The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-27
Famous Comedian Here.

Nat c. Goodwin. one of the most popu-
lar of English-speaking comedians, comes
to the Academy of Music tomorrow and
Tuesday, when he will present several
of his most recent successes The open
ing bill, will be The Genius" Few, If
any. American actors are more popular
Or have larger following than Mr..
Goodwin and his many friends and adj
mirers In this city will be delighted to
know that he has found in THE Genius"
another typical Goodwin role. 1t is said
To be a character peculiarly adapted to
the comedan-broad comedy farce.
The story of The Genius is as fol-
lows: rich young man conceives in his
simple soul an imaginative love for
society girl who is a devotee of art, of
which he is absolutely ignorant His
lack of knowledge causes her to treat
his suit coldly and bestow her love on
q critic, connoisseur. The plain young
man. who is Jack Spencer, goes to the
studio of trio of starving artists-a
musician. a painter and a sculptor-for
the purpose of acquiring smattering
of each in short time to help him with
the girl. There he sees model, Nell
Graham and to the artist he makes
known his desire. They cannot see
way TO help him when he himself be-
comes possessed with an idea. II is
proposition to become a genius by at
tributing to himself the skill of all three of
his newly-found friends, All hands con-
nive at this and reach an agreement just
at the moment when the critic and the
girl and her mamma decide TO visit the
studio. The trio are amused, and the
critic rushes out with his discovery to
print it in all the papers. Presto, Spen-
Ger Is a genius, the guest at pink teas,
dinners and so on. The real artist gets
rich while he gets famous, and mean
while his love has been undergoing
change The model IS now the real OBJ
iect OF his affe ton, but the art-crazed
maiden evincess no desire TO free him
from q conditional eng agement and there
no is. He makes a cleaAl breast of
Everything, and tells the populace he is
a fake. but they will not b lieva him.
His reputation a genius is too firmly
est all shed. Tie gets the art devotee to
release him by connecting a story that
i It is Impossible for him to wed his nspi-
ration. and she is his inspiration. She
sees II in his way, and goes to the critic,
while he marries the model. Miss Edna
Goodrich, r'ho plays the role of the model,
Nell Graham. Is said to be one of the
most beautiful women on the stage to-
day, and her performance has been pro-
nounced as one of the features of the
comedy. Others in the cast Of THE
Genius are Neil O'Brien, William Beach,
Snyder, Suset Jackson, Evelins Walls and
Alice Wilson.
On Tuesday afternoon Mr.. Goodwin will
present his well-known play, When We
Were TwentyOne." and Tuesday eve
ming he will be seen in What Would
Gentleman Do?' All these plays will
be masnifcently staged, as Mr.. Goodwin
carries a complete production for EACH
THE Embassy. .Ralp'
Mr.. Lawrence D'orsay, under the man,
agement of Daniel Frohman, will be seer
In new comedy at the Academy or
"Wednesday evening, entitled THE EN-
bassy Ball." written by Augustus Thorn
as, the author of Mr.. D'Arsays last we'll
known success, The Earl of Pawtucket'
In the case of The Embassy Ball" Mr.
Thomas is said to have perfected
three-act comedy OF exceptional original
ity in theme and rare smartness o
speech. The piece was written with Mr.
D'Orsay in mind, and the fact that man,
Of its Incidents are actual occurrence
taken out of his own life fits him to tn
part, 1t is said, no other role of hi
entire career has done.
The scenes are laid In Washington, Z