Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-03-16
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NEW NATIONAL Observation-Disclosures
Mansfield in his great production of Henry
w will be seen at the National for seven
appearances next week. The curtain on
Henry W. will rise at 7:45. 1t is believed
that nothing SO wonderful in stage craft will
be witnessed again this generation as
Mansfields presentation of this historic
pageant. 1t is not alone an entertainment,
inspiring and diverting, light in humor and
robust in heroism but it is liberal edu-
cation in a great epoch of history. Henry
W as presented by Mansfield, may be
compared to an historic museum, a hall
in which are collected all the treasures of
a celebrated period. And this collection
has gems, each of which alone is worthy
of a visit and contemplation for its own
single sake. There are dozen of the
more than two dozen great settings any
one Of which would make a sensation as
the feature of less pretentious, but still
pretentious production. The scene which
has attracted most attention is the spec
tacle of Henry'S return to London. Women
and children crowd the streets and swarm
upon the porches and out of the windows
Children scuftle and gambol in the street,
balladmongers move among the crowd,
HagS and banners and StreamerS fly every
WHERE dancing girls strew the path with
roses. All is hustle and confusion The
eager, eXpectant air of a vast concourse
awaiting a coming spectacle is wonderfully
caught. The lord mayor and his retinue
take their places and the returning army
appears amid the plaudits and cheers of
the multitudes, each commander receiving
special tribute. Jamey. the Scotchman,
seems an especial favorite. Pistol leads
the van and is greeted with open arms by
his wife. AS Macmorris passes a young
maiden darts out from the crowd and asks
him question. He whispers to her, and
she reels and faints and is borne away by
her companions. 1t is a little thing but it
shows the completeness Of detail in the
picture and serves a reminder amid the
general rejoicings that war is a terrible
hiracr ovid baf
due to some single heart" on such a day
as this. Finally, amid the waving of ban
ners and flourish of trumpets, Henry him
self arrives on his charger and the people
sweep with mighty rush to do homage to
the king and victorious hero, fetching, as
Shakespeare says, their cOnquering Caesar
In" Some years ago. when the German
Meininger produced Julius Caesar" many
critics said 'the mob was the star" 1t is
not so In Mansfeld's production, the crowd
is In its proper perspective in the unfold
ing Of the drama, but it has been the pur-
pose Of the management to have every
member trained to play his part, small as
it Is, as perfectly as the star
COLUMBIA THEATER.-Next week the
Columbia's attraction will be Leo Ditrich-
STEMS dramatization Of Judge Robert
Grants famous social satire, "Unleavened
Bread" The novel from which the play
was made has attracted a vast amount of
discussion, owing to the keenness of the
satire and the fact that Selma White, the
heroine, is supposed to be the authors idea
Of the modern club woman. It Is said that
the decentralization is a particularly clever
one, and that the essential points of the
novel have been preserved In the play. The
drama is divided into four acts the first
occurring at the Babcock home in Benham
when Selma meets Littleton and finally
separates from her husband owing to his
infideiity. Acts two and three find Selma
the wife of Littleton in New York, when
the acquaintance of Williams Is made and
he fro, thn nj fo~
house occurs. The finale of the three acts
is given over to the now famous quarrel
between Selma and her whilom friend,
Fiossie Williams, the gay society butterfly
Flossfe, discovering that Selma is eaten up
with envy, metaphoricaly lights into her
without gloves and shows Selma up in her
proper light, that Of a selfish, envious and
even ridiculous woman. What was one of
the strongest passages in the book has be-
come one Of the most important scenes in
the play. In the last act Selma has re-
turned to Benham where she finally snares
the pompous Governor Lyons, and finally
comes to Washington as the wife of the
newly elected senator. The company en-
gagged by Liebler & Co. to interpret the sew
eral characters Is one Of singular excel
lence. Elizabeth Tyree will be seen as Sell
ma White Edward j. Morgan will imper-
senate Wilbur Littleton and Miss Eleanor
Robson will be the Flossie Williams The
other characters are in no less capable
hands than George Fawcett, Alice Fischer,
George Woodward, Margaret Fuller, NAL
coin w llliIuS anu MORTON SETON.
LAFAYETTE SQUARE STOCK COM
PANY.-''Moths," Ouida's great story of
continental high life, is the bill announced
for next week at the Lafayette Square
Theater. This story has been dramatized
in a mastery manner and offers splendid
opportunities for the members of the COM
pany. as well as the stage director. Mr.
Bellows is making unusual preparations for
a great scenic display. A snowstorm in the
wilds OF Russia and the splendors of a
Muscovite palace will be presented in an
exceptional manner. Special scene painters
and stage carpenters have been at work
all the week on these effects, and the man
agement promises that they will surpass
anything ever seen here in these lines. The
story Of the play Is well known to all read
ers of such literature, and centers around
the love of a famous French tenor for
beautiful girl, whose worldly mother forces
her to marry raScAIly Russian ooint