Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-27
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/ LAFAYETTE SQUARE THEATER,-
Miss Julia Marlowe gave at the Lafayette
last night her dainty conception Of Rosa
lind in Shakespeare's LAS You Like It.,
with which her admirers here are familiar.
No other actress of the modern stage is so
well fitted as she by personal charm and
sympathetic quality to delineate the ro-
mantle heroine BY many Rosalind is
thought silly, indeed foolish, but that mis-
conception is born of Interpretation of the
delicate, even fancifui, poetry with which
the maiden's inmost heart-thoughts are ex-
pressed by the bard. Then, too, they are
prosy people, wanting in imagination, who
never sighed like a furnace" or wrote
platitudinous verses in days of youth for
the sake of passing fancy. Miss Marlowe
gives delightful expression to the physical
and vocal beauties of the role, and her own
budding womanhood fits its lighter phases
most completely. The scene. with Orlando
in the forest of Arden is charmingly por-
trayed and her elocution gives true value
to the well-remembered lines. She capi-
Yates the eye in the male attire she as
sumes and prettily suggests in her poses
the awkwardness of the situation. Mr..
Blair's Orlando was vigorous, sometimes too
vehement. but he makes a manly, pleasing
figure. Mr. Mitchells Adam does not sug
gest age that is pathetic. Mr.. Cooper was
a satisfactory Touchstone. and Mr.. Har
courts jacques conforms to the dramatic
traditions attached to the character. Miss
Lamison was a pleasing Celia. Phoebe was
neatly sketched by Miss French and Au-
brey's rusticity was humorously shown by
Miss Wilson. The others of the cast were
satisfactory. The scenery and costumes
were good. Tonight the same bill, and
Countess Valeska' and 'Ingomar' tomor-
row.
COLUMBIA THEATER.-Paul Gilmore
n MrC Sol int md
presented Paul Kester's version of Dumas
The Three Musketeers' last night at the
Columbia Theater before a good-sized and
appreciative audience. Mr.. Kester has ar
ranged the play so as to give D'Artagnan
more prominent place than was originally
intended by the great French author.
While this is commendable in that it gives
the star of the company more opportunity
to display his dramatic talents, it is also
to be regretted, because the three guards
men. the three interesting characters. are
made to suffer thereby. On the whole, how
ever, the Kester version is probably the
best on the stage Of today. Mr.. Gilmore
was D'Artagnan, of course, and a very
good one, too Mrs Salvini was welcomed
back to the Washington stage with a
demonstration of enthusiasm on the part of
the audience. She played Constance, the
confdant, with grace and an excellent style
of acting throughout. her work being with
out doubt the feature of the production
The three muSketeers were in the hands of
Messrs. DAILY, Walters and Buckner, who
proved more or less capable. Mr.. Germon
was Richelieu and Ethel harrington was
Anne of Austria. The play is wei mount
ed and will be the bill the remainder of the
week.
NINE. BLANCHE MARCHESI--Mme
Marchesi of Paris who will be heard in a
song recital at Universalist Church to-
night, inaugurated her American tour in
New York Wednesday afternoon in Men
delssohn Hall. The metropolitan critics are
loud in their praises of her work. The ap-
pearance was an undoubted triumph, and
Nine. Marchesfs tour will be one of Sc
ries of successes. One well-known critic,
in telling of her recital, declared Nine.
Marchesis singing was in every sense
revelation of what singing may and ought
to be. He says, further, it was permeated
nay, saturated, with an intelligence which
extended in all directions; which reached
the meanings of the poet and made that
meaning clear to the hearer comprised the
art of the composer, and made that art
lovely handmade of poetry; went out in
affectionate sympathy to the feelings 10
which the two creative artists had given
expression and brought those feelings so
close to the hearts of the hearers that
their sympathy and love also guShed forth
to eager meeting. But that was not all. 1t
was intelligence, too, that took in marvel
ouSly wide field of the vocal art, so called
Nine. Marchesi's program tonight will in
clude Air from "Alceste'-Divinites du
Styx, Gluck; Wiegenlied, Mozart; recit and
air from Dido and Aeneas" English au-
L
0talian author 1880, Aiessandro Scariatti;
La Chanson du Papillon % Charming But
terfly) French author 11Oe. Lampra. Les
Fetes Ventiennes. Won Ewiger Liebe,
Brahms; Der NussbauIn, Schumann; Auf-
traege, Schumann La Cloche, Saint-Saens;
La Chanson de la glue. Gounod; Tu me
Dirais, Chaminade; Serenade Fiorentine,
Moret, and The Erlking, Schubert.
Seats are now selling at Guzman's, in
e. F. Droop & Sons.
WASHINGTON CLUB.-A concert will be
given at the Washington Club tomorrow
evening in aid of the Girls Friendly Society
of the diocese of Washington. The object
is one that should be generously supported
and the program will embrace the names
of many well known in the musical world
A tea will be served after the concert.
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