The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-17
RilOu.

BiJou.
Miss Grayce Scott in a tantrum. a
stacy one. you understand, Is proving
TO be even more attractive to Bijou
audiences than Miss Grayce Scott
with the langaishsng. winsome man
ners of the born coQuette or the spon-
taneous exhibitions OF the girl In her
nrst love affair, II one Is to judge by
the way last nights audience applaud
ed her in the second act of Dorothy
Vernon OF Haddon Hail." which open
ed a weeks engagement last night.
The violent outbursts of anger against
the Vaccinations of her mother and
Lady Vernon, who are making every
effort to have her wed Sir Malcolm
Vernon. and her discarding OF a
bounttfnl dinner through the window
met their hearty approval. Some
stamped, while the more reserved of
the audience clapped loud and long
In the role of Dorothy, which Miss
Scott is playing this week. she has an
opportunity of testing her versatile
ability to the fullest and last night
gave a performance which is well up
among the best she has given since
opening her stock season here.
Arthur Berthelet as the jester Was
another OF the company who upheld
the reputation which he has made In
previous roles. At all times through
nut the play he played convincingfy.
Miss Nan Crawford proved very good
NJ Lady Vernon. while Miss Maude
Atkinson as Queen Elizabeth gave
first-class performance. Miss Theo-
dora Dudley as Mary Stuart received
quite an ovation when she entered
for the first-time In the third act and
handled her role in a manner well
worthy Of her.
Glenn Anders was another OF the
company who was given hearty re-
ception and played the short part OF
the Earl Of Ruthland excellently John
Warner was a pleasing wooer OF Dor
Othy and carried the hero honors we'll.
Leslie Bassett as Sir Malcolm Vernon
again had something Of villain role.
He handled the part capably. Will
liam Thompson, Sir George vernon.
the father, once more was given a
storming violent role OF an elderly
man There was nothing to criticise
and much to praise In his work.
dorothy Vernon" is another OF
those costume plays Of the olden days
when knighthood was in flower and
will probably prove just rs attractive
to patrons Of the theater as did the
play Of that name. 1t is we'll staged
and presented with several settings OF
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make a broad appeal and furnish
many comedy as we'll as dramatic
Incidents.
At the Lyric.
A pair OF sturdy, nervy athletes
open the Lyric bill this week with an
exhibition OF battle axe Juggling that
holds the breathleSa and excited In
terest of the auditors. an they hurl the
heavy double-edged weapons with
much force and nonchalanco at each
other and catch them with as much
ease and abandon. A miss would mean
1t the very least a dozen stitches by
m ambulance surgeon.
A rather prosaic and dull but de-
cidediy "contrasty' act follows this in
the shape or rather shapes ofsDevine
and Williams The most charitable
form OF comment on this team would
be polite silence, which many OF the
audience kindly observed. But we
were then rewarded by highly abb
ssnrd and universally funny sketch BY
Imhoff. Conn and Coreene. whose
travesty on military life on the field
grew funnier Aa 1t proceeded, by
xeometrical progression and made q
very laughabIa appeal to the entire
house.