The Washington times., 1901-08-25

| vile acts to round out the performance
The policy Of the management VIII u
| practically the same as first showed
| Neutrality-suspicious. by Mr. Greives three sea
| sons ago when the Bijou held some of tn
| largest audiences in its history. An efor
| will be made to make the burlesque por
| tons of the entertainment bright, clean
| and clever affairs. They will be modelled
| to a certain extent. after the Weber an
| Fields productions in New York Beside
| the Howard and Emerson show and per
| haps The Devils Daughter, there vii
| be no travelling buriesque organization
booked at the Bijou during the season.
Kyrle Bellew terminated his long jour
ney from Australia to England on Thurs
day. On Saturday last Miss Harriet Ford
the dramatist, sailed on the umbria TO
England with the completed manuscript
of "A Gentleman of France" with whicl
play Mr.. BelIew is to open his starring
engagement in America. Mr.. Bellew vii
not have seen the completed manuscript
of the play until Miss Ford's arrival il
London. although he is familiar with thu
scenario and the first and second acts
which have been forwarded to him. Mr.
Bellew is a diligent student. and he Is
naturally anxious to get to work upon his
part which seems to offer greater posi-
biIties than any role rendered romantic
actor in recent years. Miss Ford will re-
Servia September T. on which vessel she
will return to New York.
1t was Dion Boucicault who discovered
Kyrle Bellew, who was then playing with
an obscure provincial company in Dub
lin, where the Irish press universally pro-
claimed the young actors performance OF
George de Lesparre in Boucicaults Led
Astray' as remarkable" Boucicault.
then at the zenith of power, telegraphed
for Mr.. Bellew to come to London, and
placed him at once in the then celebrated
Haymarket company. Within three years
Mr.. Bellew was playing the leading bust
ness in the theatre he had entered as
utility man. at Gl0 los per week. Mr..
Beliew played under his Christian name,
Harold kyrle, up to the time he Joined
Irving's company at the Lyceum where
he stayed only two seasons, a far more
brilliant opening being offered him as
leading man" of Marie Litton's company
at the Imperial Theatre.
Mrs. Sarah Cowell LIE Moyne will open
her season with the Charles Henry Melt
ger historic drama, The First Duchess
of Marlboro Mr. Meltzer has put in
nearly years labor on the play and in
many respects the result has surpassed
all hope and expectation. and promises to
prove a revelation. both in its originality
and in the excellence shown in the treat
ment of material.
the abundance of dramatic material not
only in the character of John Churchill
and the circumstances that environed his
active public life. but will be able also to
appreciate the Judgment of the dramatist
in giving preference even over England
military hero, to the wife. who was
a greater soldier and statesman than
Marlboro, and in the presence of whose
imperious will soldiers and statesmen be
came mere puppets and royalty itself
stood trembingiy suppliant. Mr.. Melt
Zer's play finds its atmosphere in an i'm
portant epoch and deals largely with his
toric people and events seldom or never
before portrayed on the mimic stage Inc
conception is described as daring, the plot
we'll wrought, and the dialogue and by
play worthy of the theme. The First
Duchess of Marlboro" will have its initial
presentation in Atlantic City, n. j., Moh-
day, September %.
Blanche Walsh will begin her annual
starring tour in Detroit, producing at the
Detroit Opera House. September l6,
by Jeanette L. Glider of
S. R. Crocketts romantic novel, Joan
of the Sword Hand" The story is thrill
Iingly romantic. with a strong love in
terest and excellent Characterization.
The title role of JOAN" which will be as
sumed by Miss Walsh. Is that of Il head
strong fifteenth century princess, who has
had husband selected for her by her
father. The husband elect is neighboring
prince. Joan has a very natural curiosity
to seen her betrothed before the wedding
day; so she sallies forth CARRIED as a page
and visits incog. her noble lover. with
womanly inconsistency she falls IN love
with his brother, and then the trouble be-
gins In the adventures which follow
Joan has recourse several times to her
sword, which will call into play Miss
Walsh's well-known cleverness as
fencer The fact that Miss Walsh in a
portion of this play will appear in the
of a boy will naturally excite
much interest.
Miss Walsh's company will number
people. and will include Rob
ert Lowe. Enrol Dunbar, Mason Mitchell.
Raymond Whitaker, r. Patton Gibbs,
Ellis Ryse, Robert Harold. Bertram
Brown, Frederick Harris, Thomas Law
renee, Maude Granger, and Charlotte
The Roger Brothers began their tour
in John j. McNally's new vaudeville
farce, THE Rogers Brothers in Washing
tom at the Star Theatre in Buffalo last
night. After a two weeks en-
gagement there it will begin run at the
Theatre IN New York.
opening Monday, September 2. The
present production is the largest and
really the most meritorious in which this
company has yet been seen. The com
pany numbers over seventy people, with
a chorus of thirty-seven. The principals
are Eugene Jepson, Gus A. Weinburg.
William West, Pat Rooney. tr., James
Cherry. John b. Hendricks. William
Torpey, Hattie Williams. Grace Freeman.
Emma Francis, Jeanette Bageard, Edith
St. Clair. May Taylor. Nora Bayes.
Georgia Irving, and Elsie Davis.
The story is told in three scenes-first,
the reception room of the Democratic
Club on Fifth Avenue. New York, re-
producing in most effective way the
striking features of this famous club
house; second, a section of the Botanical
Gardens in Washington, with the Capitol
as a background. and third, the Court of
Fountains at the Pan-American EXPOSE
lion in Buffalo, showing the great electric
tower.
The piece is a broadly humorous sliit
1n practical politics. constructed in a
skeleton form 10 allow the Introduction
IF large number of specialties Alfred
Hartman loves Maude, the daughter Of
IN old New York politician. who objects
10 the match. Dying. he leaves a Will
permitting the marriage on condition that
Hartman secures his election to Congress
as Republican in an overwhelmingly
strong Democratic district in New York
city. Hartman calls Fuller Guile. a poll
Sche me of splitting the Democratic vote
n the district by running two ignorant
Carlos Chauffs and Louis
Lauffs, against the regular nominee and
hartman. Chauffs and Lauffs make their
frst appearance as politicians az "a la
lies night reception ut the Democratic
Club. In the scene laid in Washington
he Rogers Brothers appear as contest
lnts for the seat in Congress claimed by
hartman. In one of their inimitable
conversations they tell how they will
conduct themselves ana what they will
10 for this country when they are seated
u Congress The story is so constructed
hat the movement to Buffalo is a nat
lral sequence of the events in the second
ct and here the fun continues apace till
he final discovery that Hartman is en-
tiled to his election. because the Ger.
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