The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-24
COMING TO THE THEATERS.

INldW, Ertanger IL SteVenS'S SumptUOuS |
production of The Bride-Elect' has !
been doing Il business this week ut the I
Lafayette almost uneGualed in the his |
tory of local riashausns. The theater |
has been packed AMI iauam'i TO the doors |
nightly with an audience that remains at
a high pitch of enthusiasm all through |
the evening. The good numbers. Of which
there are many. have been heartily en-
cored. while the famous march at the
end of the second act, "Unchain the Dogs
of War, has won as many as twelve
curtain calls. The Herrmanns are also
doing a very good business, and one
which is well merited, while Jones"
at the National. patiently lets things
happen to him as of yore. Joe OFT is
drawing well at the Academy. and the
three other houses have no reason to
complain. If the week finishes as well as
il has begun it will be memorable one
for audiences and managers.
Mr. Augustin Daily will bring his own
/ comedy company from Days Theater,
New York. next week to the Columbia
for six evening and two matinee per-
| formances, and will divide the time be-
tween the performances of Pinero's fun
ny comedy THE Magistrate" and an
adaptation from the German by Mr. II.
c. Burnard entitled Number Nine" or
The Lady of Ostend, together with
trifling little conceit from the pen of sgd
ney RosenfeId called THE Subtleties of
! jealousy"
Number Nine is said to be a decided
novelty, and the spirit of drollery and fun
| that peryades it is as fresh and as crate
! full as the meadow-blown breezes. THE
Magistrate" is a comedy that is full of
witty lines and funny situations The
/ complications of the story revolve around
the incident of u Widow Harrington hay
ing made her sutton. Mr.. Aeneas Posket,
a London magistrate, believed before their
marriage that she was thirty-one instead
of thirty-six years old. AS result OF
this artfuI device she manages to weave
an uncommoniy tangled web of the kind
usually manufactured by those who prac-
| tice to deceive. Her nineteen-year-old
son is forced TO masquerade as OF the
tender age Of fourteen, with many haras-
sing results. The godfather of the prom
vited to dine with the second husband.
Mrs Posket determines to meet him for
the purpose of warning him in advance
not to mention dates Of nineteen years
ago This interview takes place in a GER
d. tain Hotel des Prince, where she has
iourneyed with her sister to meet the
godfather, who is dining with a friend.
inasmuch this party remains at the
hotel after the expiration of the licensing
! all cd brought
the next morning before Mr.. Posket, who
is put to the painful necessity of sentenc-
ing his own wife. These are but a few
Of the endless complications set forth in
Mr. Pinero's diverting comedy which Will
be seen here next Monday. The names
of the members of this organization pre-
sent a striking array Of talent, as the
q following list clearly indicates Mr..
Charles Richman. Mr. Tyrone Power. Mr.
Sidney Herbert. Mr.. Wnfred Clarke, Mr.
Hobart Bosworth. Mr.. w. F. Owen. Miss
Irene Perry. Miss Lottice Fairfax, Miss
g Marie St John, Miss Lila Convere Miss
/ Catherine Lewis and Mrs. G. II. Gilbert.
. beside the Bonnie Brer Bush" which
/ | will receive its initial presentation at the
: | Lafayette Square Opera House on Mon
: day. March y. is the stage version of Ian
| Maclareu's two volumes OF short stories
Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush and
Aud Lang Syne"-and Of his novel
Kate Carnegie" James AcArthur anC
+ Tom Hail. who prepared the dramatiza-
ton have made a skillful selection OF
personages, placed them in a proper en-
vironment and caused them to move log
: icaliy through a series of eloquent stu
i atoms Love knows neither rank mol
} creed" which serves as a motto for thu
II drama. conveys clearly the central idea
u The play deals solely with things that arr
wholesome and pure.
e The principal parts viii be played by ]
II. Stoddart and Miss Marie Burroughs
who are said to be fitted with congenia
u roles. In their supporting company ar
many widely known and deseryedly pOpu
lar actors. Among them are Augusta
t w. Cook. Cuyler Hastings Carrie lie
r, Stoyle EvangeIine Irving. Walter era
4, ven, W. T. Rochester, Emmett COrrigar
Harold Going Ethan Allen and others
r A. Roberts will direct the stage an
re an orchestra, augmented for the occa
D. sion, Will be conducted by Charles Borg
he man
ii AIessrs. Perley and Ranken claim t
have spared no expense to place befor
the theatergoing public a presentation ad
a. equate in every detail. This Garrett
ID preparation is evidenced to a striking de
III gree in the matter of a musical accom-
D. panment, which, based on familia
q, Scotch airs. will tend to aid
the preservation of a wholesome al
mOsphere. Herman Perlet directO
Of music at the Herald Squar
~ Theater. New York. has write
d. an overture a series of entire acts inc
> dental measures, and an original anthel
Il which is to be sung by a quartet and
boy choir Josef Physoc, one of Amer
20 icas foremost scenic artists, has pre-
y pared a scenic invesdture, reproduce
~ from photographs of Drumtochty.
III faithfully depicts the beauties of til
IS baotr,o,.t, r,oore tIovcer- l,eeernn,ed field
III and mountain peaks.
q For the close Of the third act Mr., PLY:
s.