The times., 1901-06-23

darcy OF the Guards" The presenta-
ion was made in san Francis co, where
Mr.. Miller is playing t. stock engagement
ms summer. The newspaper reports are
. the effect that the piece should prove
substantial SUCCESS when tried on the
Zig circuit Mr. Miller Will use - Arcy
! the Guards next season for his chief
offering.
Washington is the greatest place in the
country for appreciative audiences" de-
eIared the senior partner of the laugh
making firm of M6Irtyre and Heath. when
he clever duo presented their sketch The
Man From MontanaN last winter at
Chase's Yes" he continued we have
Travelled this country over pretty thor
-0ughly; nowhere outside of the Capital
City will you find people in the front of
the house who catch a joke funny line.
or bit of by-play quicker. or who enjoy
it more kecnly than do the playgoers of
Washington. Such has always been our
experience and you Will find hundreds of
people in the theatrical profession who
will tell you the same thing"
Just listen he said without any evil
dence of jealousy as the big audience
caught up a speech from the Junior part
rer of the combination and was veritably
roaring with laughter. He continued:
All players like to reach Washington
For some reason or other the people here
seem thoroughly at home in the theatre
and the players are imbued with the same
feeling and are quick to appreciate the
hospitality that is awaiting US. You won't
find audiences anywhere on the vaudeville
circuits. East or West, that are made up
of better class of people than those
here. All the vaudeville players were
glad when Washington got included in po-
nte vaudeville.
This feeling of cordiality and lat home
ness on the part of Mcintyre and Heath
is well understood here, for nowhere are
these hfaplg-faga ait
popular or more kindly treated than in
this city Their visits are looked forward
20 by theatrogOers as one of the depend
able treats of the season. Last winter
their new sketch, The Man From Mon
tana, was laughed at immoderatey but
there was a general demand that they
should return to their favorite piece, The
Georgia Minstrels. which they will play
at Chase $ al one of the headline features
of this weeks bill.
Klaw & Erlanger have arranged with
Jacob Lift to present the Drury Lane
fairy extravaganza, The Sleeping Beau
ty and the Beast" at the Broadway The
atre, in New York, for run, beginning
Monday, November 4. Mr.. Lift is now in
London and the contract was completed
b. cable last Monday. This is one of
the largest productions ever made at
the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane and VIII
be staged in this country with all the
original scenery. including the famous
crystal palace scene the beautiful cos
tunes, and the intricate mechanical eff
fects that attracted so much attention in
London last year The mounting of this
production at the Broadway Theatre will
require extensive alterations in the stage
These will be made during the summer
recess. More than three hundred people
will be employed in this presentation
Joseph Brooks, who will be associated in
the enterprise is in England, supervis-
iG.s the arrangements for the shipment of
the production to America in July. The
equipment will fill a cubic space on ship
boa-d equal to the carrying capacity of
nine sixty-five feet long baggage cars. AS
no such attraction has been presented in
this country for several years, and as
tertainment has ever been Sc en- here. The
Sleeping Beauty and the Beast is likely
to create something of a sensation.