Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-24
ANTHONY HOPE COMEDY
EON GRANCE SCOTT COMPANY

FOR GRANCE SCOTT COMPANY
Manager Dewitt Newins is paving
the way for an cvcntful week by am
nouncing "rhc Adventure Of Lady Cr-
sula' aH tho attraction at the Bijou
this week. beginning Tomorrow night.
II will be tho very first time that
Richmond has seen The Adventure OF
Lady Ursula" hut that lends all IA"
more attraction and when added TO this
interest are the fiat statements made
by both Manager N"wing and Stage
Director Bcrthclct tina, 1T will be far
and away the very best thing ever done
by Miss scott and her asHUcin tcS"-in
both OF whom tho public has come to
place much COMMUNICATION there IL
little need to indulge in supcrlntivcs.
Tho Adventure of Lady Ursula" is
Anthony Hope at his very best, which
is but another way Of SAYING that The
Adventure of Lady Ursula" pretty near
ly tops tho bill as n comedy. Its humor
Ia HS clear cut as cameo, ana its
philosophy Is of tho trcnchnnt, though
lighter sort. TINT holds fast. though it
amuses. Mr.. Hope never wrote better
lines. ana There tx "a pungCnt insistcncy
TO his lines that makes ono want more
and moro and moro, which. after all. Is
jus: about ali that any draniatist ever
hopes 10 accomplish.
Given very pretty sirl. an irascible.
nisanthropic bachelor, u highly c4cit-
able brother or tho very pretty girl, an
other very pretty young girl who Is
hetrothcd 10 tho highly cxcitable broth.
or. and tho early days OF the eighteenth
century as tho time. time when duel
ling was az It's hcicht--can you imagine
the possibilities.
The Lady Ursula tMiss ScotD. sister
TO tho Earl Of iIassnndcn (Mr. hdams)
conccivch the idea that She would cross
tho threshold OF tho mansion OF Sir
i"orS" sylvester CHR. Warncr). Il privi-
i'zc not granted any woman for years
and ycarE. She engages IN a wager
with her friend ana lcr brothers
hanco". Miss Fcmion tMiss EalD. that
she VIII be abb" to accomplish the fcat
Tho iorfci, is 10 be SIN pairs Of silk
stockings.
Sho rides by tho aus,crc aud cold
dwelling %. the communicating knight
ana f"ians Illness. Instead OF inviting
her IN. N" gives instructions that she
hc carried to the huntsman's lodge Tho
carl arrives about this time. ana is told
by his sister In no uncertain terms OF
tn" discourtcous Treatment she has re.
c"tv"d. Believing her ill., ho rcScnts
H. aud 50 tolls Sir G.orgt. Tie result
OF the argument is that the two agree
10 nEnt II out on the ncld OF honor
Then Mistress Ursula begins 10 real-
IL" the seriousness OF her prank She
wants TO get her brother on, of tho
srrapc that her thDuEhtlessncss has
brought about She Knows tha, sir
George Is noted duclist with at icaa.
on" death 30 his credit. Her brothers
sweetheart never lots nor FORGET tho
fac; ,ha, she has erred. and erred
Sr!"rous!y. n happy thought suggest.
i'Se!! Her Younger brother Is away,
put suit OF clothes built for him has
Jus; arrived She determines to array
h"rsolt in this attire and appear be-
( 'ore SIR George and mako explanations
n..Vy. H.,
chmhH coming when she deserts SIR
George. after promising him that he
'hiSht %" her CUES; ls far as London,
Wh"fc fh"y nope 10 meet her brother
IN" Earl OF Hasacuicu Tho Lady
Ursula becomes frightened and fees
prrcipitately In tn" hope o. finding
her brother first. She Is disappointed,
nnl comes worry near entering into !,
uu"l on her own account. Then arrives
, Hir George. and he issues n challcncc
-! course. they do no, nght since Sir
George mas every reason 10 believe that
IN" Young man nc has entertained Is in
irh'N the l.ady Ursula. But why all
"" leta'ls" The FUN starts in tho
!h,t"i sort OF Il ripple. but II grows
ana sro"S and grows until II is almos,
= iidai wave. Is /; necessary to ndtl
,A"' Sir George and the Lady Ursula
but that's all In the show.
IN" costumes, AZ we'll as the nroduc-
tion. will be exceedingly handsome
( especially viii the costumes attract
SINCE th"E arc OF that period when both
me men and tho women were CARRIED
IN particularly fantastic as we'll as
"''Fact!Nc manner. In brief, az Mana
ger Moving and Stage Director Ecrthc
lot have said, Il, will be just abou,
M, hn" oeSi hing The Grayce Scott players
.,ff w;Sr nnne. merely another way
81 SAVING that IL Will. indeed bc :,
wonderful stock production