The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-12-02


Tgt TagrRE LAsT EIgHr- Ms, ADl
CAvEEsts1 --rne assertion so frequenti,
heard Of hie that our peopIe have cessed Il
appreciate tfur merit wbvp offered them or
! the boardy OF the Richmond Theatre re-
ceived prosic5I refutaiiop last evening Ia
! the brilliant sisdjeBee which gressed Mis-
Ada Cayendisp or Der first appearance bers
~ Josephine CarioE sp Mrs. Gunfcf's new
pIav, 1.-The SoN'of an Actress"
Miss CaveDdisa is IN EDgIisS actrsss OF
great dramatic absalty, asd In bey porfTavsl
OF the picture givcrDy RE authosess OF .be
samoD< actress Mae. Clarion she gave an
Intensity cf expression 10 the varied pgs.
sioBs and emotions cr her subject which,
wbiFe 1t was neyer overdrawD, eft 10
ground of complaint tb'tbe most ey0cting
critic. There Is in hf' acting happy alb
sensv OF oil ranting. Yet throughout she
giyes TO her climaxes Sufficient fire aud
spirit 10 meet every requirement of finih1ed
dranDsie action. Her personal appearafice
is very ebaI ming, and she possesses lovely
face that bears striking resemblance to one
Of Richm0Bd's greatest beauties.
The pay h clever work.. and the plot Is
founded on an incident in the career OF
Nile. Clarion. a famous actress OF the reigB
OF EOuis XV. Mile. Clairon is-tn love with
the young nobleman Maurice de-ereyec8ur,
who Is abonr to marry, IN accordance with a
promise 70 bis dying father, !seh young
beiress. Charles de Monefiet. the pro-
curpar dsa Ses. " interested in preventing the
marriage, apdseeks 10 accomplis6rlaurice's
ruin by exciting the jealousy OF the actress
and the anger OF a professlonll1 duellist
against hiB. Failing in both attempts, he
substitutes for lettre de cdChet, three OF
which have by chance fallen into the iands-oi
the actress, and are intended by herfor the
dueIist, similar order OF arrest against
Maurice. The latter, knowing that these
fatal letters were in the possession OF Mile.
Clairon, thinks she has betrayed him.. and
denotluces her. Finally, however. the
truth is revealed, and the denOuement ends
all happily through the generous soul OF an
actress. The development OF the plot is
intensely interesting, and the clmzSs
cleverly worked up.
Miss Cayendls1 is well supported by Dir.
George Boniface and tbe rest OF her comps-
ny. Mr. Boaiface has q good conception OF
Maurice, aud gave pleasant impersona-
ton OF that character. The following is the
cast: Josephine ChiroD, the greatest ac-
tsess- OF her time. MISS Cayendisb; the Che
Waller Maurice de Creyeceur, Mr.. q. e..
Boniface; Charles Ge Moncrief, the Procu-
reur du Roi, Mr. j. b. Hagan; CASTOR Ee-
noir, a professional dueiilst, Mr.. ii. Fuller
the Prince de Roman, Mr.. +. A. Eberle :
Gerald Filz Gerald an Irish officer. Mr..
Harry Harwood; Henri dc Soublsc. OF the
Kings guard, en- duty. DIR. j. ii. Miller ;
Domestic. Mr. w. j. Dickens; Mimi, a
widow sister to Maurice, Miss Sara Stevens;
CountpSS dc CrpyPpmtlr Mrs. T.. A. EbeTiP (,
Julie. just from a Convent, Hiss Laura Bas-
com; MadeIon, Mile. ClairOn's maid, Miss
Libby NOXOn.
Tonight Miss Cavendl,h is billed for
Mercy Merrck in "Phe NV Magdalen,"
hut we regret she does not appear again in
The Soul OF an Actress"