The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-09-22


allied position Of
BARRY GI!FoIL fUll fedged star
Of course he en-
JOYS the manifold priv Ieges of star.
but ne must share some of the honors
Of the performance with the other mem
beTs Of the company.
Next year the chances are that Mr..
GiIfojI VIII be at the head of his own
company, Tor when such astute amuse-
ment pETyeyOrs as klaw & Erlanger
feature a player one season it gen
orally means that he or she, as the case
may be. VIII be an out and out star next
year
Harry GiIfoii Is accounted among the
cleverest comedians of the native stage
He does all sorts of limitations. from
the grinding of . pair Of scissors to the
chOo-ChoO-inS Of q railroad train, not
10 mention very realistic dog fight
in the Liberty Bellies" he plays
crusty old gentleman who has been to
Africa to study the monkey language.
He is given full opportunity for the
display of his really remarkable talent
/ for reproducing sounds of various kinds,
and besides these limitations. he proves
that he IS a decidedly good comedian.
y
at the Columbia Theate~. passed through
/ Washington yesterday afternoon for the
South
Miss Flora Fairchilds. a sistes of Julia
Arthur, now plays the part originated by
Laura Nelson Hall,
The engagement Of the Pike Theater
Stock Company in The Christian at
the Lafayette Theater last week was so
successful in every WY that the organi-
cation has been booked TO visit Wash
ington il the spring Cor a protracted
run
It Is seldom that stock company
I proves so popular with all classes OF
theaterEoers as did the Pike company,
and, too, il IS seldom that such really
/ excellent performance is given by
/ company Of stock players, here Or
elsewhere
This week the Pike players viii pre-
sent The Christian" az Baltimore, after
which the regular winter season at the
Cincinnati home Of the organization will
/ be commenced
GeoErey Stein, the we1l-known Wash
jngton actor, IS member of the stock
company that viii inaugurate its season
at the Grand Opera House, Philadelphia.
tonight
The Grand is this season under the
management OF G. A WegefaTth. pro-
prietor of the Empire Theater Of this
city.
The stock company is under the di-
-ection OF the Schubert brothers, man
ayers Of the Herald Square, Casino and
Princess Theaters. in Ne1 York, and
various upstate playhOuses- Richard
SchIesinger, brother OF Manager
SChIesinger. OF the Empire. viii be the
business manager Of the Grand, and in
addition BIT. Wegefarth W. give the
house his personal attention.
The first play TO be given is Barbara
Frietchie used some years ago By julia
MarIowe with so much success.
Besides Mr. Stein, tie Grs1I company
viii include such weli-knowU players as
Isabelle EvessOn, MaUde GdeIl, Junius
Brutus Booth. Theodore BabcOCk and
score Of others
The attractions for this week at the
/ local pIayhouses are as follows:
National-'.The Defender described
/ as a nautical-not naughty caI-musical
piece. supposed 10 be he most exJTaya-
giant. extTavag CANA ''on the road"
Columbia-"The LiUeft:c- Bellies"
musical comedy seen here last year.
when II made a very favorable impress
sion
Lafayette-Eugenie Blair, in Mrs. Car
ter's former success, ''Zaza.
Chase's - Polite vaudeville, with
'Phr0s0" as the chief feature.
Empire-.'A Warm Match. q farce
comedy Introducing CTimmins and Gore,
two vaudeville stars, in the principal
parts.
acaderny Of Music - .'The Bandit
King" a successful melodrama, the first
half Of the week; The Cattle King
another play Of the same type. the rest
of the enga cement, commencing with the
Thursday matinee
Kernan's The Moonlight Maids" j
new burIesque organization.
John T Sullivan, for two years the
leading heavy" Of the Lafayette Square
stock Company. will take a dip ins2 the
somewhat placid waters Of vaudeville
this season He has not announced the
rame OF the skech IN which he will be
seen. neither the date Of his entry TITO
the twice-a-day and continuous houses.
vaudeville audiences viii witness his
work fer this season, at least
White Whittlesey Mr.. Bellows lead
ing man OF last year, was 10 have oC-
cupied a similar position with Ada Re
han in her contemplated production Of
Diana Of the CFOssways," but the for
mcr reading lady OF Augustin DAILY 8
company has given up the idea Of re-
turning 10 the stage this year. hence
1Ir. WhittIesey's plans require a change.
Walter Clarke Bellows Is to stage"
Mrs. Sarah LeMoyue Cowells new play,
Among Those Present
Lillian Lawrence and Katherine Cir
ton viii play stock engagements in 8os-
ton.
Mr.. End Mrs. Robert Rogers Louise
MacIutoshJ viii 90 into music3- comedy
for q year. Before his association with
fh. Bellows company. Mr.. Rogers was
identified with musical pieces. SO the
work win not be unfamiliar to him, al
though il VIII be a new field for Mrs.
Rogers
William Conley, who Graduated from
afu.t eur ranks to the Lafayette com
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