Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-14
This Weeks Attractions.
ACADEMY OF MUSIC:
"a STRANGER IN NEW YORK"
Monday Matinee and Evening.
"A TRIP TO CHINATOWN"
Tuesday Matinee and Evening.
captain JINRs OF TIE HORSE
Marines
wednesday Matinee and Evening.
ION THE QUIET"
Saturday Matinee and Evening.
HUNTING FOR HAWKINS
Opening Tomorrow Evening for week;
Matinees Tuesday, Thursday, and
Saturday.

The past week has been uneventful from
theatrical standpoint. Three mediocre
shows graced the Academy boards. e,.
Human Hearts, "a Night on Broad
way" and BLACK Patti. While all Of
them did good business, particularly the
former, none OF them were of such class
as to demand further review in these
columns.
The Casino closed for the season. and
presented perhaps the best vaudeville bill
seen at the playhouse by the Lake du-
ring the entire summer.
The opening at the Academy tomorrow
night, when the musical comedy, Hunt
ing for Hawkins" will be presented for
the delectation of local theatre-goers. The
Academy will also be given over to com
edy exclusively, SO that people who want
to laugh will have no right to complain
of the bills provided by the managers Of
both houses.
Perhaps the most interesting announce
ment of the current ,neatrlcal season
was made last week to the effect that MI
Richard Mansfield has been added to the
long list of strong attractions that will
be seen on the Leath circuit this year.
Richmond, Norfolk, and Charlotte are to
be the favored c.ieS. and the play to be
presented is the superb revival OF Julius
Caesar which Mr.. Mansfield is soon to
give to the stage
No actor in America to-day, possesses
the transcendent force Of Will combined
with ambitious, incessant. and restless
mental activity. to the same degree as
does Richard Mansfield, He has gained
for himself a prominent place in the
public view, and he has the Virility to
hold it. Even those who do not COM
mend, are obliged to see and to note him.
This is because all he does is done with
decision, authority. conviction, and origi-
nalIty. When work Of art that bears
The stamp of such qualities as these is pre-
scented to the consideration of thoughtful
judges, they must approve or disapprove
it unhesitatingly. Tney cannot be indif-
ferent. The artist commands their atten-
ton.
Gifted with thorough education and
with refined tastes. Richard Mansfield,
adds to these requirements a versatility
and a cleverness in representation that
have enabled him to play all manner of
roles from the humorous koko in the
.Mikado," to the repalsive. realistic old
rcue in "a Partisan Romance"
Mansfield is to appear in his production
Of the great tragedy in the role in Bru-
tus.
Brutus is the true hero of the piece.
Coleridge has thrown out very pertinent
doubt as to what sort of character
Shakespeare meant mis- Brutus to be
For it is remarkable that in his think
ing aloud a little after the breaking of
the conspiracy to him, he avowedly bot
toms his purpose, not at all on anything
Caesar has done. nor what The is but
simply on what he may become when
crowned And yet the character of Bru-
tus in the play as in history. is full of
beauty and sweetness; high-ninded, gen
erous, brave; in all the relations of life
upright; gentle ana pure, his honor as
white as new-coined snow; of a sensitive
ness and delicacy Of principle that cannot
bosom the slightest stain: sccrning to
bind his promise with an oath, as one
who will sooner die than swerve hair
from his lightest word. His mind en-
riched with the best extractions Of philo-
sophy: in his habitual demeanor cheerful,
grave. and geniaily severe: clothed with
all the virtues which. in public and in
private, at home and in the circle of
friends. win respect and charm the heart;
a real patriot, every inch Of him. able
alike to adorn his country in the senate
and in the field, and willing to serve her
with his life and with his death
A genuine, though perhaps too absorb
ing, patriotism is the handspring of his
action But his patriotism is mainly of
the speculative kind and dwells where
his whole character has been chiefly
formed. among the ideas Of a philosophi-
cal and poetical dreainland. He is an ar
dent and enthusiastic student of books
Plato has been his favorite teacher. and