Frenchman obtains possession of a secret
of great Importance to the American gov
ernment. Thence the action of the play
passes to Honolulu, and from that place to
Sebastopol, where Jack gets arrest led and
confined in a dungeon, from which he es-
capes with the aid of Vera after a sccre
of great excitement. The scene of the con-
Guiding act OF the play is at Nicaragua
where the audience behold realistic naval
battle between the United States ship New
Orleans and the Spanish vessel Scorpion
The ships can be plainly seen in the har-
Dor, firing at each other, their cannon
booming and real smoke ascending BY de-
giees the Scorpion is crippled by the we'll
directed shots from the New Orleans Her
masts topple over. and finally the vessel
herself sinks beneath the waves while the
gallant New Orleans receives loud applause
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