The Washington times., 1912-11-21
ALt5STAR CAST IN
ROBIN HOOD: D':T0BE:..
seen At NATIONAL
Revival Of De Koven's Mas
terpiece Attracting
H. Wide Attention.

Among the stars OF grand opera In
the De Koven Opera Company for the
famous revival Of Robin Hood which
comes to the New National Theater
next week, beginning Monday evening,
are Bessie Abott. Florence Wickham,
and Herbert Waterous, OF the Metro
politan Opera House company, new
York: Walter Hyde, OF Coyent Garden,
London; Carl Gantvoort, Of the Boston
Opera Company: Misha Ference. Of the
Royal Grand Opera Company, OK Dres-
den. Other famous members OF this or
Pauline Hall, George B. Frothingham.
Philip Sheffield. Louise lie Baron, Anna
Bussert, and Dorothy Arthur. The
chorus Of eighty was sel selected lI, from the
Chicago grand opera companies.
The Messrs. Shubert announce that
the attraction at the Belasco Theater
the latter. part of this week will be a
triPlieate one. consisting Of Gaby Deslys
and her company in "violetta, The
her sketch, mile. Chic"
With Gaby Deslys are Barney Ber-
Arthur Stamford. Clara Palmer. Ernest
Hare, and the eight madcaps. with
The Whirl Of Society are Al Jolson,
Ada Lewis: Lawrence d'orsay: Lee
Bnce. and Willie Weston. The com
bined forces of two companies, includ-
Ing chorus and show girls, are over
PSSP txsYe Soth to
!. nsport the effects, will be welded to-
". s., Ter here on Thursday. the Gaby
aS>, 8 company coming from Balti-
more, md THE "hiri OF Society from
fittsSus. lbert Is on his way now from
No. yorS IN order to personally super
intsuS the n, 1tting together OF this mu-
Jntene .n1 ~ 'eople who have seen the
slcsIsos,.o slcsI sm n., Formances in New York
nippSaro," III, ,tara soIne lea Of what this com.
h,nat,on % Is 10 be IKE. An augmented
orchestra under tn. n for The Gahv
musical directors. on one for "The
Wbiy, Ues Of . Society. company will render
musical numbers. r,av
In order that the performance NAY nay
he oven in it's entirety, the cnrtinlrn wiii
p,.s. nunctuaily at S o'clock tickets
bought for the early part OF ,n,tes IS at
NAV be exchanged for the unueo at
fractions.
Couuius to tho columbia Th eater next
Monday evening is +. Ziegfsns
winsome Widow" the piece tNat hau
an alI-sunamer run at the Moulin houSs.
in New York. The Ziegfeld sho ,n,,s tm,s
year is more massive and prefer N'Uut 1T
than any other Ziegfeld snow ever puS;
Sho,v The cast is tho same as play ed
in New York, and Is headed by FrshN
Tinney and Dorothy Jardoh: IN aIu iui.
The show is IN three acts and five
scenes. The locale is In San Francisco,
and shows some of the famous places
of that, town. Others in the cass are
Harry, Conor, Harry Kelly. Kathleen
Clifford, Ethel Amorita Kelley. 'Artie
Mehl,nge5 Mollie ra11 ahd senha@ MSiae Mils. &
Mana, and Mons. Alexis. and many
others. There will be a special matinee
wednesday. November q. at 2:lb p: m;
The regular Thursday and Saturday
matinees will also be given.
Direct from $50 nights OF record
breaking business at the Broadway
Theater, New York. comes Lew Fields
all-star "Hanky Panky" company to
commence weeks engagement at the
Belasco Theater, commencing Mohoay'
This is the same production into
which Lew Fields injected every drop
Sf his genius Essar 5sa'vs Smith nsy hss aHe
yided q book OF unusual merit, cover
ing an era from the days Of Cleopatra
and her reign OF Egypt and the Nile,
down to u sequealized Walling ford.
r, Ray Goetz has cxcelled himself
as a lyric writer. and A. Baldwin
Sloane furnishes music. ranging from
clever marches. drawly two-steps.
pinnacle Of which Is reached In his
sextet from Lucia.
such names as Max Rogers. Of the
famous Rogers So,ds Brothers," s;mr,rd Bobby S,,y
Quartet fame: Hugh Cameron, Clay
Smith. Christine Nelson. Myrtle Gil.
bert, Flo May, Virginia. Evans. and
Montgomery and Moore. appear on thu
program. and there is a large support
ina chorus.
One Of the most conspicuous Of tn
entirely new dramatic offerings OF tn
current season is The Call of tn
Heart" coming to the Academ!
Thanksgiving week, which, as the titl
indicates, is a story OF love and Lo
a company OF ability has been as
sembled to surround John Nicholson
who is being featured in tho charaote
Of Lord Everl9w. Ably co-operatin
ton, as Lady Everlow. Other member
of the cast include Corwin Luskmoo
w. J. Mcconnell, Clarence Beliair. {
r. Waters. w: c. Turner, Milly StevenI
Matlnees will be given on Tuesda.
Thanksgiving Day. and Saturday. TheI
will be no advance in prices for tn
Thanksgiving matinee:
ssWho Is Brown" the latest vaudt
VILE laughing hit. will be the conspic,
Oug feature OF ChaSe's Dill next wee
1t will be presented by the Proyidens
Players, the foremost vaudeville stool
star comedy company, under the dire
tion OF Charles Lovenberg. This orgal
ization works along new lnes. m
comprises comedy players Of unusu
renown in the stock company wori
The farce is based upon the Londo
New York success. Mrs. Temples To
egram," which ran for several CO
secutive seasons in the British metrop
lis and also played New York for mo
than season. Unusual matrimoni
complications, involving three jealo
couples. furnish the motive.
The extra added attraction will
Henry Gives mysterious Lond
Spirit Paintings" a committee fIr
the audience conducts an Investigate
az every performance and no preca
ton is lacking which will prevent y
position upon public credulity. T
paintings are made by invisible age
cies in full view OF the audience. Thi
in Importance will be the European q
cordeon virtuosos. the Boduini brothe
whose playing Is a rare treat and brin
out little known qualities OF the acc'
deon.
Raymond and Caverly, THE Wizar
OF JOY" will be there with The T
Musicians" Karl Emmy's Pets are