Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-10-13
MUSIC

plotted as s.arS who command big financial
returns In all cities. VIII lie the company it
self. however brilliant the play and the
performance. does not exceed the limits of
ordinary prosperity. To be sure every one
who sees their productions murrnurs dee
,.ghtfur' and otherwise commends II, but
the .cl en,e!le seems confined to a certain
regular list OF admirers. The people who
were formerly OF this company and who
are now conspicuous stellar favor.teS are
numerous. If In the course OF time VIM.
Fayersham. Margaret Ansiin. Joseph
Wheeiock and o,hcrs, who have SO pleased
ms audiences at tho Ma ,ional this week. go
forth in new plays with supporting COM
panies OF ordinary ca.iber. they will prob
ably find pilgrims crowdinG ono ane her TO
get to the shrine. 1t looks at times as il
The theaterEo ng public attached more al
tenti0n to the black typo IN the advertise
ments than to the actual work on the
sage The privilege of seeing number OF
tne players m lie Same cast appeals strong
~ 10 those VINO give some atieatiOn TO the
affairs of the iheA;er: but to the generality
Of mankind 1t 10 The nams Of an individual
which counts. Brother Officers Is in NJ
sense a remarkable play. 1t Is easy TO I'M
deTstand The STA tetnenS that the manage
ment had grave doub.s as to its success,
and was at its opening prepared with an
o1her production taxa Its place without
delay. 1t has few If any new IDEAS: bu:
he manner in which it il performed makes
II a thing Of beauty. Wiili3m Faver.sh I'm
seems to depend less on techniau, han
on psychology. telepatfy Or some o.her
force too mystic rious 10 be ment oned in
.esS than foCr or I've Sy.tAh.oS The fai,h n
ne aiers miss pom; by net citing him as
an example of what men al energy can ac-
Complisa. He is presented TO he audience
as a gallant lover, u deyii-may-carc lord
Ing. d das. ard vitain or a rough solder
man. and the audience accepts aim ID such
without question He never compelled
TO emphasize his poinS in order 10 man
ain the i usion. He can put his hands in
his pockets, and sand nio.ionlesS and re-
main the object CT EnS2vor!nS at eaiion.
When, at the CONCLUSION of Brother OFF,
GERS" he puts his hat on and turns -
back on love and an.b. ton. he is surround
ed with an atmosphere OF pathos. The
audience does not see his face. All il
gels Is rear vitw of a plain sack coat of
The popper-a ld-SG't svrL; b4l x IS enough
Faver.ham - perhaps the only man in the
county WHO can - " II H.s otSh. II.
sec ret rust lie in the complete esq of his
sympathy with the character he assumes
He Is Wh3; might be called an auto hypno.-
ist whose own belief in his change OF idcn-
tfty carries conviction.
The last rose of SIMMER was not a more
plainiire proposition this year Than The
Rose of Persia"
that. d.sazsoC. ed from GiI5ert. Sir Arthur
Sullivan is not a pay ng investment Poor
Francis Wilson found ili:s out when he a.
lowed The name of Sullivan 20 besu..e him
into that serious udshap. THE Chiefiain =
some years ago. Yet It is doubtful if even
W. S. Gilbert would have made a success
of THE hose Of Pers had he followed
he theme OF Basil Hood = book. There has
oten reaction OF gloon n the career oi
comic opera which tuds Its CUM nd ion in
The hose Of Persia" The Woman OF
the Guard and "Itlddygore" We're short
~ cd, aud nlaue Dut .....e str. 1uo 10. iiIer
opera had TO- loaa.e the solemn pre-
cInctS of III. Tower of London. thai slure-
house Of L asic memories. and Was over
shaQowed bJ the grim presence of the
..eauz.aaI With MS S.elEl-aS AK. ''kuduy-
gore suffered by is utle and was per
nieated with midn ghi phan.asies. One of
is principal Ch-rtc: rs. ST. Rupert Murga-
troyed. back cioaked. cadaverous gho.j e.
returned from d damp. unwEoiesome grave
10 sing
When thc night wind howls
la n. ,hIn.n,y conas
Aud The bat III TIE moonlight ces
The high y-au cccssiu! M haio' was a be-
ne aiding Ci,,Ia. "a. ,ncre an element 81
humor ''sni, ke r,nee," and the Lord II gh
EAecutioner by his own statement nadn /
The heart 20 Kill guinea pig. The cos
tuner OF The Rose OF Persia was prob
violating one OF the blue laws. The 81
kedo" was also draped opera: bat the
geIsha Is danny and her kimono a rap
ture in silk and plum blossoms, VIII lie The
Persian peri. yelled and trouserej. is hope
.ess4y baggy. In '''fhe Rose of Persia the
btheadins idea is paramount. and The play
full way in With he sui. AN tells his ''icky
wiley pifey' that she shall be put to the
sword Is cold-biooded AM creepy. There
are times when even decapi at on falls 10
De mirrhful John lie Hay Is not q
sprightly comedian. and Il the copous dose
Of "bhang." a drug supposed to produce
the most lively sens3 tons, which he night
Iy takes to drown the mu!ti-voices o. his
harem. Is of any effect II is not apparent.
1t is not ia to wholly condemn Mr.. Hood !
book. Its lyrics are distinctly ingenious,
and what the work might have been II pre-
sented with comic opera costumes. good
voices and comedians. who occasionally
look on he bright side of life. there il M
telling what il might have been. Sullivan
music Is as matter OF course scholarly;
though only sometimes sprightiy. The COM
pany starts for dear old London tonight.
Washington was very handsomely repre-
scented in the success of George c. Hazel
TONS Mistress Nell" Henrietta Cros-
man. the star. was one of the people who
had to a certain extent drifted out Of at
tentlon and the furore which the produc-
ton has caused came like thunder clap
city was very orsditably concerned in the
production. Mr.. Hazefton's success with
this play tends 20 refute Mr.. Dan Froh-
mans sweeping assertion that the Ameri-
can dramatist is an unreliable quantity.
Possibly he has not been properly cult
waited by the American manager.
"In connection with the permanent stock
company which Will appear at the Lafay-
cite Square Opera House under my direc-
tion" said Manager Fred. G. Berger a
few days ago. 1T would like to point out
one thing. That IS that more well known
players will be on the foster than IS the
case with any stock organization In the
United States paying at the popular prices
which will prevail at the Lafayette. The
only stock campan MES which will be superior
to the Lafayette Organization. in my opin-
ion, will be the Empire and Lyceum COM
panies Of New York city. and they play at
s. per seat In New York city and 81 80 when
on the road. Our highest prices will he IS
cents, and there Is not in the entire coun-
try a stock company playing at such a
scale Of prices which will be the equal of
the Lafayette company. II one considers
the experience. talent and regulations OF
the players.
II have been asked how long the Lafay-
cite Stock Company win occupy the thea
ter Some inquiries have been made as to
whether the enterprise will last throughout