The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-09-02
The Comedian Made Everybody Merry
Who Saw and Heard Him.

Joe OFT and his comedians gave Savan-
nah theatergoers their first glimpse of
his new play, The Star Gazer," at yes
terday's matinee and last night. The
company and play are both up to the
standard. Besides OFT, there are num-
Der of frst-class actors in the cast, and
| they made the most out of the play, and
that is saying good deal, for it is good
play and capable of as much as OFT was
able to get out of it, The audiences were
both good for the season of the year
Wednesday matinee and night Robert
Gaylor will appear in ais reconstructed
version of sport McAllister, one of the
| 400" jeremiah or Sport McAllister'
is an Irishman of leisure with sporting
fever and an ambition for political
honors. He receives the nomination for
the office of sheriff Of the city of New
| York, from the Democratic party and at
| once proceeds to canvass for votes in OPP
position to Dennis McGinty, the republi-
| can candidate for the same office. The
| latter is game, however, and will fight.
| The electioneering tricks resorted to by
both sides in order 10 secure the popular
vote are immensely funny. Sport calls
| a meeting of his followers, and his rival,
| who lives opposite to him, calls an OPP
|
! speech for his father, to be delivered
| from the balcony on the night of the
| meeting, and while prompting his father
on that occasion, he transfers the manu-
script to his dudish Step-brother Percy,
who gives the old man protection
| speech instead of the proper line A
volly of bricks and other missiles is the
result of the mistake, and Percy is sent
off in disgrace. sport" is not daunted
by the accident, however, and invites the
! bosses of the foreign vote TO a grand
banquet whereof by his clever diplomacy
he becomes master of the situation.
Many specialties are introduced in the
second act. Manager w. A Brady has
surrounded Mr. Gaylor with a strong
ompany, consisting of Gilbert and
Goldie, j. D. Carroll, Joe Kelly, Marion
Chester, Mabel Craig, Maggie Fielding,
Lille Heckler and others.
Theatrical Tidings is the name of
theatrical sheet in New York the first
issue of which is Just out. IL is a gossip
page of theatrical news, notes of plays
and personals of players.
Bronson Howard has spent many
months in shaping the greater Shenan-
dOah, TO be produced on Aug. 30 at the
New York academy Of music. II will be
a new Shenandoah, too, with its story as
well as its incidents enlarged. The scenes
with which so many thousand theater-
goers are familiar will be given vast set
tings. Three hundred persons will par
ticipate in the big military pictures.
Thirty troopers will dash away in all di-
rections with dispatches. In the signaling
from Lookout mountain electric lights
will be used. There will be a maenitu-
dinous panorama Of the Shenandoah Val
ley. The scene representing Sheridan's
ride will have new and thrilling effects.
Charles Frohman has great faith in the
recurrence Of the first Shenandoah sue
cess.
The Marie Tavary Grand Opera Com
panY will begin its season at the Park
theater in Brooklyn on sept. 10. The or
ganization Will comprise l27 people, and
will travel on special train Of eight cars.
Ben Teal says there are more witty and
original lines in Fanny Rice's new comedy
farce, Miss Innocence Abroad, =" than In
any other new play from across the At
lantic.
George Barrett brother Of Wilson Bar
rett, died In London on Sunday. Jolly
George" as he was called, was possibly