The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-12
THEATERS TO OPEN EARLY
The Season TO Begin in Savannah a
Week From Tomorrow Night.

NUN lOlA ~ niVAANN AAnnAs
The Arta Bowen Company the First
Attraction to Be Followed by Bar
low, Dobson & Co.'s Minstrels on
the 24th-One Hundred and Seventy
Five Performances so Far for the
Season and the Number Expected to
GO to 19o-New Attractions Being
Secured All the Time-The Opera
Season Brilliant One.
Manager. johnson is getting everything
ready for the opening of the theater a
week from tomorrow night, Aug. 20, by
the Aria Bowen company. The opening
this year is very early. The theatrical
companies are stirring themselves, and
the season from the start promises to be
one Of the liveliest that the south has ever
known. Following the Aria Bowen COM
pany on Aug. 20 will be Barlow, Dobson
& Co.'S minstrels on Aug. "A.
Manager johnson has so far booked IT'S
performances and the season will proba-
bly run up to l90 The largest season
heretofore has been $50 performances.
Since the announcement of the list of
companies booked up to July 15 Manager
Johnson has secured tor September, THE
OPERATOR for October, Sam 7. Jacks
Extravaganza Company, with seventy
five ladies; for November, I'm the Name
of the Car and lines band. In Decem-
her he has "Our COLLINS" a popular
farce comedy that has made
hit since it was first presented.
The other additional attractions for
December are Otis Skinner and one or
l. III oaly al ~ Ig1h
has been secured for two nights, Jan. s
and 9, instead of one night.
In April Savannah opeca lovers will
have Wang. The opera season will be a
particularly brilliant one. The great
attraction will be the Marie Tavary
Grand English Opera Company. The
company opens its season early in Sep
TENDER in Brooklyn
Manager Charles II. Pratt will have the
distinction of bringing together in this
the strongest and most brilliant operate
organization probably ever in the United
States. The names of the artists in sup
port of Madam Tavary are made public
for the first time, and the list embraces
the most celebrated singers. Among the
more prominent names are Emma Mari
ami, well-known and brilliant soprano, as
well as Sophia Romani The prima donna
contralto is Helen Won Doenhoff. The
primo tenor is A. L. Guillo, Payne Clark
being another celebrated tenor with the
company; William Nortons is a decided
favorite for his strong baritone voice.
Arthur Seaton has also been engaged as
baritone. William H. Hamilton, the
basso, has an euviable reputation. Will
lam Schuster, the basso cantanta, pos
sesses no small magnetism. In Emerico
Morreale, as conductor, Manager Pratt
has secured a great musical director.
His successes at the Italian opera
houses in the City Of Mexico and Havana,
have made him famous. The balance Of
the organization includes artists whose
names are equally familiar to lovers of
the grand opera.
Last spring the experiment was tried
of presenting a farce comedy, Rush
City" with a company of legitimate act
ors and actresses. Although the piece
was a success, yet the result of the ex-
pertinent is that the Rush City" com
pany this season is made up of farcial
and specially players.
A new feature, quite as original and
effective as last seasons Salvation Army
Rally, is being 'prepared for use in 1.-The
Hustler" the coming season.
A view of the St. Charles hotel and the
Clay statue at the junction of st. Charles
and Canal streets, is one of the scenes
of William Haworth's new southern
drama, ION The Mississippi"
The cotton compress used in ''Down in
Dixie will be one of the most ponderous
machines ever put on the stage. 1t will
figure in an exciting rescue scene.
Mr.. ]. L. Tierney young comedian :,
who has lately come to the front as a
farcial en- Entertainer, will be seen in Davis
& Keogh's new version Of the Hustler, -
the coming season,
feature Of ''On the Bowery" is the
array Of amusing characters, such as are
TO be found at their best only in such a
city as New York, and in such a quarter
as that of which the Bowery is the main
thoroughfare. Among them are a He.
brew shoestring vender a dilapidated
vagrant, a terbulent tough" a dude
who has ventured down to the Bowery TO
see the sights, pair of crooks, country
man, a trio of Bowery girls, and other
typical personages.
Edwin F. Mayo will play the part of
Jack Marley in the Still Alarm" the
coming season. and Miss Frances Graham
will appear as Elinor Fordham. The
popular ire engine play continues under
Davis & Keogh's management, and will
have very strong company. New special
ties will be appropriately introduced.
The Stowaway,n with its accessories
OF scenery and reformed BURGLARS, is
booked for another long tour the coming
season. Harry Booker will fill the title
role, in which he made a great success
some years ago.
SENT FROM THE CITY COURT.