The Washington herald., 1908-04-30
COMING ATTRACTIONS.

OF the TTSt week s aggregation in the
Aborn Opera Company's series at the
New National Theater, only the chorus
and a few Of the minor principals viii
remain for the second week. commenc-
ing next Monday. and the radically DIFF
rerent composition, The Wizard OF the
Nile by Harry b. Smith and Victor
Herbert, In which Frank Daniels won
renown. viii be presented. The cast
specially selected for "The Wizard of the
Nile" is an attractive one. embracing
Charles Meyer. Fritzie Won Busing. Hen
~ Woven. Greta Risley. Rene Dietrich.
Frank RUshworth. Forrest Hun, Miriam
Norris, Hester Collins, and c. W Phil
lips Another picturesque and artistic
equipment of scenery and costumes Is
promised. with the same careful atten-
tion to detail that characterizes. all OF the
Aborn stagings
The special supplementary engagement
Of Mr.. James X. Hackett at the Colum-
bia Theater will be opened next Monday
evening with a revival Of 'The Prisoner
Of Zenda" Mr. HaCkett will be seen
in his original role OF Rudolf Rasser-
dyll, the venturesonle young Englishmar..
and also of King Rudolf Of Ruritania,
into whose imaginary kingdom this dare
devil soldier Of love and fortune wandeFs.
The king is a dissolute character, who
mysteriOusly disappears, aud the young
Englishman enters the land Of the Ruri-
tanians just in time 70 be persuaded TO
mount the throne The Princess Flavla
believes him TO be the rightful heir, and
falls desperately In love, but finally
sacrifices this love to duty when she
learns that he is not the king. The
theme Is romantic In the highest sense
and the action rapid. The supporting
company has been specially selected by
the actor-manager. The box-office sale
opens to-day, with popular prices in
vogue.
Chase's next week will entertain Wash
ington with polite vaudeville programme
Of exceptional amusement quality, intro
ducing several Of the most successful at
fractions Of the season, notably Nat Wills,
Ida Fuller, Carlyle Moore. Ethelyn Pal
mer and company the Countess Rossi
and Fred Paula, Emma Francis and her
A-ts sffs%AA AtAkN aNAliAtttEE anu 1lEfAAEEN-
Martin brothers, and the motion pictures
Of ''The Animated SnowbaIls." Nat Wills
will draw laughter-loving people from all
the highways and byways He Is one Of
the most popular OF the latter-day paro-
His latest mock" song
IS called WHO are getting at. eh?" and it
IS a hit, Ida Fuller as La SOrciere" will
be the extraordinary feature. and this
famous foreign-American star. from the
opera house at Monte Carlo, will offer her
latest wonderful fire and flame iIlusory
sensation. She gave 142 performances Of
I at the Folies Marigny. Paris. and 1O2
At the Circus Busch, Berlin. It is said !
10 mystify and stagger the ouiooker. de-
Veloping as il does from poetic periods I
70 a weird and fantastic conclusion. The
doore-Palmer company will play a power
'ul sketch The Mans the Thing" by |
Cecil de Mile. The other offerings are /
Varied and diverting in character.
The summer stock company season at
he Belasco Theater will be inaugurated |
iext Monday night, when Guy Standing /
will make his first appearance at the /
lead of the newly organized BeIasco stock |
appearing in Isaac Henderson's /
iooiety comedy, THE Mummy and the /
cumming Bird" 1t was in this play that /
Iohn Drew achieved one OF the greatest
Of his career, and there Is pc
uliar interest attached ~ its production
" Mr.. Standing. because he was asso-
lated with Mr., Drew in the original cast.
At that time, Mr. Standing played the
ole of the italian artist. Signor D'OreHf.
allied the humming bird because Of his
ondness for fitting around the fair sex.
fr. Drew played Lord Lumley, "the num-
ny,' so-called because of his fondness
or digging among dust books Next
week Mr.. Standing will take the role Of
ne mummy, while the role Of the italian
rtist will be assumed by Martin Sabine.
liss Dorothy Hammond will return to
Washington as leading woman of the COM
any. The play Will be staged under the
eTsonal direction OF Mr. Standing. There
III be matinees Wednesday and Saturday.
Fiske O'Hara. in ''Dlon O'Dare" an
rish comedy, will be the attraction at the
few Academy. opening Monday night.
he play is an especially written predue-
ion for the exploiting OF this actor. The
lay is a romance OF a young Irish peas
Mt boy, who, after many trials and
becomes one of Irelands
reatest seuiptors. He meets with a great
many adventures and through a chain Of
nforseen circumstances is led to believe
hat the one colleen in all the world TO
i'm is the wife of another But every
hing is finally Strengthened out, he wins
he girl of h!s heart, and all ends hap
ny Mr.. O'Hara is also known as a
lever composer. and he has written a
lumber OF new songs. one OF which is a
I'VE song, entitled, "Mary's Heart Is
rish," bids fair to make him famous.
Creatore and his band viii give single