The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-12
best Performance Yet.

hcSt performance lei.
Fulfilling every promise made in adj
vance notices, Miss Scott and her play
ers. In presenting The Rose of the
Rancho" last night fairly outdid them
selves. There was not a flaw in the
performance. at least. not Il flaw 10 this
reviewer. who sat and listened ana en- :
1Oyed every moment OF the three acts
from the nrst curtain, when the auc
dicncc is admitted to the mysteries oil
the languorous people who are then be
ginning to feel the yoke thai they IN
ticipated when N2rthwest Mexico De-
came Southern California.
David Bc!osco. who wrote .hc play
and who staged IL when Frances starr
may nave furnished II sumptuous pro
ductipu for his star, but SO have Man
agcr Newing ana stage Director Ter
thclct combined 70 make of the Bijou
stage Il vcritablc bower of flowers. NO
prctticr stage settings have been seen
NJ this theatre than those presented In
the three pictures for Tile Rose OF me
ltanCho.'
IT is IN idyllic story that Mr.. Bclasco
tells. and he has set his story n II
country tecming with romance. the
pntois OF the Spaniard Is mingled with
the sharper tongue OF the American-
the rrlut.o as The Spaniurd viii call
him. 1t is In SAN Juan that III" action
takes place. and here. where summer
mcrgcs into autumn, autumn into win
ter and winter into spring without an
npprcCinblc change Ia temperatures INC
story o. plot and countcrplot. Of love
and conquest. Of bold, bad men ana
timid. shrinking natives. IL uutn!d"d.
t-nyvillinr 10 bow 10 the Will OF the
United States. which is seeking 10 OK
crcise a sort OF paternai supcrylSlpn
CONS. and .t!ll more indolent daughters.
OF the South refuse point blank 10 reg
.stcr their titles to land with the pr"p-r
agency. Enters the lAnd-graphlhp
crook who seeks TO dispo=scsS them
This. in brief. Is tho theme upon when
me story OF lovc ~ built ana ont ot
f,l - W., stl incidents leading TO
the happy finale are woven
MISS Scott * indeed moro charming
than ever ns the girl with an american
father and 4 Spartan mother, %averi M;
an Of the time between her love Tor
.'hcr people" as. she has come call thein'
and her love FOR Captain kcaFncy'
agent of the govcr0iUent Ever mo
ment Miss Scott Is lunnita. the rose o,
tho Rancho, with all the hr" anu al,
coutcttish WAS of the most typical
scnorita Regardless Of the demands
made upon her, she was always cquai
to the occasion, h!crdlns phth"s an,
manner that thoroughly pleased every
one OF hcr auditors. Sho ran the thinut
Of emotions. and her drawiinE: Nspins
dialect came ~ a breath from the SPAN
She 20 loved.
MIR. SewIns. as sunoi, = !nulet Ger,
and Glenn Andets. as NE tTxe' sc OH
MIR Newing, always careful a 70 o."
tall produced ma keur mat so shnl,
lated the real halfcas, n ~ make MIN
vary real indeed, while the Don LUIS OF
Nr Andcrs was an accurate and pains
taking reproduction OF the sicsta = ! ,
ING pleasure seeking, procrasunatins
type he portrayed.
indeed every member OF the com
pany ,ncritcd the npproNa! OF INC Nv
dicucr For the most part, they FcaH
their lines intelligentiy. gave Il hetter
than average acting pcrformhnceIts I.
matter OF fact ii was Just corning
yood show. and. without disparaElne
the previous work Of this excciietn,
company of players, far ana away '"c
hest thing they have yet done.
or the women MISS Dudlcy. rs Sc;
nora Kcntou mother OF Juauita. stoo9!
",it I'm groat.r prominence. next. oi
',,r. "a MISS scott Leslie Bassctt
i Ii,nIsaid vas asa clever ri, Of acting q
thaukless par, we'll Executed. II Ih me
i}i,ou The rcat Of tho week. II VIII b"
because Richmond audiences mre far
less npprcc!atiVe than We are wiI!nE |"
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