Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-09-18
IS A WICKED rLAY.
1.-THE TURTLE" NOW BEING PRO-
DUCED IN NEW YORK.
JUNGLE TOMS CABIN" TOMORROW.
This version of Mrs. stoves Work
said TO lie without Objectionable
Features - No Bloodhounds - The
vaudeville Attractions.

This Is a wicked world, and the theatri-
cal manager knows IT, There are some
Who cry aloud for the elevation OF the
stage and FOR the presentation Of bet
ter class OF plays. These would-be pub
die bcncfactors so about with a long face,
and dcnounce those who cater to the
amuscment-loving public. because the
ncatrical manager produces plays which
do not tend TO better the morals Of man
Kind.
However. the public generally gets just
what its appetite Graves. and it is not
3D.. business OF the servant TO place bread
and water before his master, when the
latter demands wine. Just as soon as the
great thcatre-going public manifests the
slightest wish for change OF diet, then.
and not before, will it be spread before
them.
New York play-goers are now wild over
the production OF "The Turtle" adapted
from the French. OF course). and why?
simply because the play is described in
one OF the journals there as "the most
W.ckciiy indecent play ever seen in New
York" The result Of this criticism is
that the Manhattan Theatre. where the
play is being presented. is packed 10 the
doors every night. a disrobing scene
is The great magnet which nightly draws
The p0pulace of New York within the
doors Of the Manhattan. Every one
agrees, however, that the company pre-
seHting the piece is splendid, that the
mounting is superb. and that Sadie Marti-
not does the most artistic work Of her
career.
UNCLE TOMS CABIN.
on tomorrow night and Tuesday after
noon and night, Barbour & Harkin's COM
pauy of players will present Harriet
Eeccher stoves impossible story of
slavery days, Uncle Toms Cabin" at
the Academy OF Music.
In bringing this strong anti-southern
play TO the Academy, Manager Leath does
% more as a pleasure for curious theatre
e0crs than for financial motives. There
are great many persons who have never
seen the play. and who have naturally
had their curiosity aroused by the many
bitter reproaches the play has met with
from the people of Dixieland and IL is
mainly for such class Of the public that
ll is now to be presented in all the most
prominent playhouses of the Southern
States by a company that has been care
July chosen 10 give a fneiy-drawn pOr-
trayal OF the Yillainous and virtuous char
acters that go TO make the wool of the
book. Messrs, Barbour d Harkins have
been careful TO eliminate the odious
liOOdhounds and narrowing scenes so
often seen in the transformers edition
Of the play, I'm their version, and have
brought tho play into the confines of five
acts. The aggressive and brutal language
against the gentle folk of the old-time
South has also been dropped. and lines
rewritten in the atmosphere OF a pastoral.
The company TO be seen here is an eX-
Ctptlonally strong dramatic organization.
and not Of the mediocre class that are
SO predominant in other versions Of
Uncle Toms Cabin" The same COM
pany has recently presented the play at
the star Theatre, New York, and the
Park Theatre. Philadelphia, and goes
from here 10 New Orleans for a long run
at Klaw & Erlangers new theatre.
Diana, the Queen of Dancers.
Never before in the history Of vaude-
villes in this city has the stage of that
especial class OF amusement supported
such an extravagant array of eminent
artists, and a more brilliant combination
OF art, beauty, and, above all, novelty as
will be seen in the Auditorium at Broad
Street Park this week.
There is no idle jest OF an humble min
strel I'm the assertion that Manager Leath
has collected a company that Is the peer
OF any that has been seen in this city at
any resort in either variety or width Of
talent or in the fancy salaries that are
paid this really all-star bill.
Diana, the queen Of mirror-dancers
who has but lately created widespread