The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-24
A RUSH OF AMUsEMEN IS.
Manager Johnson Gstting Ready FOL
the Opening of the Season.


The near approach Of the theatrical sea-
son revives interest in people and things
theatrical. Manager johnson of the Sayan-
] nah theatre, who Is now north, has been
| giving bis personal attention TO the details
! Of the coming seasons amusements, and be
| promises Savannah theater-goers a list OF
| attractions that will excel those OF any pre-
/ vious year in the theater's history The
theater will be overhauled at once and put
| in readiness for the opening of the season,
which will be early next month. The Sep
TENDER list Of attractions is not large, how
ever, and the season will not be IN full blast
much before the middle of October. From
then on there will be no lack of amuse-
ments.
Richard Mansfield is rehearsing new
play called Nero"
Annie Pixley is not to act this season.
She proposes to enjoy herself in Europe.
DeMille's new play, 1.-THE Lost Para
disc was produced at the Chicago Column
bia Theatre last week and made sue
cess.
At meeting OF the London Gaiety Com
pany, held last week in London, it was dis
covered that CO, 700 had been lost on last
years season.
Oliver Doud Byron has adopted unique
and original design as his trademark on all
his printing. scenery, etc. 1t is copied
from seal finger ringer that has been in
his family for many years.
Robert Downing will have the following
plays in his repertoire this season: "Bru-
tus," "Virginius," Gladiator" Damon
and Pythias, Julius Cesar katherine
and Petrucnio.n aud French Marriage"
Wolf Falk the theatrical agent arrested
"a
charged him with holding $50 600 while re-
ceiver of tho "U and |" Company, was d s.
charged by Gov. Hill Friday, because, it is
said, Hermann was prosecuting Falk
through personal spite.
And now it is said that Mrs. James Brown
Potter intends to bring suit against the
newspapers which have published the alle-
cations that she lost money on her AUS
traiian tour, and that she married Kyrle
Bellew. She says she has now a draft for
5000 francs, given TO her by her father be-
fore leaving home.
Imre Kiralfy has arrived from abroad.
While away he visited all tho Libraries and
museums in Madrid in search of material
for spectacle depicting the life Of Column
bus, to be presented next year. Senior Don
Antonio Canovas del Castillo thought SO
well of his plans that a project was formed
for the construction of an immense building
in the middle of the exposition grounds at
Madrid, where a historical exhibition will
be given in August, 1892.
Bill Nye's play, "The Cadi." is in active
rehearsal at the fremont Theatre, Boston,
preparatory to its early production in New
York. Thomas Q. Seabrook will play
THE Cadi;" Lizzie Hudson Collier, 1.-THE
Postmistress;' Ruth Carpenter, THE Good
Girl" Jennie Goldthwaite, 1.-The School
mistress" and Minnie Dupree, we'll known
aud favorite in Savannah, "Croupy Dag
gett," printers devil of the Boomerang.
Bill Nye says that the play strongly re-
minds him Of some Of the weaker passages
in Shakespeare.
Marie Gordon Raymond, or az she was
better known, Marie Gordon, was buried
in Newark, N. j., Saturday. Marie Cor
don died in London, England, July %. She
will be remembered in Savannah as having
married John T. Raymond here in 1867.
She was divorced from him a few years
prior to Raymond's death. She made her
debut as an actress in the Holiday street
theater. Baltimore, as Mrs. Younghusband
In Married Life" Her last play in New
York was at Booths theater as Joan, in the
Lass o Lowry"