The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-03
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Observation-Disclosures Anusemcnts.
No melodrafna seems to retain III
hold upon the public SO we'll as Hal
Reids Human Hearts" Good at.-
diences witnessed both performances
Of the play at the Academy Yesterday
and followed the story through It's four
acts and six scenes with as much In
tcrest as though every line were not
perfectly familiar. The company pre-
senting tile piece this season VIII
compare very favorably with any others
that have been seen in the play. The
role Of Jetn Mason, the tramp, Is played
by Ed. a. Ntzhugh,. who is said to have
originated It, He gave to the role
all the little touches which make the
stage tramp dear to the hearts of tho
occupants of the galleries. The tramp
is always sure of his welcome He is
to the nclodrama what the, good fairy
queen Is 10 the extravaganza. He IS
always Johnny on the spot" and his
special mission in life seems to. be to
guard the hero and heroine from any
harm that may threaten them. Some-
times he becomes reformed in the last
act. and appears with a washed face
and a clean collar
Hal Reid's tramp in this play APP
proaches that desirable end. but doesn't
cutie reach 1t. He only gets as far as
n Prince Albert coat the rest of his
attire being in keeping with the most
approved styles of tramp make up"
| This prevents him from losing his
! identity with the audience. and allows
| him to remain on the same friendly
| terms with it.
Edmund A. Arson is one of the most
robust blacksmths which Human
| Hearts has boosted In a long time.
In the third act he very nearly choked
| the villain in real earnest-at least. so
it looked from the front. He certainly
| turned him complete somersau1t,
which would have done credit 70 -
acrobatic team. There is nothing like
| realism in melodrama.
| Miss Gretchen Sherman as Jeanette
Logan. is much better than many OF
the "heavies" who have played this
thankless role in past seasons.
| She looks the part-that Is, as the
! role would be pictured on the cover
| page of one of the yellow back novels.
Jeanette, in one of the scenes, calls
| herself q "tigress,' so one may know
| the type of woman she assumes. The
| tigress gets killed in the last act, and
| 1t Is In this final scene that the play
| wright departs from all the rules and
| regulations of melodrama. This last
scene, after the melodramatic pistol
| shot. is made very impressive. 1t
| could be improved upon with little
better light effect for the darkened
| room.
More MelO,Irnnn.
kidnapped for Revenge" as It's title
| indicates. is also a melodrama. 1T
| was presented at the Bijou yesterday,
matinee and evening, and pleased two
| large audiences. The piece is a real,
/ genuine melodrama, and is one of tho
| best of it's kind seen at the Broad
/ Street house in long time. The play
| Is so deliberately staged, and so COM
! plete in every detail, that 1t cannot fail
/ to appeal to any theatregoer who likes
| to be stirred with one of these thrill
ers.,' The latter term is not used to
| make light of the piece in any way.
/ All melodramas are more or less
/ thrilling for without this element they
would fail to serve their purpose.
| Blaney's kidnapped for Revenge" has
] in every scene the essentials of q
/ good melodrama.
/ The cast was large one, and is
] above the average in many respects.
4 Several of the characters are really
! we'll played 1t is also big scenic
production and will compare with
!; Blaney's best in this line.
viii III. vedder. as Prince, pick
pocket. might have stepped right from
the covers of one of the boys ainis
:; novel series He is a youth who stars
), from the slums and ends by marry
; ling a bankers daughter. That is true
to the pages of the Boys Companion.
and there are many people both ola
and young. who like Just that sort or
story.
Cathryn Rowe Palmer, as Tessie Nc
Donald, the Bowery soubrette, gave
1 a clever sketch in which she carried
out the vaudeville idea of that cha:-s
acter. Her work was good
Il Katherine Gibson, the burglars
daughter, gave a better character por-
trayal than one usually finds In melo-a
drama. Some incident, unknown to the
audience, made her lose control of her
self in one of the scenes of the third
act, however, and her work was there's
. by spoiled during that scene.
j Little Charlotte David. the child of
the play. was more than usually bright.
as stage children go, and completely
won her audience.
This Blaney melodrama will no
doubt do we'll the entire week at tho
J, Bijou.
Fitzpatrick is Easy.