The Washington herald., 1906-12-09
FEATURES AND FUTURES.

THE Stolen story will be seen at the
Belasco on December a
FRITZ Schen will have appeared no less
| than 37S times in the title role of Mile
/ Modiste" when the opera is seen in
Washington this week.
Henry r. Smith, the welI-known vaude-
Vile pianist viii again furnish the music
AT the Belasco Theater. Sunday even
ings during the moton-picture season.
Miss Phyllis Young, who plays one Of
the Gibson girls in THE Education Of
/ Mr.. Pipp, is a resident Of Washington
She was formerly in Viola Aliens com
pauy. and appeared in her Shakespearean
productions.
Digby Bell has played Mr. Pipp in
The Education of Mr. Pipp' over 500
times. He is very fond Of the genial old
Pittsburg millionaire, and hopes to play
him until he IS Old enough to be a COM
panion 10 Rip Van Winkle.
Nat C. Goodwin and his company will
be the attraction at the Columbia Thea
ter next week, in William de Melle's
farCiCal satire on art called Genius"
The leading character is said TO give
Goodwin particularly happy opening
for clever comedy work
Lovers Of the thrilling Blaney melo-
drama are having great times this sea-
son. At the Academy for the week Of
| December II the popular playwright and
manager will present another new pro-
ducUon from his pen. Young Buffalo,
King Of the Wild West
The momentous week before Christmas.
Chases viii offer a bin headed by the
composer, Egbert Van Alstyne, with
Louise Henry in sal Skinner" a minia-
ture "OId Homestead" a" Mr. and Mrs
Mary Murphy in The Coal Strike" the
noted Kremka brothers. and Cook and
Sylvia, the expert choregraphIsts.
Man fails where woman succeeds. Nat
Goodwins "A Midsummer Nights
Dream" found an early resting place in
the store house, while in the same piece
/ Annie Russell is touring the country
with every prospect Of winding out
season. Perhaps Miss Russell mentions
Shakespeare more than Goodwin did
David BeIasco will give Washington the
/ first opportunity 20 see his star, Warfield
in The Music Master after ending his
New York engagement of three seasons
at a Broadway theater This notable
dramatic success, after playing 10 capac-
/ ity business Of three successive seasons
/ on Broadway. has inaugurated a road
tour under Mr.. Belasco's direction.
In no spirit Of boasting. but merely in
| the interest of the truth of light opera
history IL is mentioned that the cos
tunes worn by FRITZ Schef in Mile
/ Nodiste' are the most costly ever seen
Ia a comic opera production. And Miss
Schen can show off a good dress just
mite better than some Of her contempO-
raries. This. however. Is merely mat
ter Of form.
The "Kreutzer Sonata" and THE Oath"
Will be presented at the Belasco Theater
by Nine. Lipzin and her company Of
Aiddish actors on the evenings Of We'd
+ nesday and Thursday. December 10 and
I'D. As this viii be the first production Of
the "KreUtzer Sonata" I'm this city. it
viii no doubt prove a great drawing
card. Nine Lipziu has won warm praise
for her emotional acting though she has
been IN this country but few months
/ The benefit performance At the Belas-
I co Theater on the evening Of the l7th
instant will consist of mixed pro-
I aramme of music and drama. A short
/ arrangement Of Midsummer Nights
Dream" and farce under the direction
OF Robert Hickman VIII constitute the
dramatic part Of the entertainment. and
! a programme of musical artists will be
furnished by Miss Cryder. The part Of
1 Puck in Midsummer Nights Dream
viii be played by Margaret Arnold. an
I English girl. and that of Hernia. by
Maud Howell smith.
Egypt and the Nile" will be the sub
jeCt Of the fourth Karmata Travelogue at
the Columbia Theater Friday afternoon.
/ December a. There are twenty splendid
motion pictures and 100 colored views de
plotting the life of Egypt Of to-day. A
trip from Cairo 10 the Pyramids. with
camel races on the desert. an Arabian
wedding procession. views from NOV
ing steamer on a journey up the Nile,
showing its palm-clad banks and ancient
ruins. are notable among the pictures.
What viii undoubtedly be one Of the
treats Of the dramatic season is to be
the engagement at the National Theater
for the week beginning December Il Of
Annie Russell as Puck in Wagenhals K
kemper's artistic production Of a Mid
summer Nights Dream Among the
novelties in this production are the Kirby
flying fairy ballet, the forty children who
appear as fairies. and the Mendelssohn
incidental music. This production was
said by the metropolitan critics to equal
if not excel. the great Shakespearean pro-
duCtiOns Of the late Henry Irving There
are 70 people in Miss RuSsell'S company.
including such capable actors as John
Bunny, Oswald YoTke. Atkins Lawrence
Catherine Proctor, and Ina Brooke.
The German version Of Shakespeare's :
"A Midsummer Nights Dream is used
by Miss Annie Russell in her starring
tour this season In the past the German
point of view in dramatics has not found
favor in this country. but in this Shakes
peaTe comedy, the opposite has been the
result Miss Russell opened the new As
tor Theater, in New York with this YER
sion and the metropolitan critics declared
il TO be the best ever made in this coun-
try. More than that. IL proved a com
plete and pleasant surprise to the pub
lie, for it presented a new Shakespeare to
piaygoers. The version used by Miss Rus
sell is a copy of the production of "A
Midsummer Nights Dream made at Das
/ Neue TheateT Berlin. which has now
been running there over 80 nights With
in the past few years there has been a
great revival Of Shakespeare ali over
Germany
The Second Marine Band Concert.
The Marine Band will play its second
concert Of the series at the National to-
night. Operate music Of three nations
viii be feature Of this concert. Lieut..
Santelmann in his programme having
drawn on the German, Italian and
American schools. A splendid example
of the German school will be heard in
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