Evening star., 1900-12-15

| musical comedies that have been well re-
ceived here. but never one that has receiy-
| ed the praise of San Toy" The first scene
| is in a small Chinese city. where man
DARN is hiding his daughter. instead of
| sending her TO the imperial palace at Pc
kin. the emperor has comma nded. The
| mandarin is resourceful. he disguises his
daughter as boy. An English attache of
| the British consulate discovers the fraud
| loves the girl and finally marries her. This
happy conclusion is not reached until the
| end of the second act. in which a state
reception is held in the emperors throne
room. This story, with some counterpiots.
| is told in dialogue that Is witty and hum
roums. The words of the songs are lively
| and pleasantly versed, telling amusing stor-
| les. More important. the music is tuneful
and has become very popular The big
mandarin sings with his little wives about
| their married life. and in each verse he
| loses one, and he is finally free again
and prepared to marry twelve more. San
| Toy sings of some of the advantages of
being disguised as n boy, and later OF her
| fondness for a little bit of fun The
| comical Chinaman, Ii, sings about his de-
| sire to appear as coCkney swell. ana
about the soldiers of various nations in
| China. The British attache sings Tommy
Atkins" song about "Rhoda, the Girl
| Who Ran a Pagoda,' is one of a number of
| prizes that helped to make San Toy
popular 1here are many Srace1ul uaIceS-
James T. Powers has role that is admir-
| ably adapted to his quaint style and
method. Minnie Ashley appears as Dudley,
the maid, and adds much to her perform
| anCe by her singing and dancing. Flora
Zabelle is seen San Toy, Melville Stew
art as Bobby, George X. Fortescue as the
ma ndarin and Wilfred Clarke as Sir Bingo.
Among others in the cast are Carolyn and
Frances Gordon, Joseph Goodrowe. j. l..
Weber Sarony Lambert, Jean Newcombe.
The musical comedy will be produced here
in the same elaborate manner as at DAILY 5,
the stage settings representing a pictur-
eSque view of Chinese street and a view
of the emperor'S palace. An enlarged or
chestra. under the direction of John Bra
ham, will be used, and there will be
chorus of seventy-five voices.
NEW NATIONAL THEATER-Mrs Les
lie Carter comes to the New National Thea
ter Monday night. Her coming is in the
nature of a farewell. Mrs. Carter herself
will doubtless be seen again in this city
but not as ''Zaza." While ''Zaza" may not
| be cancelled entirely from her repertory it
is practically assured that her work after
this year will be upon other great plays
which David Belasco is either writing or
adapting for her.
The complete success won here original
ly (and later in New York; by Mrs. Carter
is not forgotten. Since then she has added
to her triumps, having repeated in London
the surprising records she had made at
home Her fifteen weeks at the Garrlck
Theater. Charing Cross road, might have
been extended to fifteen months. During
that time she played 'Zaza' 1o5 times. each
performance being before an audience that
tested the capacity of the theater, and
which rendered it's applause not only by
handclapping, but by shouts and cheers
that could be heard half block away.
American audiences are less demonstrative,
but not less apprecative. Her coming en-
gagement will probably be her goodbye to
the part so far the capital, the scene OF
he1 first nights triumph, is concerned.
The play itself, reflects credit upon David
Belasco, not merely because Of perfect
construction and forceful climaxes,
but because he has succeeded so
well in elevating It's moral tone. The
original "Zaza," as played by ReJane was
utterly impossible. Even Paris could not
applaud it for long. 1t remained for MT.
Belasco therefore. to adapt it in an ethical
as well dramatic sense during whlch
process he succeeded in writing a play
almost wholly new. He will be here Mon
day night to supervise the farewell pre-
sentations at the National. Mrs. carter
will be supported by the same cast. Inc
players who have shared her success at
home and abroad are Chas. A: Stevenson
Marie Bates, Maud Winter little Terese
Berta, Hugo Toland, Helen Robertson Marx
Smith and al least twenty others; Inc cur
tain will rise promptly at o'clock. On!y
one matinee will be given, and that IS an
nounced for Saturday.
LAFAYETTE SQUARE THEATER.-A
delightful satirical comedy, with a true
fering of the Lafayette Square Stock Com
pany. The play will be The Lottery OF
Love" Matrimony is the theme of this
comedy which was adapted from an old
German play by the late Augustin DAILY
and produced with great success by the
Daily company and Miss Ada Rehan sew
eral seasons ago August1n Daiy was uh.
equaled as adapter Of plays. his bright
dialogue and good dramatic judgment
making strong plays out of material which
at first sight seemed to offer only the con-
no ntt tary nf
Love- the tender sentiment receives both
serious and burlesque treatment. The Sc
rious theme cafries the main thread of the
comedy, and the more whimsical ideas
supply abundant, clean, wholesome comedy
The presentation will be more than usually
Interesting because this will be the sec
ond production in which Miss Percy Has
we'll will be seen. Miss Haswell has been
renewing old acquaintances at the Lafay-
cite this week, and she finds that her place
in the affections Of theatergoers has not
been usurped. Since she was here last
summer Miss Haswell has been kindly re-
membered by the many admirers she made
then and these have been out in force
this week to witness her delightful work
in Rosemary. In "Ihe Lottery OF Love
Eugene Ormonde will have one of the best
comedy opportunities he has yet enjoyed
as leading man of the Lafayette company.
Louise Macintosh will also have splen-
did comic role. She appears in boomers
in one scene. Alma Kruger will return to
the cast and will be seen in the feminine
role opposite Miss Haswell. John DAILY
Murphy, Charles Wyngate. Robert Rogers.
Walter Craven, Frederick Sullivan. Miss
Nielsen and Miss Field will also be In the
cast There will be the usual Wednesday
and Saturday matinees. Seats for the
Wednesday afternoon performances are al
most invariably sold out several days in
advance.
ACADEMY OF MUSIC.-Managers E. D.
Stair and Geo. H. Nicolai have introduced
a new D'Artagnan in the person Of Harry
Glazier who appears at the Academy of
Music next week He has a wide range of
experience, embracing every line of parts
from low comedy character to those of the
classic and romantic school During his
career he has supported such stars as Law
renee Barrett. Thomas W. Keene, VIM.
Redmund. Stuart Robson and Katherine
Kidder For the last few years Mr.. Glazier
has been connected with the foremost
stock organizations throughout the coun-
try, playing more than $50 leading roles.
The present version of THE Three Muske-
teers'' is from the pen Of Edmund Day, and
it follows the great romance closely. The
entire scenic equipment is carried by the
company. The supporting company is a
large one and includes such well-known
artists as John p Barrett as Richelieu.
George G. Denton as CAPTAIN De TreVille,