The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-10-02
THE PLAYS THIS WEEK.
THE MOZART BreISs ITS SEASON.
Gas williams and sprightiy Jsrbeau nj
the Thextrs--"Hsrci kirke" and tho
"Grey Mare" At tho Academy.

A splcndid feast has been prepared for
<heatre-coers this week. -Four attrac-
lions. teeming with the excellence char
octeristic of New York productions, W III
occupy the two places Of amusement, ana
there is varied menu which cannot IAN
10 please the most fastidious palate. Inc
Mozart Academy, under the manage
ment of Mr.. Edward Hamilton Camli,
will on tomorrow evening open its sea
son of 1929. The house has been put
In the best of order, new carpets and cur
tains add TO the beauty of the place. ana
new sets of scenery viii aid waterway M M
the attractions yet TO come. Mr- Ndn ann
il determined TO make tO-mOrrO" s'i"
day. and the decorations Will DE pro uoe w.
Palms and plants will I'll meme anu 90,
ner and appropriate draperles "a It's LIS
ing will lend color 10 me h'ins P 'iii"e'
The orchestra. under Professor NOeisci,
will number about fifteen people, ana IL
e the intention of Mr.. Cahlll TO nave
rendered bv the musicians music OF a
nonrlar hut splendd order. lie shouiu
receive freely the patronage OF the Puo
lie. for he is using every effort 10 ilahe
the Mozart 10 Richmond theatre-soerS
what the Lyceum IS to the Hotn"iIii''''
Mr.. wAEDE's IDEA.
If was inst after the third act OF the
.T ;on's Mouth" when i found MI
Varde I'm his drcssing-room last week
lie greeted me cordially, veteran sOn-
dolier brought me n chair. ana IN answer
10 questions the tragedian salI' raw
no fear as to the decline OF the lesl'lll" ''S
drama The public will always demand
n and there win always De some one 10
INTERPRET it for them. The farce
comedy. The comic opera, the melo-draiha
rise each year. scintillate, and 60 OUT
and the public instinctiyely turn 70 the
legitimate drama, just as one alIer
doilv menu of pate de fOie gras ana
quail turns to the solid piece OF roast. IL
is true. there are but few nterpreIns
the drama at present. there IS MI.
Keane. who is occupying the boards tnis
season: Mr. Hansford. young, star;
who is producing Julius Caesar, ana
Young man on the Western circuit OF
theatres is playing Shakespearlan roles.
Mr.. Henry Irving is. of course, III Eng
land. Mr.. Downing, | think. has com
panv this season: and then there is MI
James and myself. Not many, 1t IS true,
but quite enough.
"Tbis ace you know, is progressive, and
I believe the time has come when the
public will demand Of every one VINO IN
ferprets Stakespearian roles scenic ehects
and accessories which VIII render me
lines of the play more cOngruOus. We
are past that time when we can go into
theatre and use the stock scenery there
for presentation Of a legitimate drama.
All of that scenery is familiar to the
local thcatre-g0er He has seen the same
garden do for Romeo and Juliet for
TBrutus.' for farce comedy, for Mar
guerite's garden, or for comic opera.
Just as soon as the tragedian uses that
scenery, just that moment he detracts
from his success and the success Of bis
Interpretation.
Eyes. | hope one Of these days to again
produce 'Virginius.' but will do so on a
scale of magnhcence never before at
tempted. The play, you know, was writ
ten by Knowles and arranged by
Macredy. who, TO my mind was one of
the best stage mechanics who ever lived.
lie comprehended fully the entire de-
tails of a play and staged it accordingly.
Cons, Quently we have to-day splendid
drama in 'Virgnius, and in few
years time / will produce it. The play,
as all plays should, incites an interest in
the first act and then there is Il series
of climaxes until the denouement Oh! if
the modern playwright could only COM
prehend that that is the proper way to
write play, what lot of paper would
be saved. How much time would be
saved. and even the housemaids would be
thankful"
Mr. Warde's "cue" had about this time
arrived, and l babe him adieu. He is an
earnest worker, n splendid tragedian, and
the race for honors is close this season
between him and Louis james.
THE GREY MARE.
Our theatre-gOers will find delightful
exception to the average much-heralded
modern comedy in the presentation next
"Wednesday night at Mozart Academy of
Daniel Frohman's Lyceum Theatre sue
cess, 1.-THE Grey Mare"
True, its idea is purely farcical, but
so is the main device of ''She Stops to
Conquer" which uses the wholly inn
possible idea of installing friends
house for an inn and his daughter for a
waiting maid. This list might be added