The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-24
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81 opinion ,llny. and probably always r'Is 8
Will dffcr 5 ns who'll Parsifia ~
Should DO regarded as an or rs'it'l9 g
with dramatic settings, or MI III opera
with deeply religious meanings lll a md
there will never lack those S '.lp' go. say
that parslGal just misses being q hlf en-
mass, mid falls fur short Of a. o. grand and
opera no nil, IS apparent t the
deep and powerful religious emotion u
which was surgng for ttersal,lce through l''115
5Wagnor's SOIL when lc wrote this his opera g H
III 3its completed form y was tho last las
work OF Ills life. N.
tsa$ Parsiful will Fbo sting ut The Academy
this evening. Tho entire house has been g
sold, und tho most brilliant audience
that has assembled I'M tho playhouse
during the past ten yeiirs VIII he t. u
grand composition OF Wagner. It rs surg !!
that throo {5 hundred people are N tho
company w Three rows Of scuts have been
removed Iii order to maxi room for the .ll
orchestra, Which numbers about nifty
musicians. Parsi fol Wils sung III n Norfolk
astiSnight.S$ The company arrive H mere
this mornilig. gs33 d, Z
5rhe curtain twill rise ut $3.50 P.s Nj. At
S7:15 there will be All }lilterriission OF fan IN
hour und q H quarter. Tho perf ornnnce
will he continued ut S:3o, and Will prolbJafl-$
bly, conclude about II q clio 81 3 3
III Ihe audience must Boz seated w Oh the
curtain rises at tho beginning OF each
act q for the room will be dnrkened and md
nc will be Impossible for tho susll ers to
seat any ono after that time EFF h S5l
Real n lodra11la.
Brandt, IS d lodramn from tho word
$.'go.' And SO it does, through I Fly $1Gtts
ana some mine scenes, every one OF which
5llastin it enough ion to keep tnoso on
the stage very busy IN "a Sl,s A 1
The piece is not d new ono. here twas
seen at the Bijou3 last season. II proved
q thriller then, just AS lit did last night
irhe author has drawn forl Y lie Y heavy.
one OF tho West stage VI lans eve Il Kissed
BY an audience. ~ this lillian played
In some Of tho rough mining Ut owns, lie
would stand a good chance Of getting
shot. s5 5s's (s s ri a Il IN Z $%
AS in Howard Halls plays there Is q
don Of lions that figures lin this n,elo7
drama. nc These beasts fure shown he
circus scene, and 3 1t is Syln8this act that
tho william does his 8yilest. lie casts his
child into tho lions den, md y tho y tile
girl is saved from the beasts by tho hero.
or course, tho child is iii no real danger,
lfthis being guarded aga inst IN q clever coll-
Instruction OF the cage. SSSiI AZ $5js5Ei5
yslle man, Il oweyer, ren lily t IA ces the
|5lions ana drives them from one end Of
the Gu &c to the other. S III II sg f3s
4 8gi Tho play kept the audience worked sur
i last night Just Y as a meodrnma should
1 do. If 1t does hat, nothing more need be
i desired. Az 81 Az A 8 III III III {issS
Kendall T orroW Night. 3s
com iri s as tia at Il
weather Beaten Benson his new
comedy, and the critics have been esp g
cially enthusiastic lii their, ,prais Of the hee
strong character imPerso natlo'n which add /! 9
| in the Indian Territory. Among. those
who have won special .honors IN tn, new
4 Lolita Linthicum, Il hcl Brandon nth
Tnliaferro. Rose Norris. Ma bel Howard
@ witt MI eanH When Ye1 pr S is
i his. new comedy at the Academy to-nlor-
ROY night Only few ofthe leading
The Simple Life" .35
re E'z sS Ss ut he au6tSl ass
4 Wagner flrst introduced II almost every
publication IN eYistence has taken 1T &ull
4 seriously ana gOtnerWlse:s 1T mas been IN
a measure lived up to by thousands, and
Z ALMOST everybody agrees with some part
4 ofiits theories, That most excellent come
dian, Charles Dickson was tho first to
A suggest the theme for stage purposes and
4 commissioned Herbert Hall NVinsloW3i!o
4 write$a satlrlcal comedy on 1t, which will
a shortly be presen ted here. * Z 5y3s
IN Mt. NVlnslow's play treats It hum osously
and gets no end of fun out of the com
plicAtlons that tho occasional endeavors
s to live up to j quite naturally bring
about. In fact. he has built one OF tho
most Fascinating comedies Of many sen.
sons, and Its Interpretation by Charles
Dcksons company, of pretty girls ana
quaint comedians vi u be an excellent Illus
X Grafton OF how people who insist IN over.
doing things can go Into absurdities.
Charles Dickson in 4"rho Simple LIfo'
4 will bo here for Saturday matinee unt
j night. t g&{5t5'Ss 4, At 4i5 n
WATER CONNECTIONS. u.
Town Of Fairnount to Have