Washington sentinel., 1898-04-02

Andrew Mack, the delightful singing
comedian, will be the attraction at the
New National Theatre next Monday
evening, April 4th. in his remarkably
successful new play of life in Ireland
can Irish Gentleman" by Ramsay
Morris. Both the comedian and the
play have made one of the genuine hits
OF the present season; and besides hav.
ing achieved emphatic triumphs in
most Of the principal cities Mr.. Mack
has to bis credit in New York alone, at
the Fourteenth Street Theatre, a run
Of seventy five consecutive perform.
ances. He IS one of the most welcome
players who visits this city. Coming
as he does on the present occasion
equipped with new and highly CON-
mended Irish drama, his welcome is
bound to be even heartier than usual;
and that he will be enthusiastically
greeted, there IS no doubt. He is an
actor OF fine stage presence, great
charm ofmanner, wonderful magnetism,
and is full of sincerity and earnestness,
Has keen sense of Irish wit and humor,
and this added to an exquisite power of
pathos, enables him to keep an audience
alternating between laughter and tears.
In his new play he has role which fits
him exactly, and enables him to be
seen at his best. His new manaPers,
Messrs. Rich and Harris, have surrounded
him with thoroughly first class COM
pany, and have supplied him with a
fine scenic outfit.
Writers for the stage in recent years,
with the possible exception of the late
Dion Boucicault, have. in dealing with
phases of Irish life, presented for
the most part either caricatures or
grossly exaggerated pictures OF The big
hearted, witty and humorous natives OF
the green isle; and in all instances they
have clung tenaciously to productions
Of peasant life, false in nearly every
particular, with it's inevitable red coats,
constabulary, eyictions and so on, and
my lord" and my lady" from "the
CASTLE" thrown in to leaven the whole
Theatregoers will find il a relief to turn
from this style of drama to AN Irish
Gentleman" which has been one Of the
successes OF the present season. 1t
has been enthusiastically received by
the critics wherever given, and has been
pronounced by them the most cap tlvat.
ing picture OF Irish life since the days Of
Boucicault. 1t has no red coats, no
evictlons, in fact one of the old time
ingredients. What il has IS a heart
stirring love story, filled with lauk hter,
smiles, sentiment and tears, which is
told on fine old Irish estate by ladies
and gentlemen Of the type that Charles
Lever depicted in his celebrated novels.
1t is said to be replete with the genuine
Irish nature, OF the kind that one laughs
convulsively with at one moment end
weeps with the next. Through 1t all
runs the delicio Gus brogue and fine man.
ners of Dublin. Aside from this it is
clean, wholesome and strongly dramatic.
No play OF Iish life Of recent years has
been so enthusiastically endorsed by the
critics.
The leading character, that OF
happy go-lucky, great hearted young
Dublin college man. as played by Mr..
Mack, is said to be one OF the most
captivating and lOvable types seen on
the stage in long time. The comedian
will sing a number Of new and enter.
tanning songs. Among them are "The
Irish Street Singer" my Sweetest
Girl" Mack's Dove Song" and my
Hearts Delight"
In the stars support are such capable
people as Adolph Jackson, Richard J.
Dillen, George w. Deyo, Edwin Brandt,
w. J. Mason, Thos. Jackson, B. Will
Jams, Marie Bates, Olive White. Flor.
ence Ashbrookey, little Florence dip,
Minnie Olp. ana others,