The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-02
"RENEE DE MORAY
Clara Morris in Her New Play-An Ex-
cellent Performances

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Clara Morris in Her New Play-An Ex-
cellent Performance.
Clara Morris acting as Renee de Moray
leaves little to be desired. The audience
last night, although perhaps not quite salts
| fed with the play, could not have been
otherwise than satisfied with the acting.
| Renee de Moray belongs to that class Of
| plays in which whatever there is new
Is ia the treatment rather than
in the subject The ground work Of the plot is
the separation Of husband and wife through
| the Vaccinations of two adventurous peo-
| pie whose motives are INSCRIPTIONS ambi-
ton. The separation Of the wife from the
husband, also involves separation from her
| child and parents.
The strong emotional scenes develop after
| the first act, and from then on there may
be said to be one continued wall until the
play ends Miss Morris supreme moments
| occur in the fourth act where she pleads
with her father for her child, in The
! succeeding scene with her child, and later on
when she EFFORTS the confession Of love from
her divorced husband. Her acting
OF the role can only be successfully addressed
| to an audience capable OF Appreciating the
nobility Of womanhood under its severest
trials.
Miss Morris was several times re-
called with her leading support, and
her acting throughout the play was
followed with the deepest il. tersrt
Tne piece which she has chosen to be her
greatest Is an English version Of LA
Martyr" In brief the story is as follows
A daughter, herself a wife and mother,
learns OF the hidden sin OF her mother by
the appearance of an ille.itimate son seek
ing money on his mothers love letters In
stead Of turning him over to tho police for
blackmall, "Reneen consents to pay bis
price. Meanwhile an ad ventures falls in
love with the Count de Moray
'Rene's" husband. This is tie
first act. In the second act
the natural son meets his mother, who
believes him dead After the meeting he
starts to go away, great revulsion of feel
ing upon him, loving his mother, and re-
fusing TO take the money before demanded
from ais half sister. Alone together, Renee
and he throw themselves into each others
arms, breat hing words of affection. At
that moment Reneeis huSband-his mind
poisoned by the adventureSs-appears in
the doorway. He believes his wife recreant
TO her marriage VOWS and shoots her sup
posed lover dead. The letters that would
| have explained all are thrown in
the fire; the aged mother is saved.
The succeeding act shows how
Count de Moray drove his wife
| from home, secured a divorce and
maj ASA VIC dFonbulooS3 uIOlOWlLlk budb
| co mes general STRENGTHENING out of the
| complications. The end is happy, of course.
| The adventurers are put to flight, and the
| Moray family falls back into its former
| quiet Frederic de Belleville, who per-
sOnates Count de Moray" does it remark
ably well. f. H. Tyler as Ernest Drake
is a meddling Englishman who straightens
| things. " alter Kelley as Claude Julius
Kahn as the adventuter, Miss Mittens Will
lett as the adventures, Mrs. Octavia Allen
| as Nine. de la Marche," Miss Kate Massi
! as "Renee's" daughter, j. B. Everham as
Admiral de la MqTche" aud M. w. Rawley
as "Malter," an Indian servant, are the
LEADING charac ers. The company is an
exceptionally S-rong one throughout.
Renee de Moray" viii be repeated at a
matinee performance this afternoon, and
tonight Mr.. Frederic de Belleville and
| Miss Mittens Wlllett viii be seen in "The
Lady of Lyons" with a Savannah lady on
! the title role.
Clara Morris on and Off the stage are two
different persons The emotional Renee de
Moray and Mrs. Harriott, whom the
world knows as Clara Morris, are unlike in
every respect. A woman Of great intelli-
gence, rather tall with large gray eyes, not
beautiful, as the world goes but whose fea-
lures continually wear look that Is next
her manner and with quick
nervous energy pervading her conversation
such is Clara Morris, whom a score Of
writers have said surpasses, in the supTem-
est moments of her acting, even Nine.
| Bernhard.
Mis- Morris is enjoying better health this
| year than she has known for many seasons
past. She travels in her own car, where
she lives en- route as comfortably as though
she we're at home. The ''Coronotn is one
of the finest cars ever seen In the south. 1t
is the counterpart Of a car built for the
Gar of Russia, and contains, besides sleep
ing rooms, kitchen. bath room, draw
ing room, dining room, private
| bOudOir for the actress herself. 1t is fin
isle In amaranth and satin woods and EN-
blssed leather. The ceiling is ornate in the
most striking and artistic frescoes. At
either end Of the saloon are two immense
pauel-pictures, from the brush of the cele-
brated artist, Rossgnol. On the glass in
the four corners Of the room, is a diamond
engraved picture representing one of the
four SEASONS. The upholstering Of the car
is of the most costly and exquisite kind and
Miss Morris carries her o svn cook and ser
wants, and in her travels lives the life Of a
| prinppSs