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| even more surprised when on again seeing
| the performance to hear Miss Arthur speak
the lines as before. Research shows Miss
J Arthur to be right, as she is presenting an
| unadulterated" version of Shakespeare
| lFee from all modern tampering. and the
! lihes as she speaks them are exactly as
lney appear in the first folio edition of
! Shakespeare, edited by Theobald intending
| 1t to he part of Rosalind's overfiowing
| spirits. and showing her intentions at that
larry moment of marrying Orlando. Since
! lhlS became clear to the public a great
| amount of attention has been centered up-
/ on Miss Arthur's presentation of Shake
/ s-'eare. as 1t has been found to be one of
| the most authentic readings of the bard's
| lines and performances of his play noted of
| ATE upon the stage.
story is told on William Jefferson and
/ ms brother Tom and the quick wit of his
| brother Joe. which is as follows:
! Well, Willie" said Tom, while both were
| trying on their fathers wigs in the dressing
| room of the Fifth Avenue Theater I'VE are
| jumping into fathers shoes-literally row.
| ing in the same boat"
| Yes said Joe, but with different
| skulls
! NATIONAL THEATER-The Jefferson
| Comedy Company will open a weeks en-
| gaSement at the National Theater Monday
| evening, December l.. presenting for the
| entire week. including the Wednesday and
| Saturday matinees. that most delightful of
| all the old comedies, The Rivals The
| company, which includes Otis Skinner Will
| ton Lackaye. Werner Charges, George Den
| nam. Ffoiott PaGet. Elsie Leslie Blanche
| Bender and the three jefferson boys Thom-
| as. William and Joseph. jr. must be ac-
| hnoWiedSed to be one of the ablest COM
panies m now touring the country. The cast
ior this delightful comedy will be as fol-
| lows: Sir Anthony Absolute. Werner Clar-
| geS, Capt. Jack Absolute Otis Skinner: Sir
k@ucius @ O,Trisser. Wilton Lackaye; Bob
! Acres, William Jefferson: Faulk and Wal
| ter B. WoOdall; David, Joseph Jefferson
Jr.; rag, Thomas LOckyer: Mrs. Malaprop,
| Fioliott Paget; Lydia, E sic Leslie; Lucy
Bianche Bender. OF the principal MEM
| berS or this company Otis Skinner and Will
| ton Lackayc rank the leaders of all the
| Young romantic actors. Mr.. Skinner has
starred in his own company for the past
| hve seasons, and both will again resume
| tours in January. Miss Paget and Miss
| Leslie. two of the most beautiful and ac-
| complished players which we have will be
| seen to their best advantage in the parts of
| Mrs. MalaprOp and Lydia Languish. Jo-
| seph jefferson, jr., who has had a most
| successful career in comedy parts for the
| past several seasons with his fathers COM
| pany, will be the David in this brilliant
| cast Mr.. William jefferson is sure to de-
| light his host of society friends during his
week engagement presenting that de-
| lightful character of Bob Acres. The man
agement promise complete and perfect
production In every way The regular the
| alter prices will prevail.
LAFAYETTE SQUARE OPERA HOUSE.
| THE Sign of the Cross with all its
! wealth of magnificent and historically cor
| rect scenery. gorgeous costumes jewels and
| armOr. and presented by strong COM
| pany of English players direct from the
| Lyric Theater London. will be the attraC-
| ti"n at the Lafayette Square Opera House
! all of next week. This much discussed re-
/ ilgiouS drama, teaching a strong lesson OF
/ the beauty and power of the Christian re-
i1ET he ptrN-r act hot
! the influence of pagansm and Christianity
| in the days of Nero, has met with the
| unanimous approval of priests. clergymen
| and nOn-theater-g -goers. both in this coun-
| try and in England. Thousands of people
! wherever the play has been presented have
! flocked to the theater-a place they have
| before loudly denounced and have gone
| away filled with renewed religious zeal and
more than ever convinced of the truth of
/ the faith which could live and increase in
/ spite of the awful prosecutions of Nero. the
| most powerful and corrupt of pagan rulers.
| The dramatic strength. powerful and i'm
! pressive scenes and Incidents, unexpected
/ climaxes and gorgeous scenic effects with
! which the play abOundS. make it strong
| attraction entirely aside from its moral
| and religious nature; so ii is not surprising
/ that, although now In its third American
! tour, the company which VIM. Greet has
| sent to this country is everywhere meeting
| with greater success than ever. Charles
| Dalton. the powerful young heroic actor.
| will appear again as Marcus Superbus, the
| Roman prefect; Irene Rookie will be seen
| as Mercia W. +. Bonney, as Nero, and
| Maude Warrilow, as Stephanus. the bow
! martyr. Others in the cast are Frank H
! Westerton, George Flood. T. n. Wenman,
Harry Burcher. H. T Harris. Harry Child
! Barbara Huntley. Agnes Scott Nellie
| Fletcher, Winnie Cassell and Lily Child.
! COLUMBIA NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. is what
| most people want at the present day, and
this in d great measure includes theatrical
/ performances. The new comedy, "A
| Stranger in a Strange Land which will be
| seen at the Columbia Theater next Mon
day evening, comes to us with the indorse-
ment of many critics throughout the coun-
| try, the principal features of the criticisms
! being that it is new, novel and funny. 1t is
said that there is not situation in the
piece that is not absolutely funny. produc-
J ing continual laughter. and as to make peo-
| PIE laugh was evidently the sole intention
J of Messrs. Wilmer and Vincent, "A Strang-
er in Strange Land must be considered
. a success. 1t is a piece which above every
/ thing else needs to go with a snap and dash,
and from the company which Manager
/ WHkison has gathered together it ought to
fulfill its mission. 1t is described as an
| AnglO-American farcical comedy of the
, screaming kind active from the beginning
| TO the drop of the curtain, but clean and
| wholesome in its every line. The story of
| the play is founded on the idea that most
foreigners are denSely ignorant upon points
| of American geography and the customs Cf
| the people. even to the point of imagining
! that cattle and Indians run wild in the
streets of the principal cities. Therefore,
! when wayward son writes home tall
| tales Of his 15,W0-acre ranch near Buffalo,
n Y. the tales are swallowed without salt.
When he comes home certain compicated
| situations arise involving his uncle. aunts,
| sisters. two or three Indians, more or less
/ genuine. and most all of the company. The
! situations in the main Iudicrous and
the humor is spontaneous. making one feel
/ that ones evening has been well spent. The
| company includes George W. Leslie Robt.
/ Fischer. Thomas J. Kierns. Charles w
| Swain. William Ranous. II. X. Armstrong
| II. Gittus Lonsdale. Maude White Agnes
! Proctor and Lulu Klein.
! ACADEMY OF MUSIC.-A story of the
iCc-bound. storm beaten coast of New Eng
land, with the consequent perils to which
its seafariES men are exposed, is an apt
subject for dramatiZatiOn a the present
time, the last disastrous storm strewins
that coast with lifeless bodies and shatter-
/ ed wrecks of noble vessels The next week
at the Academy will give this story in the
new play, Tempest Tossed" one of Walter
Sanfords productions, and the success OF
his previous plays. My Jack The Power
of Cold" The Struggle of Life and 'The