The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-05-19

Academy Of Nlusic--l,cginninE with
Wednesday, matinee aud continuing
through the wcci--GcorGc Fn,vcett
Company, with NIiss Percy Ilns,vell, In
'.The Little Minister"
BijOu Thcntre-All the Weck-'Thc
Great Lafayette and his company.
ldleWood-A1l the Notwithstanding
Rink.
'.Thc Little Minister
Since the George Fawcctt Company
opened its engagement at the Acade my
Of Music 1t has given Richmond thea
tre-goers two remarkable plays In an
elaborate and artistic manner. The. Of
fering for this week The Little LIT Min In
most popular plays PRODUCED In the last
twenty-five years.
Miss Haswell in the role OF the hero
inc, the. captivating Lady Bnbbie, is
ideal. Indeed, she seems to merge her
true personality into the part, and gives
1t those shades of treatment that could
only come from deep thought and feel
ing. She is by turns coquettish and
serious, mischievious and repentant, and
equally delightful in each mood. One
may consider that she has a dual role
in that Of the whimsical, fun-loving
gypsy Of the wood. and the staid, seri-
Gus Lady Barbara, of Rintoul Castle,
and she Is just as Fascinating and low
able as the gypsy in Mamie Webster's
COlldSe as inc peer
| ancestral home.
attempted this season it has proved eN-
ceptionally capable and much Is prom
ised in the performance of Barrie's de-
| lightful comedy. The four elders are
ters. and In the hands Of Robert Peyton
Carter COT the original company. Allen
Fawcett, Brandon Hurst and Charles
Gay they are TO-
grave and severe as Gavin Dishart, the
minister. but withal good lover. Ella
Hugh Wood as Mamie Webster is a
dear old soul, and Walter D. Greene as
Captain Halliwel is as dashlng and
gallant as that officer should be. James
Bevins as the father, Lord Rintoul, is
stern but loving. and Molly Brady. as
the French maid, is piquant and saucy.
Caull as the pathetic little Scotch boy,
Micah Dow and she Is said to be parti-
cularly good In the scenes with Lady
Babbe, whee the boy begs the gypsy
to go away and not trouble the minister
any moro, because his father, Rob Dow,
played by Brigham Royce, believes that
she has bewitched the minister, whom
he worships. and 1t has made him take
to the drink.
THE Little Minister" will be staged
with the same care and precision that
characterize all Mr.. Fawcett's produc-
| lions. and the scenes VII. be accurate
pictures OF Scotch life at the time of
! the action Of the play, the first act
showing Caddam Wood at night, with
the elders watching around q camp
of Mamie Webster's simple cottage witt
| her spinning-w wheel; the third the
manse garden. with view of the
church, and the last the main stairway
In Rintoul Castle.
Previous to signing contracts for the
| George Fawcett Company's engagement
ut the Academy Mr.. Jake Wells haG
fore the Monday and Tuesday evening
performance Of 'The Little Minister
week Will have to be omitted, the en-
gagement beginning with the Wednes
| day matinee.
At the DljOu.
The great Lafayette. at tho Bijou al
week, personally conducts and pre-.
sents "The Medicine Man" which !!
mysterious, mlmetic and musical.
Tho story Is as follows: John Yves
terrified lives with his daughter in &
log cabin In Arizona. Late one sum
mcr evening an Indian medicine mar
comes to the cabin perishing from
thirst. lie is found by Helen Wester
field, who takes pity on him, and II
return for her Kindness he presents
her magic talisman which will guart
4 her from harm. A cowboy rides OF
and brings news that the Indians ar
i or the wnrpath and arc ready to at
tack. In tho fight that follows twt
i white men arc taken prisoners ant
Helen Is carried away by the chief
i Among the rocks where the Indian
dwell the two white prisoners ar
bound. Helen has tainted. and tn