Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-04-24


Young mans gancy lightly turns TO
thoughts of love" But it is equally true
that i'm the spring the fancies OF many
men who are no longer young lightly
turn To thoughts of cheap entertainment.
Responding to this demand, great prepa-
rations have been made for the summer
season
Mr. Aphonse Pizzini will have the
MANAGEMENT Of the Vaudev.les at
Forest-IIm Park. ard possibly OF the
oDcn-air show which IS under cOntem-
piation at the West-End Baseball Park,
situated on the Main-Street Line OF the
Richmond Railway and Electric Com
pany
Cir. Thomas G. Ieath viii control the
Auditorium and syndicate of enter
prsng young men have leased the Jei-
ferson Roof-Garden.
Al last the Door actor who has struG-
sled through three seasons OF PAM ui
theatrical depression viii find am avenue
for the employment OF hia t'leH's' TOT
he may pass from fighting his stage d'els
10 accept a part I'm the tragedy Tor Which
the curtain has JUS gone 10
Theatrical managers generally regard
the wa as the greates. calamity tlat
could have befalcn tho stage ma full
many a poor Othcljo will find ms occu-
patton gone.
And so Richmond he's fallen into the
hands of the great theatrical syndicate.
Well. il is a Circumstance very lar iioh
beina recrettablc. for Klaw q Erl"nger
VINO arc now partners with NJ. Leath,
control a numbec of very fine attrac-
lions. and though the faces OF some
familiar friends may not be seen hete
MS frequently as Of yore. the ne" ar
ranccmcnt will tend 10 raise the sldlua'"
of excellence and to multiply attractions
Of the better sort. After all the hBhI
against the syndicate was confined 10 =
very narrow circle, and could not IN any
way concern this city. So it is that the
new managers may be cordially WEI
coined. and If only they put the Ilsht
sort Of attractions on the Ac"uei'S
boards they may rest assured 'hdI 'Iei'
oxueriences will not be unpleasing or un-
profitable. ..i.5
Alessrs. Klaw & Erlanger have tried
for wears 10 get control Of theatre IN
richmond 10 add TO their chain OF
bcuses which may be found IL All the
urlncipal cities Of this country, ana some
extensive improvements may be looked
for IN the matter of accommodations. IL
Is indeed. possible that new mouse
may be built but at all events the AGA
denny will be remOdellei.
Comedy. music. specialties, and an elab-
crate scenic production IS promised by
Manager Duncan y. Harrison, IN his pre-
-entation Of the laughing success, run
Aboard the Pacific Mail" at the Acade-
my Of Music tomorrow night ana tues
dav afternoon and night. In the cast arc
Tho following well known artists: Robert
l. Graham. Edward s. Metcalf, William
RHcv Hatch. Osborne Searle, sydney
| price Charles c. Patterson, Samue
| Lewis. Fred Forrest. Charles y. PoWell
! Charles Craig William Johnson, Gus. ~
! We're. L. NJ Martell. J. p. Adams, {. u
/ Ferris. and Miss Marian Abbott lie
| lcne Lowell Grace Sherwood, Gene Ems
/ Gsr,s, Ames. Carolyn Cook, Adelaide
Burton. and others.
! John Griffith. assisted by an excellen
company will present his production O
! "Faust" at the Academy on Wednesda!
1 and Thursday nights with a matlne
/ Thursday. Mr.. Griffith makes a Mephist
! euivit who INCREASINGLY denies. IL
makes him an intellectual devil. who's
business is 10 present all that is oppo
! eitr 10 GOOD. Griffith's Mephisto does no
! taunr Faust direct and brutally, bu
! rather onsnarcs him by a train OF rea
soning which the latter cannot answer
| because they are but reflections OF III
own doubts and fears Retaining Mephis
to's cunning. his searching ridicule AM
/ savage cyniclsm. he echoes all the reck
less unbelief OF the human race. their re
/ beluous impulses. their indulgences an
/ ns-sticn Of virtues. love, and taith-ai
/ ways willing the bad. but always work
! inc thereby the good. in spite of himself
| The production will be magnificent.
! staged. both scenically and electrically
particularly in the revels on the Broken