Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-12

on the fact that the scenic, portion of the
productions that will be viewed during the
week is of suclr a massive character as to
entail the services of small army of stage
carpenters, and necessitates the use of six
unusually large baggage cars for its trans
portation. The supporting company will
number seventy persons, who were aSSo-
ciated with Nine. Bernhard in her original
production of "L'Aiglon" in Paris last sum-
mer.
| Owing to the great length of the perform
| ances the management desires to call atten-
| ton to the fact that the curtain will rise
| promptly at o'clock each evening.
COLUMBIA THEATER- Sweet Anne
Page" a new romantic comic opera, by
| Louis De LANCE and Edgar Smith. libret-
| lists, and w. H. Niedlnger. composer,
will serve to introduce Lulu CHASER as
| star to Washington theater goers at the
| Columbia next Monday night. The engage
| ment is for one week. Miss Chaser has only
| recently concluded a very successful five
| weeks engagement in New York, having
| been forced out by reason of contracts pre-
| viously made at a time when she was
| drawing audiences which tested the capac-
| ity of the theater. The story told in Sweet
| Anne Page" deals with period in English
history which quite naturally attracted the
| attention of librettists. The landing of
| William of Orange in 1858 is fraught with
| incidents of stirring character. and these
| lend color to the opera evolved by Messrs
| De Lange, Smith and Nedinger. Miss
| Glaser's part affords her opportunity to
! display her undoubted talents, not only as
| an actress. but as singer. When on the
! stage she is permitted to dominate every
+! scene In which she participates and this in
| spite of the fact that her supporting COM
pany is quite above the average Alexander
, Clark, Fred Frear, William Herman West
| and Gilbert Clayton constitute quartet of
/ comedians hard to duplicate in a prOduc-
| ton of a similar character. Harold Blake
| Is the tenor and Arthur Donaldson the
| baritone, who makes love to sweet Anne
| Page. Miss Glaser's rendition Of the solo.
| Gust Simple Little Maid" her imitation
! of Carmencita, the Spanish dancer. and
| a fisher song are considered among the
| best things in the opera. Miss CHASER has
a field which was pretty we'll covered a
| few years ago, almost to herself, for she
is really the only comedienne now starring
in comic opera. Sweet Anne Page" was
originally produced in Albany immedia tely
| after the election, but no time was lost In
taking the opera to New York after It's
| success became established The company
| presenting the opera at the Columbia Will
be exactly the same as that seen during
| the New York engagement.
LAFAYETTE SQUARE OPERA HOUSE.
| -"Frou Frou,' =, drama which has been
included in the repertory of nearly every
| emotional actress of the past thirty years,
| will be next weeks offering of the La
| fayette Square Stock Company. The play
| will give Percy Haswell. leading lady of The
! Lafayette company, the strongest role she
| has yet essayed. 1t Is that of a typical
impulsive, highly strung. impetuous French
girl. whose character is perhaps best de,
| scribed by the almost untranslatable word
"frou-frou." In next weeks production
Miss Haswell will undertake the strongly
emotional role of Gilberte. Eugene Or
monde will have the leading male role OF
as COmte De Valreas. Alma Kruger Will
play the elder sister. I.uise. Others in the
cast include Walter Craven. John DAILY
Murphy, Robert Rogers. William H. Con
ley, Frederic Sullivan. Louise Macintosh
| Hortense Nielsen and katherine Field
Elaborate scenery has been painted by the
| Lafayette scenic artists Matfnees will be
given. as usual, on Wednesday and Sat
urday.
! CHASES NEW GRAND.-in announcing
the celebration of the second anniversary
! of polite vaudeville in Washington, Man
| ager Chase offers a bill of exceptional in
terest Marshall P. Wilder, the little wiz
| ard of mirth, heads the constellation. The
merry little fellow needs no Introduction tt
the people OF Washington. for those who
have not been fortunate enough to come
within range of his humor have heard anf
read of his talents. His long career as i;
lyceum entertainer has made MIN the pes
known performer in that branch of Worl
in the country. He possesses an extreme
ly pleasant and expressive delivery and ha:
the happy faculty of getting closely II
| touch with his audience from the very
start. Mcintyre and Heath the famous
Georgia Minstrels.'' the favorite and yer!
hest Of all black-face comedians, will pre-
sent for the first time here their new sketch
, | called 1.-The Man From Montana Th
: | highest of compliments has been paid thu
dialogue by critics, who say it Is worth!
| successor of the stranded Ministries talk
which was so convulsingly funny. de
| cided novelty is introduced by the dashin.
comedienne Patrice, who will present
, | spectacular sketch entitled The Girl II
| the Moon with new scenery and beautlfu
light effects. 1t has been termed "a Broad
\ In,
> Seay Is leading man with Fatrtce. I'M
: Three Yoscarrys said to have the mos
daring and startling acrobatic act or wv
J continents. They were brought to thu
, country through a special arrangement will
| Messrs Keith and Chase. Musical Dale
:, the king of Bell Ringers" extracts som
! marvellous melody from all sorts OF bells
John D. Gilbert, the comedian-at-large, VII
give his songs, sayings and doings In hi
usual inimitable fashion; Josie and Win
Barrows will appear in their society sing
: ing and dancing specially, and Sophla Burn
l ham. the sweet soprano, will render som
= new and pretty songs. The advance sal
for next week presages unusual attendance
ACADEMY OF MUsIc.-Hanlon's ''su
l | perba'' will begin a weeks engagement a
t the Academy on Monday evening. The pro
duction this year is full Of novelty ant
| variety.
| BILE features, especially that scene wher
the giant and the pigmies have their alter
; | cation with PferrOt, Wnere the abnormal ap
! petite of Giant Heavy Head creates disma!
| to the clown by his rapid mastication. o
. | everything edible In sight. The scene i'm
|. | mediately following shows the domain o
Queen Wallalia and the escape OF sylvia o.
: | humping at an opportune moment from Il
: | front Of huge cannon to avoid beln
| blown to atoms. at the insugation OF tn
J | wicked queen 'Superba" Is this yea
t scenically magnificent, filled to the brin
t with the novel mechanical tricks, the cd,
| missionary effects, the witticisms and tn
: pa ntomimic features for which the Hanlon
are continentally famous. The ballet, here
9 | tofore but a side issue. is this season tn
J, | warp of a well-constructed fabric Of enter
d | tainment, and the specialties fnterpolate
of the very highest order. The specialize
s | include the three marvellous Merrills, tn
n eight clever Tillers, Galettfs apes and Liz
e | gle Wilson. Matinees will be given o.
: Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
NEW BIJOU.-The New Bijou manage
: ment believes there Is nothing too good fo
n its patrons. It has secured, in conjunctio
( with the Little Egypt show, the world
( famous Sheik Hadji Tahar troupe q
Toozoonin Arabs, nine in number. The
= give one of the greatest of all acts in tn
O acrobatic line. Wherever they have az
d peared they have created sensation Lii
: tie Egypt returns with almost an entire me-
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