The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-24
HENRIETTA" REVIVED
CULTURED AUDIENCE GREETED
 MIR. STUART ROBSON.
Play Presented at Montgomery Theatre by an Excellent Company Eminent Comedian Played
 Here 43 Years Ago.


 A large and cultivated audience left the Montgomery Theatre last night feel ing grateful to o.-Mr. Stuart HoDson TOT having revived 'The Henrietta, Bronson Towards great American comedy ana having provided one Of the pest com panies of players for it's interpretation that has been seen in refined comedy Tn Montgomery for some time.
 The theatre was not over hiIe9 put Every bit of the delicate art of the play CTS was appreciated and MT. RoDson, himself, was given an ovation Wltn ms every appearance. At the close or the second act the talented comedian was five times recalled but he declined to gratify the audience by making speech. Mir. Robson does not make speeches. He Mir. Maclyn Arbuckle was Nicholas Van Alstyne, the veteran Wall street broker, an Mir. Russ Whytal was Nich- olas Van Alstyne, Jp. Ihese % emo eiln.- han- ond in the hearts of the audience The splendid versatility of Mir. Arbuckle ana his delicious blending of comedy ana the dramatic as required by the part evoke1 the highest commendation. MT Whytai is a very superior actor. Ills reading IS perfect and his facial expressions re- markable. The dramatic scene between father and son in the third act called 1 for superb acting and MT. Arbuckle ana | Mr Whytal made 1t most eftective. III the death scene at the close or the act
 
 cry requirement in portraying htes greatest tragedy in quiet but most nat | ural manner. ,- The character parts of Lord Treiawney, | the Rev. Dr. Hilton and Musgrave' play | ed respectively by Messrs. Leigh, keefe | and Gilbert, were excellent and contrib | uted no little to the enjoyment Of the play. -. .-o,. geOus gowns which might be termed dreams of the art modiste." Miss Ross more was the Mrs. Updyke of the play. Miss Thompson was Lady IreiaWney. T1 and Miss Realty made pretty Aghes Lockwood. the ingenue.
 "The Henrietta" was or course aoe uuately staged and the most perfect at- tention was paid to the details which play such an important part in success ful theatricau performances.
 When one witnesses the nghtness i Oi steadiness of voice of MT. Robson on the stage while living the part of Berte the Lamb, it is next to impossible 10 ago It is possible to believe this how ever. when one enjoys the pleasure Of greeting him in real life in his dressing room and listening to the pecuiar m, fection in his voice which has made him fame and brought him fortune:
 Yes, 1t is a facti he said to me las' night. while he was resting Tn ms dress ing room, T played ir ssock Trst cPWePanS epPrtv l three years ago this winter. l was hert four or five weeks and l remember Il distinctly. John Albaugh was the leading man of the company and l played second comedian. I was not such a young man thep" continued Mir. Robson with tht l same humorous twinkle in his eye that he uses so effectively on the stage.
 "The company played little or every thing. Those were great and good days in Montgomery and have enjoyed con- ing here ever since. l used to makeup in that room just across the hall o,,
 "Was this theatre built at that timer I enuuired with surprise.
 why, of course" said MT Robson 'Is it possible that I am to be the first 10 tell a Montgomery newspaper. man that this theatre. with the exception of the old Walnut Street Theatre in Phila- delphia, is the oldest playhouse in Amer ica." ,,oa n. my embarrassment.
 Mir Robson is an interesting character off the stage as well as when he Is heading before the footlights. He IS na- tive of Annapolis, Md, but says he re- moved to Baltimore when he was a child. | IL has been so long a time since Mir. Rob son was a child that he does not give the dates.