Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-21
ans SKINNER N ROSEMARY"
c,.rn,tng play Wen Presented
,oa delighted Audience

...,.,,orv" is beautiful play an"
s,,,r,cr,s company gave a mos
..5 Dro8ucti0n of SC no the ACADEMY
.t-r. qhoueh only in its first week
.. r.r5s Of this company. there D.
Co.. -r uo weakness in the manner w.
..... n is put on. About the play I'S'.'
.r could Doe said. Its theme Is NV
.. ...e alone. but there Is 81 s.ulie77
a.. ,.ryades through h oH ana le3Nef
H.uca at the close OF tHe lo9'
....fr- rather than smhing Inc
-ure I'm tone, and the sympathy
r. audience is divided between ,i''
,...,..-s young lover who may easHS
t-.r.n for becoming bit jealous,
u.nEly girlish sweetheart anu
-...s-. whose hopeless love for DO
.. ,-.st be buried in his own breast
. . tries t. smile when she Dlus
,- -aI-bv almost ON the eve or he'
-- 10 another This last scene is
SIS. Intense. and at its conclusion M M
was forced 10 appear bel"ie t.'
and make q few remarks, ""lO"
most gracefully. ,. .,,ii-
-. i no doubt that among the auul-
- ...ra WAS some question dS ~
whether the play would not nav -
s.-..cer with the last act ohllteu. ihV ~ q.
.r. raugs caused by the precedlLs Onr'
mi rarifes the prediction or JosI@ili.i
.+ OBJ. wound would heal IN tllhc' 81
--.- dftv years older, has iotso1sS"
,b. love Of his middle LIE unln WY az
,..r,al crum bling OF 'oi io .iC., Of "a
,. dIscloses the scared leafes Vt "a "
rv am which Dorothy had WIllltH
.rfre that memorable drive 70 1870. 'Ci,,
r.. play would bee hconpltl0 ",,,..,,IE
81. dct though IL seems thdl III "ouIu
r,l rrt
..r.-ld as 10 bring Sir Jasper 10 dn ~
81. ren he must of necessity nave iOi 81.
81. as his reason is tOtttll.t' dA" tls %
not I'm entire possession OF iHs lt~'' NJ
EVERY role was well sustained r'
Skinner was admirable aS SIT Jasper "i',
- rart of Professor JOgram was ii"H'
slflfulv handled ly MI Johh MIi9il, .
Nsrank Sylvester was LloHt 49,.
%oung lover and under the circuiil5 -'.ii,
trould have been Justned IN sH9"lI5
s,,sn more irnpetu0sity in the third acl
n Enfrfe was sufficiently blui aH1
fcarfv as Ipt3in Cruickshank. AS 10
T0rhv Miss Maud Durbin was delisi llul'
g. efrll-h nc times, and fuih hQlJ as
Trrs Cruickshank. was charming lh Hel
manner but. If anything. made up zoo
-.0rvr for the part. She was quite piellE
tr5 certainly didn't look 20 be inc
mother of Dorothy. The others were en-
.RosemaTv" viii DE repeated AZ matt
i.s and evening performances to-day
There was quite a large gathering =
e. Riiou last night and every one
med pleased with the excellent an'
. +rrtaining bin rendered. Every act was
l...auded. ana many encores We're ,9e
aided The large number Of ladies
present eniOved the performance. anl
v.rf away well pleased. To-day az -.
-ck there viii Doe "a matinee. ana TINS
weeks bill closes with performance
..r.lht. An excellent Din has been Sc
cred for next week.
The two concerts 20 be given by Sous
g. his peerless band al the Academy O.
,. on Monday have been selected p'
g. handmaster with the greatest care
d. t1 overload the programmes with TN
rr..-II0ns Of the great writer's, bu
q -.e. them an air of gayety and life' 81
G.. . please popular tastes.
~ Bride Elect" Sousa's latest opera
v. wu De sung at the Academy o.
-v Goth and 3lst. is a typical sous
Composition. fun Of the ferver and SWIM
t-t bias made him and his marches Ia
g. The company is the same in per
F..r. and members that produced IN
r 'r New York last season.