Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-10-24
ADJUSTMENTS.

VI one week MONDAY evening, Octo-
Der %, in Hamlet" From pic
torial standpoint a magnificent presenta-
ton is promised-the costlest Mr.. Sothern
has ever been associated with. Preparations
began last spring, and the scenic artists
and costumers continued steadily at work
throughout the summer. The revival re-
ceived four five weeks of rehearsal be-
fore presentation and surpasses the biggest
Shakespearean productions remembered in
this country
Fully 225 people will be employed in the
Sothern-Harned production of Hamlet"
next Monday evening. 1t will be presented
exactly as it was done at the Garden The
alter. New York. For Shakespearean re-
vival these figures will appear an exagger-
alton, but. If anything, the total mentioned
is under the mark. The following list will
show how the number is made up. Ac-
cordng to the cast the principals are 81;
not less than 100 extras will be used in
the mise-en-scene; these are described in
the play book as lords, ladies, officers, SOL
d1ers, players, sailors messengers and at
tendants. Over 80 people are required to
put the play on. These are composed of
scenic artists, carpenters. property men,
expert electricians and calcium men, clean
ers, wardrobe people and general stage
hands. The magnificent nature of the seen
cry, furnishings, costumes, ETC., demand an
unusually heavy staff behind the curtains.
Second in interest to Mr.. Sothern's APP
pearance as Hamlet at the New National
Theater will be the performance of Virginia
I1dIIleu III lHe role OF OpneId.
THE COUNTESS vALEsKA''-The Of
fering for the second week of the Lafayette
Square Stock Company will be THE Coun-
tess Valeska, the strong romantic costume
drama, which Julia Marlowe produced three
seasons ago with great success. The selec-
ton of this notable drama for the second
week of the stock company furnishes ma
terial for series of performances which
promise to be in every way up to the very
high standards set on last Monday night,
when Washington was first introduced to
the talented group of players engaged by
Manager Frederick G. Berger. The instant
success scored then by the magnificent pre-
sentation of "The Masqueraders," which is
running all this week, was surprise to
those familiar with the elaborate prepara-
tons made by Mr.. Berger for his new stock
company. which, it is hoped, will become
in time to Washington what the Empire
Iheater Stock Company is to New York.
The new play to be done next week. The
Countess Valeska," was enthusiastically re-
ceived here three seasons ago, when Julia
Marlowe presented 1t on the same stage
which will witness its revival next Monday
evening. The play is from the German of
Rudolph Strait, and the scene is Poland at
the time the great Napoleon forced the
Prussian states into what he christened the
confederation of the Rhine. The period Of
the play and the locale offer exceptional op-
portunities for rich costuming and pctur-
esque scenery. The Lafayette's new scenic
artist is now at work on the stage settings.
L lie cast Will include, besides MISS BlanChe
Bates in the title role. Eugene Ormonde in
the leading male part: John T. Sullivan,
John DAILY Murphy, Charles Wyngate, Wal
ter Craven, Robert Rogers, Frederick Sui
livan Alma Kruger. Hortense Nielsen,
Katherine Field and Louise Macintosh.
COLUMBIA THEATER - Commencing
Monday night Tim Murphy and superior
company will present "A Bachelors Ro
nance at the Columbia. Sol Smith Rus
sell, temporarily retired, has conveyed to
Tim Murphy his best play, and has given
the indorsee power of attorney to draw
without limit upon the large and devoted
Russell clientele. "A Bachelors Romance"
serves to present the popular comedian in
a charmingly plain character. combining
the artless simplicity of reclusive voca-
ton and the latent urbanity of good breed
ing. The character is kept in evidence dur
ing most of the play. Tim Murphy is with
out doubt one of the best natural genuses
that the contemporary stage knows. His
work has long been of the highest order,
and his impersonation will be without ques-
ton study of uncommon interest and
value. 1t was according to fitness and
stage matters, when the time came for Sol
Smith Russell to temporarily relinquish his
work that his physical counterpart should
take it up. That quaint comedian has
proved that he has genius enough to de-
part from the methods of his predecessors
in the presentation of the part of a bache-
lor. 1T is new character as Mr.. Murphy
creates It," says the st. Louis Post Dis
patch; 1.-The audience was most agreeably
surprised. 1t was Mr.. Murphy's own con-
ception of the part, and it appealed to all
that was good in those who saw It,. 1t
was not any better than Russelfs-there
are many who think that impossible-but II
was as good" The supporting company is
a strong one, and numbers among its mem
bers Louise Thorndyke Bouccicault, Doro-
thy Sherrod, Fanny Addison Pitt Ethel
Strickland, ]. Lester Wallack, Percy
Brooke, William H. Pascoe, Fred A. Thom-
son, j. r. Armstrong and q. j. Griffin
rif, IL hnc lied
an elaborate production. Seats will be on
sale tomorrow night.
HASHIM'S ACADEMY OF MUSIC-For
next week Manager Hashim has gathered
together a bill composed OF stars from the
grand opera, farce comedy and dramatic
stage, blended together with the best acts
that the vaudeville market affords. Head
ing the bill will be the famous prima donna,
Marie Tavary, who, it will be remembered,
was the leading star of the Tavary Grand
English Opera Company. She will make
her appearance for the first time this sea-
son, and will be heard in a selected roper
toire of grand opera airs and popular COM
positions. A second headliner will be the
Russell Brothers the famous Irish cham |
bermads. This celebrated pair of fun
makers need no Introduction to Washington
theater-goers. Another headliner Is Juan
Caicedo, king of the bounding wire" and
acknowledged the greatest artist in his line
in the world, who will perform some thrill |
ing and sensational feats on the swinging
wire. This Will be Mr.. CalcedoS hrSt ap-
pearance here since his return from Eu-
rope. An act engaged by Mr.. Hashim par
ticularly for ladies and children is Prof.
Herbert's troupe of educated dogs includ-
ing the famous hgh-diving dog Drink"
Other stellar features will be Hall and
Staley the twentieth century burglars; Jul
Ian Rose, delineator Of Hebrew eccentrici-
ties: Charles w. Littlefield, the celebrated
mimic and impersonator: Kelly and Reno,
grotesque acrobats, and Rita Redmond,
singing coincidence.
CHASES NEW GRANDPA polite vau-
deville bill, which Manager Chase an
nounces as superior to and more costly than
Hyde's comedians, has been engaged for
Chase's New Grand next week Simple
mention of the names of the stars COM
posing the program is sufficient to prove
the truth of this assertion, gathered to-
gether for the forthcoming occasion are Jo-
seph Hart and Carry DeMar, Amelia Som
merville, Clarice Vance, J. K. Murray and
Clara Lane, Wright Huntington and COM
pany, Nine. Emmy's pets, Armour and Ba-
guley, and the Brothers Damn. These |
eight acts cover the whole field of polite |
vaudeville, and each is without an equal of |