Evening star., 1901-04-20
COMING ATTRACTIONS.

nidhuS at the box office of the National
Iheater indicate that the BoStonianS will
nave generous patronage next week. The
annual engagements of this organization
are always creditable events in the mu-
seal calendar, and with the repertoire as
arranged there is no doubt that the old
1aFofites as we'll as the newer singers. who
are announced as excellent additions to the
singing portions of this company, will be
neard to advantage. Robin Hood The
Serenade' and The Viceroy" will be Of
tered during the week. and it goes with
out the SAYING that Henry Clay Barnabee's
lnimitabie impersonations of the Sheriff of
Nottingham In Robin Hood" and the Duke
OF Santa Cruz in ''The Serenade' will
prove as attractive as ever w. H. McDon-
AID, the popular baritone, is also heard to
equal advantage in these operas. with his
songs The Serenade" and Brown October
Ale while In The Niceroy'' his light
comedy work and spirited singing of Eyes
OF Black and Eyes of Blue is one of the
features of that performance. George
rockingham, Josephine Bartlett, w. H.
Fitzgerald and that splendid basso, John
Dunsmure, are again noted among the
names, while the young Washington sopra-
no, Esteiie Wentworth, who has made
quite an impression with music lovers, will
no doubt receive generous hearing.
contraito; Albert Parr and Vernon Stiles,
tenors: J. j. Martin, buffo; Charles r. Haw-
ley and Mildred Rogers will appear at each
performance The repertoire as arranged
is The Serenade' on Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday nights and Saturday mat
inee; Robin Hood" Wednesday matinee,
Thursday and Saturday nights; The Vic
eroy,' Friday night. This last-named OPP
era was sung here last year but once, and
Is not generally known to music lovers 1t
is the last composition from the pen of
Victor Herbert and is replete with many
charming melodies. Since it's production
here last year it has been condensed and
greatly changed. The story is laid in Sicily
an nd hn
humorous mishaps which befall an usurp-
ing viceroy The rightful heir having been
banished from the kingdom turns pirate
and after many tribulations finally cap
lures the usurper. Mr.. Barnabee will sing
the role of the Viceroy in this opera; Miss
Wentworth, the pirate chieftain, Tivolini;
MT Macdonald, the captain of the guard :
Adele Rafter, Fioretta. the Viceroy's
daughter; Albert Parr, the fisher boy; Jo-
sephine Bartlett, the morganatic wife of
the Vfceroy; John DunSmure q smuggler
Other members of the company will be
heard In important roles.
COLUMBIA THEArER-Tim Murphy,
the well-known character comedian, will
be seen at the Columbia next week in his
political romantic comedy, THE Carpet
bagger," the work of Novelist Opie Read
and Frank S. Pixley. 1t is a matter of
history that Tim Murphy went into New
York city last Spring with THE Carpet
baeger" and made the success of his
career. The part of Melville Crance fits
Mr.. Murphy better than any part he has
ever had. THE Carpetbagger' in real
life was the only czar that American
civilization ever produced. He was here
only short time but while he stayed he
was the liveliest, oldest, ShreWdest and
most autocratic fellow on earth. In the
play. the Carpetbagger. Mr. Murphy is seen
as an eX-Chicago auctioneer, who Is sent
south in 1867 as governor of Mississippi.
It is a living character, and has many
counterpart in the years that saw the car
petbag element dominant in the southern
states MIR. Murphy's company has been
selected with great care, and is said to be
an unusually strong organization, lnclud-
ing Dorothy Sherrod Herbert Fortier, Au
brey Powell Mathilde Weffing, James Man
ley, J. r. Armstrong, Nellie Yoll and
others. A complete production of scenery,
costumes, furniture and properties charac-
terstic of the period in which the play
was written. Is carried. There will be a
popular matinee on THURSDAY and the usual
Saturday matinee.
CHASE'S NEW GRAND-Each Of the
two principal features at the New Grand
next week would ordinarily suffice alone to
head pretentious entertainment. The chief
attraction is The Pageant of the Nations"
the widely heraided spectacle directed by
Mr.. B. F. Keith the dean of vaudeville and
the proprietor of the circuit of vaudeville
theaters bearing his name. The second ex-
traordinary number is the Strakosch Op-
era Company, now the foremost organiZa-
ton In vaudeville presenting grand opera
condensed. Other exceptional comedy acts
fill up the program. The Pageant of the
Nations was first produced this season at
keith's Boston Theater where 1t attracted
unprecedented attendance during 1853 con-
secutive performances. In every respect,
judging from press reports Of it, 1.-The Pa
geant of the Nations eclpses any other
spectacle witnessed in recent years, either
in vaudeville or in the high-priced domain
Of theatricals. This presentation is given
in three sections, the first being the pa
geant proper, the second the gypsy scarf
dance and the third the red hussar drill
1t employs forty young women who appear
in the various parts in a series of brilliant
cotumes. There are gorgeous scenic and
electrical effects spiendidiy executed dane
es, intricate martial evolutions, patriotic
tableaux and artistic groupings of dancers,
heightened by multicolored lights The cost
of this production for the one week. Mr.,
Chase states. reaches $4,000. The Stra-
kosch Opera Company will be seen for the
first time since it has devoted itself to the
presentation of grand opera condensed in
the high-class vaudeville theaters 1t COM
prises Nine Avery Strakosch. soprano;
Amelia Fields, contraito; Payne Clarke
tenor, and Daniel Comtori, baritone, with
Alexander Haig as musical director. These
artists will present scenes in costume from
'"rrovatore" and "Rigoletto." The other
attractive features are Crolius and ST.
Alva, giving foR ths first time their new
sketch "a Silent sW oman;' the Irene Mack
ey trio of singing and dancing comedians.
Willis P. Sweatnam. the eminent minstrel
monologist, and the biograph with new
subjects.
LAFAYETTE SQUARE THEATER-
"Under Two Flags a dramatization of
Ouida's famous novel Of the same name 10
announced for next week at the I.afavette
Square Theater The Paul NJ. Potter dra-
rnatization Of this well-known story is now
being produced In New York city. and has
proved great succesa The story. as most
Of the readers of Ouida know. treats of
the tragic love Of Cigarette for the at
tractive young chasseur d'Afrfque the erst
while young officer of the guards. Rertie
Cecil. who sacrificed his English -iife on the
shrine of brotherly love. The great scenes
Of the play show Cigarettes escape from
the Arab camp; her ride across the Afri
can desert to save her lover who is under
sentence of death; the sand storm in the
desert. and poor Cigarettes arrival in camn
just in time to throw herself In the path
of the bullets intended for her lover. In
the role of Cigarette Percy Haswell will
perhaps have her best opportunity Of the
season. Mr.. Ormonde will play Bertie a
part which also stands out strongly from
the rest Of the cast. Mr.. Murphy will he
the erring brother, Berkely Cecil. and Mr.
Craven is cast as Lord RoyaIlieu. the
father of the two boys, Efle Darling. re-