Evening star., 1901-04-03
AMUSEMENTS,

NAT. c. GOODWIN AND MAXINE Ell
LIOTT-N C. Goodwin and Maxine Elliott,
in their charming and successful play, by
Henry V. Esmond. when We Were Twen-
ty-one." are announced for Monday even
ing next at the New National Theater.
when We Were Twenty-one has proved
one of Mr.. Goodwin's most successful
plays Already the demand for seats gives
reason to expect that the play will more
than duplicate it's success of last season.
Mr.. Goodwin and Miss Elliott will be sur
rounded by an exceptionally strong or
ganlzation. among which will be found
Henry Woodruff. Neil O'Brien, J. R. Gran
ford, Geo. E. Bellamy. Frank Mayne and
Misses Brandon, Gheen, Haverleigh, Os-
borne, Tidball and others Matinees will
be given on Wednesday and Saturday dur
ing the engagement.
"ARIZONA." Thomas "Ari-
zona" came in the nature of a surprise to
blase New York theater-goers. They had
never seen anything like it, and they were
undecided how to classify it. It still re-
mains a moot point along Broadway wheth-
er Mr.. Thomas successful play Is drama,
melodrama or comedy drama The New
York public voiced it's cordial approval in
Such substantial terms as resulted in seven
teen weeks straight run at the Herald
Square Theater. and prosperous three
weeks return at the Columbia and Am
phion Theaters, Brooklyn, and at the Har-
lem Opera House 1t is from the last
named theater that the entire metropolitan
production IS brought intact to the Column
bia Theater, this city, for q weeks engage
ment, beginning next Monday.
The principal artists in the cast are Olive
May, Vincent Serrano. Marion s. Barney
Walter Hale. Matte Earle, Edwin Holt, j.
W. Cope, Margaret Mayo, Edgar Selwyn,
Louise Closer, George O'Donnell F. n
OConnor, William. Haworth, Stephen B.
French and Helme Calvert. The advance
sale OF seats and boxes begins tomorrow
morning.
THE MOTH AND THE FLAME
The Moth and the Flame is announced
for next week at the Lafayette Square
in the recent unique voting contest inau-
gurated at the Lafayette, and had long
run in New York at the time Of it's first
production. 1t is high-class society
drama, with striking situations. The play
opens with 'children's party" in which
all the cast participates. The cast is an
unusually large one for a stock play, and
will include Mr.. Ormonde Edward
Mr.. Rogers as Mr. Dawson Mr.. Wyngate
as Douglas Rhodes, Mr.. Murphy as john
stone, Mr.. Craven as the clergyman and
Fred Sullivan as Howes: Miss Haswell
will play Marion Wolton; Miss Macintosh,
Mrs. Lorimer; Miss Grayce Scott, Ethel,
and Miss Field Kitty. Other parts will be
played by Messrs. Van Tyne, Ball and
Lunsford, Mrs. Craven, Florence Russell
son and McCracken.
OTIS HARLAN IN VAUDEVILLE-The
Chase Theater bill for next week contains
Otis Harlan. the rotund comedian of Hoyt
,, farce fame. Mr.. Harlans ability as n dis
penser of comedy has been proved in many
ways For years he starred in the Hoyt
comedies and established himself here as
one of the most versatile and original of
fun-makers. He will give a monologIe of
twenty minutes duration. Clayton White
md ara rart icta hx-I oil n
will present the ludicrous farce, ''Dickey,'
which has proved so successful as to cause
| it's engagement for the Lyric Theatar on
| don. Mr.. White was last season comedian
| In Frohman's "The Cuckoo" company, and
] Miss Stuart is noted for her French spe-
| cialty. The world-famous Quaker city quar-
| tet, late of Primrose and Dockstadsrs s
| mnstrels. are the third feature They
| are warm favorites here. Pete Baker OF
Chris and Lena fame is another popular
| entertainer who is included In the program
| Mr.. Baker has new material in the way OF
| stories and songs. and his megaphSne an.
| nouncements viii, as usual, provoke sur