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The Washington times., 1906-10-07
LIEUT.. II. G. AMERS,
OF the Northumberland Hussar Band
Columbia Sunday Night.

has already purchased the next play
from the pen of Mr., Pinero-
Talk about stage realism. Automobile
enthusiasts will sit up and take notice
when Barney OIdheld and Eddie Bald
appear on the stage Of the New Ma
tional Theater as the feature of the
automobile races in The Vanderbilt
Cup" In which little Elsie Janis IS
meeting with such tremendous success.
And again. talk about stage realism.
The first act Of William Gillette
"CIarice" shows the home Of DIT car
rington in South Carolina. In the gar
den the bees are humming and the birds
singing with remarkable naturalness-
The sounds OF wheels on e graveled
walk are also heard. and the mufhed
| toot OF a train whistle miles away, All
these effects are the invention Of Mr..
| Gillette.
Gillette. by the way. finally gets into
/ New York with "Clarice" a week from
! tomorrow night. when he opens at the
! Garrick. Last season NIr. Frohman was
very anxious 10 bring this play to New
! York. but the successes in town were
! so numerous that he couldn't find an
| opening Of suitable duration, and so
! postponed the undertaking until this
| fall. Meanwhile Mr.. Gillette accom-
! plished the most remarkable things in
| other cities playing double engagements
and drawing greater crowds than ever
! before in his vastly successful career
as a star actor After his New York
! engagement he comes to the National.
! where he was due something like year
/ ago.
/ Crane closed his season at the Garrick
/ last night. and Rose Stahi, who has TO
move her Chorus Lady out OF the
| Savoy to make room for Lillian Rus
! sell in "Barbaras Millions" is more
| than glad 10 fin in the open week before
| Gillette opens there. Then alas The
/ Chorus Lady must go on the road. 1t
is comforting TO reflect that though she
has by no means worn out her New
! York welcome, an equally warm one
awaits her here and elsewhere.
Lillian Russell, by the way, has dis
| tinctly made good as a comedienne. It
is her first appearance in non-musical
comedy and she seems to have made d
hit But 1t is merely a personal hit.
'Barbara's Millions" is said to be sad
affair
One might imagine from the promi-
nence given It that Manager Henry W.
Savage had nothing on his mind but his
production of Madame Butterfly" As
a matter OF fact, he has two other new
musical productions in preparation. Cne
is entitled ''Noah's Ark" by a new au-
/ thor not yet disclosed. and the other
is the successful comic opera. Die
Ia Berlin ana Vienna for over year.
The Washington times., 1906-10-07

little drama has in IL the making Of
lovely Third Avenue melodrams.
To be really popular there, however.
a real railroad train. or an actual Afri-
can diamond mine IN fun operation
would hive been required.
The most important feature Of the
performance was the gray velvet gown
worn by The Langtry. When the ladies
in the audience saw the soft folds and
the wonderful clinging quality they sat
back and sighed. Then they voted the
performance a great success.
The Genius" which Nat Goodwin
has brought TO the Bijou. is not q great
play. IL is not new, and It is a comedy
only by courtesy. Farce-bordering on
burlesque-is a better word for n. Yet
Il suits Nat TO a T. 1t gives him plenty
OF opportunities for making his audi
ence laugh-and that is the tide in Nat
Goodwin's affairs which taken at the
food leads on 10 fortune.
Mr.. Goodwin-beg pardon, he figures
once more on the program as Nat c
Is an imitation genius for loves sweet
sake. The lady Is suffering with an
acute attack OF the art rad. and 20 win
her he goes IN for art himself, hiring
three painters 10 do his masterpieces
The play is himsy and unsubstantial.
So is the company. barring Nat But
ne is all there. as funny, as unctuous,
as delightfully."- spontaneously full OF
laughter as he used TO be in the dear
Cbut thank heaven. resurrected) days
Of long ago II is the prOdigal returned
and Broadway is more than ready TO
kin the fatted calf
Alan Dale says of it:
" The Genius is so slight that. as a
play. It would smash II II were ana
lived. Il could be criticised into the
very pulverization Of smithereens. But
that il shan't be. II gave Us back an
amusing actor. Let all who are inter
ested in resuscitstions, resurrections
and metamorphoses refund Mr.. Nat c.
Goodwin al the Bijou. IN The Genius,
Go see reformed Shylock. and re-
pentant Bottom, and learn that while
there's life there's hope"
Goodwin himself made neat little cur
tain speech. cnalyzing the situation as
follows;
I am now presented by myself When
presented by other managers during the
last few years I have left a trai. OF
toubstones across the country l now
hope to go over my trail and wipe out
the epitaphs.'
The Washington times., 1906-10-07

began her season at the Liberty with
ZaugwilIs comedy, Nurse Marjorie"
and most notable Of all perhaps, Mar
garet AugIin and Henry Miller brought
The Great Divide" to the Princess.
Undoubtedly the "PaoIo and Fran
Cesca' had been the most looked for
ward 10. Il was the initial American
appearance of the son of a great actor.
II was the initial American production
Of one OF the two strongest plays OF
Stephen Phillips, who has been hailed
as the recreator of English classical
drama. The occasion was a notable
one. and yet both play and playing fell
short of the final note Of distinction.
Ths story is neither novel nor pleas
ant II is the ancient grewsome story
OF .Ove. jealousy. fear, anguish. remorse.
ha;z, rage, murder. immortaIized by
Dante. The ingredients are dramatic
enough, but they fail. as COMPOUNDED
by Mr. Phillips, in their ultimate dra-
matte appeal. II is not too much to say
that young Irving is hampered by a dull
play. written in stilted. artificial blank
verse.
Mr.. Irving himself was cordially well
coined, with a friendliness which may
have been paying to the newcomer an
old debt of affection. The audience was
evidently ready to extend the warmest
greetings 20 Sir Henry's son. But with
better play Henry B. Irving is likely
10 become popular on his own account.
He looks like his father, but has few
of the latter's mannerisms. He has
been acting for fifteen years and be-
longs among the thinkers and students
singularly clear and musical, his act
ing is smooth. fluent. and symmetrical
enough 10 give the effect OF spOntaneity.
His wife, DOrothea Baird. plays the
Francesca-aud not very well. She is
charmingly pretty, and shows good
training. but the part is too big for her.
She rattles around in it. OF the women
In the cast, Maud Milton. as Lucrezia.
made the best impression For the rest
the support is as inadequate as the
pictorial effect is satisfying. For Mr.
Irving himself however. the public feel
ing is Enthusiastically welcome. admira-
ton, and good viii.
Mrs. Langtry-"the same Mrs. Lang
try''-as each of the critics feelingly re-
marks, made her vaudeville debut from
the same stage where twenty-three
(nystfc numberD years ago. she made
her original debut as a legitimate star.
She appeared in what she calls tabloid
tragedy. s'Between the Night Fall and
the Light" by Graha.S Hill. II tells
the story OF 4 faithless husband, for
given nv a loving wife who finally mas
querading in his coat and hat, receives
the bullet which she knows Is awaiting
him AIRS Langtry brings with her all
her old charm and grace, and tar more
than her old skill as an actress. Her
The Washington times., 1906-10-07

His House IN Order" It will. OF course.
FIRST be presented by George Alexander,
and on this side the mill pond It VIII
doubtless he a Frohman production
Indeed. il is said that Charles Frohman
is so pleased with the reception given in
New York to His House in Order" in
which John Drew IS appearing, that he