Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-03

successful. n,
gon,' ''Ganalon' and his recent effort. Lew
Wallace's Ben Hur." which has achieved
the greatest success of any drama ever
placed upon the stage are his dramatizations.
both in the United States and England, was
the part of Smith, in why Smith Left
Home The company which will support
Mr.. Arbuckle. will be seen by the fol-
lowing cast, is a remarkably strong one,
and a most enjoyable evening may be ex-
pected at the initial performance Monday:
Marsac playwright, journalist and general
ronancer, Maclyn Arbuckle: Fontaine, an
artist, E. S. Abeles; Mons. Duval, wealthy
brewer. VIM. j. Ferguson; Uncle Maurice
Fontaine, who has acquired millions In
America, Horace Lewis: Becasse proprietor
| of restaurant Henry Bergman; Adolph, a
soldier. husband of Nine. Fleury, Claude
Brooke; Landals, tailor, Chas Chartras'
Isidore, a waiter, John F. Denton; Mons
Pompignol, a notary, George Foster; Jo-
seph, servant to Mons. Duval, William Ian
| den; Delphne. niece of Mons. Duvai. Mar
garet Fuller; Claire, daughter of Mons. Du-
VAL Sandol Miliken; Madame F'leury, land
| lady of No. II Rue Montignol, Kate Les
| ter; Madame Schmid. laundress, Laura
Clemens; Seraphine, Gorgiette, jolly, Adele.
Violette and Hortense. of the Folies Dra=
| rnati9ues, Annabel Whitford, ASrie Blanch-
| ard, Viola Car!stedt, Sally Berg, Maaelon
Temple and Leoni Norbury.
COLUMBIA THEATER.-Lovers of the
writings of the late Robert Louis Steven
son will find of their old friends in
| Gus Skinner new play, otlo.
| which he Is to produce at the Columbia
| Theater on Monday evening. Mr.. Skinner
| has made handsome a production of
romantic play as has been presented on the
stage in a long time. The work of adapting
the story was done by Mr. Skinner HIM
self. There were some doubters as to the
possibility of making good play out OF
| the Stevenson novel, for there is much In
| the book that would be useless on the stage.
Mr.. Skinner has skillfully avoided all this.
| He has used two episodes of the story al
| =, hos
| followed only the general theme of the
| book. He has made of Prince Otto true
| prince of romance, manly, daring, brave
and clever In the play Mr.. Skinner has
made a sympathetic seraphina acting al
| ways in the interests of her husband,
| though at times misguided. The same
sentation at Wallacks Theater. New York.
| will be seen here. Some of the scenes are
said to be intensely dramatic. At the end
| of the fourth act the princess, who mas
! been under the domination of her prime
| minister, has rude awakening. She has
| listened to all that he has had to say
and has followed him blindiy, but when
he deliberately insults her honor 1t is more
| than flesh and blood can stand. She wastes
no words upon him, save to tell him her
| opinion, and when he persists in his per-
| secution the princess takes dagger from
a convenient stand of arms. with the re-
| suit that the prime minister is severely
| wounded and falls to the foot of the stairs.
The prince enters and takes in the situation
| are in the service of the prime minister,
also enter. They are about to take the
prince into custody by warrant issued
| for the princes arrest by the princess. He
| takes the deed of the crime upon himself
and Is taken to the fortress at Drachen-
stein. Percy Haswell will be the princess;
George Nash, the prime minister while
| the prince will be Mr.. Skinner.
LAFAYETTE SQUARE STOCK COM
PANY.-On Monday evening the Lafayette
Square Stock Company will be seen in its
| third great revival of successful plays, the
| Offering for next week being The Senator,
| made famous by William H. Crane. 1t
| promises to be a happy selection for the
Lafayette Stock Company. Some of the
members of the stock company have not
had a chance to exhibit their true worth,
and by giving every one an opportunity
The Senator should present the full
strength of the st, stock company most ad,
plot which is probably familiar to follow
ers of the theater. 1t portrays in a very
| dramatic yet humorous manner certain
phases of political life. The characters are
very faithfully drawn. though no official
in public life has been caricatured. The
picture of the senator and his associates
is rather of composite character. There
is a realistic atmosphere about the who->
drama which will readily be recognized as
the true one by Westinghouse. Eugene
Ormonde will be seen in the name part
originated by Mr.. Crane. Mr.. Ormonde
played the same role last summer with the
Denver Stock Company and scored very
heavily. Rlancle Bates Will be seen as
Mrs. Hillary, the rich widow. This is the
role originally played by Georgia Drew
Barrymore. Miss Bates played it in Denver
last summer, and so is well up in the part.
John r Sullivan will add another notable
representation to his credit by appearing as
the willy Austrian diplomat, Count Won
Stroll. Walter Craven will be the Secre-
tary of State; John DAILY Murphy the Chi
nese minister; Alma Kruger will be the
young girl with the claim, Mabel Denman;
and congenial parts will be played by
- ,f,r Dor -in
Sullivan, William H. Conley Louise Mac
Intosh, katherine Field and Hortense Mel
sen.
HASHIM'S ACADEMY OF MUSIC-The
array of artists collected together for next
weeks bill at this popular theater is an
OTTER of those unusually strong
"Hashim' programs that have become the
talk of theatergoers of the capital city ever
since the Introduction of fashionable vau-
deville by Manager Hashim. THE Gay Miss
Con-" one of the best of the many one-act
ccmediettas now in vaudeville, will be in
terpreted by those clever comedy stars, Flo
Irwin and Walter Hawley Miss Irwin, who
has been starring lately at the head of her
own company, will make her first appear
ance in vaudeville this season. She will re-
ceive excellent support from Mr.. Hawley
one of the best known light comedians on
the legitimate stage, and who has large
circle of friends and admirers in this his
home city. Another prominent headliner
will be Gordon, Vidocq and Haverly, one of
on the boards. These artists, who scored
one of the big hits of the bill at Mr.
Hashim's New York house last week, will
be seen for the first time in vaudeville In
this city, and will offer an original speciality
which abounds in complicated situations
and humorous sayings
One of the big hits in this weeks bill
is scored by Professor Herbert's troupe OF
educated dogs. These humanity intelligent
animals. who do everything but talk. made
such a pronounced hit with the large fem
mime portion of Manager Hashims patrons
that they retained for the coming
week, when they will perform some new.
original and interesting tricks. "Dink
will continue his dive from the ladder
seventy-fve feet high. A unique and up-to-
date feature in the act will be the introduce
ton of an automobile, in which the dogs
will make their entrance on the stage This
modern vehicle will be filled with a score
of little Spanish poodles and will be OPP
Grated by an Irish setter. Still a fourth
headliner will be the Delaur and Debrimont
trio of operate vocalists. who come direct
from the principal theaters and music halls
of Europe. They will appear for the first
time in vaudeville in this city, and besides
rendering a specially selected repertoire OF
American and foreign airs will display some