The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-03-08

cution further bindered the establish
ment OF sympathy between actor AID
auditors. SO il was that the star was re-
Eardcd as mot up 10 his part" and the
general favor went TO the CassIus and
Antony. All three characters were dis
cussed at length in the review publish
ed Tuesday, and need not now be further
considered. Yet those who esteem MIR
Forests Antony so highly should do
themselves the justice of imagining MIN
as Brutus.
Sir Lawrence Alma Tadema 7hould
perhaps be noted as Mr. MansfeId's Joint
star rather than Mr. Forrest or Mr.
Paulding. Rich stage settings have Joy
giving quality OF their own even where
they serve TO adOrn nothing better than
the comic opera CT the period. But when
lavish investiture is also arCha eologo-
ically correct and telineative of life in
an ancient empire II comes very near 10
distracting the attention from the text
Of the drama and the acting.
All in all. the production is very likely
to rank as the climax Of the local sea
son. artlstically and PECULIARLY From
many signs it might have further con-
hrmed this title by remaining in Wash
ington two weeks.
Dolly Warden proved TO be The best Of
fering Mis- Chaser has ever had. and
an acceptable variant when Julius
Caesar held SWAY st the opposition
thea er. Here. 90 20 the National. the
audie. cey presented a strange aspect,
for the number Of private car iages
drawn up aI,ug F street each evening
was hardly less han that -seubled by
/ Shakespeare adequately enacted and
! splendidly mounted
The iarayette continued 20 splendid
/ business with In the Palace OF the
! King" and the PIKE Company. The sew
/ erai CHIEF actors OF this cOmUany-Mary
Hall. Grace HadseH. Byron Douglass,
anG Thurlow rersen-have proven them
selves artists OF extraordinary merit.
In the Palace Of the King is not so
well suited to stock presentation. how
/ ever. as The Climbers. the first od'er-
/ ing. or as Nathan Hale" Is expected
/ TO prove.
Chase's reopened with good vaude-
Vile and resumed ifs old station.
/ The academy. the Empire and the
! yceum all PLAYED TO good houses. farce
/ in the form of Me- adden's Sow OF
/ Flats" suppIanting the customary mel
1 odramatic Offering at the house first
named
/ The Stubbornness Of Geraldine with
/ Mary Mannering in the leading role. fol-
/ lows Julius Caesar" This is stepping
I brtheIy from age to age. as the new
/ Fitch play is the most modern OF the
mOderns At the Columbia. Ezra Ken
I dali will produce The Vinegar Huyer''
I and demonstrate IL all accounts be true
that comedy can be successful and
/ not indicate al the same time. bases
/ proflers a real countess with a bevy Of
! jockey girls. The Lafayette viii pre-
/ sent Nathan iale," fairly good play
which ought TO be exccIiently acted
I Hearts Adrift" follows "VcFadden's
/ Flats" The other bills are the Biou
stock company in new burlesque and
: the City Club -urIesquers
/ The Washington symphony Orchestra,
/ the Columbia Mandolin Orchestra. and
Anton Van Rooy will provide musical
variety. The symphony concert occurs
Tuesday afternoon at the National Thea
I ter. and the soloist will be hugo Heer-
! mann. a distinguished German vioIinist-
/ The mandolinists play at the New VIII
/ lard with Samuel Seigel as soloist Tues
/ day and Wednesday evenings. The van
/ .,ooy recital occurs at the Columbia
! Friday afternoon at 4:15 O'Clock.