Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1913-11-27
MUCH INTEREST IN PLAY.
Theatergoers Look Forward to "Vir
ginia Rose with Keen Anticipation.

ginia Rose with Keen Anticipation.
Folks who miss the performance of
Virginia Rose the threeac story
play of the South, at the |. o. @. F.
hall on Friday evening of next weel,
will deprive themselves of rare treat
indeed. The play is to be put on by
The Friars, the local dramatic organi.
zation which makes its debut with this
offering. The several players in the
cast constitute the city's cleverest tai
ent, and under the able direction of
Walter Bunnell, have been rehearsing
nightly for the past two weeks.
An announcement which adds inter
est to the forthcoming production and
which goes long way toward further
guaranteeing metropolitan presenta-
tion in every respect is the fact that
Mr.. Mark Priddy, himself Southerner.
has been induced to appear in one of
the principal parts of the play. His
long experience in such work, coupled
with world of talent which he pos
sesses, together with his first hand
knowledge of the South and it's people,
makes him valuable acquisition to
the east. Mr.. Priddy has been given
one of the most difficult roles of the
piece, character who figures promin-
emily in one of the many dramatic stu.
ations with which the play abounds
and he may be expected to do it exceed
ingly well.
The story play tells a beautiful tale
of Southern life, rich in all its chival.
ry and love, its fine examples of man
hood and womanhood and self sacri-
flee. Lyons, strong role played by
Mr.. Bunnell, is distiller, powerful
and resonrceful in his schemes to gain
his ends. His cousin is the sheriff of
the county and Virginia Rose, the beau
tiful girl from which the play CLEANS
its name, is in love with the sheriff.
Lyons meets Virginia and proposes
marriage but is repulsed. He discovers,
while guest at the sheriff g home,
documentary evidence which he later
uses against his cousin. now governor
relentless fashion. Miss Ruth Brans-
combe has the role of "Virginia Rose, .
certainly most exacting one, but she
is meeting every requirement of the
part and will delight the entire aud
fence on the night of the play by her
winsome manner and natural clever
ness.
In one OF the scenes in the play
where Mr.. Bunnell, as Lyons, and Mrs.
Adah Losh Rose, as Lindy, colored
"mammy, have strong parts, it is
predicted that local theatergoers will
see some of the greatest work that has
ever been presented on the stage by
local thespians. Mr. Bunnell's ability
is well known and Mrs. Rose is highly
capable throughout her part.
Two parts of great Importance,
though entirely different in theme, are
in the hands of C. A. Parsons. In the
first act he is plantation farmer who
faces great crisis and in the last act
he is kindly old man who is most in
teresting and appealing in his plea for
equality and for justice to all man
kind. To say that Mr.. Parsons is cap
able Is a mere waste of words, so well
are his talents known to the public
Miss LaMona Richmond is another
local favorite who has been east to
advantage in the Forthcoming play.
She has a role somewhat different than
those usually assigned to her but she is
giving it correct Interpretation and
reading throughout. With Mr.. lvor
Higgs he provides practically all OF
the comedy in the play and they may
be depended upon to amuse the fun
lovers in every scene where they ap-
pear. Higgs' part, while not exactly
built for laughing purposes, admits OF
considerable levity and lightness and
he is making the most of every line.
Eli Ingram, 2. B. Parsons and
Harold Harris are the other members