Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-17
COMING ATTRACTIONS.

III. AootACiu ftllu MISS Harmed Will produce
THE Sunken Bell for which prepara-
lions have been in progress since last Au-
gust. After Mr.. Sotherns long season
closed at the commencement of the sum-
mer ne made trip to Europe specially to
gain thorough and authentic knowledge Of
the locale and surroundings of Gerhart
Hauptmanns masterpiece. The furore The
Sunken Bell has caused on the continent
OF Europe Is remarkable. Over fifty edi-
tions of the printed book have been sold in
Berlin while various companies are play
ing 1t all over Germany. Charles Henry
Meltzer has translated the piece into En-
gHsh, and although it is of recent issue
on this side the sales are rapidly increas-
ing. Three editions have already been dis
posed of, and fourth, containing illustra-
tions of the chief scenes. together with re-
produced photographs of Mr.. Sothern and
Miss Harmed as they appear in the play, is
now being got ready. Mr.. Meltzer Is
personal friend of Hauptmann. He met
him In this country when his much-dis-
cussed "Hannele" was done in New York.
so that he was in position to enter into the
spirit with him and reweave the delicate
fiber of this fairy play" as it is styled on
the title page of the book, in order to rem
der 1t into the best English equivalent.
Fairies. wood nymphs, sprites and elves are
scattered through the dramatis personae
The story Is Of Heinrich, the bell founder,
VINO deserts his wife and children in the
vale, tempted away by the maid of the
forest, and awakes to remorse all too late
1t Is simply beautiful alegory, interesting
to the scholar and the pupil. Music, espe-
cially composed by Anne Lachaume of the
Conservatoire of Paris, is one of the great
features of the production 1t permeates
the whole play. 1.-The Sunken Beil' will be
played Monday. Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday nights and at the Washington's
birthday matinee, Thursday afternoon.
Owing to the magnitude of the production
of THE Sunken Bell the MANAGEMENT an
nounces that the curtain will rise at 8
sharp in the evening and at the Thursday
matinee xr-fn Sho
sent THE Sunken Bell' at the Knicker-
booker Theater, New York, for a run.
The Kings Musketeer," with Sothern as
d Artagnan and Virginia Harmed as Mlladi,
last three performances.
COLUMBIA THEATER-"The Man in
the Moon" Is to be the attraction at the
Columbia for week, commencing Monday
night, with the usual ma tinees. The great
golden spectacle" as IL Is generally called
Is TO come here intact in ballots. member
snip and scenic accessories. During it's long
stay In New York the concession was gem
eral that nothing approaching it for splen-
DOR and comics had ever been offered on
the native stage. 1t Is a brilliant series of
pageants of oriental opulence. 1t is in
four acts and seven scenes, one a fairylike
apotheosis called the golden hall of Column
nia, and the others lively landmarks in and
ABOUT the big city, including the race track
at Sheepshead bay, the roof garden and
Diana tower of Madison Square Garden,
the water front beneath the Brooklyn
bridge, matrimonial agency, a million
aires ball In his palatial barn, and a fash
ionable residence on Riverside drive More
than twenty ballets of varying magnificence
ana splendor are incorporated in the pro-
auction Dances of testers, Summers and
barn guests are other distinctive and spec
tacular features. In the golden hall of Co
lumbia the entire company is introduced in
a dazZllng array of fancieS rejecting bril-
liant union of the republics of the world. in
ADDITION to picturesque number called
the ballet Of the states. which includes
representative of every state in the Union.
Inc English numbers are called the dances
OF the ponies and the mascots, the first
small colony of youthful English girls
costumed as jockeys, the second a tinklfng
symphony of English bellies. Sam Bernard
shoulders the bigger part of the fun, as
sisted by Lottie Medley. Viola Hollis. Julius
Steger. Louis Wesley, Frederick Solomon,
Lionel Lawrence, George Ryer Trixie Fri
ganza and La Petite Adelaide.
LAFAYETTE SQUARE OPERA HOUSE.
r. A. Barnets musical comedy, Three
Little Lambs" which has just concluded a
remarkably successful engagement at the
Fifth Avenue Theater, New York, and is
to be presented for the first time here on
Monday evening at the LAFAYETTE, is uni
Versally considered a worthy successor to
the same authors 1892" and Jack and
the Beanstalk." 1t was to have been pro
duced originally by the late Augustin DAILY
MIR. Edwin Knowles, manager of the Fifth
Avenue Theater in New York realizing the
opportunity. Immediately arranged with
Barnet for the piece, with the idea of MAX
ing 1t the first production of the permanent
musical company he was organizing to play
nue. Theater Musical Company an organiza
theater. and visit some of the greater cities
of the country. Three Little Lambs" thus
became the initial Offering of the Fifth Ave
nue. Iheater musical company, an organiza-
ton comprising more than sixty-five people
and including numerous singers and come
dians of the first class. who have achieved
comedy. among them being Misses Adele
Ritchie. Nellie Braggins, Marie Cahill,
Clara Palmer, Ida Hawley Gertrude Town
Send and Susanne Santje, Messrs William
q. Philp, Raymond Hitchcock, W. T. CarIe-
ton, Edmund Lawrence, Thomas Wniffen.
Harold Wizard and Tom Hadaway. The
story OF the piece concerns the adventures
OF Jack Harwick. who is left fortune by
MS uncle on condition that he will not dis
sipate for one year, with the proviso that
If he does not fulfill this condition the pron-
erty to go to dancing girl, whom the tes-
h tator nad IN, met ten years previously. Jack
who proves to be the identical girl to whom
the money is thus left
ACADEMY OF MUSIC.-The relish for
the palatable menu this season served the
patrons OF the Academy comes this week
IN the form of a melodrama, taking az its
basis the famous Dreyfus case and the
complications &C and scandals developing
l.
ly once before, and at that time its re-
ception critically was most fattering. It
will be remembered as a five-act play.
whose heart interest is very strong, and
In which action Is never made subseryient
to dialogue. To be sure. the authors have
introduced "a villainess" as the founder of
the plot against Captain De La Tour Can
tain Dreyfus), but this is practically the
only liberty they have taken with history.
The opening act shows a grand military
reception and the arrest and accusation of
Captain Dreyfus: the second his public
degradation before the army: the third the
palace Of the adventures, where scheme
is laid for the rescue of the captain: the
fourth at Devils Island, and here occurs
what is claimed as one of the most start
ling and realistic stage effects recently pro-
duced. The island is blown up by dynamite
just as a large steam yacht looms up in
the distance and rescues the prisoner.
Devils Island" is produced under the d.
rection of Vera DeNoie, one of the authors
who also assumes an important role in the
piece. There will be special matinee on
birthday.
KERNAN'S LYCEUM THEATER-Man-
ager Kernan's patrons will be more than
pleased at the announcement of next
weeks attraction at the Lyceum-M iaco's
City Club Burlesquers, one Of the strongest
burlesque shows on the road. Miaco neither
spares his time or money In perfecting his
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