The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-05-17
Rain DROVE GREET
TO COLLEGE CHAPEL
Forest Of Arden Il1vadcdby Ugly
Showers, but Show Went
Mcrrily On.
PERFORMANCE WAS SUPERB.
In Spite Of Elements Shakes
pcarc's CAS- YOU Like It. En-
joycd at Matinee.

The Forest Of Arden, invaded by
ugly showers. and overhung by dark
clouds proved SO unattractive yester-
day thnt Orlando, 2osalind the bhnished
Duke, Oliver, old Adam. Touclistone,
and even she melancholy Jacques, whose
fancies run neither. to rain or sunshine.
fcrsook the green sward and the rust
ling trees and betook themselves
triflc damp to the dry secsusion OF q
| chapel which the ever kind hand OF
| fate had built nearby.
It's II far cry from the sunshine Of
4 the woods to the darkness OF II prayer
hail. from grass and flowers to boards
and benches, but love and life stop
5ncither for rain or sunshine. and ro-
nance will be suppressed neither by
| gloom nor adversely
So IT was that the followers Of the
duke sang merrlly; the melancholy
] jacques rccitcd his tales of woe. and
| Orlanco and Rosalind L,eathed tales of
love despite unpropitious and unar-
.tistic surrounding. Some one has said
that May, like man, has is off days. 1t
was certainly one of these Off days.
with an accent. which greeted Ben
Greet's players IN "As You Like IT"
| yesterday at Richmond College
The delightful pastoral was to have
been presented on the campus under
the shade OF two great naples, and
Indeed tho stage was built and the feast
was read when an unbidden guest in
the guisc OF unexpected rain upset all
well-laid plans.
Given In College.
! Dr. Boatwright, president of the COL
itleEo, rendered the use OF the college
chapel, and here the play was given
| Eheforc an audience which quite filled
| sthc auditorium, and which was quick
| to approve and applaud the excellent
! performance OF the clever company of
English players.
| One forgot the absence or trees and
| grassy banks. OF flowers and delis, in
the beauty of the wonderful lines and
i I'm the charm Of the Intelligent acting
l OF every member OF the company. Mr.,
Greet played the melancholy .luaues
j linimitably; Mr.. Russell Thorndykr was
: excellent as Touchstone; Mr.. Sargent
as Orlando. was most capable, and Miss
& Sybil Tlorndykc, as Rosalind charm
Ing, graceful and delightfully."- boyish,
quite won and held the hearts Of the
iaudience.
7 Compliment to sIr. Greet.
u It was no small compliment to AIR.
Y Greet and his players that SO large an
audience turned out to brave foul
weather even, In order to enjoy SO
pleasing a production
e There was but ono chance to criti-
CHE unpleasantly, and that criticism
might be taken IRON HalnlctS lips.
when he cxclaimed:
TOO much OF water hast thou, fair
Ophclia."
The cnst was as follows
n 'As You Like IT,: Characteristics Ban
- ished Duke. sydney Circenstreet; Amiens.
Jacques. lords attending the Duke G.
Brengle Hare. Ben Greet; Lord John
Bren; Oliver. Orlando. jacques sons o!
r. Sir Rowland DE Boys, Fritz Lciber. Fred
ct ericE Sargent. Eugene Gives. Adam. Ser.
- want TO Orlando. Frank McEntec; Touch
. stone. a clown. Russell Thorndyke Silvus
ot Corn shepherds, Percy c. Warnm. Redmond
~ Flood william, country fell. Hubert Cs
T. borne: Rosalnd, daughter OF the Duke. Sybi
= Thorndyke: Celia, Agnes Scott. Phoebe,
~, sheperdess, Lucia Colo: Andrew, countr;
wcnch. MIicent Evsson.
es The scenes presented begin at net 2. In IN
a, forest of Arden. The singing OF old Ensi,sl
q gIces marks tho intervals OF time. The pla
TT Wilton Fark. Salisbury. where II whs orig
~ inally acted by Lord Pembroke's players y
. 1889. William Shakespeare Is known 70 nav
y, acted (probaby Adam) on that occasion.
ut Last Nights Performance.
ed Despite the fact that there was n
co representation OF wavc-washe
u island, murky. storm-ridden sky an
nd surf-beatcn shore, and that tn
gh boards were bare OF all stage settln
save couple of minor accessorie:
the presentation OF one OF Shakespeare
or later comedies, "The Tempest" by BE
IN Greet and his company last night wa
asst remarkably good, and the large audi
ow ence in Richmond College Chapel. Wher
ct. tho performance was given. was MOI
all | than usually apprecative of the splet
st, did efforts OF the cast In It's novel PEI
fcr :