The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-01-19
4 SPLENDID pEoDucTIoN.
The Great Problem PLAY Sowing the
wind " to be seen at the Academy.

The Great Problem Play Sowing the
Wind " to be seen az the Academy.
Richmond Is fortunate in the quality
Of the attractions announced Tor imme-
late production al the Academy OF
Music Following Sir Henry Irving will
come Sowing the Wind. underlined for
Thursday night To those who follow the
current news OF the dramatic world the
TACT D. familiar that no product of the
playWrignts pen ln the present genera
ton has aroused such enthusiasm all
over the L7glisn-spcaking world. or given
rise tO such an amount of earnest con
trofcray, as this sex against sex" drama
of sydney Gruuly's. ms SUCCESS iu Lon
don was remarkable ana when Mr..
Charles Frohman bought the American
nights anu staged IN al the fashionable
Empire Theatre New York. % was at
once recognized by the leading critics as
the most perfect example of dramatic
construction seen since the days of the
notable Madison Square successes. The
lhnilc evidently were of a. similar mind.
for the play ran for TWO hundred and
eight nights 10 a business which up 10
that time had been the most phenomenal
in the annals OF Gotham thcatricals.
lndt was the season before last Then
followed nine weeks in Chicago. nifty
nights i'm Boston, and similarly prolonged
r-ns ia other big play-gOine centres. At
lhe request or the managers OF The Driu-
clpa southern theatres. Mr Ir0hman
has sent the drama, with DIS most im-
Dixie land. aud this tour viii terminate
in Richmond Already the southern crit
lrs-mcn like Major Burbank OF the New
Orleans Plcayune, and Air. Joseph OH. of
ihe Atlanta tOusfitutiCu-naEe exhausted
Tine language or superlaUVf. in its praise,
and they seem 90 have echoed the senti-
ment of the highly conservative Boston
Transcript that The who falls TO see 10
does himself an uruu i0 able injury"
This is strong language but 10 is pre-
oictcd by Manager Leath thai the play
eOers of Richmond who see the drama
Thursday night viii Doe of the same Opln-
ION. The opinions of reputable journals
are always safe guides. and, therefore. ~
may not be unWise or inappropriate 10
quote from one or two OF them. OF
Sowing the Wind the Baltimore Her
years has gotten such a hold upon the
public. Few have made such an impress
sion, and 10 may bee truthfully said that
more powerful moral sermon was
never preached. The words In those
lines. the ringing utfcrauces of the dia-
l0gue between the man and the woman
in that remarkable third act. must appeN
90 and leave AN impression on the heart
that even time viii not erase. It's interest
o. intense, and the auditor leaves with
the blood tiuglng in the veins. so forcile
DIS the argument presented The Mem
pnis tOmmercial-AUpea declared that III
was the opinion of critical audience last
evening that Sowing the Wind IS the
strongest drama presented here this sea-
son. The play" 10 added, "abounds in
dclineations of human character. racked
hy the strongest passions, and half the
time the audience is an but In tears.
which are only chased away by the humOr
which viii come sometimes even al the
graycst moments" The company that
will present this brilliant drama here is
the same that has performed IL I'm the
principal cities Of the United States ana
Canada IL g. said 10 be one OF the most
perfectly balanced organizations on the
American stage, and 10 Is not often that
even Richmond has an opportunity Of
seeing us equal. OF Air j. II. Gllmour
the leading man. the Detroit Journal says.
MIR Gilmour is an admirable artist and
his conception of BrabazOn stands out
clear and distinct as a triumph OF char
acter acting" The same critic says OF
Miss Mary Hampton, "a charming Ken
lucky girl. Miss llampton's kosamond
was the same delightful impersonation
that she gave last season-tender, brave,
and womanly. She Ga an artist OF rare
endOWments and artistic methods. Every
thing she does bears the stamp or au-
thority." Every member OF the com
uany has come In for equally strong
praise. and the mass Of favorable com
mendation bv the leading critics now be
fore us would indicate that Richmond
will ON next Thursday night have an
attraction worthy the patronage OF all in
teligent people