Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-05

no LACK OF ATTRACTIONS in
RICHMOND THIS WEEK.
SIR. Mansfield and Land of the Mid
night Sun ut the Academy-Ups and
renee at the Theatre.

There will be no lack OF amusements
in Richmond this week. Two attractions
are booked for each OF the play-houses,
affording varied bill from which to
select
Richard Mansfield comes to the Acade-
my OF Music tomorrow and Tuesday
evenings. He announces this as his
final and farewell tour OF the customary
theatrical circuits. as next season his sea-
son will be limited. This will probably be
the last opportunity OF Richmond theatre
goers to see him In long time. He VIII
present on Monday night his new and
powerful play, THE Story Of Rodion. the
Student" which created such a sensation
when ii was first produced in New York
four weeks ago and which has since
then created no end OF enthusiasm wher-
ever presented. 1t IS founded on
Dostoyevskrs famous Russian romance,
Crime and Punishment" and was writ
ten for Mr. Mansfield by Charles Henry
Meitzer. the dramatic critic Of the New
York World. Ii IS IN six scenes and tells
the story Of a poor, haf-staryed ana
anarchistic Russian student who believes
that killing IS not e crime. 20 long as the
motive for the deed Is just ana a GOOD
one The student kills an old usurer ana
procuror: but his punishment comes IN
the form OF remorse that so works upon
his mind that he finally acknowledges his
guilt ana surrenders himself TO justice.
DIR. JEKYLL AND MIR. HYDE.
On Tuesday evening Mr Mansfield will
present his famous and powerful persona
ton Of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde This
as most everybody knows, Is dramau-
zation Of Robert Louis Stevenson's great
story. 1t Is one of Mir. Mansield's most
popular presentations. and, though the
story is strange and uncanny, II mas
a weird and potent fascination about IL
that renders 1t one Of the most popular
Oh All in Mr. Mansneld's repertoire.
Mr.. Mansfield will present these two
plays with all Of their original scenery
and stage-settinss, and he viii be sup
ported by his new York Garrick-Ihestre
Company which includes Miss Beatrice
Cameron, Miss Jennie Eustace' hiss
tombstone Bennett. Mss Eleanor Ca
reg. Miss jamie AllistCn, Miss Nora
.iamisln; Messrs d. II. Haskins, Orrin
johnson. Edmund de Lyons. W. y. Grll-
fifth, 5. g. Andrews, Louis Dalton j. W.
Weaver. Kenneth Lee, and others.
GLAND OF THE MIDNIGHT SUN"
In Edwin Barbour's new play, Land
OF the Midnight SUM-" at the Academy
Of Music Wednesday and THURSDAY Is
found something so original. weird. and
barbarfc. that 1t is hard to find
in the category Of stage performances
a fairly descriptive name TO qualify 1t.
Probably II VIII be nearly right to call II
q spectacular romance. The style might
be Of the Rider Haggard or Jules Verne
school. except that those fascinating
writer's have run more to fable than TO
realism 1.-THE Land of the Midnight
Sun" H. not q stretch of Imagination
but a legend OF our own world TO the
present day, bound In a cover Of bar
barrie splendor The story is OF two half
brothers, who, like Valentine and Orson,
are unknown to each other. The one
Is an Icelandic giant OF the Northern
seas: the other. born in the tropics has
all the fire OF the Latin race. From the
cradle. Jason, the elder. Is taught to te
his father and half-brother. because that
father deserted his mother while he was
but an infant The viking ships cross
the seas, and the broth r. love the same
woman. Time and time again they cross
each other I'm love and war. The action OF
the play takes place in Iceland. Scenes
OF iit AUfNid NNl~AtA0f Il NHlNaItN @ ~
ton, an explosion IN the sulphur-mines
are presented with realism. and the meet
ing Of the Alth'rg. the historical
Mount Of Laws. an impressive ceremony.
which FOR "A thousand years has been
the customary form OF justice and annual
thanksgiving Of that country are fea-
lures that are new 10 the stage and
pleasing Ia the audience.
The production Is under the direction
Of 4. Y. Pearson. who Is lavish In his
expenditure ia making the Land Of the
Midnight Sun" success. The company
presenting IL is a large and wel-selected
one. Among the number Is the author.
Mr.. Barbour. himself, who assumes the
quaint but interesting character OF Cap
tain Jollyweather. The remainder Of
the cast comprises such people as Will
ton Taylor. Paul Menifee, George W.
Walters. David Hancheft Edward Hume.
George Carleton, j. L. Watson +.
Franklin. Jessie Lester, Belle Stoddard
Ada Lytton Mrs. George W. Walters.
Lulu Barbour, Eugene Epson. and Her
bert Dorman.
UPS AND DOWNS OF LIFE"
"The Uns and Downs OF Life" is the
title OF the play that Oliver Byron VIII
produce at the Theatre tomorrow eve
ming. II is a melodrama. permeated with
IA tfitttAA WIN VI NOllAtA9 WINCH NutihtIS
the action Of the piece. Mr. Byron will
be assisted by a capable company.
WALTER LAWRENCE.
On Tuesday and Wednesday evenings
and Wednesday matinee. al the Theatre.
Walter Lawrence. assisted by a strong
hstriOn'c organization. will present Alden
Benedct's Pablo Romani," which. It Is
said, surpasses Monte Cristo' In its in
tensity OF action. in its subtlety of plot.
and its cause and effect. 1t steps i'm
mediateiy upon a high. artistic level of
intense, active interest, and keeps that
level up to the terrific, emotional climax
which Is the submerginr Of the expiring
BODIES OF the principal characters i'm the
rolling waters Of the Bay Of Naples, amid
the crashing thunder Of an earthquake,
in the weird light of an awful eruption
OF Mt. Nesuvius.
'Fabio Romsni'' is n tale OF the dead
rounded upon the duDlcty OF woman.
The cast includes Walter Lawrence. as
Fabio: Miss Therese Milford. az Nina.
the priDNpal characters. besides a strong
and ev0y-balanced company in the re-
naming roles.