The Washington times., 1912-11-17
NEW NATIONAL TO
OFFER A REVIVAL
Of ROBIN HOOD"
Grand Opera Stars in Cast Of
the Popular Light Opera
Classic.

The De Koven Opera Company. ap-
pearIng in an elaborate revival OF the
nations light opera classic. Ropln
Hood" with cast which ihcludcs
many well-known grand opera stars,
comes to the New National Theatcr Tor
Thanksgiving week. For nearly SIX
months this memorable revival OF one
of the most tuncful and popular OF
American light operas has been present
cd before immense audiences IN new
York. and now the big organization IN
It's entirety is making tour Oh 'he
principal cities. ..
brought into existence to revive on a
scale commensurate with their import
ance, light operas of the style OF ROD,
in Hood" which. though, produced
foremost position IN popularity, with
the music-ioving public. Daniel v. Ar
thur, the manager of this company. as
scmbcd a grand opera ,So cGSt Mc,ropoitas aMs
Opcra House for three of his principal
singers. They are Miss Bessie Abbott.
who sings the role OF Maid Marian.
Miss Florence Wickham., VINO is the
da ashing Alan-a-Dale; and Herbert wat
erous. who sings VIII Scarlet.
Others in the notable cast are Carl
Gantvoort. of the Boston Opera COM
pany; Walter Hyde. the famous tenor
s,ovnns sro,n Pauline Hall. George Frothing-
Sam. SyIya Van Dyck and Misha Fer
EMO from the Royal Opera Dresden.
and a chorus of eighty picked voices
Chicago and Boston opera companies
The pl oducIion II unusually elaborate
and the scenic settings are notdnle, es
nccIally the romantic presentation OF
historic. Sherwood forest. TIL" orchestra
will number forty instruments uhder 'he
direction of Frank Tours.
Lew Fields sends TO the Belasco hea-
ter, Tor one week only. Monday, N"Vein-
b,r -, with special Thanksgiving l'aS
matinee. his latest creation liahky
p,nk,.'' Edgar Smith wrote tn" book
~ -Iianky Panky," the dialogue of
which is modostly described as one
lomg sIcgo Of wholesome laughter,
The cast includes Max Rogers, hobby
North. Harry Cooper. iiuEn lSIo '"MSr@mI, Wxr,In
Gilbert Virginia Evans, Flo May, VIII
!am Montgomery, and FlprcHc" Moore"
Low Fields name has been 40 thoro-
ughly id"rtincd with Il hgh-ClaSs 'H"ruS
/ that thr public has come to "Npt"t
something extra lin" from nm IN"
| one that he l. sending to the B"!asCo
! Theatrr with ''Hanky Panky'' IL, he an
| nOun,"S "A "pcrsonally selected one
! According to rumor, this chorus 1t what
| was left after 800 young women wei"
| cited to appear before Lew Fields. IL"
! chose one Of every ten, so tho story
| goes. and tn" tifty are to be seen with
! "lIauky Panky.'
! 4 XioGfcld show IL always assured
! hearty welcome In Washington. and the
, announccm' that one is coming to tn"
columbia Theatcr as the Thanksgiving
. attraction II sure to be- received with
delight The show this year Is called
"a WIusuinr Widow" and is one of
the most ambitious efforts ever made by
this ingenious producer. II Is hno~n
us one Of tho largest travelling musical
ORGANIZATIONS and fully lives up to tn"
! r,.ultation 1t IL said to be bigger ana
, brighter than ever tins year ana IL ds-
clarcd n wonderful pieC" of stage work.
The SCENES are said to be tremendous.
and much money has been spent on
| costumes Tn" s"vcntY-hv" Ii"gtcl IA
beauty girls who wer" in the sho" II,
New York, are still with tn" piec" ana
| they wear some of tn" most hahdsoihc
costumes that Zicgfeld has shown for
som" time.
Al Chas"'s next week. vaud"vIIl" !
| first and foremost touring stoCk-Siar
rnm,.any, the Providence Players, will
he intrlduCcd In their premier" hcr" oi
"NNho IL Brown" "A new farC" ~hlch u
d, Scribcd rs the laughing success ni
,hn hour" Next In conspic Lous and
nnyo, rIN '''at at,r,ctIvrncss viii ne Hrnry
Gives spirit Painting" h"raldcd MS
"th" riddle of the century, ana @N-
pcCtcd to create no end or sp"cuIotN"
nrgr,mont Third in !mportanC" Will
"'. ,h" Roudini brothers. from tn" Lon
Iou Palace in their, first accordion
ula ,inT, said :, rival the melod!ous
volume of pip" organ.
Raymond and Cavcrlyi thc IAnr,,;
of Jov.' will be seen in their recent
bit "Thc Two Musicians" Another
Entertaining novelty will be Karl I'm
my's PETS. ten little German ter%i'r'
trained in Gnr ana rum 'rtfHS, n,Ii ocr,r re-,