The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-18
COMING TO THE THEATRES.
The columbin-"Fo.y auiIler.o

| The CoIumbin-"Foxy QuiIIer.o
The Klaw and Erlanger Opera Company,
the largest musical organization ever as
sembled in this country for the production
of comic opera. will give its frs. perform
| ance at the Columbia Theatre next Mon
| day evening. the attraction being DeKov-
| en- and Smiths latest work. entitled Foxy
/ CUTLER" The company of 12j people will
/ be headed By Jerome Sykes. who Is I'M
I questionabIy one Of the foremost singing
| comedians on the American stage. dis
| tinct innovation is also the fact that the
| organization carries its own orchestra of
| twenty musicians, under the direction Of
| Signor A. DeNorvellis. The cast will in
cude Adolph link. the liliputian come
dian; Helen Bertram. Grace Cameron,
Georgia Game, Josie 1ntropodi, Edna Hun
| ter. Julius Steger. W. G. Stewart, Harry
McDonough Louis Cassavant, and others.
| Mr.. DeKoven's music Is notable from the
fact that it will contain contrast of two
different schools. The first act will be
dominated by the Enghsa suGg movement,
and some unusually effective bits of strong
choral writing. The last two acts the Ital-
ian school will predominant. with its warm
movement tinctured with voluptuous-
ness of the waltz rhythm. Mr.. Smiths
book is both clever and witty. He has told
ly and we'll.
The demand for seats for the opening
performance of Foxy CUTLER is one of
the largest in the history of the Columbia
Theatre.
The ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Are Trumps."
1t is said that for massiveness of
scenic settings and effects Hearts Are
Trumps," which comes to the National
Theatre next week, Is the biggest thing
of its kind that the local stage has ever
known. 1t contains fourteen immense
scenes. and to make the unfolding of
them possible two large traps have to be
cut in-the stage and a whole lot CT
things done to the theatre so that room
may be found for the storing OF the seem
cry when it is not in use. The play S
the work of Cecil Raleigh, and is a melo-
drama coming from that home Ct malo-
drama, the Drury Lane Theatre. in Lon
don. After its run abroad Charles Froh-
man purchased the entire production out
right, paying. it is alleged. $4,000 for it,
| and brought it to this country. For some
| months last season the play aston shed
New York. and all of last summer it was
in Chicago. making the people there for
get the heat. AS melodrama Hearts
Are Trumps'' is said to be essentially up
to-date, and to be away in advance of
| anything of its style. 1t is in four acts.
and its story ia told quickly and tersely,
and climax follows on the heels of eli
max with much rapidly There is NTH
ing confusing about the plot, and there
are but very few sub-plots to detIact at
tention from the main thread of the
story.
Mr.. Frohman has gathered together a
strong cast for the play. among lis prin-
rtV.a1 IL, L.Nsp 1t
ley, Lottie Alter, Francis Carlyle, Sidney |
Herbert. Dore Davidson. and s. Miller |
Kent The curtain will rise on the pro-
duction evenings at s o'clock sharp.
The Lafnyettc-''The Mnsquernders."
Next Monday evening the Lafayette |
Square Opera House will become the home |
of the permanent stock company which |
has been organized by Manager Fred G. |
Berger. to furnish revivals of successful |
plays at prices within the reach of all.
The play for the inaugural week will |
be Henry Arthur Jones' drama. 1.-The |
Masqueraders." which was played with |
such success some years ago by the En-
pire Stock Company. The cast on that |
occasion included Viola Allen, Henry Mil
Ter, and William Faversham. These three |
leading roles will next week be in the
capable hands of Miss Blanche Bates. an |
actress already very favorably known in
Washington; Eugene Ormonde. last season
leading man with Ada Rehan. and John !
T. Sullivan. who played SO many years /
with Rose Coghlan. The subordinate
roles will be entrusted to Hortense Neil
sen, Alma Kruger, Louise Macintosh.
Charles Wyngate, John Daily Murphy. |
Walter Craven, Fred Sullivan, and Robert
Rogers. .ats
For the opening performance next Mon
day night there has been very large
demand for seats. and the occasion prom
ises to be an important one in local theat-
rical circles. The sale Of seats for in
dividual performances will open this
morning at the box office. The subscrip
ton sale Of seats for the season has been
in progress since Monday with most graft
flying results. Season bookings will still !
be made for such seats as remain undis-
posed Of The others will be available
for patrons Of individual performances
Chase's New Grand-VaudeviIle.
The Overlooking Of Chases New Grand
Manager Chase to continue next week, in
view of the bill announced.
Next week will be noteworthy because
of the return of Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Mil
ton Royle, among the most eminent play
ers in their line in vaudeville. They will |
present THE High Ball Family" 1t is
the work of Mr.. Royle, who dubs it "a
serious farce in spite of the fact that
it keeps audiences in a constant roar
during the thirty minutes occupied in its
presentation. They will be supported by
Mary Dupont, William Frederick. and