Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-11-29
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Maud Granger in "Her Second Love
Before a Fair Audience-COming At
fractions.
fair audience at the Theatre last
night witnessed the first performance IN
Savannah Of John A. Stevens new play,
ssHer Second Love-" with Miss Maud
Granger in the leading role. The play
suffered severely at the hands of dramatic
critics when first brought out, Out Win
successful management 1t has acquired
great run. Her second Love" IS the
story Of a little woman whom tate mas
s .31gTr Ivan Demidorf' and "Count
Fedor Petrovichv To them she
i Indebted for a rescue from the
hands Of some iTate Russian market WO-
men. Singularly enough, both falI VIC
tins to the pretty face OF tie girl, olga
bv name. and both seek her hand. IVAN
wild and reckless. desires to take her TO
~ Petersburg. but when he finds ''Fe-
DOR madly determined to wed her him
self he. too. is willing TO make her his
wife. Captivated by his handsome man.
illness. .sOlga'' accepts his offer, only
to find in less than two years that
she has married an unworthy fellow.
Maddened by jealousy, she remains
masked at a ball from whence he has sent
berbOme. There she hears him wager Tor
tune 10 a lot of his drunken cOnfreres, VINO
are having a night Of il with some women
Of not sp0tless character, that his vile
has the form Of Venus. and that none
could be more fit than her 10 assume the
role in a coming tableauX. crushed by
the insult she sinks into cnalr anu
weeps. Turning from his wine her nus
band discovers her, and, not recognizing
her. he demands to know why tears
should reign there. Her answer
Is: Has not this mask good cause
10 weeDs- To save her husband
she secures from a friend the money ne
requires. and thus saves herself the shame
Of fulfilling the wager OF her husDand.
This act of his loses for him all love she
had ever entertained and she leaves him.
s.COunt FedOr." still a tried and trusted
friend. follows. Traced by "COunt Ivan"
and accused Of infdelity, she seeks 10
save sFedOr'' from a threatened ven
geance by falsely accusing herself. ms
Ivan will not believe. and ne refuses 10
thrust the knife she gives him into her own
heart. With the death of "Ivan," who Is
shot as 4 Nihilist in attempting to escape
from soldiers while making his arrest, the
story ends and s'Olga'' is left with "Fe-
dor" her second love.
Miss Granger is a powerful emotlOnal
actress. and with her excellent support
the play is produced wildly ana IN a
manner that demands the most lenient
criticism.
A matinee performance will be given
this afternoon and the engagement Will
close tonight.
Mr.. ". VI. Babbitt, General Manager OF
the Carrie Swain Comedy Company, is in
the city arranging for the appearance OF
Miss Swain in ''Cad. the Tom Boy" at
the Theatre next Wednesday and Thurs
day evenings. December and :.
The sale Of seats for the Maud Granger
matinee this afternoon will begin at Davis
Brothers at $50 o'clock this morning.
The sale for the japanese performances
on Friday and Saturday Will also open at
the same time.
An amusement company called the
Texas Charlie Combination will spread
its canvas at the corner of Bull and An
dersOn streets. and begin a six days series
! Of performances on Monday, the Sd prOX-
limo. Two performances are advertised
for each day at . and O'Clock p. m. The
Nelrs and Courier of Charleston, where
the company appeared this week, says
/ the attractions of the show are various.
both in kind and quality and many OF
/ them are astonishing. The agent, Mr..
/ Edwards, is in the city arranging for the
/ appearance of the company.