Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-18
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keteers Athos. Porthcs and Aramis are in
the hands of Roydon k.rlynne, Norman
Conniers and Geo. c. Bryant, respectively.
1T is impossible TO go further with the cast,
as II numbers almost forty important parts.
The Kings Musketeer'' can only be played
until Thursday evening. On Friday even.
ing the contract calls for the production of
Mr.. Sotherns latest New York Lyceum sue
cess "A Colonial Girl" written by Grace
Livingston Furniss and Abby Sage Richard
son. Performances commence at sharp,
matnees at =.
COLUMBIA THEATER.-To all lovers of
light opera and musical comedy the Offering
at the Columbia next week is indeed well
come one. For the first three nights and
Wednesday tWashington's birthday matt
nee, THE GeiSha,' with its graceful music
and charming stage pictures. in the land
of the hyacinths and tea blossoms of far
away Japan, will be the Offering. For the
balance of the week, including the regular
Saturday matinee, that merry hodse-podge
of fun and music, THE Circus Gsrl.' Both
productions, complete in every way as to
details of costumes scenery and effects,
are from Augustin Days New York and
London theaters, which IS a guarantee of
beautiful stage settings A comparison of
The Geisha' and The Circus Girl" would
be hard indeed as to their respective merits
to each other. They are the outcome of
society's demand that all the good things
of the stage shall not be for masculine or
questionable audiences; that the demand
for pure, wholesome nonsense associated
with the lighteSt yet not trashy music.
beauty both physical and scenic, and
story that suppOses you to be child again.
that the world was only created the day
before yesterday, is what the public de-
mands for its amusement. There are many
good things to be said of the old English
buresque, but fashion would have none of
it no matter what its longings might be.
Burlesque died in giving birth to musical
farce comedy, of which George Edwardes
of the London Gaiety Theater is godfather.
Society at once went wild over it. and the
brilliant series that eliminated in THE
Geisha' and THE Circus Girl" was with
out parallel in success in all the history OF
the London stage. The critics frequently
refer to this new form in the drama as
the new burleSque." In reality there is
but slight connection between the old bur
lesque and the new musical comedy. Those
who have seen The Geisha' can certainly
find little resemblance between it and the
pieces in which Lydia Thompson once
toured the country And the new dramatic
form is not only cleaner and brighter: it is
also financially more profitable. Little
Jack Sheppard was one of the latest of
the Gaiety burlesques, yet it's entire run
in 1880 did not net the profit that resulted
Circus Girl or THE Geisha." The former
is the successor of The Geisha." with all
its purity added to the greater life of The
Gaiety Girl and with a much more laugh
able story than either of them. well
greater opportunities for rich costumes and
picturesque and costly stage settings. The
company includes the names of such we'll
known condolences and comedians as Chas
Dandy. Thomas Ricketts,, w. H Frederick,
Bert c. Thayer, Albert A. Parr, Arthur
Stanford. VIM. Ellwanger, Frank Night
Taylor Williams. W. J.. Romano, Helen
Royton, Minnie Ashley, Maud Bliss, Claudia
Petite. JEANNE fowler, Leona Amrose. Ell
lie Rock, Josie Dit. May Norton, Laura
Tappan and host of others.
ACADEMY OF MUSIC-The New York
Times, in speaking of Hoyt's great comedy.
which comes to the Academy of Music for
ore week. commencing next Monday. says:
Considering that A Texas Steer has had
run of a hundred nights at the Bijou
Theater. it is a little wonderful that Mr..
Hoyts farce could return there last even
ing and get reception enthusiastic and
so sincere as to make it really rank among
the eventful first nights of the season."
"A Texas Steer even on its second first
night remains worthy of serious inyeStiga-
ton. Its success. about whose reality there
can be no sort of doubt. may be due as
much to its manifest superiority to the
pieces with which it is naturally. though
perhaps not quite justly. compared as to its
intrinsic merits, but none the less these
merits are obvious and genuine. The types
1t is hardly necessary to say, never existed
as individual men and women. Such a cat
lie King as Maverick Brander is an impos-
Slbll1ty. There could not be such n Iuhhv-
ist as Brassy Gall nor could Major YelI or
Christopher Columbus Fishbaek or Othello
More or Dixie Style or Bossy exist In a ra
tionai world. Every one of them, none the
less, is ar instantly recognized personality
made real by numberless novels and news
papers. and more familiar to New Workers
than the Worth monument They are as
far from nature as the acanthus leaf on a
pillar. but like that leaf. each is the per
feet form toward which numberless indi-
viduals doubtless tend with more or less
persistency. So everybody who sees them
recognizes Instantly what Mr.. Hoyt means
There are no doubts in anybody's mind
about his intention, and the results he
seeks are attained naturally and with ease.
This is certainly art. For its expression
the playwright has the help of a clever
company of players, we'll trained and intel
ligent.
Usual matinees will be given during this
eI gdgement.
GRAND OPERA HOUSE.-For the COM
ing week the Grand Opera House will be
given over TO reunion of the Daughters of
the Revolution. Consequently the usual
will not be given until February
p. when an unusually strong company
will be seen, headed by the favorite COM
edian Jno. c. Rice. who has been one of the
most popular of the farce comedy stars al
50 the leading support with Miss Nav Irwin
Tor several seasons. He will be assisted by
the clever coincidence Sailie Cohen. and
will be seen in one of his latest comedy
A novelty in musical comedy
will be seen in the Kleist brothers. who ex
tract music and electricity combined from
all sorts of Instruments together with their
tloCh art, making various instruments float
through the air while extracting music
from them RAMA and Arno comedy aero
pats with their latest importation from the
Empire Theater, London; the burlesGuc
Blondon donkey; Charlie Case, one Of the |
best Of the monolOgue comedians; the Ran
GALES in high-class acrobatic dancing
novelty; Louis NJ. Granat, the worlds great
est unique whistler, who has but recently
returned from a successful European tour;
the Angela sisters, in songs and whistling
solos One of the special features of the
program will be the debut IN vaudeville of
Miss Florence Henri King of Washington
who stands high in Washington musical
circles as Violinist Of great merit.
kERNAN'S LYCEUM THEATER.-The
entire ten rounds of the Sharkey-McCoy
fight viii be reproduced in life motion at
kernan's Lyceum next week. The Gay
MasIueraders have added this wonderful
Geographic feat to an otherwise interest
ing and varied bill, regardless of expense.
anu II will be the first opportunity offered
manager hernan's patrons TO witness ami
mated pictures OF an event that has gone
down as one of the most notable in pugilis-
tic history. The views are faithful renro-
auctions and show the knockout blow
Besides this phenomenal feature the Cav
MaSqueraders will present d multiplicity of
features calculated to amuse. including the
spicy hrst part, 'McNulty and the Model "
and the respondent burlesque" Columbia
Forever" The adventures of McNuItv