Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-02
ADJUSTMENTS,

MAUDE ADAMS IN "L'AIGLON."-
Maude Adams, in her latest and most Won
derful success, "L'Aiglon," will be seen at
the Nation Theater next week, with matt
nee On Saturday only. When Charles Froh-
man. Miss Adams manager, decided to pre-
sent her to American theater-goers in the role
of the Eaglet, he displayed not only rare
business judgment. but unusual courage,
as the play already associated, in the
public mind, with world-famous actress
of known dramatic power and marvellous
h1strionc resources. That Mr.. Frohman
knew his American actress thorougEly
however. and that he understood fully
what he was about to do. the history of
the American production Of ''L'Aiglon'' I'D
TO the present time clearly establishes.
Miss Adams, in this drama, has made
record that Is one of the most rema rka BILE
In the annals Of the American stage. She
appeared in the role of the Eaget at the
Knickerbocker Theater, New York, for
seventy-fve performances. each time to
fashionable audience that filed the big
playhouse, and during her tenth and last
week played to the capacity of the theater
She broke every record for large receipts
at the Knickerbocker, and that is where
Henry Irving and other high-priced foreign
stars have played engagements. Miss
Adams takes up the pitiful little French
youth, with the imagination of his illus
| trious father, but without the physical at
tributes necessary to success along Napol-
comic lines, and pictures his weakness. his
sa longings to emulate his sire, his vain
attempts to make the pinions of a canary
carry the ambitions of eagle; his pa
thetlc failure at empire-regaining and his
heart-rendfng death. Her New York
audiences were enthusiastic in their praise
Of her Il Aiglon." and they gave the ac-
t1ess an ovation al every performance The
sale of seats opens Thursday.
| HENRY MILLER AS RICHARD saw
! AGE."-"Richard Savage" the latest pIav
by the prolific dramatist Madeleine Luz
| cette Ryley, will be presented by Henry
| Miller at the Columbia on Monday evening
From what can be conjectured of tie title
| role, it is one that could be assumed by but
few actors with any chance Of success,
on account of the numerous and widely
| contrasted emotions it involves But for
| this fact it would have been produced ,org
since. Richard Savage in the light Of mis-
| tory was a proud, high strung, erratic
genius genius. from whom nor the Unexpected was
whom fate continually rung the changes.
At one time he would be on the topmost
| wave OF affluence, at another in the ut
most depths Of poverty; now the pet of
| friends. His life was both a comedy and a
tragedy; tragedy in the fact that he
was illegitimate by birth, and a comedy In
| that he laughed at his inevitable DESTINY
| last breath. The artists who will appear
with Mr.. Miller would alone engender con-
idence in the enthusiastic reports OIL the
play, the more prominent being Mrs.
Thorndyke Boucicault Florence Rockwell.
| Jennie Eustace, Arthur Elliott, Owen Faw-
cett and Joseph Wheelock. The advance
sale Of seats will begin tomorrow morning.
LAFAYETTE STOCK COMPANY IN
| "FRIENDS."-The Lafayette Square Stock
| Company will next week be seen in an
other highly successful comedy of recent
| years, used for several seasons by Edwin
Milton Royle, its author, who was starring
| is "Friends," and since 1t ended its pros
! porous run half dozen seasons ago 1t has
| been received with great favor when re-
| vived by the stock companies In the vari-
| Gus cities over the country. The play is
| said to offer excellent opportunities to four
| of the leading members of the stock COM
| pany in particular. Miss Haswell will have
charmingly ingenious role, and her ad-
mirers will not need to be told how well
she will play 1t. The part is that of an
| operatic prima donna, who causes all the
| trouble between the Friends" two young
| fellows who fall in love with her. The
| roles of the two friends are well drawn
| transformations. The leading man, MIR.
| Ormonde will. Of course. be seen in the
principal male role. John T. Sullivan,
Alma Kruger. John Daily Murphy. Charles
| and Frederic Sullivan together with Miss
| Nielsen and Miss Macintosh. will be in
| cluded in the cast The play Is written In
| a very charming comedy vein, and promises
| to be a highly satisfactory Offering. The
| advance sale of seats will open tomorrow
| morning.
HARRY LACY IN STILL ALARM
An entirely new production Of one Of the
| most nopular and powerful of all American