The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-28
COMING ATTRACTIONS.
Fanny Davenport Opens q Three Nights
Engagement at the Rockingham.

Fanny Davenport opens o Inrce NiehtS
Engagement at the rockingham.
Fanny Davenport, supported by Mel
bourne MacDowell and her metrOpoli-
tan company, will open q 3-night en-
gagement this evening, presenting Sar-
dou's latest and greatest success, "Gis-
monda." The play itself Is a work in
tensely dramatic, and affords an ac-
tress in the character Of Gismonda an
opportunity not extended by any other
known author to give play to the mObil-
ity Of her features-facial expression,
in short, hat Is not n Of the least In
teresting points In Miss DavenpOrt's
great representations. There are long
speeches in "Gismonda," In which GER
tain characters recite wonderful deeds
of the heroine, and II is during their
delivery that the only dramatic touches
of the scene came from the expression
of Gismonda's face as she listens. 1t Is
safe to say, too, that the central tragic
Iced Of this play surpasses in the
power to thrill and awe anything in
Fedora" or LA Tosca."
German Brothers To-day.
An exchange a y of THE Gilhoolys
Abroad" which will be produced at the
Academy Of Music this afternoon and
evening: "Roars of laughter and con-
tinuous applause testified to the appre-
citation of a medium sized audience at
the Van Curler last night when the
German Brothers presented the musical
comedy, THE Gilhoolys Abroad" Any
quantity of specialties were intro
duced, and the musical features had a
place considerably above the average"
Return Of the ilanford Company
Julius Caesar" Shakespeare's great
historical tragedy, will be produced at
the Academy next Friday night by the
company which put on the sumptuous
production Of 1.-THE Merchant of
Venice" here last month. The COM
pany, 1t will be remembered, has three
distinguished artists at its head,
Charles b. Hanford, Elihu r. Spencer
and Nora O'Brien. and contains, be-
sides, fifteen unusually clever players.
The scenery which Booth and Barrett
used in this play and which they ad-
vertised as their $3.50 0 production"
will be seen at this performance. The
sale opens Wednesday morning.
The Masqneradcrs Saturday Night.
Here is a brief outline of 1.-THE Mas
queraders." the drama by Henry Ar
thur Jones, which will be seen at the
Academy Of Music Saturday night. It
Is q story OF TWO men and n woman.
David Ramon, an astronomer, and Sir
Brice Skene, an a%ristocrat, are in love
with Dulcie Larondie. barmaid at the
Stag. In the first act a hunt ball is
progressing at the Stag. To raise a
fund for a whose husband has
been killed, a kiss from Dulcie il put up
at auction. The bidder starts at a SOW.
ereign, and there IL a brisk competition
between Ramon and Brice. Two
thousand guineas." said David; Sir
Brice bids three" and the kiss is his,
Sir Brice publicly offers Dulcie his
hand and heart. In the second act Sir
Brice has been q married man four
years and has managed to ruin himself
on the turf. He wishes his wife to bor-
row from David Ramon, slow rich. In
the third act. she has done 80 to the
tune OF $4,000. The scene Is a private
sitting DON at Nice hotel. Skene
catches his wife and Ramon Just az
they are avowing their love, and he
suggests to David that they should
play-his wife and child aginst David's
Rz0o,000. They play and Sir Brice
loees. In the last act David has taken
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