The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-17

Dttu ueuuCtlER. anu SAIL luts Rtulu NC
gin the reform on March 6. They then de-
manded that the date be changed to June
1t was violation OF agreement on theii
part, and we are strong enough TO re-
sent it.
ut is for this reason, and this alone
that We have taken a firm stand. In fu-
ture We will have no private dealings with
the managers. We will, l hope, shortly
have a theatre of our own. In the mean
time. no White Rat will have any con-
nection with the syndicate"
Maude White, who was seen in the sup
port OF Stuart Robson at the Columbia
Theatre last week, has determined 10
make the plunge into vaudeville as soon
as her season in "oliver Goldsmith" is
finished. She will appear in the more
prominent OF the theatres devoted to the
continuous and twice day performances
in a clever one-act piece, "Dangerfield
'95," which was used by Annie Russell
some years ago as curtain raiser.
Virginia Harmed will be seen next sea
son in a dramatization of the very popu-
lar novel. alice of Old Vincennes." II
was at first understood that Manager VIII
liam A. Brady had secured the dramatic
rights to the late Maurice Thompson
work. Grace George, but the privilege
Of presenting the story on the stage was
purchased by Charles Frohman, under
whose direction Miss Harmed will appear
Visitors to Washington during Inaugural
ton week will have a good assortment oi
theatrical entertainment offered for their
patronage. The National will present the
Alice Nielsen Opera Company in THE
Singing Girl and THE Fortune Teller.
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traction the Rogers Brothers in The
Rogers Brothers in Central Park" The
Academy OF Music will put forward "On
the Suanee River comedy drama under
the management of Mr.. E. d. Stair, the
lessee and manager OF the Academy. The
headliner at Chases will be Rose Cogh-
Ian. and the remainder of the bill will
doubtless prove of exceptional attractive
ness to the many who like vaudeville.
The burlesque houses will each have ex-
cellent attractions. The Lafayette COM
pany will give La Tosca." Watson's
American Beauties will be at the Bijou,
and THE City Club" at Kernan's.
Several local theatres will have per-
formances on Sunday night, March 3. The
Columbia will have the White Rats
vaudeville company; Manager Chase has
arranged for an uncommonly high class
musical programme and the Academy. BIZ
jou and Kernan's will be open with their
regular inaugural attractions
There has been considerable specula-
ton on the part of those who take an ac-
during the week In the. production of the
Rostand piece, "Cyrano de Bergerac," at
the Lafayette this week.
The poetic drama has been twice pre-
sented before Washington audiences-by
Mr.. Richard Mansfield and by the Bern
hardt-Coquelin company-and much won
der has been expressed as to whether the
presentation that will be made by Man.
ager Walter Clarke Bellows organiza-
tion will be adequate. 1t certainly should
be, for he staged the play in Denver last
summer, and. according to the following,
from the Denver Post" he did it ex-
tr4mely we'll:
II is safe to say that the presentation Of
"Cyrano'' by Bernhardt and Coquelin last even
ing proved a of genuine delight to the
audience, totally regardless of the fact tina. so
many were entirely unfamiliar with the French
language. The play itself is with which near
~ everyone is familiar. either through reading
or seeing it presented, or both. Therefore, while
sons OF the delicate touches were lost the
features Of the story thoroughly understood
and appreciated. But there was respect in
which the play fell lamcntably short and that
was in its sssSe setting, which, considering the
rretensions o. the performance. was inexcusable.
Walter Ga Bellows presented "Cyrano" at
Eliich's gl-1, tAestre last summer. and his stage
setting. p1r.i LARRY in the act In which Rox-
anne arpetTs an such a whirlwind Of excitement
aftel fagirg escaped in her coach through the
sne-1s'5 es. was infinitely superior both in
drJihstis action and realism to that seen at the
Broadway Theatre last night.
The work of the Bellows company in
Jim the Penman," last week. ELECTED
much favorable comment from the large
audiences that witnessed the performances,
but in one feature the entertainment was
severely condemned.
Mr. Ormonde, the leading man OF the
company. to whom was assigned the prin-
cipal role, that of James Ralston, walked
about the stage In precisely the same
makeup that he employed in "a Social
Hlghwayman" a week previous. This
usually correct player did not evidently
ston was a man considerably past middle
age, and not a robust, mind-free young
gentleman of some thirty-odd years.
In the latter part of the evening Mr.. Or
monde displayed Jim that was not at all
Ia keeping with the generally accepted idea
of the character. The Ormonde locks
were not even touched with the customary
dash or grey, although MISS HasWell, as
the forger's wife, was skillfully made up,
and the contrast between the two chief
players was decidedly TO Mr.. 0rmonde's
Manager Chase of the New Grand, an
nounces the engagement of Miss Zelie de
Lussan. the grand opera prima donna. for
his theatre for the week beginning March
is. She will sing at both performances
each day, and 1t is easily seen that she
outranks any other star that has yet been
presented at this Washington playhouse.
Miss de Lussan is the latest victim" as
1t is commonly expressed, of the Vaude-
Vile Managers Associations tempting al
lurements. She has signed a twelve weeks
contract to appear for that period in the
vaudeville syndicate theatres in the vari-
Gus cities, and will receive for the engage
ment the sum of s24, 600
She will open in Brooklyn at Hyde &
Remnants, on Monday a week, and will
then visit the other principal cities as far