Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-03-23
COMING ATTRACTIONS.

COMING ATTRACTIONS.
NEW NATIONAL THEATER. - Annie
Russell will begin weeks engagement at
the New National Theater Monday evening.
Her manager, Charles Frohman, will present
her In the new play in which she has just
scored triumph in New York. The play
is "A Royal Family a beautiful romantic
comedy by R. Marshall, who is also the
author of His Excellency, the Governor"
Miss Russell first appeared in the comedy
at the Lyceum Theater. New York, at the
end of last August, and for over 200 per-
1ormances and up to last night she CON
tlnued to present the piece to large
audiences Never once. according to the
claims OF the management, has the play
been given when there was a vacant seat.
When the engagement was nearing an end
extra matineeS were added to meet the de-
mand. Miss Russell closed her Lyceum en-
gagement at the very height of her tri-
umph. and will be seen again in the play in
New I ork next season. Miss Russell Is a
popular actress. In all her plays she has
been liked. She has been talked about and
praised in way that few other actresses
have been fortunate enough to reach.
Every girl and woman falls in love with
the gentle and winsome characters per-
trayed by Miss Russell, and is fonder and
prouder of her Sex for having seen them.
Miss Russell has Mrs. G. H. Gilbert, an old
and delightful favorite, who was so long
at Days Theater, in her company. the
other members of the company being
Orrin Johnson, w. II. Thompson, Lawrence
D'Orsay. Richard Bennett. Charles Butler,
Robert Hickman, Harry Rose, Allan Muir
name, George Forbes. Lloyd Carleton, John
G. Edwards. Randolph Mordecai. Donald
Gallaher. Eleanor Sanford and Mabel Nor
rison. The Lyceum Theater production " Ill
be used here. During Miss RuSsells en-
gagement the regular Wednesday and Sat-
urday matinees will be given.
COLUMBIA MISUNDERSTANDING Mon
day evening, the new musical comedy,
written by Frank Pixley and set to
charming musical score by Gustave Luz
ders, THE Burgomaster," will be present.
ed at the Columbia for the usual weekly
enga cement, with matinees on Thursday
and Saturday. THE Burgomaster' has
met with success in Chicago, where 1t was
presented for $50 times; New York, where it
was presented fifty times; Philadelphia,
where it was presented for seven weeks,
and Boston, where it ran for eight weeks.
1t is this week being presented in Balti-
more. Mr.. LuderS has composed thirty
three numbers, and his music has that
quality that makes the feet beat rhyth-
mic patter on the floor. The audience
never failed to leave the theater without
whistling one or more of the catchy airs.
The Burgomaster" is divided into pro-
logue and two acts. opening in New Am
sterdam, and disclosing the fact that Peter
Stuyvesant, the Dutcn governor, and his
secretary, Doodle Won Kull, were not on
the wave of popularity with the burghers
and that Stuyvesant had in some way in
Cured the displeasure of the Indians, of
whom he was in dread. Realizing that
discretion was the better part of vaIor.
Peter rendered his resignation Of the gov
ernorship and was awaiting the arrival of
the good ship Bitten, on board of which
he expected to find either his successor or
the acceptance of his resignation. On the
arrival Of the ship, however, he Is dis
mayed to find that the government places
too high value on his services and he Is
reappointed governor. In sheer despair
Peter and Doodle imbibe too freely from
cask Of drugged schnapps, which they had
prepared for the Indians and Immediately
fall into a profound slumber. one, indeed.
which makes the sleep of our friend Rip
Van Wrinkle look like a cat-nap, for the
next we see of the two functionaries they
are dug up in Printing House Square, A. D.
1900. by gang of workmen engaged in
making excavations Tor the new under
ground railway. OF course Stuyvesant and
his secretary meet rybody worth seeing
In modern New York, and the humorous
complications which ensue are the ground
rately mounted, and the chorus It is
claimed, is one of the best looking as we'll
as the best singing one that has appeared
in this city this season. The cast is an
unusually large one and includes Richard
F. Carroll, Knox Wilson, William Riley
Hatch, Thomas Ricketts,. Ada Deaves, Mar
guerite Clark. Ruth White Lillian Cole
man and others. The orchestra is to be n
a.
alter will prevail with special price matt
nee on Thursday.
LAFAYETTE SQUARE.-"The On,v
Way decentralization of Dickens master
full story, THE Tale of Two cities " "a
the strong bill announced next week at the
popular Lafayette Square. Lavish Drena-
rations are now under way for presenta-
ton In this masterpiece of the great stage
and scenic effects in the principal scenes
of chaos and disorder " hich reigned during
the French revolution. BY special arransS.
ment with the owner and dramatist the
play Will pc put on with all the original
effects which created such an impression
upon the large audiences visiting the first
and only production In this city wear ago
1t Is the intention of the management to
make TINS production the most attractive
thus far attempted. and no expense is be-
ing spared to surpass all former work Of
TINS Kind. The cast Is large one reuuir-
ing about forty speaking parts, and there
VIII be hundred people on the stage in
some OF the wild scenes Of the revolution
airy disorder existing at that period.
CHAsEs NEW GRAND.-Della Fox
Gardner and Lottie Vincent. the Sisters
o Meers. Conway and Leland, Troyo,lo.
John Healey and the biograph pictures
form the promising bill arranged for
new to Washington. although thoroughly
approved by other cities in which thew
have appeared. Most interesting of ali is
the advent Of Della Fox, who has not been
here in a long time, and never before in
vaudeville. She has rapidly acquired for
herself a clientele in vaudeville as large
and as devoted as used to follow In her
merry operate wake. In jaunty masculine
costume she WI sfsg a number OF new
compositions, seturr4ng occasionally, by
way of encore; to Fthe ballads identified
with her success in various operas The
progress of vaudeville toward a higher
standard of entertainment will be apparent
from the sketch. given by Dupont and Lo-
Martha" and Is bomely and effective
rural comedy appealing to clarified ap-
probation of dramatic values Gardner and
Vincent offer "a lively farce called "A
Shattered IDOL" thatSpermits of the intro
duction of their unique specialties of sing
ing and dancing. The O'Meers Sisters are
daring high wire performers, whose act at
the London Hippodrome was considered the
most sensational of It's kind. They vary it
by giving some remarkable feats of a,th-
letic skill. Conway and Leland will be re-
membered as the "merry monopedes." one
legged comedians. whose speciality con-
tains a little of everything. TrovolIo is
the ventriloquiai comedian, who halls from
Europe. John Healey avows that to him
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