The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-12
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MISUNDERSTANDING

ssThe Right To Live"
The curtain Will be rurg down or
the Giffen season Mt the Academy Of
Music at the close OF next Saturday
nights performance OF THE Right to
Live.
Viewed from the theatrical stand
poirit this has been the most important
summer stock season in the city's his
tory. 1t surpassed all previous sea-
sons in length and In the number OF
royalty plays presented. as well as In
the artistic worth OF the attractions
offered
III Richmond were indebted to r. L.
$Giffen for nothing else he has done
for the theatre in this city. the coup
he accomplished when he secured the
.fght to produce at the Academy of
Music play which is to-day the
bone OF contention for which the lead
i ing producers in America have been
= fighting for weeks would suffice to
+ make memorable stagecraft here this
summer.
The Right to Live" is tho title OF
X the play, which is described rs "a
vital. throbbing. human drama Of
modern life and conditions" 1t is IN
four acts. and Its dominant note is
moral regeneration.
&c The author is Jules Eckert Goodman.
who is, perhaps. best known IN inc
siltterary world as the editor Of ACurrent
Literature. Mr. Goodman has been Tor
years classed rs one of the stronEesl
magazine writer's in the country. Ills
name is familiar to readers OF tho Eng
fish magazines, as 1t Is to the Amer
iran clientele. He was recently ten
dered and declined a chair In Harvard
university as professor of literature.
or rThe Right to Live" so astute
h n Judge OF the dramatic literature OF
il the modern stage as Daniel frohtllan
saws: TT lis the strongest play nave
S read In ten years.
This is the offering with whicn MI.
s Giffen will crown the series OF eSce.-
lent productions he has given H, ri,
1nond this spring and summer. me
premiere OF play to be produced IN
( a few weeks on Broadway By com
nanv headed by one of the most dlstin-
r,,,shed actors on the English-speaking
stage is an event unparalleled III thc
theatrical history of this city.
The occasion will be made 1ur.her
notable by the gathering here OF a
coterie OF the most prominent pro-
( duCeTS,e managers tiIiN fSSoA
country. Wilton Lackaye. William q.
Brady, Mr.. Goodman. REPRESENTATIVES,
OF the Frohman offices and dramatic
reviewers from several New YORK
newspapers and magazines Will witness
the Giffen production of "The Right
to Live
The Forthcoming production has been
discussed at great length IN the ORA
matte columns of the leading news
for several
weeks.
.sWhatever has been said of the story
the play carries must be based only
,1pon conjecture" said Manager Giffen
when asked for synopsis OF The
Right to Live" for advance publication,
.tor only Daniel Frohman. the author.
my wife and myself are familiar with
anticipating the surprises play may
afford the audience by publishing Its
storv4i in advance. Hence his refusal
to unfold the story of the play to be
produced tomorrow night.
Wilson Reynolds Will play the char
acter in which New York will see VIII
ton Lackaye next September, in the
event that William A. Brady secures
the producing rights Miss Grayce
Scott is cast for the principal feminine
role Other prominent parts will be
played by Miss Lucille La Verne. Miss
Janet Dunbar Miss Mildred Johnson,
Frank Patton. Ralph Morgan. r. A..
Roberts. Charles Lait and J..J. Burke.
The scale OF prices for this attrac-
tion will be the same that prevailed
throughout the Giffen season. Natl
nees will be given Wednesday and
saturday.
History of the Play.
THE Right to Live was discovered
h by Mr.. Giffen more than two years ago
Mr.. Goodman, the author. submitted 1t
! to him, and on the first perusal of the
manuscript Mr.. Citizen was fascinated