The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-12-11
THE PLAYER FOLK.


immensely Of the production Is respon-
sibie for the delay.
The attention of the entire theatrical
world viii be centred on Washington to-
morrow night on account of the first pro-
duction. al the National Theatre. of David
Beiaseo's new play, "Du Barry" Even
Jean Richepin, in distant Paris, will
receive a cable announcing the re-
suit Of the first performance Of the
piece. which he had hoped TO have
the honor to write for Mrs Carter.
while countless unimportant managers
are merely waiting to see if .Du Barry
is real success before they launch their
own ''Du Barry companies. not with the
same magnifcence and completeness as
viii mark the performance at the Ma
tionaI, Of course, but good enough for the
smaller cities in which they are intended.
-DU Barry Will be quickly seized upon
by these buccaneers of the drama il 1t is
anything like the hit It is expected to
prove. There are no fewer than four
different pieces IN which the fayorite of
Louis appears as the central figure al
ready for sale at prices ranging from 81
to s..
1t Just happens that anybody IS at lib
erty TO write plays around the former
Partisan miIliner AID call it "Du Barry
and this is the real reason Mr.. Beiasco
has steadfastly refused to diyulge the
story Of his play. There have been
number Of alleged plots published but
none OF them has come within a long
distance OF revealing the story BelascO
has evolved for the use Of Mrs Carter
When Trilby" was put into stage form
there were few days after the first per-
Torrance, any number Of cheap editions
Of plays bearing the same name on The
market. and SO with "Sapho." Under
Two Flags, Don Caesars Return, - Quo
Vadis, "Cyrapo g. Berzerac,' - and other
plays that were lot properly protected by
the copyright laws Of the country
II 'Du Barry does not turn out to be
q remarkably smooth performance tomoT-
row It viii not be the fault OF Mr.. Belasco,
who has labOTed with great patience with
his organization 10 ensure a perfect pre-
miere. The actors arrived in Washington
Saturday night and thea enjoyed the first
rest they have known for several weeks
SIX 10 be accurate. Sunday night, the
one hundred nd twenty-five actors, ac-
tresses. stage carpenters property men,
electricians. and TIC other members OF
the '-DU Barry ssrces were summoned TO
the National Theatre at I o'clock, and it
was after O'Clock the following morning
before they we're dismissed and told 10
hurry to their respective hotels for few
hours rest BeIasco himself requires but
little sleep, and by 10 o'clock il the
morning he was around on the stage again,
supervising the work Of the theatres
regular stsf Of mechanics
Another rehearsal that was concluded
at ? clock yesterday morning vas start
ed at O'Clock Monday night. and again
yesterday afternoon the fourth AID dFth
acts Of "Du Barry were gone over for
two hours and q half Last night z full
dress rehearsal Of the play vas gwen
with Mr.. BeIase0 and one OF two Of his
business staff as the audience. TIE work
was commenced at 5 o'clock. almost to
the minute. and by the tine the players
left the theatre there WES not TheS-
plan. important or otherwise. but who
showed the effects Of the tremendous
strain they have al been put 70 since ar
irving ii the city. Bat they are all keyed
right Up to concert pitch and are mt"
as Ar- Belasco himself put it this morn
in
There IS Just one thing have 70 re-
guest OF the pUoiic, said Mr. BeIasco. as
he STOPPED a moment in MS Efforts 10 get
2 proper light effect. uDoH which he spent
result he was after. and that is hey viii
kindly bear in mind that the curtain VIII
be raised Thursday night promptly at 7;50
clock ] he story CT the play begins i'm
uzedistsly and Mrs Carter is early On
the scene so II they want TO really en-
Joy the performance and incidentally as
sist Us il our efforts, the audience viii
be seated by the time the opening scene
IS disclosed"
George Frederick Hinton the Washing
toaian who manages SoUsa's Band during
It's concert tours, has just arrived from
England. where the former leader OF the
Marine Band made tremendous success
with his organization.
Sousa was the recipient OF many social
honors, during his stay in London and
on the Continent One or the most nota-
BE was a dinner party rendered the
American by Baron Albert de RothschiId,
the banker, at which MeIba sang and
Ysaye, the violin.st. played
Sousa and his band viii sail Ter this
country next Saturday The first concert
viii De given in New York Sunday. De-
eember %
After a brief vacation Sousa will COM
mence q tour that viii take in ali Of the
important cities of the country. It viii
last until June next, when the oTganiZa-
ton viii be taken abroad for a season Of
twenty-five weeks.
The present season Of the Sousz Band
is a record breaker During the past
f0Tty-five weeks the organization Travelled
over 10000 miles.
Vincent Serrano is 70 retire from the
cast of The Way of the World, 3" Elsie de
WoIfe's play The actor ascrfbes his &C
tion to the fact that he does not care TO
be longer regarded as player OF vii
lains' even of the stage variety. although
nobody, after seeing Mr.. Serrano's per
formance IL the Glide Fitch piece. would
accuse him of being villain. although he
played the part cutie viIlainously His
contribution 10 Miss de WoIfers drama
was one OF its distinctly weak spots. and
doubtless the newspaper comments on his
acting led Serrano to decide that he was
cut out for another style Of work
Miss de Wolfe VIII take her play to
| Boston. next Monday night and show the
Hubbites how a fashionable Gotham recep-
ton is pictured BY the modern playwright.
and how the shifting OF various articles
OF furniture about the stage viii be ac-
| cepted by the up-to-date audience in lieu
of smart dialogue and effective situations.
Not a little of the success of the per-
Torrance of Mistress NeII'' as given at
Chase's by Henrietta Gresham this week
is due to the excellent stage management
| OF Godfrey Stein, the well known Wash
ington actor, who has the distinction OF
| having been with Miss Crosmaa since the