The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-01-09

. T. IoNerS old role, LIZ Paula EIWarueS.
Marie Celeste. Elgie Bowen. George For
tcsque, and number of other welI-known
principals, to say nothing Of chorus
which is said TO number in the neigh
horhOod of seventy-fye persons san
Toy occupied the stage of the Columbia
/ theatre year or so ago. and made a dis
I Jlnct success such songs as "Rhoda and
/ Her PagOda," The Song TO the Moon"
and the others which are included in the
score are real gems and their equals are
not often encountered in musical COM
edy nowadays
/ William Favershsm. fresh from his first
/ starring engagement in New York city.
/ viii present "A Royal Rival" at the Ma
( tional Theatre next week. and will have
I the valuable assistance Of Julie opp. Mr.
/ Fayersham is principally known to the
theatregoers Of the Capital City by rea-
/ son of his connection with Charles Froh-
/ man s Empire Theatre stock company. oG
[ which organization he was formerly the
leading man. Mr.. FrOhman has deemed
( him worthy Of stellar honors. and the first
season promises 70 thoroughly establish
him as a player Of the first magnitude a
ROYAL RIVAL is Don Caesar Bazaar play
and IS said to afford Mr.. Faversham nu-
merous opportunities for the display of
his undoubted talents as a romantic actor.
The bill Of vaudeville arranged by Man
ager Chase for next week is expected to
be one Of the best Of the year. as il has
been designed to celebrate his third an
niversary as local amusement director.
The programme will be varied and lengthy
unusually so. and there is already such
large demand for seats for the different
performances that there is every prob
ability that the fourth year Of refined van
oeFilie at Chase's will be ushered in most
auspiciously
The players Of the lafayette Square
stock Company will interpret Lady
Wlndemere's Fan" next week Miss Law
renee viii be seen in the chief feminine
role and the other members Of the orpanf-
zatlon VIII also be IN the cast. Manager
I Bellows announces that every lady mr.
chasing a ticket for the orchestra floor of
the theatre either Monday night or CatJr-
day afternoon viii be presented with a
large autographed photograph Of Antoin-
cue Walker the ingenue Of the company.
AT Cripple Creek" a new pIav Of the
West, by Hal Reid, who has distinguished
himself BY writing several acceDtabIa
IneIodramas- will hold forth next week AZ
ne 4e4oehy Of Music The play is new.
I DuL mas made popular success ia a num-
/ Der OF cities and is said 20 fairly teem vgifb
, nose elements that appeal 10 the clientele
I OF a popular-priced theatre such as tho
/ Academy Of Music.
Inc Ihoroughbreds," burIesuUe
combination under the direction OF Frank
Carr viii be the Offering for next week
az the Lyceum. There viii be the Gus
. tomdIy TWO burlesques. called The Isle
or Bliss and the THE Thoroughbradsr
10 which viii be seen the entire aggre-
cation. The olIO VIII be given By a mum
Der OF WeIl-known vaudeville people. in
Guiding Polk and Tresk. McCaie and Ca
rev Machse and Walker. Healey and
Farnum' Gypzene and Roma. and Josie
Flynn.
Besides a new Offering by the Bijou
I stock burlesque company next week. the
programme viii include a new sketch by
the popular Russell brothers. called "A
New Jersey Romance" as the chief fea-
ture- The rest OF the vaudeville part
Of the show Will be given by Vera King.
Jennings and Alto, the Patterson Broth
ers- and Girard Leon anad his troupe OF
performing dOnkeys. The special ladies'
matinee at the BiiOu every Friday con-
tinues 20 grow in popularity. On these
occasions smoking is prohibited.
In an interview Julia MarlOwe comes
out strongly in favor OF the drama made
over from the novel. Perhaps the fact
that Miss Marlowe is this season appear
ing In a play that first appealed in story
form to the readers Of popular fiction
has something to do with the actress
view or the matter. Anyhow she SAYS.
Il think the tendency Of dramatiZing
novels is producing a stage literature OF
much better quality than we hitherto have
received from contemporaneous play
wrights. This is partly because a great
share Of the dramatist's work in matters
OF Characterization and atmosphere has
been done for him By the novelist whose
book he is turning into a play OF course
! grant that IL requires no little genius 10
the playwright, II he is 20 preserve the
lines Of Characterization and the atmOs-
pheric charm, despite the limits 10 which
he IS compelled TO reduce LAe novel
Where the novelist has a score N pages
in which TO define a character and 70
make US feel the potency OF a beautiful
scene, the playwright must achieve the
same effect in half a dozen minutes. still I
ne HAS Adu 4 literary slau4dIQ set Tor
him. and, II he be a scholar of any parts
al all. he viii keep fairly close 10 that
standard
The custom Of dramatiziug novels IS
much older than the general public sus-
poets continued the actress. 1T Ger
tainly dates as far back as Shakespeare.
who drew freely on the histories Of PIu-
Jarch, the romances OF BoccaccIo. and the /
historical chronicles OF Hall for a mum I
Der OF his plays. Almost every novel Of /
Dickens ultimately found its way 10 the I
stage Sore. such as Bleak House and I
oliver Twist enjoyed a great and long
continued success. The greatest success |
ever achieved by any bOOk-play was Tn
Gle Toms Cabin Several or the novels }
of Charles Reade were dramatized and /
acted with eminent success At least /
one Of WilHe Collins heroiucs stepped .
out or the pages or his most successful
novel. The New MaEdeIcue' Two or
three Of SCOTS stories were written ia /
dramatic form. Nearly twenty-five years
ago Sir Henry Irving appeared in a dram
atizatiou of the Vicar OF Wakefield and .
his success in a dramatizatiou of Bull
wers Eugene Aram' is a matter Of thcat-
rical history
Il appeared in 5ook-play before my
present one, When KnighthO0I Was In
Flower. II was decentralization OF /
George ElioJs 'R0moIO' and. although .
it was not financially successful. it was .
very artistic"
Harry A. Smith. a wcII-known actor
and manager, died in New York last
Monday after a somewhat brief illness.
Smith moe b.-+ f--,-.--.