Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-28
AMUSEMENTs.

| Bergerac." The interest which the public
/ still feels in this literary masterpiece was
| shown by the audience which occupied every
seat in the theater and made extensive de-
mands on the standing room space. The
production employed the same elaborate
scenery as that displayed last season and
conveyed very few new impressions. Miss
Edith Evelyn played the part of Roxane,
and played it competently. The company
with whom Mr.. Mansfield has surrounded
! himself this season is not one which is CAL
culdted to make the artistic average high
outside his own performance. There was
no occasion to revise either the extremely
favorable opinions originally expressed
about Cyrano as played by Mansfield or the
minor objections to some of the details of
his work. Cyrano remains by far the most
meritorious feature of this actors roper
toire. Tonight Mr.. Mansfield will repeat
THE First Violin
sTRAKOsCH OPERA CoMPANY.-Last
night Mrs Avery Strakosch appeared as
Marguerite at the Lafayette Square Opera
House, and the Strakosch Opera Company
gave an enjoyable performance of Gounod's
Faust The chorus came out in good
full tone and the principals appeared TO
advantage. Mrs. Strakosch made a favor
able impression, both as to her singing and
acting This evening Mrs. Avery Strakosch'
will appear as Marguerite, also on Fri
day evening and at the Saturday matinee.
Tomorrow evening Miss Diard will sing
Marguerite. and also on Saturday evening.
Next week the company will present two
comic operas. On Monday. Wednesday and
Friday evenings and Saturday matinee
Czibulka's spectacular comic opera, "Anno-
rita, Will be given. This opera abounds in
the brilliant Viennese march and waltz
music, presented by large choruses in beau
t:ful costumes, with other special spectacu-
lar effects. On Tuesday evening. at We'd
nesday matinee and Thursday and Sat
urday evenings Gilbert and Sullivans fun
of al Mikadn
given, with cast including all the come
dams of the company.
THE HAMBURG RECITAL. - Mr..
Mark Hamburg. the young Russian pi-
anist. who created favorable impression
when he first appeared in Washington with
the Baltimore symphony Orchestra some
months ago. appeared in a recital at the
Columbia Theater yesterday afternoon. The
audience was not as large as 1t should have
been, but possibly the fact that 1t was the
last day before Lent. and consequently the
number of social functions was very large
had something to do with the lack in the
audience of those known to be lovers of
good music. Those who were present, how
ever. greeted Mr.. Hamburg warmly and
applauded literally each of his numbers.
AS said of him when he was first heard
here. he attacks his work with the i'm
petuOsity and confidence of youth, but his
technical skill is remarkable. There APP
pear to be difficulties of execution that
he is unable to master, and in the varied
program he played yesterday he showed a
versatility of reading and expression that
deserves warm commentator. He played
Chopin. Letschiuzky, Rubinstein and
Volkslied of his own that was very favora-
bly, received. The last number was the
List Hungarian Rhapsody No 2. and SO
pronounced and prolonged was the ap-
plause that he was forced to return and
play again. Mr. Hamburg is just upon
the threshold of his career, and now ap-
parently delights in the exhibition of his
great digital dexterity and ability to pro-
duce large volume of sound but there
were times when he played with great deli
cacy of feeling, and some of his pianissimo
passages were delightful. His touch is
firm. accurate and convincing, and there is
great hope for him when he shall reach the
maturity OF his powers
NEW NATIONAL THEATER-When
Manager George W. Lederer took THE
Belle of New York" to London two years
ago the theatrical wiSeacres prophesied that
it would not last week in the English
capital. But the Belle" has just returned
home after a remarkable career of 687 per-
fcrmances at the Shaftesbury Theater. Lon
DON Edna May, who went to England
comparatively unknown, has returned with
prestige. But another girl, Toby Claude,
seems to have scored as great a sensation
at the Casino as Edna May did in London.
The engagement at the National Theater
commences Monday evening next. The COM
pany is provided with all the handsome
costumes and scenery used in London. Mr..
W. Prophet Carleton, during the perform
ance, Will sing Kiplng's The Absent
Minded Beggar," to the music by Sir Ar
thur. Sullivan. There will be matinees on
Wednesday and Saturday.
"A COLONIAL GIRL"-''A Colonial
Girl one of the latest of the New York
Lyceums successes, which Daniel F'roh-
man will present at the Columbia next
week first produced in New York in
the fail of 1898. 1t made very strong i'm
preston and had long run to crowded
houses at that theater, and subsequently
duplicated its success in many OF the prin
cipal cities of the country. This Is the first
season of regular production on the road
and it's first time in this city. The play Is a
stirring drama of old New York in revolu
tionary times. 1t Is love story, and
though the uniforms of the military, both
British and continental. are in evidence.
there is none of the turmoil and smell of
powder which is incidental to war play.
Mr.. Howard Gould. who is the star of the
company, was last seen here Rudolph
in The Prisoner of Zenda-" a character
which for three years he has made pecu-
liarly his own, by means of which he has
become accepted as one of the best roman
tic actors OF the day. The company is COM
posed Of capable actors. specially engaged
and rehearsed by Mr.. Frohman in person,
and the scenery, furniture and properties
all carried by the organization, are the
same used during the New York run of the
play
Yeamans Titus, the charming character
singer. actress and mimic, daughter of
Annie Yeamans, will head the house bill
which will be next at the New Grand.
While the current show is regarded as the
best in vaudeville. it does not enter far into
that domain polite vaudeville. that Man
ager Chase has made peculiarly his own
field in this city. Therefore. next week S
program will be welcomed by New Grand
patrons as happy return to the style of
entertainment that has made the theater
pleasing and profitable. Lydia Yeamans
Titus has but recently returned from a trip
TO Europe. where she more than comforted
the Brtishers for the loss of Cissy LOTUS,
who seems to have selected her future resi-
dence this side of the great pond"
Haines and Petungiii. the premier black
face comedians. will supply that brand of
amusement, which Edwin Latch rendered
so popular several weeks ago. Bonner"
the trained horse, with repertoire of 100
tricks. will be a novel feature. Among
others are De Veaux and De Veaux, the &C.
centric musical artists; Seymour and Du-
pree, The Chinaman and the Soubrette;"
Dick and Alice McAvoy, with their newest
little comedy, "Caseys Corner" The SUIT
cliffe family of acrobats. who are daring
and artistic in their various feats, will
wind up the bill. Nearly all these are new