The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-01-24

TIE Splendid Company to Play at the Mozart
Three Good Plays.


The announcement that Mr. and Mrs. Ken
dial the celebrated English PLAYERS. will be-
gin throe-night engagementat the cademf
of Music next Thursday night WI be well
come intelligence 10 many VINO are anxious 10
see them heir visit will be one of the most
notable of dramatic events We have had
the lead ne artists from Paris. We have mad
the great German actors; vs. have had the
stars oil our own land. but now. Tor the first
time We are called upon to receive the lead
IN actress OF ngland.
Mrs. Kendall brings with her the prestige of
inuumerabler successes, ot long wears of ac-
knowledged station In the London world,
Mr. kendall is % flexible actor. thoroughly
schOOlrH. vino puts into his parts large pOr-
ton of yIaisembiance. ils methods arc his
own. and they are those OF finished come
dian OF originality and artistic merit. lie has
o fine presence and is by no means 10 Doe 40
once relegated 60 % place as an artist inferior
TO that of Mrs. kendall
The play selected Tor their opening will be
The Iron Master This drama is an Eng
li-n version. by A. W piner1. If George
Ohnets well-knOwn lie Maire de FORCES
10 which the adaptation adheres very closely.
When NJ. Ohnot made TINS llOrihc1tlOn OF
bourgeo.sie he resented IA Claire de Beaupre
and Philippe Derblay two characters we'll
fitted 60 Mr.. Kendall and her husband as
actors. Of these merits the one pred1mi ant
is that they illustrate art without Alteration.
Their art, especially Mrs. kendals, Is
thorough exhaustive. aim, 10 DO all that
should be done and 10 leave all else undOne.
Yet il Is not tedious 10 is rather the more
fascinating.
The story of the "Forgemaster" has been
made familiar u p.aygOers, not only through
Ohnets story. but through the production OF
the French stage version OF 10 by that lovely
woman and actress. Jane ligdlng. and through
an English version of It by the charming
though robust Rose COghlan. Mrs. Kendall Is
herself not as 1.-the as Hading, yet not SO
robust as Cogblan but. although her form is
cast in large and generous mold. and though
there is WOnder0us flDr0us strene TN m her
acting there Us 10 smack of robustness
in H. Miss Coghlan swept through the
part Of Claire as If she was another
SiddOns sweeping on 10 her mad fate tnrOu b
Lady Macbeth. Jane Hading's Claire mar
ried the man she did not love and shrank re-
pellant from his caresse5. his presence even,
because she hated him. Not 50 Mrs Kendall.
Though she does does not love PHILIPPE Der
blay and dares not face his look and shud-
ders at the sound OF his voice and lOdthe- the
touch OF his hand when she marries him. she
repeis him because she hates herself more
than him because all that was sweet. sacred
and gracious IN her refinement and dignity OF
WOmanhOOd would not endure the touch or
caress of one she did not love There was IN
Hadings eiection Of PHILIPPE the angry spirit
of personal anlmosty; IL was not her wOmanly
seusiblity that repu!sed her neW-inade hus-
band but the sense Of her own wrongs her
personal resentment. which made her cruel
and vindictive In Mrs kendaps presenta-
ton Of the part of Claire, wOmanly sensibility
is the keynote of the repugnance aud scorn,
the subsequent tortuung jealousy. the fiery
anger. the later love that grows IN passionate
force and volume despite itself.
The second play which will be presented
Friday night will be SardOu's famous comedy,
"a Scrap of Paper IN which Mr. Kendall
will appear as Colonel Blake and Mrs Kendall
as Susan Hartley Their version of the IN
eenious comedy differs in a small degree from
that so often presented here The scene is
laid in England and the characters are Eng
lish.
At the Saturday matinee they will appear
in Tom Iaylors famous play. still Waters
Run Deep" This comedy differs consider
ably from the play with which the kendals
are identified. but II Is one which IS
suited % their natural school of acting.
When Tom Taylor wrote still Waters Run
Deep he struck a chord that found its echo
in the breast OF every man who has the
least spark of chlyalrc feeling. The pro
verb. Still Waters Run Deep" not only
furnishes the title. but suggests the nature
Of the lesson that the dramatist proposed 10
eXemp lify.
For their concluding and final appearance
in this city Mr.. and Mrs. Kendall will repea
the popular play OF The lronmaster."
In order to prevent dissatisfaction IN the
sale of seats for the Kendall engagement
at the Academy Of Music. Nr. s G. Dubois.
the lessee has decided not 20 sell more than
ten tickets 70 any one person. Sale CON-
mences on Monday morning.