Evening star., 1897-04-07
AMUSEMENTS.

mand for seats at the Lafayette Square
Opera House this morning, when the sale
opened fer the engagement of the gifted
young English actress, Olga Nethersole,
next week. Her appearance in this city
will have especial element of interest
from the fact that 1t will be her farewell
engagement for at least quite number of
years, and on account of her appearance in
this city for the first time i'll her famous
role of Carmen in the play of that name.
The play will be presented every night dur
ing the week, excepting Friday and Satur-
day nights, and at the Saturday matinee.
On Friday night she will present her mag
niticent impersonation of Camille" and
for Saturday. her farewell night. she will
appear in a special bill, the definite charac-
ter of which has not yet been decided upon.
The profound impression which this cmi-
nently gifted young English actress made
on her previous visits to this city, par
ticularly her wonderfully original ilnper-
so1ation of Dumas heroine. assures for her
always a hearty welcome from local thea
tergoerS. The role of Carmen, in its
dramatic form, was written especially for
Miss Eethersole by MIR. Henry Hamilton of
London. How well the author has succeed
ed in his work. and how :rliy the actress
had measured herself for the part, were
demonstrated at the beginning of las. sea-
son. when Miss Nethcrsole made her debut
III the role at the Empire Theater. New
York. Miss Nethersole made tremendous
sensation. playing the character of the ci-
garette girl with a warmth. abandon and
picturesqueSnesS of movement that simply
carried her audiences to the highest point
of enthusiasm. So great was the hit she
made that during her entire stay at the
Empire Theater the house was crowded at
every performance to the doors. 1t was 10
longer Calves Carmen alone that New
Workers rushed to see; they also thronged
the Empire to see the NetherSole Car
men, The story of its great success and
the fame of her caloric kiss which she ad-
ministered mini to Ferdinand in he second act,
soon Travelled, and after Nethersole left the
Empire and went on tour Carmen was
demanded and had to be played every
where. The production of Carmen" is
very beautiful one and will be presented
here with every attention to detail as a.
the Empire Theater New York. Her sup
porting company is regarded as one of the
best in the country.
"Falka. Tomorrow afternoon will wit
Tess the first production of opera in En-
glish.' at the Lafayette Square Opera
House by the Castle Square Opera Com
paDy at popular prices, and general inter
est attaches to the performance from the
fact that 1t is criterion of what the sum
mer engagement will do for Washington's
large circle of music lovers. 1t can be said
with truth that all the Castle Square COM
pany's productions thoroughly salts
factory and excellent. The company that
will appear tomorrow afternoon contains
a number of prime favorites, both In Bos-
ton and Philadelphia. Miss Edith Mason
will be Falka. Miss Lizzie Macnichol of
this city, and popular In every city in
America, will be Edwidge, and 1t is enough
to feel assured that she sings and acts
the part as only she can. Mr.. William
Wolff appears Folbach. in which he has
won high honors and Mr.. Oscar Girard
will play Tancred, giving to the character
his own original ideas. Thomas H. Persse
sings Artf ur. the music being well suited
to him. and the dramatic requirements
within easy range. In Arthur Wooley will
be found a most amusingy competent lay
Brother Pelican, and the Bolesas of VIM
G. Stewart will be conscientiously excel
lent and vocaly all that could be desired.
Miss Annie Litcher will be Alexina; Miss
Quirlan, Nina: Miss Gertrude Rutledge,
Konrad; Morris Able. Senechal; Frank
Raney, Boboky: Sergeant of Patrol, Mr..
F. Mcknight: Three Tzigani, Mr.. A E.
Arnold MIR. II. Adams, Mr.. G. Stubel.
The regular season of the Castle Square
Opera Company begins on Easter Monday
April 10, with Easter matinee The
"Gipsy Baron is the opera.
"Chimmie Fadden. On next Monday
evening at the National Theater Charles
Hopper will return to Washington and re-
peat the delightful performance of ''Chim-
mie Fadden,' which highly pleased
Washington theater-goers his former
visit early last fall. "Chimmie Fadde!i''
is one of the novelties of the times. 1t is
purely American In tone, sentiment and
Characterization, and serves as a vehicle
for the presentation of some new and
unique types of big city life The play was
dramatized from Edward W. Townsend's
clever newspaper sketches and has met
with favor everywhere. Mr.. Hopper is an
ideal Bowery boy, and his supporting COM
pany is one of unusual excellence. The
cast remains practically unchanged and in
cludes all those artists who became favor
ties when the play was here before. The
advance sale of seats will begin tomor-
row morning.
"A Texas Steer."-For the second week Of
the supplemental comedy season at the
Academy Hoyts "A Texas Steer will be the
Offering. Since the inauguration of summe r
prices the attendance at the Academy has
steadily increased. The public was quicl,
| to realize that they were to get standard
attractions at one-half the original prices
and have not been slow in showing :ner
appreciation of the fact AS there is TO
| extra charge for reserving seats, those who
! come early will have first choice. The sale
| of seats for "A Texas Steer will open to-
| morrow at am. Mr.. Hoyt's ability to
! write keen, witty, cutting satire, his skill
| H. cracking good jokes and to construct
| siGe-splitting situations has long since
| been conceded by the most critical play
| goers. There are some ten characters in
"A Texas Steer" who will settle themselves
| pleasantly in your memory, and you will
| follow the old Texas cattleman and his
| family to Washington and see their transi-
| ton from the ways of the prairie to the
ways of craftsmanship and Washington
| society with as much pleasure as any per-
| fCrmance has ever given you. There are
| little touches of pathos here and there
| along the line Mr.. Hoyt leads his audiences
| through; in fact, If you enjoy things said
| and done by real, everyday, wholesome peo-
| pie, don't fail to see "A Texas Steer
"Jim the Penman.''-At the Grand Opera
| House the sersa ational play, Jim, the Pen
| n an" presented by what is in many re-
| spects the strongest dramatic company ever
| seen upon the stage, begins a weeks en-
| gagemen: next Nj nday. Something over a
| dozen years ago "Jim the Penman,' was
| the Play of the year in London, and it du
| plicated its success in this country wher
| it was presented by three different compa
| MES, and made the biggest kind of nj
from Boston to San Francisco. The rlay
| held the stage for several years before tn,
| theater- going public would allow ii to
| give way to the everlasting demand fol
| something new. There are thousands O.
| theatergoers all over the country who re
| tain more or less vivid recollection of III.
play as of the strongest they eve
| saw, and who have been wishing for sew
| eral years that they might see it again
| ACd to these the number who heard abou
| 1t but never saw it. and the new generatio,
| Of theatergoers that has grown up sine
1t was last presented, and there seems t.
he plenty of people for the play to appea
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