The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-02-11
ar TIE rHEATER.
Sothern in "The Highest Bidder"-A
Matinee To-dsy.

Sothern in "The Highest Bidder"-A
Matinee Today.
E. H. Sothern made his bow to Savannah
theater-goers last night The play was
1.-THE Highest Bidder" In it Mr.. Sothern
is at his best. The theater was packed
from the stage to the doors
Every seat upstairs and down was
taken and all the standing room underneath
the gallery was occupied. Few actors have
received a warmer reception than Sothern
received. The cast OF the play is:
Jack Hammerton Of Hammerton. Mallet 8
Lawrence Thornhili, Esq. Of THE
Larches" ...,,;:;;..;:.. Donald Kingsley
D'"i'''-'' 0-''''' - Rowland Buokstone
Sir Evelyn CRANE, Bart, a fortune hunt.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Morton Seton
Sir Muffin Struggles. c,p hiIan Il st,,
Frank Virgins, clerk to Hammerton.
'''' " e''''''' lawrence Clark
Joseph, servant to Thornhill. -. Tully Marshall
Old Warren, the poulterer. .... Thos. J. Murphy
SolomOns, q broker .............E Evan X. Messer
Downey, detective. Frank Lelden
Bill, his assistant .................P N Snytne
Rose Thornhill. Virginia Harmed
Mrs Honiton Lacy Mrs. Kate Pattison-Selton
Miss Louisa Lacy, her daughter, Jenny Remark
Mr.. Sothern is a genius He is a marvel
GUS actor, and is supported by a capable
company. Miss Harmed as 'Rose Thorn
hill" is beautiful woman, and her acting
won admiration and applause. Mrs. Patti
son Selton and Miss Ken
mark as "Mrs. Lacy" and
daughter were characters worthy OF the ap-
plause they received. Miss Remark Is
known in Savannah to many Of the Fords
and she will hardly fail to receive gener-
GUS recognition to-day. Although she has
little to do in 'The Highest Bidder" she
is a talented actress.
Rowland Blackstone as "Cheviot." and
Donald Kingsley as Lawrence Thornhiii,"
are equal to the parts they fill.
The play itself Is a comedy, pure and
simple, and of the kind that never fails to
produce laugh. It is Just the kind OF q
play that gives Sothern the opportunity for
the display OF his wonderful talent.
Those who saw him were curious to
know something Of his history. He
was born in New Orleans about thirty-three
ago while his father, the great Lord Dun
dreary, was playing at the Varieties the
alter In that city. The family shortly after
moved to England, and young SotherD re-
manned there for number Of years. Re-
turning to this country in 1878 he soon after
made his first appearance at the New York
Park theater, playing small part in one of
his fathers plays. The elder Sothern never
gave the young man credit for much dra-
matte ability and opposed his going on the
stage, but he persevered, and, after
playing in minor positions for
eight or nine years, at least became the
leading man in the New York tbeater, where
his work soon attracted the attention
OF Daniel Frohman, manager of the Lyceum.
Among the plays which E. A. Sothern left
at his decease. was an cid manuscript by
John Madison Morton, the well-known farce
writer and author "Box and Cox This
play was fixed up and modernized, having
been written twenty years ago, into 1.-THE
Highest Bidder" and was given its first pro-
duction in the spring of 1887 at the Lyceum
theater, where it ran all summer, and was
the first genuine success at that house, as
well as Mr.. Sothern's first success as a star.
The play Will be repeated at a special
matinee this afternoon. Tonight Lord
Chumley" will he played.