Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-01-06
THIS WEEKS PLAYS.
BOTH HOUSES 70 BE OPEN AND
MANY SUPERIOR ATTRACTIONS.
Observation-Disclosures Gossip and
Theatrical Notes.


tive theatrical events OF the season will
be the appearance Of Mr.. Richard Mans
field at the Academy tomorrow night.
Mr.. Mansfield will present. by special re-
quest, his latest success. entitled "Napo-
leon Bonaparte," play In five acts, by
Lorimer Stoddard.
In Mr.. Stoddard's work we shall see
Napoleon In his tent at Tilsit: his inter-
views with Talleyrand. with Frederick OF
Prussia. with the Emperor Of Russia, with
Marie Louise: we shall see him at Elba
preparing for his escape. III the French
camp on the eve Of Waterloo, and then
We shall assist at the last scene, his
death on the island OF st. Helena.
Mr.. Mansfield Will be supported by the
following: j. n. Cerono. Henry Jewett.
Dot Clarendon. ID. II. Harkins. a. G..
Andrews. Reuben Pox. w. N. Griffiths
Maud Hosford. Beatrice Cameron, Ethel
{. Sprague. and Katherine Grey.
Tomorrow night the Veteran Corps
Band. Of Baltimore. Will give one of its
famous. popular concerts at the Theatre.
This band Is the only incorporated stock
company and salaried organization Of this
class In the South. and it's great success
Is due mainly to the attractive. popular
and descriptive music that always mark
Its programmes and the high standard
OF excellence and efficiency maintained by
Its members. The uniforms In which the
men appear are very handsome, and are
said TO have cost over 5000. The band Is
affiliated TO the Fifth Regiment Veteran
Corps OF Baltimore. Upon their last APP
pearance here. at the refinement Of JEFF
ferson Davis. the organization met with
the highest praise on every hand.
Under distinguished patronage, and as
token Of regard and admiration, a testi-
monial benefit will be rendered to Judge
j. r. Farrar Old Johnny Reb) at the As
ISOLATION Hall tomorrow night. The &C.
casion for this well-merited presentation
is the sixty-seventh birthday of this ge-
NAL and brilliant entertainer and concur
rently The twenty ninth anniversary OF
his hrst appearance on the lecture plat
form. 10 which he Is so distinguished an
ornament The price OF admission will be
90 cents and there will be no extra charge
for reserved seats. The following people
have volunteered their services for the
occasion: Captain Frank Cunningham.
All Saints Quartette, Centenary Quartette.
Imperial Quartette, Old Dominion, Davis
Brothers. Miss Mamie Leahy, Mr.. Samuel
Crowder. Mrs. Jasper il. Rowe, Miss Ellie
Frazier. and Mr.. c. C. Crump.
1.-THE White Squadron will be seen Mt
the Academy next Tuesday and We'd
nesday. The recent Congress OF navies'
In Rio Janeiro to protest against the
brigandage tolerated in Brazil forms the
basis Of the plot, which unfolds a ro-
mantle love interest. Many and varied
are the points OF interest in the play.
and the stage Is continuously filled with
exciting episodes or elaborate stage-pic-
lures. Life in South America is depicted
in vivid colors, while realistic scenery and
mechanical contrivances are abundant.
Among the forcible representations are
those depicting slave-life, in which a
Moorish slave il shown yoked TO an OK,
like q beast of burden. A ruined monas-
terry and the funeral of the monks are
also brought out, while the climax OF in
terest is reached in a scene representing
the congress Of navies" in the public
square of RIO. The company Is one OF
remarkable strength, and includes w. a.
Whltecar Frederick Julien, J. W. Smiley.
Robert Neil Charles Macklin, j. Edwin
Leonard, VIII +. Phillips, Percy Plunkitt,
Laura Almosnino, Laura Booth, Edith
Julien, and others.
There Will be a charity entertainment
under the auspices OF the City Mission at
the Academy OF Music next Thursday
night vaudeville programme OF vast
proportions and variety has been pre-
pared and will be presented by local
talent, embracing q Shakespearian read
ing, a boxing bout, a church choir, and
banjo solo. interpreted with sand
Jig and set OFF by series OF living pic
lures. There are TO be no complimentary
tickets. Everybody, from Mr.. Thomas G.
Leath, who most gracefully tenders the
Academy. to the programme boy, Will
pay admission. Everything necessary
has been donated-house. orchestra, print
ing, and properties, and the private boxes
have been sold to the highest bidders.
bringing In handsome sum. The ladies
Of the City Mission are earnestly at work
selling tickets and soliciting advertise
ments for a handsome souvenir pro-
gramme which Will be used, and indca-
lions are that the charity will be very
substantially assisted.
Messrs. Donnelly and Glrard and their
entire New York company will present
their new comedy, THE Rainmakers." at
the Academy next Friday and Saturday.
The play was written especially for these
popular comedians by Mr.. Frank Dumont.
AS have had no opportunity TO see the
play since its production, append the fol-
lowing account Of It given to me by the
advance agent:
Mr.. Donnelly assumes the character OF
Percival Alright, ubiquitous hotel
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him in the role of Phelx Bottles. the
head porter OF the establishment. The
proprietor Of Hotel Chick has absconded
at the beginning OF the play, leaving Per-
cival Alright in charge. The rise OF the
curtain discloses strike among the
servants in full progress at the hotel, in
which the versatile hotel clerk has his
hands fun In settling. The fun COM
mences at the very outset and runs fast
and furious throughout the play. The
great cyclone scene in the second act Is a
marvel of stage mechanism. The country
home of the circus proprietor Is seen at
the time when a professional rainmaker
Is about to begin operation. Alright and
Bottles. who have deserted the hotel
force. appear upon the scene, and, having
gotten rid of the scientist through subter.
fuge steal his explosives and determine
to earn his fee themselves They are to-
tally ignorant Of the uses Of the various
explosives. so set them all of at once.
The effect is appalling. a terrific thun-
der-storm Immediately bursts forth. The
rain comes down in perfect deluge. The
wind howis and blows with such terrific
force that the houses and barns are
wrecked, fences are carried away, and
everything movable is blown off the stage.
Here the lights are turned up. The come
dams are discovered under fallen tree
whereupon they remark. What lot Of
weather we are having" The third act
introduces a series of excellent special
ties, including the famous electric march.
which has created the most profound sem