Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-09-08

and sat,r,aes uooular themes and charac
ters OF the day introduces pretty music.
attractive girls. clever comedians, afford.
ing an entertainment In which there Is
hardly a break IN the laughter. The sale
OF seats will commence next Wednesday.
The company includes Harry Conor. the
original "Welland Strong; James n.
Smith. julius Witmark- Harry GilfoiL
Richard Karl. Anna Robinson. Efhs Cha
puy. jose Shakers. Sadie Kirby. aud
MAdge Deane.
Affair ten years Of continuous SUCCESS
..psnk,s Rad Bny" Is etiu one Of our lead
ing farcs comedies, The piece since Il
was here last has been entirely r,writ-
ten. and is replete with Appropriate music
ana strong ,pec.altieS The FIRST act still
retains the famous grvcery store. kept
by Srhultz. the German grocer. The Sc
cnna act shows Major Peck's home, and
the last. the picnic scene at Clearwater
woods. IN Milwaukee,, wis, Nothing has
hem neglected 10 scenery and costuming.
Tho cast is tho strongest ever put out
with the play, which viii be seen here
next Friday and Saturday.
F,vervboSv. or nearly everybody, here
atouts Is pictorially and editorially ad-
yised OF the fact that sells Brothers
enormous, united, the Oldest largest, anu
richest show on earth" VIII pay visit
TO Richmond, Thursday, september Zbth.
1t is stated that the two performances
will be preceded by grand free morn
ing street parade Of unusual liberaiity and
attractiyeness. The various interesting
and amusing exhibitions massed under
twelve hugs tents need not be re-enume-
rated lint 1, Is pertinent TO say that one
and. all will be forthcoming, as sells
Brothers are honest and Impartial mana
GERS. who bear an untarnished record OF
faithfully-kept promises.
Sells Brothers wish IL distinctly and
finally understood that their mtnmoth
show IS not divided. never was, and
never will be. but is always and every
where fully. fairly, and squarely present
ed IN its vast entirety.
II is many years since J. IL. Stoddart
mas been seen IN melodra!na-not since
HE triumph in the role or the iather OF
tire wronged girl in Lights o London
excepting by the way. his appearance
IN "5,ints and Sinners" In The Sport
in Duchess" about TO be produced by
charles Frohuan in New York, Mr..
6. oddart will play the part Of horse
trainer and again he has a wronged
daughter.
A most interesting theatrical curio in
,ba shane Of a suit of mail worn by the
i,to Gustavus Brooke the famous Eng
Iish tra-edian. as Richard Ill. has just
arrived on the Etruria. II Is now the
property Of Thomas Keene, and he VIII
year II when he appears as Richard AT
the Theatre Monday october 9TH.
Nat Goodwin. Thomas Q. Seabrooke.
and Pauline Hall have all turned from
comic opera TO comedy.
Ioserh jefferson has FOR several years
advised Thomas .. Seabrooke 10 leave
comic opera IN favor Of comedy. II mas
boen suggested that SeGbrooke would be
g.sf cast az Caleb Plummsr, favorite
oart Of Jcfferson's.
charles FrOhman has received -FOUR
,ablegraua concerning the London per-
Torrance at the Garrick Theatre OF Au-
,,,,s,re Tboras's Alabama" One IS
from T.. = willard, who produced the
,,ace nd the other from William Les
toca. lir. F'rohman's London agent Inc
mesa ga- are 10 the effect that the piece
y,oe received with great favor By the Eng
fish.
For the Crown" the new play by
Francois Coppee, the famous French dra-
,oafist which Edward Nroom IS
10 produce this season, first In New YORK
and then on tour. is a spectacular drama
~ the sixteenth century the subject OF
which Is military treason. 1t was one
~ tho dramatic sensations last winter
al the Paris Odeon.
Iilv Langtry. who is having such a
God time off the stage in England that
she has cancelled her American tour has
succeeded in selling her palatial private
cor here. The buyer is Hermann the
Great. The conjrrer, I'm turn, mas soia
his own private-car, wnicn Is rated the
handsomest in America-neXt 10 LAZY >,
II. G. ID.