The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-17

urc act will be the surprise caro- Oh LIS
Gill.
The usual performances will be given
all tho week.
THEATRICAL TOPICS.
The Chicago Inter-Ocean prints the
following interesting item from its Lon
don corr cSl.CTdent.
THE curious thing, however, is not the
play. but Nat Goodwin Three years ago
in London ne was a shaken, I2roken-down
man, with pendulous lower lip and an
uncertain. rheumatic looking walk He
shirlzcd his work abomnably and the sue
cess AN American Citizen adhered
was due to his wife and the ensemble,
but cc-tniDly not 20 him. When We re-
ferred to him as Z gifted man ard
fine comedian. English people who had
seen him would laugh. l once heard an
English woman at a dinner refer to him
as THAT disspatcd looking old man VINO
cannot act Those who had seen him
under harrier auspices pitied him. and
thought the end not far off. Whether. It
is due to q change Of heart or, OWNS to
the Carlsbad cure, to change OF liver
I cannot say. but this year he looks Is
IL he had been torn again, and is {. young
man once raore Once moro he has Il
slender. active figure and Il lively mobile
face Once more he does his work for
all it is worth. at least up TO the time
Of writing Perhaps d ing made an uncle
has something to 60 with it. for III re his
been great excitement ct lakewood. his
superb country seat, OYER the Dlrth OF
q daughter. to Gertrude and Johnston
Forbes Robertson.
At last extremes meet and the say Nat
Goodwin and the ascetic Forbes-Robert-
son will fraterniZe over-nOt the flowing
but the christening bowl. Auntfe Maxine
Elliott not to be outdone by her hus-
band. is looking young and charming and
acting better than she ever did Her new
niece is said to be IAN eight-no''nd dar
ling all eyes Fortunately "When We
Were Twenty.-Ohe' was not put on for
a long run as Nat Goodwin has num-
Der of other productions in view. Dur
ing the winter Mr.. and Mrs. Goodwin will
let lakewood and occupy n fine residence
in the West-End. near Sloane Square.
The popular young actor, Howard
Gould. is evidently making the success of
his career in his tour in the New York
Empire Theatre success, Brother Oil
GERS. under the direction of w. NJ. Will
kscn.
.Brother Officers" is the work of Leo
Trevor, captain in the English army,
and his hand is shown in the correctness
of uniform, equipment and military OBJ
servance, which is SO woefully lacking in
the great majority of plays CT this char
acter. Better than this however, Mr..
Trevor has the dramatic instinct in
n arked degree and, having something
that is worth the telling, gives to 1t vlrlle
expression.
From an artistic standpoint, the play
is the most pretentious Of any that Mr..
Gould has yet appeared in, and Manager
WilkiSOn has surrounded him with an eS-
cellent company. Mr.. Gould Will appear
in this city during the present season.
In writing THE Liberty Bellies" Harry
B. Smith eliminated the chorus usually
seen in musical comedies on the assump-
ton that a small number Of pretty girls
actually doing something on the stage
are more attractive than a large number
OF '.merry-merries' who are merely au-
tomato, lay figures. Therefore. there is
no chorus in 'rhe Libery Bellies" but
nineteen parts are played by young "o-
men who possess q. wide reputation Tor
personal beauty and who have been the
highest salaried chorus girls IN New
York during the past three years. Raised
to the dignity of principals. each Insisted
that she should have a ccored maid.
This resulted in overcroWding the dress
ing-rocms at the Nadison-Suuarc Thea
ire, and in much irritation, WA1ca AiaW
: Erlarger promptly eliminated by
limiting the maids 70 one to every three
girls
OF the many nice things which have
been said OF the coming productlos. OF \
Runaway Girl" perhaps none was more
10 the point and certainly none coulo pe
more complimentary, than that OF Lord
i.andwin when he visited Day heatre'
during the long run OF the coHiecs u,
ne r,V
productions that have witnessed. AT
home and in this country. as wei as III
1naev other parts of the world. l cannol
call to mind one that possessed the mum
Der of attractive features as a huii
away Girl" The refined methods ana
clean atmosphere of the PLAYERS ana pay
are to be highly commended. 1iiese
were the nob:emans own "orcs. snu
only serve to corroboratc the same sen
timents expressed by thousands CT thea
tre-soers who have witnessed this charm
ing musical gem.
Illaw &. Erlangers production OF Gen
Lew NaTaces '.Ben-Ilur' Will remain o.
the Illinois Theatre. in Chicago, but rec
::.orc weeks. closing its run 'here oas"'
dav evening, November 10TH .:''l-
Hur" will ;naugurate the season Of 1907,
1868 at the Broadway Theatre, New YORK,
opening the Sth of next September.
The history OF "Ben-Hu1" is unique
After nearly ten years OF negotiations
General Wallace's scTup!es adverse 70
dramatizing the book We're overcome by
NIessrs klaw & ErlanRer. The play
created a sensation when first produced
! at the Broadway Theatre. two years %
1t thronged&the large auditorium OF that
playhouse 70 its utmost capacity for the
/ entire season. The following season
| owing to delay in the opening OF Tue
new Colonial Theatre, Boston. which : sen
Hur" was contracted to dedicate. a snorl
supplementary engagement was played AZ
the Broadway. New York. and ten weeks
s of its time was also put In at the Chest-
: nut-Street Opera-House, in Philadelphia,
during which; all records OF. receipts
the prices were broken. The Colonial
Theatre was finally opened during ms
holidays and, :Ben-Hur' remained there
until the seasn closed. 50
/ The play. like the book, has taken on
/ nE international interest. twill be seen
5i1t Her Maies,y'.' Theatre. Sydney. AUS
! tralia, in February and at the Drury