Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-24

&dS IpDOWeQ tQe SIOry OF the
book very consistently, presenting a play
of stirring movement and incident which
needs for Its understanding no special ac-
quaintance with the novel Mr.. Frohman
mas given the play beautiful production
and cast thoroughly in consonance with
Its high qualities. One of the great scenes
shows the impressive and discordant revo-
lutfonary tribunal which condemns Charles
Barney to death and makes possible the
subsequent accommodation of the hero
Sydney Carton. Prominent in the cast are
J. H; stoddart, D. H Harkins. Byron
Douglas. Joseph Brennan. Earle Brown
VIM. Haworth. Gertrude Finney and Miss
Margaret Dale. The services of one hum
dred people are employed in the production
Mr; Miller VIII appear at the Wednesday
and Saturday matinees.
NEW GRAND OPERA HoUsE.-A care
ful examination of the bill of the Behman
Show. which will occupy the New Grand
next week, Will cause any one familiar
with the standing of high-grade vaudeville
performers to reach the conclusion that
there Is no organization on the road that
can excel this company, and few that can
compare with it. To the Four Cohans the
place of honor is accorded in this organi-
cation. They will present one of their
screaming farces. and it Is safe to assert
that no other three-act comedy contains the
funny situations. rapfd-fire action and gem
eral all-round merriment which this tall
ented family create in forty minutes. The
celebrated Rossow Midgets are also a spe-
cial feature of the Behman Show, and they
are whole circus IN themselves. These
wee little beings In their funny sparring
match and burlesQue strong man" bust
ness must be seen to be appreciated. They
are assisted by a giant, whose great height
accentuates their diminutive proportions.
Little Charlie Rossow also appears in his
unique imitation of Anna Held. singing and
otherwise conducting himself after the
manner of that much-advertised French
woman. The Three Merkel Sisters a trio
OF young women, are the special European
INN tiSn,, III
Yorke and Adams. who have won recogni-
ton as the leading portrayers of the
humorous type of Hebrew character will
sing some of their latest parodes on popu-
lar coon songs. Ethel Levey is spirited
and dashing vocalist, who is thoroughly
up-to-date in her selections, and very pref
ty. Perhaps one of the most striking fea-
lures of the performance is furnished by
Diana, the mirror queen" a dancer whose
act is augmented by a Skillful arrange
ment of mirrors and a manipulation of light
effects that produce the most startling and
beautiful results. Fred Niblo the American
humorist, Is new member of the company
RAMA and Arno, the eccentric acrobatic
comedians, with their comic donkey. who
performs astonishing feats, complete the
list
LAFAYETTE SQUARE OPERA HOUSE.
The Strakosch Opera Company which re-
turns to the Lafayette Square Opera House
next week, opens Its engagement on Mon
day evening with a notable production of
Gounod's masterwork Faust" This great
opera, founded on Goethe's unrivaled poem.
will have fitting Interpretation by the
StrakoSch company, which is now a double
organization, having double list of princi-
pals and a double chorus. In Faust it
will have beside the full orchestra a mill
tary band on the stage. The great double
chorus will afford abundant material for
the large soldiers chorus, the old mems
chorus, the young mems chorus, the stu
dents chorus the young women's chorus
and the old womens chorus. beside the
chorus of children. In fact, the opera will
be put on as it is in the large cities of Eu-
rope, with the stage filled with people,
making the professions large and realistic,
rather than STACEY and conventional. To
avoid possible dangers of mishaps there
will be double casts throughout. Thus
there will be two Marguerites. two Siebels,
two Marthas, three Fausts, two Valentines,
two Wagners and two Mephistos. Miss
Clara Lane will appear as Marguerite on
Monday, the opening night. She will also
sing on Thursday evening and at the We'd
nesday and Saturday matinees. Nine. Avery
Strakosch will appear on Tuesday evening
and will also sing on Wednesday, Friday
and Saturday evenings. On Monday even
ing the cast will include. in addition to
Miss Lane, Miss Amelia Fields Siebel.
Miss Irene Null as Martha, Mr.. Edgar
Zerni Faust. Mr.. John C. Dempsey as
Mephistopheles. Mr.. J. K. Murray as VAL
entine, Mr.. Geo. W. Chapman Wagner.
1t is said that remarkable electrical effects
in the second and third, and that this pre-
sentation Of Gounods great opera will be
such as has not hitherto been surpassed in
America
ACADEMY-The habits and haunts of
the yellow men who have so generally
spread themselves over America are shown
in rigid realism in The Queen of China
town. Joseph Jarrow'S new Mongolian
| melodrama, which is to receive its first pro-
duction in Washington at the Academy
| Monday night. There is a strange fascina-
ton about the lives of the metropolitan and
partially Americanized celestial which at
| tracts to every local chinatown" all man
ners Of people, both of high and low
degree. In catering to this curiosity Mr..
| Jarrow has cleft to the bone and his effort
| is regarded as singularly true to life. The
story Of the play is of real interest The
cities which have seen 1.-The Queen of
Chinatown" have commented upon the
verify of the scenes presented and the
strength of the company. Heading the or
| ganization is Miss Laura Biggar. beauti-
| full and talented woman, who assumed the
| as 1.-The widow in "A Trip to Chinatown
and will be favorably remembered. The re-
mainder of the company is above the aver
age. Low-priced matinees on Wednesday
and Saturday.
PICTURES OF THE PASSION PLAY
The famous Passion Play of Oberam-
mergau will be presented by the cinemato-
graph at Willard Hall for a period COM
mencing Monday, February g. The lee
turer. Rev. N. B. Thompson of New York
comes not to preach. but to instruct. He
does not advance the views of any particu-
lar denomination but simply presents to
the audience the pictured representation of
the life and death of the Savior of man
kind. He describes the manners and life of
the simple, God-fearfng people of Oberam-
mergau, the Passion Play being performed
there regularly for years, and hundreds of
persons participating in the cast of the
great drama The two chief requisites to
take part in the performance are goodness
and dramatic ability. Having these and resi-
dent of the little village is privileged to ap-
pear in the play. Not to be thought good
enough to play part in the drama is equiv
alent to disgrace.
KERNAN'S LYCEUM THEATER.-Man-
ager Herman announces the Rentz-Santley
Burlesque Company as his attraction at the
Lyceum for the week commencing Monday
matinee, February %. For years this or
ganization has been looked upon as a
leader Of high-class vaudeville and bur-
lesque. and each seasons visit has been
greeted with immense patronage from thea
ter-goers. The company for this season is
the best ever organized by Manager Abe
Leav1tt, and his olio of high-class Euro
pean and American vaudeviils acts secures
repeated encores at every performance.
This season the company is one of the
largest and most expensive on the road The