The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-11-22

E3sHEENXZ Bountiful' at thu
N2xE &M XssS Lyceum. "Th'
Oo5%y Lost Paradise,
by Henry c. De Mile, has as a basis the
German work OF Ludwig Fulda, but the
success Of the play is wholly due 10 the
splendid work of Mr.. De Mile. The play Is
in three acts. The development of the plot
is rapid and vigorous, and the situations. are
effective. The play succeeds because OF these
facts and the skillful handling Of a delicate
theme. which turns upon tho relations OF
labor and capital, including the usual strike
and threatened violence. the love OF .the
young factory superintendent for his employ
ers beautiful daughter and the employer 3
treachery 70 q dead friend IN appropra-
ting an important invention when shouiu
have gone 10 tho young superintendent
After many heartburnings and organizations
everything of course, comes straight IN the
end. and Cupid reigns. Mr.. De Mile has
succeeded in keeping clear Of the unpleasant
and generally offensive features OF plays
dealing with labor and capital. ana DY an
easy intermingling OF humorous and serious
work maintains the interest OF his audience
throughout. IL is sure of a very long run IN
New York--in fact as long as Manager Froh-
man wishes 10 keep the Twenty-third street
Theatre open.
LADY Bountiful" is by Arthur Pinero. II
is one OF the most beautiful plays Of the past
decade. The argument Of the play is simple,
but effective. Lady Bountiful" is a fabu-
rously rich young lady, whose money sup
ports n worthless father and worthy son.
When the son finds II out he is Mortified and
gets ont TO become a ridiug-master. Lady
BOuntiful' visits the school and meets the
riding-master, 70 learn that he is TO marry
the propretor's daughter. He does marry
her. She dies. After five years elapse he re-
turns 10 marry my Lady Bountiful." This
IS but a mere etching of a most beautiful and
interesting story. The play is by a master;
the acting is all that can be desired.
Tuesday the celebrated Melninger Company
appeared at the Thalia Theatre in Julius
Cpsar." Those who expected TO see the
principal characters enacted with a brilliance
like that of familiar American achievements
were bound TO be displeased. Of course there
was no Brutus comparable with Edwin
Booths, nor a Cassius nearly so good as Law
renee Barrett's, and the Mark Anthony was
hardly equal to Joseph Wheelock's. 1t was
not in the individual eminence of his
actors, however. that the Duke of Sax-Mein-
lngen took pride. but in the general high level |
Of excellence which his famous productions
attained. He was an adept in the making of
,plendidly pictorial and minutely elaborate
representations of great dramas, and he held
about the same relation 10 stagecraft in Ger
manv. except that he was not an actor, that
Henry Irving does in England, and that MIR.
Barrett did in America. The first American
audience for the Meininger was as large as
the big theatre at the lower end Of the
BOwery would hold, and was fully repre-
sentative of our German residents, besides
containing many who manifestly did not
understand the language spoken on 1.-THE stage.
The enthusiasm was not that of a cordial
welcome so much as of hearty appreciation,
and it manifested itself particularly after each
of the scenes III which the Roman populace
had crowded the stage nOisily and spiritedly.
Business during the week has been very
good. The Trip 10 Chinatown crowding
Madison Square Theatre to overflow
ng, and the rest of the theatres playing TO
air audiences.
Signor Valero. one Of the tenor singers Of
he Abbey Opera Company, arrived here on
he steamship La Burgogne Monday. He is a
man of medium height, with dark
lair and beard and black eyes, and with the :
manner which Is characteristic Of
lis race. His voice in conversation is soft
nd rich. He speaks no English, but is q
amiliar with most of the languages Of Con- ;
mental Europe. .
Referring 60 his work during the coming ,
eason, he said that he should sing in Car
"Cavalieria husticana," "Rigoletto"
other operas which are familiar TO Ameri-
ans. He created the part of Turidder in {
Rusticana, =" which he sang for the 9
time in La Scala Theatre at Milan. He
fterward sang the part in Sicily. where the q
Gene of the opera is laid. and in London.
where he made a great hit. His favorite part n
5 that of Don Jose in Carmen which he {
ang at La Scala IN the first production of the f
IN Italian. n
John J.. Sullivan and Duncan Harrison ere G.
aid TO DO on the outs. The pugilist is under
to the manager and actor of bad q
lays and II he keeps sober will probably ill t.
hese contracts. But Sullivan, his friends G,
sy, IS tired of posing before the public as an n
ctor. There is a certain amount of fake "
bout his position that fills tbs heavyweight al
nth disgust. He doesn't like to appear what Ii
o is not. lie believes that he is being worked
y Duncan HarrisOn-a fact that struck him as
nth special force IN Australia. where he had 81
o success. In Sullivan's picturesque Ian D,
uage. he wasn't even treated white. Ii is no pl
onder, therefore, that his heart lOnged for OF
10 day when he will arrive in New York free M
any theatrical engagement. As strongly NJ
he realizes that, as all actor. he is not vet &C
reat, he feels that there is one line of en- M
eavor IN which he is without n parallel. And pl
3 wants an opportunity TO begin operations an
this line. His friends here will. no doubt or
tempt TO bring about a match with Slavin' &,
no Is about TO sail for this country. Acting IN
a cheap Irish play is more profitable than IN
shtlng, but 1t is not so much to the taste of lis
10 scientific American. is
-. II
Among the attractions for the coming week &C
this city are: Francis Wilson in The &c
cry Monarch" at the Broadway: The IA
and "Cavslliera Rusticana" at the 40
'sino; Vaudeville at Tony Pastors: Ala. de
ma" st.iPalmer's; w. }. Seaman in Ma SCI
'%urneen" at the h-street: The pr
lstler" at the Bjou; Our Irish Visitors" AZ Ia,
Q Windsor; "Hoss aud Hoss' at the Park Gc'
leatre; Lady Bountiful" at the Lyceum no
ieatre; "Bernhardt" at the Standard Thea ere
; Henry +. Dixey at Herrmann's Theatre.
ct the Academy, The Cadl" at
9 Union Square. To
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have Just received a late copy of the Dun. Go
Q Telegraph. from which | get this. ANY 10
. VINO wishes to see what perfect physical dia
'elopment means IN "a woman should see 80
Is: Langtry al Her Maiesty's this week as /
SAND sporting through the glades OF ter
agile. graceful in every move hlc
~ bearing herself with consummate trace eve
y beauty, The great actress is a fine be- del
yer IN physical exercises. and il herself a pan
.enald fencer. Mrs. Langtry has favored me- ano
"a her opinion regarding the value of phy- SOP
exercises for women, and / give a few Ian
licences irom her letter received this morn. say
certainly believe" she saws, in the
Vscai exercise for women. nm moro n
'eciaily able to speak in favor of fencing "a up
9Ihal IL OF Immense value 20 my health "
! nRufe' 1T gives one a good balance. and e.
'reiore' a good carriage" nave littIs Yer.
aot That not only the writer's fine nbvs;caI an
felOpment lint bar - ''S MO