The Washington herald., 1908-05-03
COMING ATTRACTIONS.

COMING Al kACIIONo.
The story Of Dora Thorne" is too
familiar a one TO permit Of much COM
ment AS a play it is provoking wide
spread interest Brimful of exciting and
interesting situations. and affording such
numerous opportunities for excellent act
ing, Dora Thorne" is, indeed Teplete
with all the essentials to make q most
delightful play Miss Corlnns smell will
be seen in the title part OF Dora. sup
ported by a notable cast. Dora ThoTne"
will be the attraction at the New Aead-
emy for the week Of May H.
Chases next week will be the play
ground Of polite vaudeville attractions Of
recognized eminence in the world Of com
edy and novelty. and the list OF stellar
iumnaries will include Minnie Seligman
and William Bamweli. in "A Dakota
Widow" Irene Franklin and Burt Green,
in a new edition Of their musical non
sense; the Josettis and their Lilliputians:
Ed F. Reynard, the famous veutriloquial
comedian; Miss Ray Cox. the new Dixie
land singer; Billy CASTOR and Ethel
Green. in a musical cOnceit; Ben Ryan
and George White, the eccentric dancers
and the motion pictures. Tn Cupid's
Realm"
For the second week Of the summer
stock season at the Belasco Theater Guy
Standing will offer, beginning Monday
May II, a Marriage OF Convenience, %
sydney's Grundy's famous romantic COM
edy of manners. This play. which is
another John Drew success. enjoyed wide
spread popularity several seasons ago
when Mr.. Drew and Miss Isabel Irving
were seen In the leading roles. The ac-
ton takes place in France in the middle
Of the eighteenth century. and interest
centers in the Count de Candale. which
role Mr. Standing viii essay. who mar
rles his cousin 10 please his family. Miss
Dorothy Hammond will have q fine op-
portunity in the character OF the Countess
de Candale. a Marriage OF Convenience
is delightfully."- whimsical play. and as
ali the characters dress in the costumes
of the period. the production viii re un-
usually elaborate.
In the third weekly offering Of the
Aborn Opera Company at the New Ma
tionsI Theater. for the week starting
Monday night May Il. the management
are heralding the most ambitious venture
Of all their numerous seasons III Wash
ington. II win be the first presentation
in this city OF Jacques Onenbach's last
and admittedly his greatest, opera,
"Contes d'Hoffmann, or "Honmann's
Love Tales, as the English translation
Is called. This charming composition
generally described as an opera comiQue
but more properly an operate novelty
was first presented in this country by
Oscar Hammerstein at the Manhattan
Opera House, New York. during the past
season in French. Its production was one
Of the daring exa,nples Of that liberal
impresario,s throwing over OF staid old
traditions Of grand opera in America by
presenting a number OF worthy operas
that had never been presented on this
side Of the water before. Shortly after
ward the Aborn English Grand Opera
Company gave in New York the first
American presentation of the same opera
in English. Both Of these productions OF
Offenbach's masterpiece were signally
successful, and on account of the enthu-
siastc reception accorded to Hoffman, s
Love Tales in New York, MesSTs. AboTn
decided To present It with the same cast
and equipment in Washington and Phila-
delphia. for nine performances in each
city. with the original New York cast and
spectacular production. OF the several
versions of Les Contes d'Hoffmann" in
use in Europe. MessTs. Aborn chose the
one given at the Opera Comique in Paris
as the most unique and entertaining, and
It was from this version that their IL
bretto was rewritten in English, with the
lines and lyrics Americanized The story
Is founded on the love affairs Of a young
German poet told in a fanciful flight OF
Imagination. almost an allegOry. its four
acts ranging from the pathetic, the
poetic. and the beautiful TO comedy pan
tomine and even some farcical situations,
to all of which 0ffenbach has arranged
some OF his most delightful and appro-
pirate music IN the score The cast to be
seen in their original roles includes Ely
Barnato, Henri Barron, Fritzie Won Bu-
sing, Homer Lind. Henry VOgel. Sol Solo
mon Miriam Norris. Hester Collins, and
c. ". Phillips