The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-20

/ of U.s." the play that had long sea-
son at the Madison Square Theatre,
| where 1t was given it's first New York
| production October II. 1906. The
success of Miss Nillson was such that
| II admitted her to the ranks of the
| stars The New York critics opened
tile way for her. and Miss Nilsson
took her place, and will no doubt
hold it. Here is the bouquet that Alan
Dale handed Miss Nilsson:
/ Mark these words of mine-Do not
miss The Three OF Us at the Madison
\ Square Theatre Cut out nine of every
! ten of the plays now current: save
I your money, your time, your patience.
! your temper and your sense of deli
| cacy. but do not stay away from The
| Three of US at the Madison Square
/ Theatre any longer than you can pos
| siblv help For you will see good
! play filled to the brim with he rare
| thing called human interest. but more
| 10 the point. You will see a piece OF
acting so eXauisitely modulated, so
deiiciously natural yet so poignantly
dramatic. that you Will recognize 1T
intuitively. You needn't explain or
analyxe: you needn't monkey with the
clumsy thing called critical indorse-
ment; you needn't hamper your con-
sc!ousness BY any effort. You Will see
without diagram. that Miss Carlotta
NIllson, in The Three of U.s. gives
10 the season q piece of acting tnut
is--well it is flpwless."
In summarizing his impression OF
Miss Wilson's acting. Alan Dale said:
yet 1t is just because she plays
this simple character and interests
you in it SO that you don't believe
you are In theatre, but are inclined
to surmise that you are munching a
slice of real life, that her success Is
so sure. What actress to-day could
have done what Miss Nilsson did with
the part of Rhy, in The Three OF UsT
| Whether she was on the stage chat
| ting with her brothers, or seeing to
the house, or loving her one lover, or
repulsing the other. or airily con-
versing with the mundane Mrs. Blk,
it was worth while watching her."
..Thc Lightning Conductors"
Oscar Figman, in THE Lightning
Conductor" will be seen at the Acad :.
envy Thursday night. The play is
adapted from the novel of G. N. and
A. M. Williamson. Harry B. Smith, of
comic opera fame, having made the
stage version.
The story has to do with the ro-
nance of an American girl. who is
touring France in an antiquated motor
car. She is deserted by her chauffeur.
who leaves both the lady and the
machine on lonely roadway In
France. The Hon. John Winston, an
| English gentleman. discovers the girl
and her chaperoning aunt in their pre-
dicament. The Englishman. of course,
| falls in love with the American girl,
and in order to prolong his acqualnt-
ance, represents himself as chauf-
| feur out of work. He is promptly en-
| gagged to run the car, under the cog
nomen OF his own chauffeur, James
| Brown. This change of identity leads
| to all manner of mistakes and en-
| barrassing situations. To enliven the
| interest, one Tallyrand, arrives on the
| scene in pursuit of the girl, whom he
| supposes to be very rich. This for
/ tune hunter at once manifests dis
! like for the gentlemanly chauffeur.
and establishes sufficient evidence to
convict him OF the murder of his sup
posed master, the Hon, John VIM
! stou. Naturally enough, at the proper
; time the nlasauerading chauffeur Is