Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-27
n>nm GAVE RATHER FAULTY DE
L1NEsTro> or HAIL GAINES HERO.
STUMBLED IN HIS LINES.
Had Invested ,ho Play with Ar-
I'd star with capahic Company.

ii takes q long stretch of the magma
tic" 10 picture the doughty James ONeil
IN any other role than Monte Cristo,
finding untola wealth and killing men
WIKI 3 trusty bla9e as fast and furious
rs 81 opportunity presented Itself
ono can't he'll, but think that Neil still
holds tha first mortgage upon this Ter
restria! sphere. although }. p Morgan
might arise in all his financial dignity
and dispute the title. One expects every
moment that tie actor is on the stage
that he Will suddenly proclaim with ORA
matte abandon, The world is mine, and
Immediately draw his rusty steel and run
through any person or persons who might
saT su~ht against his hitherto undis-
autei claim.
lsIt. sGange rs it may seem. / saw this
same doughty knight erraIlt al the .icad-
eng last night without his occults and
furbelcNs. his gold mines. or his glitter
Ing sword.
1T was as Pete Quiliiarn in drama
tizatiGn Of Hall Gaines ManS3na;l that he
made his temperance upon the local
stage. An unDtored, uncultured pillow
hand raised amid environments that
play was not new. 1t was presented in
America many years ago ny that ster
ling English actor. Wilson Barrett. and
played by him with unqualified success.
Il VAS. however, new and seemingly IN.
eriad for O'Nel for he gave a rather
lame and decidedly ragged deiineation Of
The rugged hero of the Isle Of Man.
FAULTY IN HIS LINES.
II was one cf my former delights TO re-
rIember O'Nei1s reading. III Monte Cristo
It was superb. but in the Manxman it
was IN places atrocious. He stumbled,
he halted and he minced his words in
such q crude manner that I nvoluntarily
again sought my play bill, thinking per-
chance that the programmer had made
some mistake.
Ii several scenes Of the play, which is
one OF those problem affairs. o'Neil arose
10 his former dramatic power, but in the
main he was not convincing. He seemed
10 be Ill at case in the role as much SO
as man wearing his first suit Of eve
ming clothes,
The role Of Pete offered abundant oppor-
turlity FOR the display OF all of O'Neils
former histrionic talents, but he seemed
3oath 10 take advantage OF it On the
-yhola It might he said that his Pete"
was a disappointment and made one wish
that he had not forsaken the swaSl1-
buckling fled Of romance.
CAPABLE SUPPORTING COMPANY
Iiebler ana Company have surrounded
;heir new star with a capable supporting
company. including May Buckley, who
~ras seen to ADVANTAGE in the part OF
I.ittie. ana Charles Kent. who did ex-
,-e1lent work as Caesar The play was
appropriately staged, but the waits be-
tween acts were tedious and unnecessarliS
long.
The oManxn7an'' will be seen at the
matinee and evening performances TO-
day. >.
IN addition 10 the identical osganiz a
ton brought here last season by Howard Howard
kyle whose pressntati 9 s, OF o., I H,Ie
viii always be plea sanity rememoeIred,
and which viii be the special matinee
offering at the Academy Hext NotodS::
Mr. Kyle has secured the S ieae, ssrt.
s,iall, engaged for the leading coinedE
ore in Asa Steel's new play Lausn Yer
.rd Lies which will be the Dill LOT the
.,ening's entertainment.
Miss Even enjoys something more IMAM
"A fine reputation as an actress, whose
methods are particularly ntted lot the
Miss Florence Smyth still remains, the
leading lady OF MI. Kyle most eAce-ie"'
comedy.
Since the kJlElilHS "a "a. a-ui4elI
the famous author OF SHERLOCK itoilneS.
hy his Majesty, King Edward VII, the
sale of his latest work, The Hound or
the Baskervilles, has uebled ms
Arrest work is but another adventure or
the great sleuth OF fiction. Sheriock
Holmes who is to be exploited TINS
season BY those artists, Herbert Kelley
and Effie Shannon. both Of whom are
now among the most popular OF AmeTl-
can stars The stars will be al the -Acao-
envy on New-Year's Day
There Will be n1atinee and night PEI
form ances at the Bijou to-day, where the
Bijou COMEDY Company is presenting
"Rv the Sad Sea Waves, a hrst-classs
musical comedy, to enormous business at
every performance. The piece is beau
ftfully staged. and it is admirably played.
its reception justifying the verdict that
II is quite the best thing that this popu-
lar organization has yet done.
Believing that a good legitimate thTlli
rs the rightful portion OF etIry man &C,
casfonally. Manager George Fawcett Will
r,raeert his company headed by Frank
Gilmore, in William Gillette's great SEN
sational drama. Secret Service, all OF
Tew-Year's week at the Bijon. Ar Gill
moro will be seen in the part which MT
Gillette PLAYED for two years IN New
York and one year in England: Miss
Grace Kimbail Miss Laura McGilvray,
Miss Helen Graham, Miss Molly Brady,
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