Evening star., 1901-12-07
New National.

Mrs. Leslie Carter will be seen at the
National Theatec Wednesday night for the
nrst time on any stage as "Du Barry in
the play of that name which Deyid Be-
lasco mas written for her and in which she
is presented under his personal manage
ment. The event should prove one of more
than usual consequence and is especially
interesting to Washington. David Beiasco
and Mrs. Leslie Carter have been fortupate q
in their former experiences in this CITY
In choosing Nine Du Barry as the central
hgure OF his new play David Belasco has
az ms command the many and valuable ele-
ments which contribute to the DEVELOPMENT
OF a strong character. Not the great his
torical events, but the personal incidents
that call up single. sharp pictures of some
human being in its pang or struggle reach
us more nearly" This Is suggested as the
text upon which the play of ''Du Barry
has been elaborated. 1t may be gathered
that many, if not all, the dramatic episodes
which IN marked the career of the kings
construction of the drama as far as prac-
t1cable for stage uses. We may expect to
meet Du Barry first as a humble milliner in
Labille's shop on the Rue ST. Honore. when
she was known as Jeanette Vaubernier.
Of OBSCURE parentage, this charming little
maker of hats, whose ways in the begin
ming were humble and lowly, rose to power
second only to that of the king himself
From poverty she ascended to pomp and
grandeur, yet remained to the end unchang-
ed and unaffected by the magnificence that
surrounded her. This girl, now known as
la Du Barry, loved nothing in the world
so well as love, yet though she made no
pretense of real affection for her royal
lever, she maintained her strange charm
over the powerful and weary Louis by the
very frankness and simplicity of her ma
ture. Perhaps we shall see her as the
creature of fate" as she herself said, al
ways being carried on and on-and always
the wrong way" She was at once high
and low, grand dame and grisette, lady
and yagabond, insolent and humble, re-
dcubtable. faulty and charming. Here in
this one character is certainly material for
"a play, with the climax in that situation
which saw this beautiful. weak, helpless
power, finally the plaything and victim of
the revolutionists.
Among the names in the cast are those
o. such well-known actors as c. A. Steven
son. Campbell Gollan, Hamilton Revelle
Claude Gillingwater, Frederick Perry. Gas
ton Mervale, H. r. Roberts, c. P. F'lockton,
Herbert Millward. Walter Belasco. Dora
Gcldthwaite, Helen Robertson, Eleanor
Carey, Blanche Rice. Irma Perry. Henry
Weaver. sr., H. G. Carlton, Gilmore Scott,
Charles Hayne, Harold Howard Douglas
Wood, Leonard Cooper. Nina Lyn, Flor
ence st. Leonard. Edith Van Benthuysen,
Carah Adams, Blanche Sherwood Ann
Archer. Ruth Dennis, Helen Hale. Louise
Morewin, as we'll as others too numerous
I to mention.
Mr.. Belasco again lays stress on the an
nouncemsnt that at all night performances
the curtain must be raised promptly at
ten minutes before 8. The interest begins
at the beginning, and he respectfully re-
quests the audience to be seated by that
hour. During Mrs. Carter's engagement
the only matinee will be given on Satur-
day.