The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-11
AT THE THEATZR.
1.-THE Little Tycoon" Makes a Great
Hit in Savannah.

Hit IN Savannah.
Gen. Kncherbocker, one Of the OLD time -,
1 KnickerbOckers -..-..:....--W VIII MandeVh!s
Alvin Barry. q young Wall street broker,
/ ''' " '''''' '''' ''' J. Aldrich LIBBY
Rufus Ready, Alvin's college friend. after
wards GuI Gui, interpreter % the
great tycoon ............ .-.... Arthur Facie
Lord Dolphin, sator for the hand q yio-
TeddT Lord Dopsns valet jo SsT Ms saI
Montgomery. Gen. Knickerbocl.er's foot
man -. .. e.. ..............JaIaes spear
Custom House Ofacer .... Raymond H.tcheocS
Vi6Iet. Gen Knlcker6ooker's daughter.
afterward the Little Tycoon
Dolly Dimple, violet's school friend
Jennie Goldthwaite
Miss Hurricane, chaperon 70 tourist maid
enS......- .--.....-..--..-.. AliCs tosiner
Dot. ....... ................E Emma Lawrence
1.-THE Little Tycoon" was seen last night
for the first time in Savannah. The theater
was filed with fashionable audience, and
the performance was brilliant one While
it has never been sung in Savannah before,
che music of the opera is familiar to most
people.
Mr.. Sponsors company is in every way
equal TO the requirements OF the opera.
Miss Millurd and Miss Hosmer both have
rich. melodious voices. ard they were given
an enthusiastic reception. Miss Millsrd's
singing Of Love Comes Like a Summer
Sign" was repeatedly applaudsd. Miss Hos
mer's Hurricane" was a charming bit of
acting.
Mr.. Vaudeville as Seen. Kuickerbocker'
is an artis-, and Mr.. Libby as THE Great
Tycoon" made decided hit. The company
Is aA excellent one throughout.
The plot of the opera ia an interesting
one. In the first act company of touring
coliegiates is shown on the deck Of en- ocean
steamer. Gen. Knlcke rbocker's daughter,
vi let, is in love with Alvin Barry, an
energetic young American, but her father
wants her to marry an English nobleman.
friend, Dolly Dimple, and Alvin's
college chum, Rufus Ready, determine
to aid the young couple in their
love affairs, and the college boys and
girls, who are represented by members of
the chorus, also l0nd their assistance. Dis
guised as hobgoblins, the college boys en-
deavor to harass and brighten old Kaicker-
booker in the first act, and they impart an
air of nerriment TO the entire opera. The
finale of the first act is made exceedingly
effective by the showing of panoramic
view Of New YORK ha Dor, and the lower
bay. Tie first scene in the second act is the
Interior of kniokerEocker's villa at New
port, and there Alvin appears disguised as
Lord Dolphin, while Rufus appears as
counterfeit presentment of Teddy, the Irish
valet of Dolphin. Knickerbocker is about to
give MS daughter to the fraudulent Dolphin
when the real Dolpnin and his valet come
on the scene, and the audience sees four
dromios. Alvin is ordered out of the house,
but, no5 dismayed by defeat, he DISCUSSES
himself as the Great Tycoon of japan, and
is received at a lawn party by Knicker
b cker, who, not perceiving this repeated
deception, gives him Violet in marriage.
Then the disguise is discarded. Alvin takes
Violet, old Knickerbocker prop ses to Miss
Hurricane, a comical old maid, and the
people on the stage aud in the audience are
all made happy.
The opera will be sung at special matt
nee tlis afternoon and will be repeated to-
night.