Evening journal., 1901-01-22
AMONG THE PLAYERS

Las,Cn just LOW is having a surieit
Of high-ci4s theatrical attractions.
MaudeAdams ispreseriing 'L'Aiglon at
the Hollis san Toy is being done at
the Museum "Ben Hur" is on view at
the Colonial, and "Way Down Eaat"
has had 100 performance at the 1rc-
mont Dtspite the TACT tha. the nuG
drama 10 longer may De said to be
novelty in the Hub. no less c0nserva-
tive a paper than is the Transcript
credits 1T with doing a most remark
able business.
The Massachusetts, Press Associat on,
which includes nearly 200 New Eng
land edit0rs. witnessed last Mondays
performance of Way Down East at
the fremont Theatre, Boston. AT the
meeting following resolutions Of com
mendation We're passed and sent To the
management
Captain Jinks' viii be the attrac-
ton 40 the Opera House en- Thursday
night. Miss Ethel Barrymore taking
the leading role. In this pr1iuci %
Miss Bawymcrc plays the part OF am
American eirl. who gees abroad TO
study grand OPERA and returns to her
native land an Acknowledged prima
donna under The manage mcut Ci tha
late Colonial MaplesOn ANA sings t--
umuhantly in the old Academy OF Niue
sic in New York. Her success catoh-
lishcs her as the Oucn OF metropolitan
ciubdcm. and she has lovers Dy The
score. but Of these admirers she rcc-
oguizes but one. q certain captain %
the crack Seventh RcRim mt, nam
Jinks but nickuamCd Captain JinNs
of the Hogee Marines" after the song
of that day then popular. The play
Sc may De now inferred. is the love
stony of the captain and the pr-na
d0nno. There is of course an oppcs-
ing element in the person of SgnoI
Bciiarti the singers foster father and
the ballet master of the opera company
There lis an insinuat,on that the aloD
is a true one. an but the names off tnf
principals and that the identification
of the sweethearts can be readily ra
called by surviving clubmen of thos'
days, just a single generation ago.
The New York comedy success. "B
cause She Loved Him So" which ID
said to be the best farcical play VIII
Lam Gillette has ever written, viii b
seen at the Opera House next lridD.
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way toward the head OF the adapting
profession From the foct to the heal
Of ,hat class-say from Augustin Daily
habiual determinations TO such q com
plete masterpiece as w. s. Gilbert
wedding March lis l0ngish die
lance but Mr.. Gillette now stands vel
near the head His TOO Much John
SON" Of two years ago was gem i'm I
wav Because She Loved Him So
even o finer piece Of work. The plot g
this play has quite a literature OF IL
cwn. 1t has pervaded the scrio-comi
drama in we'll nigh every country
The American Girl which com,
tl the Opera House tonight is
comedy, the scenes of watch are laI
on both sides Of the ocean. A secon
son Of an English earl an artis
meets a beautiful Virginian, and und'
an assumed name marries her. II
father dies and his elder brother com
to America IN search Of him. Learn
ing that his elder brother is in Ne
York, the artist hastens thlthei- an
finds him about to embark for nom
though in a very precarious ccndto
He writes his wife that he Is glll
10 England with his brother but wi
return at once. The letter Is reurn'
and he comes back in search II he
She 10 gone. and her whereabouts a
unknown. A villain looms up and tri
10 marry the GIRL but she keeps d
secret, refusing him at the same tim
She goes 10 England n hcpes o, FIN
ing her husband who she believes Or
10 her The villain again appears. ha
ing become the agent Cf Lady ID.
,--nf who is fghffnu tha An, er. O.
girls husband in court for title 20 (
property of his father
How skillfully two French vau,
viilcs may be blended en- the Anne
can plan Is a question thar the au
ences In the Opera House viii have
opportunity to determine to-morr