The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-10-23
COMEDY ALL THE WEEK.
VERNONA JARBEAU'5 ENGAGE
MENT THE PRINCIPAL EVENT.

VERNONA JARBEAU'5 ENGAGE
MENT THE PRINCIPAL EVENT
"The Dazzler" and "a Breezy Time"
the other MISUNDERSTANDING
and "Ihe Widows' Jarbsau's Plays
This Yeer-The Actress Surrounded
as Usual With Pretty Girls.
Monday Night and Tuesday Matinee
starlight"
Tuesday Nigbt-"The Widows"
Wednesday Matinee and Night-''The
DazzIer."
Friday Night-''A Breezy Time"
| Vernona Jarbesu IS not q new actress IN
| age or experience. She has been on the
stage quite a number Of years and has
been seen in Savannah nearly every season
for the last eight or ten. She is
always entertaining though. That is one
OF her char acteristics. Starlight" in
which she will be seen here for two per-
| formances, will not trouble any one to fol-
low the plot. although It has one. 1t was
| constructed to create merriment and to
while away an evening OF pleasure. It has
never failed to do what its author intended,
/ and the press and public of other cities
| have accorded il the warmsst encomiums
| There are, OF course, songs and dances in-
| Vulnerable in starlight" and as the vocal
| equipment of the company is unusually
| good and the legs Of the comedians appar-
emily homeless, and of the comediennes
| shapely and expansive, IL Is not difficult to
understand the success which this entertain
ment has met with.
1.-THE Dazzler" will be seen at two per-
To-.
season OF the comedy, q record Of success
very rarely attained by productions Of this
kind. The Dazzler" is not pretentious in
ies claims for patronage. 1t is mods5tly
stated that IL was simply written, composed
| and put together for the purpose of agree
ably entertaining the public, with the as
sistauce of a company Of clever comedians
and bevy Of exceedingly handsome young
women, VINO are not only pleasing to look
upon, but are also unusually good singers
and clever dancers. The cast of twenty
people is as clever as can be found. a
bright, new face in the company
is that of Anna Boyd, who
is assured hearty welcome She is not
only pretty woman with a sweet voice,
but a clever dancer who is check full of
| chic An older and not so comely, but
much funnier face, which will also be
greeted cordially, is that Of the ''onlY one"
| solemn-faced comedian, Joseph OFT, whose
| peculiarly original and unique methods of
making points never fail to provoke roars
of laughter. Other clever people in the
company are 1.-THE Clipper Quartette," F.
7. Way, Al Hart, j. f. Curran, Max Miller,
| w. H. Way, II. E. Reed, jesse Hatcher,
Blanche Arkwright, Belle Sanford, Ed
Lang, Joseph Harrington, Annie Wilmush,
Eva Leslie and Ida Rogers. This engage
meat ought to be a profitable one.
"a Breezy Time" which will be seen
| Friday, is farce comedy, but it is said that
| 10 is little more connected than are most
pieces Of its kind. The plot is not 30 intri-
cate however, that it calls for any great
mental activity to follow II. 1t 10 put to-
| gether simply for the purpose Of giving the
comedians an opportunity to exhibit them
selves in their various speciality perform
ancss. The piece is in three acts. full OF
| action rather than dialogue. The best test
| of the success of the piece is the box Office.
and as the box office at every thester at
! which "a Breezy Time" has appeared so
| far this season has been heavily patronized
during the production of the piece, "A
| Breezy Time" on that score at least,
deserves to stand quite as high IN the annals
of the stage as do Hamlet - THE Rivals"
or 1.-THE Lyons Mail" Mr.. e. B. Fitz plays
the most important comedy character in the
| play. The 6rst scene is laid at a young stu
| dents apartments in Boston The second
Il
say there is q ysung girl who is in love with
| q young student and the young student
| TeciprocRtes the love. His creditors stand
| in che wav of his marriage, but "A Breezy
Time is like other pieces in this at least,
but oil ends happily in the last act. The
| play is said to be hrimful of music, and a
! great many scenes have been introduced
that have no particular connection with the
| play itself but that are sufficiently amusing
TO excuse the fact.
Among the failures of the early season
are "Settled Out of Court" "The New
| Wing" "Elysium y "Bulls and Bears" and
"A Fatal Gift" Several others are on
the ragged edge and will be heard from
shortly.
Bertha Welby, the dramatic teacher WE'LL
known in Savannah, and who has a number
| OF successful pupils on the stage, has also
dramatic association, which is in great de-
mand for private theatricals and benefits.
Miss Marion Kingsley, one of her brilliant
proteges. has had q monologus written
especially for her.
The most important event Of the dramatic
season in New York will be the opening Of
| the magnificent new Manhattan opera
house on Nov. II. Mrs. Bernard Beere will
be the initial attraction.
Billy Birch, tho famous MINSTREL has re-
tired from the stage.
This season Clara Morris is 10 play for
twenty-five weeks. She Will be supported
by company under tbs direction Of Edwin
H. Price.
Augustin Daily announces for early pro-
duction two plays by American authors.
Gerster has been singing at Kroll's in
Berlin, but her voice is a mere shadoA of
its former self.
A serious rivalry exists between the
Grand Duchess Pierre Of Russia, who Is
counted the NEST perfectly dressed woman
at the czarina's court, and. Sarah Bernhardt
They both patronize tbs same Partisan mod
ists, who, by the way. is not the immortal
Worth, and the duchess is jealous.
A new play at the Paris Odeon Is called
"a Marriage of Yesterday" It is by
Victor Jaunet, young author, and Is a
great success. The piece treats OF divorce,
and the status of the diuorcee after her Sec
ond marriage not being recognized by the
Catholic world.
Eldorado, on Weehawken Heights, oppo-
site New York, the most beautiful and gor-
eraOra1u I'D ~