The Washington herald., 1910-05-29
LOCAL STAGE NOTES.


Nancy Farnum. who has been playing
Angelina, the maid in Miss Nobody
from starland," is a Washington gtrl.
and met with considerable success in her
part.
THE Great Divide" was pronounced
as the best effort so far OF this years
Columbia Players.
The Belasco Theater Is receiving votes
on popular plays to be done BY the Greet
Players. A list OF the companys rep
ertolre is handed around the audience,
and tho plays which are the preference
OF stockholders are marked with cross.
So far the shakespearean plays are con-
siderabIy in the lead.
AS there are twenty-three speaking
parts in The College Widow" the Co
lumbia Players will be augmented this
week.
The new policy Of vaudeville at the
Academy has resulted in capacity bust
ness. The Academy always was a mas
cot house anyway.
FRITZ Won Busing, who win be seen
in the Aborn Grand Opera Company az
the New National this week, Is already
great favorite with Washington au-
diences. She is the wife Of Forrest HUFF.
the distinguished bsrytone. who was with
the Aborn forces last year.
Alice Eversman. one Of the prima don
mas OF the AbOrn Grand Opera Company
at the Now National, was brought up IN
Washington. She received ner musical
educstion at Baltimore and Berlin. Her
brother, John c. Eversman, is a we'll
known figure at the Capitol"
Carlo NIcosia, he conductor FOR tie
Aborn Grand Opera Company during SIS
| engagement at the New National Thea
/ ter. was conductor for the Hammerstein
| company at New York and Philadelphia
during the past season. A. the request
OF Mary Garden he always conducted
| when she sang
Preston Gfbson's one-sct play. The
| DereIicts." will be done on Thursday
evening and the rest u tie week, as a
| curtain raiser 70 "A Pair OF Spectacles, -
at the Belasco Theater.
! Few innovations al the Belssco Theater
have met with so much popular favor as
the Inauguration last week OF a full
/ stringed orchestra. instead Of the usual
] combination OF string and brass. IN fu-
t,Ire this orchestra viii be placed in the
mezzanine balcony, Immediately over the
foyer. and an orchestral concert given
from 7.45 o'clock 70 the rise Of the cur
tain. when the musicians Will take their
places IN the regular orchestra pit fo-
the incidental and entr'a 'acte music
The Belasco Theater IS q regular hive
OF industry. During the day the stage
! is occupied by the carpenters. building
scenery and properties. scenic artists are
busy on the paint frames far above. and
the company IS rehearsing all day IN
the spacious. well-ighted loft on the
sixth floor. In a large room below cos
. tune makers are making and altering
costumes for the various plays and
Shakespeuean productions presented each
week. A lunch and rest room has been
Z DaLtlLllEel Oh rum AA4c Et--E- tA4 -N--Haa-l
ing room. so that the players car
luncheon and rest without the trouble
and loss OF time occupied in going tl
their hotels. In the Offices the executive
stats OF the theater and company are
busy attending 20 the details concerned
with current productions and those &c
come. and altogether It would be difficult
20 find a buster place IN the city.
The recent voting contest or plays de
sired by the Belasco Theater patrons fo'
the summer engagement Of the Be-
Greet Players led TO some interesting an'
somewhat surprising results. The te,
favorites were as follows: Peter Pan,
The Little Minister" Merchant o
Venice" Lord Dundreary." "Comedy O
Errors" Macbeth" Lady Wlnde-
!. mere's Fan,' LAS You Like It." 'Th
NiddIeman," 'Trelawuey Of the Wells.
and David Garrick" OF these "Th
, Little Minister will be presented mex
week. and Peter Pan" IS now in prepa
ration for an early production, with th
original Maude Adams scenic mounting.