Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 January 1902 — ROBINSON CRUSOE. [ARTICLE]

ROBINSON CRUSOE.

What eight or eighty year old boy has not read and re-read Robinson Crusoe? Sir Walter Scott said, that “Robinson Crusoe and Pilgrim’s Progress were the only two books ever written that the reader wished were longer.” Frank Davidson has dramatized the thrilling classic of the sea; holding on to the vital theme of the story, showing Robinson sailing from home, the tragic wreck of his ill-fated ship, his landing on the island of Despair, and final deliverance. Friday, the cannibal slave ; little Zury, the Morocco boy, and all important characters have been enlarged’upon, and an interesting plot has been thrown about them all. Costumes of the seventeenth century, a full equipment of scenery for each act, all absolutely correct in detail, has been provided, and the production is flawless. Three nights only, beginning Jan. 30.