Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-09-06
FISKE COMING AGAIN.
SHE WILL AGAIN DE SEEN At THE
ACADEMY OF MUSIC.
GENERAL THEATRICAL NEWS NOTES.
walker whitcside to Appear Here
. ns the Prince of Denmark-"The
Other MINIS Wife, This Week.
Some Other Attractions.

A really strong individual actress is
as rare as a finely-fried oyster outside
OF Norfolk The comparison is not grace
full / know-culnary comparisons sell
dom are. Therefore, with tImbreI and
shawn. sackbut. and rejoiceful song. l
salute the announcement Of Minnie Mad
dern Fiskes return to Richmond. This
slender woman, with auburn hair. boil
ing over her shapely head, and whose
strange regard fasclnates one, absented
herself from the American stage at
time when she was most needed. Full
of magnetism, the owner OF a 1.-THE tech
mic, coal of live fire, all she attempted
she heated TO intensity by her great
talents. Last season, It viii be remem-
bered, she appeared here as Nora, in
DOLLS House." and I liked It better
than Rejane's. The Frenchwoman, de-
spite her great technical hnesse did not
play IN the right key. Mrs. Fiske does
Her touch IS almost faultless. She is
the little scandinavian Frau Frau, with
that curious consciousness Of the Ibsen
and modern woman.
Minnie Madden Fiske Is the most in
dividuaI artist to-day on the American
stage; indeed, it would be difficult, short
OF the great ones, TO duplicate her rare
personality and absolutely natural meth
DDS even II one includes foreign
players. She has a marvellous faculty
% Tea slng things unsaid-things that
most actresses and actors so greedily
make you aware OF. This tact OF omis-
sion and gift OF reticence. this power OF
suggestion allied 10 a talent. vivid, vi
bratile, fervent, changeful, and full OF
mood versatility. makes her an unique
study for the student of things dramatic.
That Mr.. Walker Whiteside, the Ameri-
can tragedian. will appear in this city in
the early part Of the season, should be
gratifying news to lovers Of the legiti-
mate drama. The unanimity with which
the critics have commended Mr.. White
sides work must be accepted as founded
upon Cpnyicfion. No player since the
days when Edwin Booth was In the zenith
Of his fame has ever been accorded such
unstinted praise.
Booth was undoubtedly the greatest
Hamlet Of his time. There was none in
America or Europe worthy to share the
glory Of renown with him. He gave to
the American stage an enduring lustre
such as neither Forrest or Davenport had
succeeded in bestowing upon 1t. So long
as the stage exists the Mantle Of Booth
will have d significance not accorded the
posthumous fame of any of the other
players that the world has seen and hon
ored I'm the past century. He who wears
the mantle Of the greatest Of all Hamlets
must indeed be worthy OF the distinction.
And II is this distinction that has been
accorded Mr.. Whiteside.
Those who have seen and studied Mr..
Whiteside's work find In him all the quail
ncations of the Prince OF Denmark. He
gives 70 the character Of Hamlet the years
that best seem to accord with the poet S
fancy. and the most studious interpreta-
ton of the text. Thoughtful beyond his
years, his face and eyes have the fine
intellectual expressiveness which accords
so well with the Prince to whom philoso-
ply was an instinct, and whose soul had
delved deep into the unsolved spiritual
mysteries OF life. Endowed by nature
with voice of marvellous hexibillty, the
modulated softness Of his reading in the
quiet passages of the text seem TO az
centuate the ringing intonation with
which the sublimely passionate lines are
rendered. 1t Is this light and shade OF
expression which makes Whiteside SUI
premely great.
Manager Edward c. White. who is d.
recting the tour OF Bert Coote Qately the
New Boy'O and Nick Long In a comedy
from the French, entitled THE Other
Mans Wife" is in the city perfecting
the preliminary arrangements for their
appearance at the Academy OF Music on
Tuesday and Wednesday. In converse
ton ar. White said: BERT Coote's i'm
personation OF the New Boy earned for
him a lasting reputation as a comedian
who can portray the character of 'man
school-boy upon the highest plane and
not once descend from 1t. In this new
play he will impersonate oscar Timid, a
young husband, suffering from severe
attack Of mother-in-law, 'and the atten-
lions OF a young woman who gets him
into all sorts OF unpleasant predicaments.
Mr.. Coote, with the aid of his partner.
Nick Long, and their company, manage
10 get two hours solid fun out OF Oscar
Timid's Bert lCoote) acquaintance with
The other Mans Wife The principal
members of Coote and Longs support are
Julie Kingsley, Idalene Cotton, Lillian
Dix, Harry c.. STANLEY. Kraft Walton,
Wallace Henderson, and others.
1.-THE comedy. will be preceded by one
act play from the skilled pen OF James A.
Herne. 1t deals with an old French sol
Qltr VINO lOuBul uibSA NdlOieph - "NN
is the proud possessor Of the cross Of the
Legion OF Honor Nick Long will I'M
personate the old soldier"
During the season many actors OF ma
tional and even international repute will
visit Richmond, and many organizations
OF great prominence Will occupy the
Academy boards, but it is doubtful II
any more interesting attraction will come
this season than Barlows MINISTRIES,
which plays here or Friday night next.
This combination now belongs to Messrs.
Thomas G.. Leath, w. A. Moseley, and
Philip McNiven, and may be looked upon
as a local organization, touring as ii is
under Manager Leath's close supervision.
saw the opening night in Petersburg
and am therefore not relying on the
statements Of the passionate and not
always truthful press agent when / say
that II you want 10 realize how we have
gone ahead in minstrelsy Of late years
you will go and see the performance
given by Bsrlow's.
IL is not the largest organization OF
It's class upon the road, and there is not
so much fuss and feathers about IL,
as about some others. Nevertheless, Mr..
I,eath has invested 5000 in the equip
ment. but whereas other managers have
expended smaller sums Of money In
making a great display, the firm that
controls this troupe has invested heavily
In the talent which goes to force II. The
organization presents a solid phalanx,
and there is not weak spot in 1t.
The performance was brisk and inter-