Birmingham state herald., 1896-01-15

milar in advance notices of theatrical
 productions. It is, however, accurate
 enough to characterize the presentation
 of Sidney Gundy's drama. Sowing the
 Wind" under the direction of Mr.
 Charles Frohman. It is also modest
 enough to fit the occasion. for an attrac-
 ton of the Superlative merits of this one
 does not need the language of superla-
 tives to prop it up. This drama it is no
 congregation to say, comes to us with a record and indorSement unsurpa ssed by any other serious dramatic work since the days of Daniel Rochat." Of it's long and memorable run in London the ca bles have told us from time to time, and ev-
 cry newspaper reader who keeps posted on the thea trical affairs of the day Is fa- milar with its brilliant season of over 200 nights at the Empire theater New York. Sowing the Wind" is written along the line of the Mosaic warning
 that "the sins of the parents shall be visited upon the children" and without being didactic, If at all. to any offensive degree, inculcates in a fascinating way
 the great lesson that there should be the
 same code of social morals for man as for woman-that the punishment for
 wrong doing should not be unequally
 meted out. Because of this it has become
 known as the "seX against sex'' drama.
 and has furnished food for prolonged
 controversy among sociologists and play
 SoefS generally. AS play pure ana Slm-
 ple however, 1t appeals to all lovers of
 the stage because of it's powerful situ- ations, It's absorbing climaxeS it's wealth of epigram and satire, it's brilliant lines and it's possession of all the evidences of the work of a master hand in stagecraft. Apart from it's histrionic merits the ar tiStic eye will be charmed by the rich, dainty and Dfcadenesque-like costumes. in which it's people will be attired. The time of the play is the Georgian era and
 the opportunities for picturesque effects in stage setting and furniture which such
 a period gives have not been neglected by the management A bald outline of the story may thus be given: MT. Brab- azon, wealthy widower, had in his youth loved woman whom he could not marry because of his superior family con nections At the solicitation of his Va
 ther. backed up by the unfounded insinu- al ton that the woman had been unfaith-
 full to him, he left her; not. however be-
 fore he had betrayed her. He did not
 learn that afterwards a daughter was
 born. He married, but after many years his wife died childless. Tn his loneliness he adopted Ned Annesley, the son of a
 dead friend. Ned, being sent to London. fell in love with Rosamond young singer. His adopted father on whom he | was dependent. objected to the match | and all the cruelties of fate came between l the young people. She was honest, but of unknown parentage-therefore alone in | the world and target for the tongue of l the scanda-monger. It is her effort to | fight down and rise above the conse- | quences of her parents sin that gives | the main incidents of the plot. It is 1 finally revealed to MT Brabazon that Ro- samond is his daughter-it was he who | sowed the wind. The manner of this | revelation is one of the greatest situa- | tons, it is believed in the history of the
 stage and everywhere has aroused audi ences to the greatest enthusiasm.