The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-26
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a melo-drama-well l should say so.
The SHOP Girl is q. melo-orama OF the
Old kind. 1t is one OF those pieces that
would make a gallery god pawn his last
snlrt In order TO get the price. which
would give him a seat in the topmost
night IairIy went wild over the drama
Inere We're SHOUTS and there were chrees.
there was laughter and there were tears,
excuse the poetry. didn't mean it,. The
gallery simply got on Its hlnd legs ana
yelled Inc vlillans. both male ana &C.
male were missed until they ought 10
nave felt ashamed of themselves And
wneu the nero and the heroine stepped
in front OF the curraln the audience
made the ra1ters ring Tho audience
could not well nave peen more demon
sIrat,ye Than II was-at least not without
JeopardizIng the property OF MT. NeEs.
Iney might. IN order TO more 1orclolS
express their opinion. have thrown Things
al the Williams. but this they re1falhed
from doing The SHOP Girl is rafting
good SHOW or Its kind. IL is one OF those
performances about which, If You ike IL,
You get all wrought up. and II you don't
like it. YOU laugS at the people VINO 90
There Is no use or going into the plor
of the 1nelo-drama. 1t mas plot, ana as
II Is untolCed the audience gets more
and more excited. The scene In the thlrc
act is UNIQUE 1t pelnS the lnterss' OF a
Dig drv goods store. On the lett OF the
stage Is an elevator, and 1t seems to go
I'D and down Just ike the real thing.
AND when the heroine, in the climax OF
THIS act, just misses being crushed 10
death under Its ponderouS weight, Inc
cnicken-nearted IN The audience almost
give way OF course she isn't gong 10
be nurt, Tor isn't the hero just outside,
knocking all The plate glass out or the
door In his frantic efforts to gain an
entrance. and rescue his betrothed? You
Know ne Is gong TO raise her PROSTATE
FORM just as the elevator strikes the
door with bang, but all the same tne
audience gets uneasy
Lottle Nllnams made a most pro-
nounced hit. she had a go-as-you-please
sort OF part, and she made 1t go. Inc
Others III the company-well 1t would
take too long to tell abo3t them all.
lney played their parts Just as the play
wright intended they should, and the
audlence was satisfied.
Inc Snop GIT VIII be the bill Tor the
remainder of the week, and the Bijou Is
going to be packed to the doors at each
performance. mat IS the way 1t looks,
any way
MISS Bertha creighton m "A Colonial
GIRL" was the attraction at the AcSS-
envy last night me performance was
good one, and thoroughly pleased the
audience. The production was handsome
tx staged "A colonial Girl was seen
mere season before last, so it IS needless
to comment upon the piece, save to say
;nat 1t was well played last night.
The Gordon-Shay Grand Opera Com
many which opens a brief season of
grand opera at the Academy tonight
achieved a veritable triumph in Nor
folk on Wednesday and last night.
It was the opening of the social sea-
son in, that city, and the house was
crowded with an ultra fashionable au-
dience The critics We'd with each in
expressions of delight and appreciation,
and the performance was declared to be
the best grand opera production seen
in orfolk
Cast and chorus are perfectly equipped
for their work, and even the nervous
ness that might have been expected at
a. first performance was not at all ap-
parent.
In Richmond there has been great
deal Of excitement and interest over the
every evidence at the box Office that the
houses will be crowded on each occa-
sion.
Saturday matinee II Trovatore will be
sung, and on, Saturday night the en-
sasement will be brought to a close with
Carmen.
Seats Will be on sale this morning for
the engagement Of Liberty Bellies, which
will be the attraction at the Academy
on Tuesday next.
1t is a Klaw and Erlanger production.
and one of the largest and best on the
road. It comes here with the emphatic
endorsement of long run in New York.
and the unstinted praise of the critics in
all the NortherH cities. where it has
been seen. Mr. Leath is authority for
,he statement that the Liberty Bellies
viii he found one of the most attractive
,.er;ncs at his house this season.
The sale of seats opens at the Acade-
my this morning for the production here
an Monday of the Wizard of the Nile
hn the Grau Opera Company. The piece
he'd, been in rehearsal for a week in
C,barlottesville. and is said to have been
drought to a high stage of perfection. The
production will be along very elaborate
iinas scenicaliy. and the chorus is said
70 he attractive personally as well as
vocally.
The Fawcett Company. which has just
o,a.ea an engagement here will return
to Y the city on next Monday in Lord and
Iasy S;sy," a play which created a
sensation in New York.
MI. Frank Gilmore and Miss Grace
kirnball will be seen in the title parts
here. and all the other members OF the
company have been strongly, provided
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