Evening star., 1898-07-30

those eccentric roles that he has made Pc
ouliarly bis own. Later in the season Mr..
pen of Madeleine Lucette Ryiey, which is
| now receiving it's finishing touches in Lon
don.. during the sojourn Of that Sistin
guished lady in the metropolis. Mr.. Reeds
/! OF the country, and in the spring of 'e9
he will play short season on the Pacific
coast lhis first in three years.. where he
| will present in conjunction with his two
new plays. George II Broadhurst's highly
| successful comedy, The Wrong Mr..
Wright" Miss Isadore Rush win remain
| Mr.. Reeds leading support, and will be
seen to advantage in the new plays In
Mr.. Reeds company will be Mrs Mary
| Myers, Mabel Florence. Sheridan Tupper,
| Charles g. Abbe. Julian Reed. L. P. Hicks,
James Douglass and others.
! One of the oldest titles of Forthcoming
productions for the ensuing season will
be the comedy production Of smyth &
| Hice, written by Henry Guy Carleton. 1t
will be called THE Cuckoo" and expecta-
tions are that in point of theme and origi
nality. 1t will mark a new feather in the
| cap of its author. whose excellent work
in the American comedy field is exempli-
| fled in John Drew's THE BUTTERFLIES and
| Nat Goodwins "A Gilded Fool" Messrs.
Smyth and Rice have apportioned for Its
| Interpretation the best company of artists
In their forces. in which are included the
principal actors and actresses whose abil-
lty and entertaining versatility were the
!
| India" the first of their successes, rose
to the topmost point Of favor.
| GRAND OPERA AT GLEN ECHO.-An
| unequivocal success has been scored in ey-
cry city in which 1t has appeared by the
Jaxon Opera Company both artistically
| and financially. The rendering of grand
ana comic operas in satisfactory manner
calls for great versatility on the part of
the artists engaged, and in this the Jaxon
| Opera company is equal to any operate
| organization In existence today. The roper
| tore OF the company consists of perhaps
one hundred operas, any one of which can
| be produced upon sufficient notice in a
manner that may be termed highly salts
FACTORY. Every production that is made by
! this organization is under the direct and
personal supervision of Mr.. j. ]. Jaxon
who was connected with the Castle Suuarc
Iheater In Boston as sole producer of all
| the operas given at that theater by the
| Castle Square Company at the inception of
| Its career in that city until a short time
| ago. MI Jaxsons ability has been amply
demonstrated by the perfect performances
now being given by the Jaxon Opera Com
pany. The company will begin on Monday
| August 1, short season of opera ct the
| anphltheater in Glen Echo Park, Glen
Echo. Md, all operas being sung in Eng
| lish. The first week will be devoted to the
production of Gounod's Faust" and wal
laces Mariana" the first opera being
! gwen Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday,
with the second the bill for the last half
| OIL the week, including the Saturday matt
| rec. Sacred concerts will be given every
| sunday during the engagement. The first
VI these series OF concerts will be inaug-
Grated on Sunday, July 81 PonuIar rr;ces
VIII prevail. The roster of the company is
as follows: Mile. Diard Miss Bertha Leh-
man. MISS Cora Deane Miss Louise Engel
| Mr. Payne Clarke, Mr.. Winfred Go@ Mr.
| Carleton and others.
THE LYcEUMs oPENINe.-Kernan's
| Lyceum Theater, which has been elahor-
| ately renovated during the vacation and
presents that attractive, inviting appear
| ahce which is characteristic of Manager
| Eugene kernan's interchangeable efforts to
| insure the comfort of his patrons will re-
open August g. The annual midsummer
| reopenlng Of the Lyceum, which sets at de-
| nance Old Soils worst onslaughts. attests
| .ne .ne permanent popularity of the house
rms Is accomplished in a measure with
| the cool summer garden, which adioins the
'heater ana to which the patrons may re-
| falr between the acts. or where, at the
| crosse OF the indoor entertainment they are
| al liberty to enjoy the outdoor attractions
Manager Herman has pursued a policy of
early reopenings, regardless of the weather
conditions, and perhaps has depended on
| Ihe superior merit of his attractions more
than anything else. In booking the Lvceuro
ne enjoys peculiar facilities in connection
| with his vaudeville house at Baltimore
| Inc past has proved beyond doubt that the
osGeum o5st monopoi1zes in Washington all the
| leading variety and burlesque combinations
ana the list of attractions for the coming
| season gives assurance of entertainments
| OF the highest class, including all the prin-
! cipal organizations and the celebrities.
American and European. of the vaudeville
| stage. Among the combinations booked
| may be mentioned: Harry Morris Little
Lambs, Rentz-Santley Burlesque Company
| Bohemian Burlesquers, Partisan Widows,
| Reilly & Woods Big Show, the Russell
| Company, Sam Deveres Specially Com
pany, City Club Burlesque Company, John
l. Sullivan's Company. Ishams Octoroons,
| Venetian Burlesquers. AL Reeves Big
| Show. American Beauties New York Stars.
Vanity Fair. Rice & Barton's Extrava-
| ganza, Jermons Black Crook, Gay Girls of
| Gotham. Metropolitan Burlesquers. Irwin
Brothers Burlesquers, the High Roller
Company. Vaudeville Club, Moulin Rouge
| Company, Rose Hill English Folly Com
pany, Knickerbocker BurIesquers, Glad
| Hand, Gus. Hills Masqueraders the Gay
Amazons, Miss New York, Jr., Australian
Beauties, City Sports, Rose Sydell Com
| pany, the Royal Burlesquers, the Big SEN
| sation, Bon Ton Burlesquers This list in
| cludes Weber & Fields famous New York
| successes and a number of combinations
| which Will be seen here for the first time
| but are in the hands of experienced man
ayers. The Robin Hood, Jr., Burlesouers."
dazzling aggregation of stars, who have
achieved success in the realm of burlesoue
will inaugurate the season.