The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-12
. WEEK OF POPULAR PLAYS.
walv,lle-Baldwin Company to Begin Its

XSalville- Baldwin company TO Begin It's
Engagement Tomorrow Night.
Monday night, tine Black Flag"
rrssday matinee, Michael Strogof.n
tuesday night, Two Orphans"
wednesday night. "WeIls-Fargo Messen-
ger"
The rest OF the weeks repertoire will
-. snnounced at tomorrow nights Der.
FINANCE. Matinees will be given Thurs
dav and Saturday, besides the pight per-
iormances'
Pearl Melville and the Baldwin Melville
companv's engagement commences to-mor-
NV night in THE Black Flag" The man
sger has been asked to explain why SO
many free tickets are given to ladies. He
aid he knows that a standard drama at
popular prices in a novelty IN the south.
fIs thinks there 10 money in it, and has so
much confidence in the merit of his COM
binstion that all he wants is to get the peo-
nIe 10 see it once. He is convinced they
will 20 again. In order, therefore, to give
The public chance to judge of the merits of
tia company, he has distributed a number
Of ladies' tickets. His plan is very simple.
Ary lady will be admitted to a reserved
ssst free if she is escorted by a gentleman
mr. lady friend, who must, however. have
bought a reserved seat ticket. In other
words q gentleman can take his wife,
daughter or sweetheart to the theater to-
morrow night and occupy two reserved
seats at the cost of so cents. This arrange
ment is good only for the opening night.
telegram to Manager johnson from Man
sger O'Neill Of the Charleston Grand opera
house, where the company has been playing
a two weeks engagement, says: THE Bald
VIM Melville Company played to immense
business here their second weeks engage
ment. The company gave excellent salts
faction"
The Fleming Dramatic Association will
open the amusements after Easter with
performance of BREAD on the Waters, ="
Walter H. Bakers 2-act drama, followed By
9 dance, at Masonic temple, Tuesday, April
T. for the benefit of the sick relief fund OF
the Brotherhood Of Locomotive Engineers.
This play is the Fleming's masterpiece,
and it will be presented with a much
stronger cast than that of April, 1891, when
80 successfully produced, The story is in
teresting; the sceo es pathetic and exciting
particularly so in the first act, when
Harry" the leading character, is falsely
accused by a schoolmate of forging the name
of his father, who drives him away from
home. The second act is one which would
capture the attention OF a cultivated
audience. The father regrets the casting
off Of his son, whom he believes innocent,
and being almost destitute and crazed by
the loss of his son. he, like "Dilly," Lucy"
and Mrs. Loring,n have not power to clear
him; yet after five years, in which time he
runs his betrayer down, he returns and
proves his innocence.
Dunlap's Stage NelUs prints the following
notice of Lawrence HanIey and his new
play: Larry will begin mis- southern tour
at Norfolk April 8. The play in which he
will be seen is named the Player During
the first act of this play the heroine, while
witnessing a performance from private
box, is overcome by the stars acting,
swoons and is carried home, where her
father, wealthy man, discovers she has
fallen in love with the actor In this act
Mr.. Hanley Is to appear in O change nightly,
presenting in tde repertoire the most DOW
erful acts from Hamlet Romeo and
Juliet 'Othello,' Macbeth and other
standard plays Providence has endowed
Mr.. Hanley with the physique Of Her
cules, the face of an Apollo and the grace of
an Adonis His association with Mr.. Booth
and MIR. Barrett has given him an experi~
ence that their presence alone fostered and
developed. The last time that Mr.. Booth
appeared on the stage was at Rochester, n.
Y. During the progress of the play be was
suddenly disabled, and Hanley, who at that
time was a member of the company, took
up his cue and completed the evenings en-
tertainment. The same thing happened in
the case of Mr.. Lawrence Barrett, who was
playing in 'Richelieu' at New Y ork. he.
like Booth, was taken suddenly i'll during
the evening, and Hanley stepped into his
place. Mr.. Barrett WAS driven TO his apart
ments, and died day or two later In
these emergencies Hanley proved himself q
master of the legitimate drama"