The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-01-09
AMUSEai EN'TS.

EhIlND FRITZ" TOMORROW
NlGHT.-John Mason and Marion
ma mahola are announced to appear at
,he Academy of Music Tomorrow night
III III their great success, "E'rlcnd Fritz"
lhe mere announcement OF which Is
suiiicient TO insure the popular artists
u crowded house
The scene OF Friend Fritz" Is laid
IN tAisace, and Is described us a three
act love idyl. which holds the inter-
80 vi me auditor from the beginning
70 the end. The role of Fritz fits MIR.
hason TO ncaty and shows the tai
enteu actor at his best in many re-
sPects. Snzel us interpreted by Marion
MuIola Mason Is the gem Of the piece,
ana aifords her an opportunity for
cream cut, subtle and artistic acting,
n,iu I LOT superb vowal efforts. Friend
riltZ might be called musical COM
tuS, put II IS something more than
mat Tor 1t touches life more closely
thah The regulation comedy. and that
lie or the idyllic sort, which also
touches the heart of the multitude, and
interests while 1t also amuses This
VIII be the last appearance OF the
Masons in Friend Fritz" as they are
shortly to produce Il new piece. The
company Is the same as originally seen
IN It, Seats on sale at the Academy.
Prices, 25c, Soc, 75c. and $1.0O.
OIiS SKINNlIR.-A great deal of
interest is being evinccd In the coming
presentation OF the new romantic cor>,-
edy, Prince Rudolph" which Otis
Skinner is to present on next Wcdnes-
aay ana Thursday evenings and Thurs
day matinee.
Mr. Skinner has been particularly
careful in the mounting of the play.
and II Is believed that 1t will he placed
upon the stage very, elaborately The
theme OF the play has been taken from
one of Robert Louis Stevcnson's ear
l!er stories, and is most interesting,
showing some of the vicissitudes OF
court life in one OF the tiny German
rrincipalitics which were so numerous
1T the beginning OF the present cen
Jury. The hereditary Prince Of Krone
field, Rudolph Wilhelm, has contracted
Il marriage of convenience with Edorn,
the daughter of neighborng Grand
Duke, and, as is generally the result
or such unions, the marriage has
been an unhappy one. During the ac-
ton of the play the Prince falls in love
with his own wife, and while ut frs,
she VIII have none OF him, before The
final curtain she, too, has come to love
her own husband. There are plots ana
counterplots; there is schemlng Prime
Minister. the Baron Won kanderbcrr
VINO would overthrow the prlncIpality
and found n republic with himself as
It's president, and who uses The Prin-
cess only as a tool, for the Prince has
made her Regent. The comedy is FIR
nished by the Court Chancellor, Paff-
nitz He is an old man married to n
young wife, of whom he Is intensely
jealous and q would-be conspirator
MIR. Skinner brings with him an OK
ccllent company, containing such well
known names as Frank l.. Sylvester,
Frederick Moslcy, John Il. Weeks, Ash
ley Miller. Martin Jackson, w. j. Con-
stnntine, Paul Ccrson, John l.. Con-
nor, Maud Durbin, Ethel Winthrop.
Naomi Roberts and Ethel Browning
sale of seats commences tomorrow
morning. Prices, 25c. to $3.50. Matt
nee. 25c. to $l00.
SOUSA.-Sousa Is the greatest con-
Guctor of the greatest band In exis-
tence. The news Of his coming arouses
enthusiasm among the thousands who
look upon his organization as the rep
resentative of it's kind, and upon
Sousa's magnetic marches as the ma
tional marches OF America. The title
of The March King" bestowed upon
Sousa by the unanimous consent of
thousands of music-lovers, is Justly
applied.
THE STAR TTIEATRE.-The enter
tanment TO be given at the Star Thea
ire tomorrow evening and every even
ing through the week by Dr. w. r.
Price promises TO be entertaining, and
those interested in psychology and hyp
noiiSm should attend. DR.. Price comes
10 N2riolk with the highest endorse
ments Admission 10, 20 and so cents.