The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-11-01


"The Bohemian Gir.'
once upon a time II was proper
to refer to THE Bohemian Girl as
that good old time ballad opera.
but since Milton Aborn and Sargent
Aborn have taken liberties with II
fed would recognize it by that de-
scription. THE Bohemian Girl" a.
produced by the Aborns and as pre-
sented at the Academy yesterday IL
a spectacular comic opera--comic
from the way il Is presented. as well
as from the story OF the piece.
AT the matinee the orchestra
leader could be heard coaching or
chestra and chorus. as far back as
the tenth row There was a delight
full uncertainty about the pitch OF
instruments and the voice Of at least
one singer. Never was a heart more
bowed down with q weight OF woe
than the hearts of the audience yes
terday over the singing OF that beau
tifui ballad.
The Thaddeus was a cute little
chubby fellow who had such red
cheeks, and such red cap and such
"a
that everyone expected to hear him
addressed as Fritz He looked as II
he would break into a vodel any
moment. and in all the years Airline
was growing UP he never grew day
older.
Never was there such a nurse girl
Her pastures were worthy of the
eminent japanese In The Mikaao,
who figured in lively paint in at
titudes queer and quaint. tYourt
wrong IL you think they amt,
But then there was a real ike
pig, a couple of real live geese. fouI
real live horses and the Said Hassan
Ben All troupe Of acrobatic Arabs
music from 'Giaconda"T Well that
was introduced, too. as Il the music
written by the late Mr.. Bale was not
good enough
From a. spectacular point Of view
The bohemian Girl was w2nderful
and gypsy camp scene, fhe fair
scene and the scenery in the first
act was all to the good, TO quote e
theatrical Stage ~mploye So was
fhe Devilshoof OF petmar ri. Poppin
who not only could bur dfd sing wei
and acted as II he knew something
about the character. So was Nella
She made a stunning picture and
sing the trying music 1ratustiF ans
xtunefuliy. The Airline Of Helena
Morrill, was sweetly pretty and she
had a pleasant, light soprano voice
/ There was Il chorus big enough for g
grand bpera production, bur The
bohemian Girl with cavalry. real
pigs. geese, acrobsts and music from
'.Gaaeonda4" rs not tho good old
ballad opera. II is a new comic
opera by the Aborns. with incidental
music by Bsife.
'sThe Merchant Of Venice"
When Robert y. ManteiI presents
at the Academy OF Music Saturday
afternoon. there viii be seen in hir
support Jessica new TO Richmond.
and comparatively new to the stage,
She is Miss Genevieve Hamper, for
whom Mr. Manteil plans bright flu
ture as a Shakespearean actress. Miss
Hamper. a Detroit girl. was engaged
during Mr.. Mantells visit to her
home city q couple OF seasons ago
rs an extra actress" as stage peo-
pie say now, or as q super, as they
said few seasons back
Miss Hamper had nothing more to
do than to walk across the stage with
the other girls apparently chatting
in an animated manner. but she did
this with SO much grace that Mr.,
Manteii saw In her the making Of
a future Actress, and as he needed a
young woman just then for minor
parts, he engaged her as = permanent
member OF the company Miss Ham
per's first role was Jess;ca. and she
did il SO well that Mr.. Manteli has
given her a number of other tmpor-
tant roles In his repertoire. Miss
Hampe. Is young both in years and In
the art OF acting, and Mr.. ManteIl
has Undertaken tn train her for stel-
! lardom after his own ideas OF what
Shakespearean star ought TO be.
/ Happy Hooligan" is Coming Back
Happy Hooligan. with his cheer
| full brother Gloomy Gus and all OF
the dear little '.Hooligan Kids" are
| coming back to cheer theatergoers ms
they have done periodically for the
last quarter OF century. In other
words Gus Hill has been requested
to make a grand revival of the great
! est cartoon play success The world
has ever known.
/ The "Hooligan' idea constructed
| into a play has earned a million dol
| lars cold profit since its first appear
Ance ever no long ago. No better
evidence of the remarkable enter
| tanning qualities of Happy Hooli-
gan" could be expressed.
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