Evening star., 1901-12-11
AMusEMENTs.

Barry at the National tonight. Mrs. Les
lie Carter's first appearance in Belasco's
new play will occur tomorrow night in
stead, the postponement being made neces-
sary by the great difficulty which Mr.. Be
lasco has experienced in handling his heavy
scenery. He expresses great regret for the
inconvenience caused by this announcement.
but the situation absolutely demands post
ponement, and there is nothing to be done
except to refund the money for tickets
purchased for tonight or to exchange them
for any other performance this week. Mr..
Belasco positively states that the play will
be given Thursday night, as he purposes
holding scene rehearSals throughout this
afternoon and all night. Rehearsals have
been progressing constantly since the COM
pany arrived in Washington last Saturday,
but the unusual scenery and properties are
50 difficult to handle without long practice
that they have presented unexpected OBJ
stacles
ROGERS BROTHERS. = The Rogers
Brothers, heading the Klaw & Erlanger
Comedy Company, will pay their fourth
visit to Washington next week, opening at
the National Theater Monday evening in
John j. McNally's latest vaudeville farce,
The Rogers Brothers in Washington" The
company this season numbers over eighty
people, and is the largest the Rogers
Brothers have yet had. Several members
o. the organization are more prominent
in their profession than those who have
been seen with the Rogers Brothers in time
past. and the scenic equipment and cos
tunes are described as eXcelling both in
interest and locale and in fabric and bril-
liancy of color scheme.
OF course, the story will be Of the same
general character in the past, inter-
poiated by a large number of original
specialties and musical features. Ben Teal,
who has always staged the Rogers Broth
ers' pieces, is responsible for the stage
representation Az
the principal members of the company will
be seen in specialties and musical conceits.
feature of the Rogers Brothers enter
tainments each year has been the large
presented. This season this company will
greatly enhance its reputation in this di-
rection by presenting chorus of forty
seven attractive girls, whom Ben Teall has
been over a year in selecting. The lyrics
were written by Harry B. Smith and the
music is by Maurice Levi The Rogers
Brothers each season have had very con-
spicuous musical feature. Last season it
was when Reuben Comes to Town." and
the year before 1.-The Innocent Maid"
This year it will be a sequel song to these
two, called The Wedding of the Reuben
and the Maid"
ANDREW MACK-Andrew Mack will
appear at the Columbia next week In his
new comedy drama, Tom Moore, a play
of which great things are expected, and
which is said to be an innovation, so far a s
Irish plays are concerned. Moore was one
of the men of his period a time in which
emanated bright thoughts witty writings,
poems and melodies which hold their stand
ard with all that have succeeded them in
the past 100 years. He was the pet of the
fashionable set in the early nineteenth CEN
tury, whose voice and songs secured him
fame and fortune. The character presents
a fine opportunity for Andrew Mack. To
impersonate Moore should be the height of
any singers ambition. While Mack in real
ity is long way from Moore, yet the two
possess many characteristics of a similar
nature. Moore wrote songs and sang them
to his own accompaniment with a voice of
singular sweetness and sympathy. Mr.
Mack is likewise gifted and while his mel
odies may not linger in the hearts of the
people as long as Moore's have, they please
for the time being at all events.
PERCY HAsWELL IN THE LIARS
Following the engagement of Henrietta
Crosman, Chase's will present right well
come little woman" Percy Haswell, and
her supporting company. She will be seen
at the daily matinees, as well as the night
performances, and the regular scale of
Chase prices will prevail. In her absence,
nearly a whole season, Miss Haswell has
not been forgotten Indeed, the news of
her unequivocal success at Chases Theater
in Baltimore this season has kept Wash
ington mindful Of her and hopeful to see
her again. Miss Haswell will appear as
Lady Jessica Nepeau in 1.-THE Lars the
brilliant society comedy by Henry Arthur
Jores, England's foremost playwright. Sir
Christopher Deering will be played by her
lea ding man, Frank Gilmore, and that
eminent actor, George Fawcett, will por-
tray Gilbert Nepeau, her husband Other
wellknown members of the company are
Elody Carleton, Austin Webb. Regan
Hughston, Frank Craven, Laura McGilvray,
Alice Butler, Juliette Atkinson and Agnes
Everett. The production of "The LIARS"
scenery, costumes and all, was especially
his ono Ont and will
doubtedly prove not only adequate but
handsome. The sale of seats has begun
IAN ENEMY OF THE KING."-Next
week the Bellows stock company at the
Lafayette Square will give another one Of
those big revivals which have so much
pleased the patrons of that house this sea-
son. IAN Enemy of the King" four-act
play by r. N Stephens, will be produced
on most elaborate scale The plans and
preparations lead the management to an
nounce that it will give ''two-dollar show
for 80 cents The story is to the effect
that a young French woman who, in order
to save her father from death for treason
against the king, undertakes to trap Slip
perry Huguenot follower of Henry of Ma
varre into tryst with her where he may
be taken, and falling In love with him, con-
siders she has bartered away her honor
and gives up the undertaking.
About this rather commonplace theme the
author has constructed one of the most
III dHldllC OI all stage stories OF recent
years. IAN Enemy Of the King" is too
well known to require extended aescrip-
tion 1t ought to make one Of the best
bills yet undertaken by the local stock
company
ACROSS THE PACIFIC"-The attrac
tion at the Academy Of Music next week
will be the successful comedy-drama.
Across the Pacific which scored such a
hit when presented at this house last sea-
SON. The play will be interpreted by a
strong cast, headed by the comedian Harry
Clay Blaney. Across the Pacific" is a
military play, depicting scenes incident to
the Spanish-American war in the Philip
pines. and is considered one of the most
realistic productions ever given at popular
prices. The play is staged elaborately and
is calculated to please those who enioy
thrilling situations and dramatic climaxes.
A number of entertaining specialties will
be introduced by the company, which num-
bers seventy-five people, including some
clever entertainers. The cast includes MANY
names familiar to the local public chief of
which are Harry Clay Blaney, Orme CAL
dora, Harry Fenwick. Lester Franklin,
Frederick Watson, Fred Preston, Chinese
Johnny Williams, Frank Sanford, Dorothy
King, Marie Pettes. Kitty Wolfe, Bertha
Franklin, Cora Denton and Gertrude Fos-
ter