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NEW NATIONAL THEATER.-John
Hare, English actor who long since
won esteem and admiration in this city,
will appear at the New National Theater
for farewell engagement, beginning next
Monday. He will present Pinero's comedy
drama, 1.-The Gay Lord Quex." 1t comes
to this city after run of nearly two years
in London and Of eleven weeks in New
York. Five seasons have passed since Mr..
Hare was last seen here, but the memory
Of his artistic and finished acting is stu
fresh. While opinions have differed widely
about Pinero's choice of a theme, all have
loudly proclaimed the mastery cleverness,
brilliancy and ingenuity with which he has
treated 1t. And he has been especially for
tunate in having Mr.. Hare to interpret the
name-part. Many of that actors successes
have been won as middle-aged or elderly
artistocrats, for which his natural dignity
and ease of manner and his beautifully
clear and incisive diction, that expresses
the subtlest shade of meaning, SO admir-
ably fits him. The principal womans char
acter is in the hands of Irene Nanburgh,
who has made success only second to that
of Mr. Hare. She gives picture of a
shrewd. shrewish, vulgar and unprinci-
pied woman that Is startling In Its V1gor
and intensity, and made all the more ef-
fective by reason Of it's contrast with the
refinement and delicate art of Mr.. Hare,
with whom she is in constant antagonism
It Is her struggle to prevent Quexs mar
riage with Muriel Eden that forms the
principal theme of the play. AS Sophy Full
carney Miss Vanburgh Is devoted to
Muriel. with the slavish fidelity OF for
mer dependent and acts on her belief that
Quex has not really reformed. She de-
sires to expose him and Is unscrupulouS In
her efforts, but in the very moment OF
what appears to be her success she Is de-
feated by his generosity. Gilbert Hare and
the London Globe Theater Company are
seen in this play. There is said to be a
large gathering Of English special scenery
of extreme elaboration, and in some cases
unique in design and structure. Is used.
For the holiday matinee on Friday. Wash-
ington's birthday. Mr.. Hare will, In COM
pliance with numerous requests, give per-
formance Of his first great success In this
country, "A Pair of Spectacles.' This Will
be the only opportunity of seeing this play.
In consequence Of the length Of 1.-The Gay
Lord Quex," the evening performances Will
begin at o'clock punctually. and the matt
nee at 2.
COLUMBIA THEATER.-When the pro-
duction Of the popular musical comedy
Runaway Girl was made at the Columbia
Theater last season the impression made
"A Runaway Girl opens a weeks return
engagement on next Monday night. 1t is
said that the present company and produc-
ton Is in every way the equal to either OF
changes have been made in the cast. "A
Runaway Girl enjoys the distinction OF
having made the longest run and OF being
the most successful Of the many musical
comedies originating in. the Gaiety Theater.
London. The principal charm OF the play
lies in It's catchy music. Independent of its
music however. 1t possessed number OF
other salient features that materially helped
toward its wonderful success. One OF these
features was the lavish display Of rich and
picturesque costumes and elaborate scenery.
These features were perfectly consistent. as
the plot and action of the play were located
in Venice and Corsica, which fact permit
ted Of the Introduction Of many characters
whose national costumes were both quaint
and picturesque. The part of F'lipper. the
English jockey. is in the hands Of Mr.
Arthur Dunn. the capable comedian. Among
the names in the cast are those Of quite
number Of well-known ladies and gentle
men of the singing world There will be
matinees on Thursday, Friday and Satur-
day.
ACADEMY OF MUSIC.-Thomas E. Shea,
supported by an excellent company in two
old plays and a new one, will be the attrac-
ton at the Academy next week. The en-
gagement will open with "The Voice OF Ma
ture," a romantic melodrama Of Russian
life which possesses strong heart interest
story of wonderful surroundings. There Is
clever and up-to-date comedy, with numer-
GUS laughable situations and many strong
and thrilling dramatic climaxes. The fol-
lowing is the arrangement for the week:
Monday night Tuesday matinee, Wednes-
day night. Thursday matinee and night,
1.-The Voice Of Nature will be presented.
On Tuesday and Friday nights only by
special request, Mr.. Shea will present for
the first time in Washington, at popular
prices, tho worldwide famous play, 'Dr.
Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde The bill arranged
day, Friday and Saturday matinee and
night, will be the ever-popular naval play,
"Man-o' -Warsman."
LAFAYETTE SQUARE OPERA HOUSE.
The greatest production attempted by the
Lafayette stock company will be that Of
"Cyrano de Begerac," with which 1t will
open next Monday night. 1t was felt that
the organization had undertaken large
contract when 1.-THE Great Ruby" was put
on earlier In the season. but extensive as
was the work required for that play. Cyra-
no is even heavier. THE Great Ruby was
one Of the successes Of the season and
filled the house during the week and q half
that 1t was played. 1t was largely the sue
cess with this work that tempted the man
distinctly different field Of romantic drama
when the Rostand play was decided on.
New scenery. new costumes and large
addition to the regular company have all
the cast as Cyrano. while Miss Haswell
will play Roxane. Mr.. Wyngate will have
his opportunity Of the season in the part
of Christian, and John T. Sullivan Will
play the Count de Guiche The cast is too
extensive to more than outline the lead
ing characters, but among the others who
will appear are Mr.. Rodgers as Ragueneau.
Mr.. Craven as Le Bret, Hal vantine as
Capt. Carbon. Fred Sullivan as Mont
Fleury, Agnes Maynard as Lise, Miss Field
as Sister Martha, Grayce Scott as the
orange girl and Mrs. Macintosh as the
duenna. The play will be presented with
out attempt at cutting. 1t will be thA
Mansfield version with the four acts. be-
ginning in the hall Of the Hotel de Bur
gogne, and including the scene in the pastry
shop Of Ragueneau. the poet baker: the
balcony scene before the house of Roxane.
the trenches at the siege of Arras and the
where the dauntless old swordsman Cyra.