The Washington herald., 1908-06-19
COMING ATTRACTIONS.

/ The coming presentation Of San Toy
\ by the Aborn Opera Company at the New
National Theater. for the eight perform
ances OF the week starting on Monday
night Will bring another contingent OF
new faces in pursuance Of the estab-
lished Aborn policy of securing the most
notable artists available 10 appear in
/ their former roles in the various offer
| ings. The most important and salutary
special engagement for the San Toy"
week is that OF the character comedian,
| George h FOrtescUe, for his original
role OF Yen How, the unctuous big
Chinese mandarin with the welI-remem-
bered six Little Wives" It was In this
humorous and engaging comedy charac-
ter that Mr.. Fortescue made the greatest
Of HIS many hits on the musical stage.
and HIS unique conception or the part
was one OF the most pleasing features OF
tho long run Of san Toy" at DaIy's
Theater, New York, with the original
American cast Mr.. Fortescue has been
noted as one Of the foremost exponents
of refined and artistic comedy on the
operate and comedy stages for many
=
. ing back to Rice's famous "Evangeline." +"
and even 10 the palrny days of Niblo's
Garden, In New York. Another welcome
special engagement for the week will be
that Of Carrie Reynolds. the lively little
soubrette, who was seen IN Washington
last season in Going Some" and who
has recently been eggaged by the Froh-
man management for the title role In
Miss Hook Of Holland" for the coming
season. She. too. formerly won favor in
san Toy IN the role Of Dudley. and
will have the same part again in the
Aborn revival George W. Leslie, who is
numbered among the cleverest comedians
the Aborns have brought TO Washington
in their many productions, will return 20
the fold for the stellar role of Ii. the
laughable Chinese kleptomaniac. and
other favorites will include Florence Bur
dett, as Poppy: Agnes Finlay. as San
Toy; Wilfred Young. as Capt Bobby
and Harry Benham. as Lieut. Tucker. As
usual, the AbOrn forces of scenic artists
and costumiers are preparing the pic
torial embellishments. and the piece will
be staged exactly as originally produced
at Dalys Theater. under the stage d.
reCtiOn Of VIII Carleton. who staged
san Toy originally in America This
will be the fourth and last Offering of
US class GNrlFg lne acorn season. 6fter
which that organization will resume it's
former policy Of comic opera. presenting
"Erminie" for the following week, with
Pauline Hall in her original role. head
ing the usual array Of Aborn favorites
Beginning July 6, four operas will be
presented for the four ensuing weekly
offerings, to be selected in the popular
voting contest now being conducted by
the Aborn management at the New Ma
tional. This plan OF allowing their pa
irons to select the operas 10 be produced
was tried last summer and proved a
great st!mulant 10 the interest Of the
opera patrons, and will doubtless be
quite as popular this year.
For the fourth week OF her engage
ment at the Belasco Theater, Mss Char
lotte Walker will present beginning next
Monday evening. June p. The Free
dom Of Suzanne" a brilliant comedy by
Cosmo Gordon Lennox, which played
continuously for year in both New
York and London. with Miss Marie Tenn
pest as the star. and which has never
been offered in Washington. No comedy
in recent years has provided more
amusement than The Freedom Of Su-
zanne,' which came from the pen OF the
same man who wrote The Marriage OF
Kitty, both OF which are used as stellar
vehicles with most satisfactory results