The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-11-21
RIP TAN WINKLE At y. M e. A.
Third Star Course Observation-Disclosures
hill, the Im~personator.

Third Star Course Observation-Disclosures
hill. the Tmpersonator.
The third entertainment Of the Y. NJ. Q.
A. Star Course will be given Friday. the
18th, when Mr.. Charles F. Underhill. the
celebrated im%personator will present rip
Van Wrinkle" This will be quite a novel
and interesting entertainment, and it is
belived hat it will be as poplar as anv
entertainment ever given in any of the
Star Course seasons.
Nearly everyone has read the delightful
story of old Rip and his twenty years
sleep n the play will be doubly enjoy
able on that account. But it is not entire
ly necessary that one should be familiar
with the story to enjoy the life-like i'm
presentations and the reality that Mr.. IN
derhill puts in his famous mOnOlOgues.
One wonders afterwards how an enter
tainment of this class can be conducted
by one man and be so deeply interesting.
1t is not merely a reading, nor a lecture
nor an Evolutionary entertainment. but
even more thar this. 1t Is a complete
and vivid presentation Of a great drama
by one man who has the very rare gift
of being able to Gppear like several
others. II is no easy task TO hold the at
tention of an audience in the presentation
of a half-dozen different characters with
out any eXtraneous aid In the way of cos
tune or stage scenery. Rip Van Wrinkle
Is one of Mr.. Underhills best entertain
ments, although he appears in many Sc
lectiOns from Shakespeare and Dickens.
With none of the aid that scenery or cos
tune lend TO dramatic form. Mr.. Under
hill depends entirely on changes of vocal
and facial expression Cor individualiZing
the different p~ersonages. and does il so
0ftcpaccfu1lxr thof hfo audience nator mood
a second introduction t. the characters,
so easy is it to recognize hem N each
temperance.
1t Is an entertainment in Itself to study
the manner OF Mr.. Underhill in conduct
ing a dialogue I'm which there are not less
than seven speakers. The presentation
OF rip Van Wrinkle never fails to hold
the strict attention OF the audience from
the time RIP" enters into his disastrous
debauch until he awakes from his long
sleep and returns. Seeing Mr.. Underhill
is just like seeing a company. Rip is not
there in tattered garments. but he is
there in all hat has made him the most
conspicuous character in the drama Of the
last half century, and is really more en-
tertaining and capable Of producing more
innocent amusement for an audience than
when actually surrounded by his drinking
companions of the stage production.
To great natural gifts and a fine stage
appearance, Mr.. Underhill has added an
intellectual mastery OF his work and the
delightful advantages of a finished art
in Interpretation of classic English COM
edy. He certainly has remarkable elocu-
tionary powers and even more remark
able faculty for facial expression. his
changes from the representation OF
Gretchen's temper to the hard. grinding
character OF Derrick Won Beekman and
the sad experience of RIP" being some
thing wonderful. Mr.. U)nderhin by his
skilled. modulated voice carries his audi
ence with him equally i'm the delineatlon
of pathos, fun or sentiment. His plays
have all proven popular, in fact, they
seem to have possessed a peculiar FACT
nation wherever they have been present
ed. No better evidence OF this fact can
he given than the fact that he has aD-
peared on the Baltimore Y. NJ. G. A.
Course eight times, on the Philadelphia
nine times. and on the Brooklyn Course
ten times. This is a record that can
hardly be surpassed and speaks for Itself.
The Baltimore American says of Mr.. Un-
derhill: Seventh tim on the Course.
and a greater success than ever
The Star Course Committee feel assur-
ed that Mr.. Underhill will be a standard
attraction on the Star Course. The two
concerts have proven very popular, and
there Is every reason to believe that RIP
Van Winkle,' will be. presented TO Il
crowded house. One hundred single adj
mission tickets will be sold. Reserved
seats can be secured at the building be-
ginning Wednesday, November 2ith' at
/ p. NJ. promptly.