The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-23
THE FoRDs, BIGGEST HIT.
Lawrence Hanley's Temperance
with the Association.

Lawrence denleyB hedppSea4 oISS
with the Association.
The theater last night reminded one Of an
Abbott night 1t has not held such an
audience since the charming little diva so
naively sung the dollars out of the dear
public's pockets. Every seat was taken
from the stage clear back TO the last row in
the dress circle and way Up b. the top rows
of the gallery. The boxes were
all filled. The aisles back under the
gallery were packed in fact stand
ing room anywhere was at a premium.
TIE audience was brilliant and eXpectant
one. The appearance Of Lawrence Hanley
for the first time IN two years was the
drawing card.
Act Ill of Julius CRsar was the first part
of the performances. The cast was:
Brutus .....................Mr Mr.. Brock Beckwith
Marc Antony. ......... Mr. Lawrence Hanley
Julius Csssar .................Mr Charles Gradot
first citizen --..-........-. MI LhWrehco 10 we
Second Citizen -.--.......... Mr.. VIM: leInlhS
Ihird CltHen. -....'..........-...M " seaman
Fourth Citizen. Dir. ). A Lane
And James Daly. Joe McGrath, y j.. Jackson,
r. J. Dunstan Geo F. Rutzler, James Degnan
and j. Brown.
Mr.. Beckwiths "BTutusn was a commend
able effort. His conception OF the charac
ter, his oratOry and his acting were admir-
able, aud from the applause which followed
there was no mistaking the favor he had
established with the audience. He was
recalled, after having left the stage. and
bowed his ACCOMPLISHMENTS,
Mr.. Hanley as "Marc Antony" received
an ovation. it was hardly possible TO see
in the young Shakespearean actor any
resemblance to the novice who left
the amateur stage five years ago
to play "The Spider in
The Silver King In that time he has
developed from the novice to a finished
actor. His Antony" was a splendid effort.
The Grafton was finely spoken and his act
ing was worthy of the applause that it re-
cslved. The final scene by the side Of
Caesars" body was an admirable one. As
the curtain fell Mr.. Hanley retired before
shower Of applause. He was recalled and
reappeared before the curtain with Mr.
Beckwith, who shared the honors in the
scene, and was again recalled and received
a beautiful floral wreath.
The scene was in every respect we'll acted
The mob deserves a word. 1t was thor
oughly alive to the occasion and did what
it had to do as il the destiny of Rome rested
upon its shoulders.
The second part of the performance was
Dion Boucicaults comedy-drama, True
Friendship; or, The Long Strike" The
comedy does not need an Introduction here.
Boucicault has made his fame secure, and
his name attached TO play always draws
an audience because all his plays are good.
True Friendship" is no exception. The
piece is light in texture, but full of bright
things aud mild sensations.
Score one for Mss Tyndale, who made
her debut in Savannah as Jane Learoyd"
Miss Tyndale's naturalness in acting is one
of her strong points and her mobile face
is another. The easy freshness of her style
and the absence of artifciaity in all her
work are qualities which are sure to estab-
fish her firmly in public favor She is
bound TO be favorite in Savannah.
Miss Arthur won plaudits anew as
Betsy she is already a favorite, and the
audience testified to the good work of
Joe Doyle as Jim Stokey."
1t was in the third act when the gallery
gods were most happy, for then Larry
Doyle appeared on the stlge in the char
acter of old ''Moneypennyn
To II. 7. EsJill as Richard Readley.o
and William Fleming as "Noah Learoydn
words of praise are due.
Lawrence Hanley we'll sustained the char
acter of Johnny Reilly,n a seaman. There
is breezy freshness abort his style of
comedy acting and heartiness of manner
that smacked of the ocean wave.n
The support generally was good and was
as follows:
Crookshaw "a Detectivel ...... Mr.. NJ Seaman
Sir John Fairfield, Presiding Judge $3.50.
Mr. James DAILY
Mr. Armitage ...... Mr. Ed Leonard
Mr. Agf, TKalI