The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-04
HEElT
ACADEMY or MUSIC.
Tuesday nI9ht---"rhe Climax"
Thursdny night.-fiddish Play.
DIJOU THEATRE.
"Mornine, Noon and Night" all the
week. Monday matinee.
LUDIN THEATRE.

Vaudeville. j.Ejiii
"The Climax"
only vocallsts can realize what II
means to be calhd "tfe little girl who
lost her voice." and they can SYM
pathize with the heroine OF Edward
Locke's brilliant stirring drama OF
musical Bohemian life, THE Climax"
now in It's second season, which Jos.
eph M. Weber Is sending to the Acad.
envy on Tuesday, September g. for one
performance only. The author has
given something really new in theat-
rical conceptions. He has worked ont
his theme with humor and imagina-
ton, with delicacy OF poetic fancy,
with truth to the demands OF reason
ableness In character and situation,
and with dramatic picturesqueness
and structural effectiveness There will
be no attraction seen here this season
better worth seeing than this charm.
ing play of musical life.
1.-THE Climax" Is made up OF living
characters. and the entire action takes
place at the Bohemian apartments OF
Luigi Golfarti, in New York. Adelina
Won Hagen comes to Luigi, a voice cnl-
turist. and lives with him and his
son. Peitro. young musician OF great
promise. Adelina Is beloved by Join
Raymond. doctor, who endeaVors
to persuade her to relinquish her love
for art for his devotion. but she stead
lastly refuses. slight operation
upon her vocal chords is found neces-
sary. and to further his own ends and
to obtain his hearts desire, the doc
tor. by mental suggestion. Wills that
she Will be unable to sing upon her
recovery from the ordeal. Pettro also
loves Adelina, and he has written and
composed THE Song OF Soul" In
~epired by Adelina but when she tries
to sing this song her voice fails her
completely.
This tragic note OF the play is one
that makes the heart swell UP and
seek relief In tears. Believing that
she can no longer become a great
singer, she agrees to wed the doctor.
and in the pleasant excitement pre-
ceding her marriage she discovers that
she has regained her voice. "and all is
we'll that ends we'll"
The development OF the plot intro.
duces both instrumental and vocal
music. in which THE Song Of a Soul.
is one OF the important feaures. The
piece Is one OF those beautiful crea-
lions that utterly dcfies criticism. Tho
present company Is said to be one OF
exceptional merit, each member fitted
with a part admirably suited to his
or her respective personalities or
talents.
} Play From the Ghetto.
The genius produced by that strange
world called the Ghetto has long at
tracted wide attention One of the most
rema rkable institutions OF large Jew.
ish colonies is the Yiddish theatre. The
powerful native attractions OF the
Ghetto and the fine playing OF the
Yiddish artists have more than sur
prised visiting Americans. who were
moved to admiration, though they Gould
mot understand the language of the
Yiddish theatre. The theatregoers Of
this city will have the opportunity to
witness Yiddish play given by the
New York Yiddish Opere,ta Company.
J, which is under the personal direc-
ton OF Edwin A. Relktn and which
has appeared in the best theatres OF