Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-24
"UNDER TWO FLAGS" PROVED
AS POPULAR AS OF Y0RE.
Large Audience Greeted Miss La
Verne as .'CiGarrette, ana o'her
Members of Giiicn CoEipan!

When Ouida painted Cigarette she
dipped her brush OF imagination INTO . 0ilS
| OF sensuousnesS, virlllly, ana youth ~
blended whole vas composite " al >
attributes - ,;,l,,ar
Nowhere perhaps the cam or hShteI
| fiction can be found a character eHpouy-
! ing SO many lights and shades. IL Is y a.
aooXical-antipodal, il you Will l. W. 20
deep into all the passions That spring IN
| the human breast. 1t is noydehlsn
daredevil child OF the desert, TINS Cigar
ette'' OF the novelist ofeaiis' 'iiio
tGre Of her imaSlnauon ,,,o
This yiyaudIere-tnis girl camp loilo"-
er-was inpetuous. brazen; syIipa 3,,t h.r
but withal vlrtuous. she loNeu, ~, te'
love failed to md sytnpatl ,,n sha
,aort,d. She was jealous. vindlctlFe' ol't
above ali heroic, and seH-SacIiitci,is,
shedding her own life's blood mat ne
man she loved might IlFc: { eH 'i4o>on -
Such character instinctivey calls
forth every histrionic conc"pt''n' every
dramatic coiorlnS that an ACTRESS -
''o'o LACKED IDEALITT.
The Cigarette / saw on the Acaosn,y
stage last night lacked many OF the cilar-
octeristics OF the ideal. Miss La verne
in the first place did not look the part
a serious handicap. She lacked the youth
the animal fire, the amol ,.9 Iits frn,r,
She wac, in fact: totallE o'iieieli in, ton'
I3,lt with all that she was pleasing; She
presented the character IN new Isit. ~
When dramatic intensity was required sue
met it. When tender sy mp my T her lines
distinctly and Well She carrled me Gu,
makes TO a successful finale. one ny. 49, eu
her audi ,ors to tears. she Transports thenl
10 the realm of merriment All these
things she accomplished, despite the
naval WAffTER HALE CONVINCING.
The Berthe of Walter Hale was II I,ia ,hs
phvsicai attributes, all the sympathetl ,;
Nam necessary to a finished conception
- r ne. Rake" of Edward Poland was in
GOOD hands. Edward Emery gave a cor
rect characterization OF BACK haM n,
and Miss Evelyn Brown MADE piea aS.nIl
princess The other characters Were eve '.,s
~ Sustained The scenic invesuture VS.
annropriate and bespoke the Duane tou l!
Taken altogether. the reorganlzea 1ii! len
ron,nany. while in some respects not tlie
equal of the summer stoc a.+ IS "a Move q
valuable acquisition 10 the local orallia. ~
stage a large audience was Press!i, -
welcome Giffen and mis- new coterte "
was marked with demonstrai ZION or ap,
nroyal under Two Flags Will De !is
biI for the remainder OF the Week. Win
a special matinee on SATURDAY.
D,v,a warfields ch-heralded en-
oaramnnt at the Academy next Iues-
days under the direction Of David Belas Sc.
viii be in play which bears the :: SIG E
nificant title of The Auetioneer., ~ -
az the old Harriganesque. method me
people 1es lie utilized in unfolding the story ors
are the quaint and or ,drsd 1 Fasf s ade
% entirely mt. up TO date. and it is said that
Warfield has been provided with cnar-
ncter in which all his versatile aoliltles
NM The Gale OF seats for the Warfield en-
gapement will open this morning.
Every day since It's hrst production here