Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-07
ADJUSTMENTS
IN BLIND YOUTH
= ti.tcASe:S At ACADEMY Of MUSIC


~. LOU Ieilcgen in the hrec-act play.
''Li,nd Youth" OF which nc IS coauthor
3aSNu sole manager. opened NJ the Acad-
Warmly greeted at his nrst appearance
and TINS warmth Increased as the play
progressed. Al the termination OF tho
second act, he was recalled with such
unmistakabic fcrvor that there seemed
no escape from Il curtain speech. TO
which situation he gracefully caWtu-
Z stated, recalln" his last visit to iHch-
inond, somc seven years ago. as lead
ing man with that greatest genius Of
cur time, Madame sarah Bernhard 7
Madame Bernhardi, Il few weeks ago
when she was lcnyinG America, re-
ssimSd to his eNIIetT ,,a u, ienrnins
left very agreeable impression OF
h The play. blind Youth" is a vel.
: cons tructed medium for the display OF
I. alr.. IcticGcn nIstrionlc =,t,s. ..,tu, as
Ven. amording many opportunities To
supporting; him Is OF much abnity. The
first act Of the play Is an extremely
!, strong one, holding the interest to
inc last degree, especially as it closes
lrilh Maurice Mounier's detcrmiuatl ON
70 turn his back on the old life and the
(. rnin which it has brpurht h.n The
4 scene in this act with "conuy" Chan
doce is strongly emotional and in it
Mr., Tcllcgcn exhibits much o: M's great
), cst.. ability. The second aet, wherein
Lie has returned to America. Und taken
1. if,s mother and hHi!- brother 40 ING
SMHrn hin Is III parts tircsomc ana
9,iandltm. thouEh gaining III strength as
II progresses. contributing rollicking
etuUior with the appcaTtnt" Of the two
= studio friends from Paris. T. il h"rC
tnai Monu!cg learns jhut the woman
who has ruined his life i'll the Partisan
days has come 10 America aud caused
Z MS half-brother 20 fall victim 10 her
charms. Monnicr arranges by tclc-
phone meeting OF tn" adventures
IN Ills rooms the following evening
that he may expose her to his family.
'rhe tiir. act furnishes the denuuc-
nient. in which Monni.r through the
Ills own tanccc. until her quich wi,
and Il family ring worn DE The adv"n-
turess saves the situation. The climax
!, OF the play is intense ANA dramatic.
\ lhougi almost reduced 10 auI!ClimaX
by the stormy exit OF the vampire.
f,Blind Yout.," however, holds the in
terest throughout. supplyiug thrills
s and laughs in euual measure. Th.r.
.tsis moro than "a inodicum OF the rough
: mar lance which may be attributed TO
g Studio life. bul which falls harShly on
Render ears. This passed. Or glossed
oyer, ana the play is All that even the
u lilase theatergocr might ask IT. fact,
sAr. sTclleren. as Maurice Monnier con
ne hig4est quality OF his.
..,{1l, say the past year This is say
Ing very much, since the favor!tC
! a&tress OF the American stage has been
s.siiafe recently. but il is nevertheless
sstFue.
IN the cast. as to whose worl.
M E6ao section can justly be made. were
thaanrk Smith ana Ralph Locke ~ the
q tS..Dr. Partisan studio friends: MarPuer-
AZ sDt,t4 .s Connie" Chandocc: Waltcr
n craven. as Henri, whose words led t.
s--AiirurIce's reformation; Elise Bartlett, as
TrSnces Granger The hancec Ienuic
a. the mother sydney
sSTtsxgs. as the brother. and Nam I,c Voc
Tsh Nora. J. q. II.