Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-03-16

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| duel and the path OF true love Is left
smooth. Mr.. Ormonde plays the lover,
| Correze, and Miss Haswell the unfortunate
Vera. Correze appreciates the suffering of
this soulful girl, out of her element I'm the
| society OF her unnatural mother and bon
| ton associates. MIR. John T. Sullivan will
essay the part of the rascally Zouroff the
| Russian count and Miss Macintosh will
/ be seen in one of her best characterizations
! OF Lady Dolly. the worldly woman and
| heartless mother. Grayce Scott and John
DAILY Murphy both have good light comedy
parts In the characters of Fuesa Leach
| and the Duke of Mule. respectively, and
Miss Maynard will appear as the Duchess
| Of SonnaeZ.
| CHASE'S NEW GRAND.-Fulflllug his
| promise to present the seasons greatest
novelties in polite vaudeville. Mr. Chase
| Will add next week to his achievements
| the pretentious operate production .Grin-
| so1re, the Street Singer" enlisting the cele-
| DRAFTED baritone. Mr.. Homer Lind a native
OF this city, who has been an important
| feature of the Carl Rosa English Opera
| Company of London. and of the Metropoli-
| tan English Grand Opera Company, re-
| Gently seen here He is supported by the
Weli-known operate artists, Chas. Stowe
Helen McGregor. Miss Sumner and others
The little opera is a new version of the
| French classic "Gringoire," which has been
played In France by Coquelin, in London
oy Beerbohm Tree. in this country by Nat
GOODWIN, and In operate form In Germany
The ballads and incidental music are by
Julian Edwards, and the costumes and
| special scenery are of the picturesque
french Renaissance period: The scene is
| the house of Nicole, a widow of Tours
| with whose pretty daughter Jeanette
both Gringoire, a poet of the people, and
| Oliver-le-daiul, King Louis XIs barber and
favorite, have fallen in love Others on the
same program are statuesque Isabelle Ur-
/ quhart & Co, in Even Stephen" a farce
| comedy of married life; the parodists and
| monologists. Janet Melville and Evie Stet-
sen: Elseeta, the graceful toe dancer;
| seeker, Wilkes and Seeker, dancers sing
ers and comedians, in a bright speciality:
| the Five Olracs, great acrobatic merry
makers; twelve new biograph pictures, and
the Razarfs. presenting The Spirit Of
Life, mysterious feature, Introducing
| necromancy and thought transference.
ACADEMY OF MUSIC.-"Man's Enemy"
| the popular drama of recent and pro-
nounced success, will be presented at the
academy next week, and its appearance in
| TINS city is sure to be appreciated by lovers
or good melodrama- This play is strong
ana realistic picture of everyday life. Its
authors Charles III. L1andon and Eric Hud-
| son, nave always possessed to a remarkable
degree the faculty of touching the hearts
of the people and awakening their sympa-
thies by means of homely pathos Beauti-
| ful scenery accompanies MANS Enemy"
Startlingly realistic scene of the interior
| OF once famous palatial gambling hell in
London. magnificent perspective view of
Monte Carlo by moonlight ana an effective
picture of an old English castle are among
the settings. IN the cast appear the names
of number Of prominent people. including
Dorothy Rossnore, Ned H. Fowler. Samuel
kingston, Alfred Dolson, Ruth Reuck,
Emile La Croix. Gertrude and Agnes Rob-
| 1nson, Thad Shine, Agnes Carlton W F.
Canfeld, Maurice Lindner, Wilson Deal and
u. b. Wallace. The usual matinees Tues
day, Thursday and Saturday will be given.
NEW BIJoU THEATER.- Patrons of the
BiJou Will remember with pleasure NJ. NJ
| Thesis Wine, Woman and Song Com
pany, which made such a favorable impress
sion at this house earlier this season Mr.
Thesis will bring his company to the Bijou
for week beginning March Is. There have
been many new acts added since its last
appearance. The opening farce comedy is
| a satire on the invasion Of the vaudeville
stage by prominent operate and dramatic
stars. The vaudeville acts include Gilbert
ana Goldie, comedians; Bonita, the Four
American 1rumpeters musical artists; Kline
ana Gotthold, Hanson and Drew and Mig
nom Gilbert A laughable burlesque closes
the program.
KERNANS LYCEJM THEATER.-L.
Lawrence Weber's Dainty Duchess Com
pany will make its second appearance this
season at kernanS next week. Patrons of
this house have seen no show better uuali-
fed to repeat its visit, and will relish the
opportunity to again witness perform
ance winch was UP to the standard and
possessed many meritorious features In
this entertainment, as well as others which
he has presented here, Mr.. Weber has
armed to get away from much that is
stereotyped In burlesque, and succeeds
rather in presenting features that would
be looked for in refined farce comedy. Es-
pecially is this noticeable in the equipment
ana the stage management and the eff
fort bears fruit that amply repays. Letta
Meredith, who has been frequently billed
as the most beautiful woman on the bur-
Iesque stage. appears in the principal role
or the burletta, Queen OF Bohemia"
uFh oh Of n,~I- h..
is replete with dainty scenes, though it is
built on the lines of farce comedy and
sacrifices much that is traditional in bur-
lesque Tor everything that is laughable in
the FORMER The paJama nac-nac dancers
are calculated to create a sensation The
ollo includes Fields and Fields the talking
comedians; Brown, Harrison and Brown
sketch artists; Russell and Tilyne GRO
tesque dancers; Annette Peyser the sun
beam; Joe and Nellie Doner, Irish sxpo-
nents: Harvey Sisters, the lively girls and
tonner and dwell, song illustrators.
THE CHORAL SOCIETY.-The active
members of the Choral Society will have
the pleasure of hearing the next entertain
nint OF the societys course from the au-
dlence instead of taking part from the
platform. This will be H. f. Krehbiers
lecture, How to Listen to Music" His
lectures, of which this is the most popular
nave been given In many places, generally
under the auspices of musical clubs and
schools seeking to arouse intelligent in
terest among those who already enjoy
music, but desiring to understand more
or what they hear. This lecture aims to
show what the attitude of an intelligent
nearer at concert should be. 1t is illus
trated by selections, vocal and at the
piano, from Beethoven, Handel, Weber and
others. All display the meaning which
composers put into their works and which
attentive listeners can find. Mrs. Krehbel
VIII present the vocal illustrations and
Mrs. King those upon the piano.
ANNIE RUSSELL.-Charles Frohman
will present Annie Russell in "a Royal
Family" at the National Theater for one
week beginning Monday evening, March 25,
with matinees Wednesday and Saturday
Miss Russell has just closed a successful
engagement at the Lyceum Theater, New
York. where she played "a Royal Family"
nearly 200 times "a Royal Family" is ro-
mantle comedy. Miss Russell has the assist
ance Of a capable company In Interpreting
the play, which is by Captain r. Marshall.
who is also author of His Excellency, the
Governor" Mrs. G. H Gilbert, the favor
lite actress, who was for so many years
shining member of Augustin Daly's COM
pany. is in the cast. and besides her there
are Orrin Johnson, w. H. Thompson Law