The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-18
GAY WEEK At THE THEATER
Lent Does Not Stop the Giddy WhiTl
Of AmuSemeltS.

s.,sations, Music and Drama, on the
Iist-Rhsa to Be Seen as Josephine"
in Her New Play LA Graconda,
che Actress Of Padua''-Mrs. Drew
md Her Company Coming This
Month.
Thu tbeater will be open every night
mis- week. except Friday night, and for
two matlnees'
Monday Night-Duncan Clarks Fe-
aTIssday and Wednesday Nights and
Wednesday Matinee-The music festival
concerts. >-.-s4 .erha cr,,s+ - GO
clS Ss,turdav Matinee-Rhea in Josephine,
EmDress OF France"
i-t GaPtUrdav Night-Rhea in la Ora
conda. or the Actress of Padua."
The Crust of Society," will be seen
bore for the first time. The play is a
necnIiar one, and illustrates a phase in
ipoc;atv that is well understood in Eng
ioDd where the scene is laid, and the
nonditions in social life, which it depicts,
80 nv no means unknown in this country.
IT, character of the brilliant woman of
-na1v loves and a life of ambitious in
t-i-y is sustained by Miss Zefie Tilbury.
Tbe character of Oliver St. Aubyn, the
-noraI hero of the situation, is by Mr.. Ar
tbur evils The ingenious young English
girI that St. Aubyn rescues from the
99eculiar society in which she is cast, and
then falls in love with, is well repre-
sented.
Rhea will appear in the character o +
.,IoseDhine. Empress of the French - at
Saturdav's matinee. The subject of the
1Iavis familiar to most readers Of French
history. and possesses more than ordinary
interest from a dramatic, as well as an
historical standpoint. Few expresses
have been called upon to immediate them
selves on the altar of patriotism, and no
woman could have done so with more
complete resignation than did Josephine,
the first wife of Napoleon, and his guild
ing star during the fourteen years of his
early brilliant career.
Saturday night Rhea will present her
latest success Ia Graconda, or the
Actress of Padua," play of deep inter
est by Victor Hugo.
Katie Putnam presented ga Little
Maverick" TO a large matinee audience
Yesterday, and closed her engagement
with the comedy drama, Love Finds a
Way" last night.
Manager Sanford H. Cohen has Sc
cured an engagement with Mrs. John
Drew and her company, for tour of the
south, opening at Richmond, Feb &c, and
taking in Norfolk Roanoke, Knoxville
Chattanooga, Augusta, Charleston, Sa.
vannah, Jacksonville, Macon, Birming
ham, Montgomery, Mobile, and New Or
leans. The company is composed of Mrs.
John Drew, Mrs. Sidney Drew, Sidney
Drew, Chas. B. Hanford, Mr. George Os
borne, Chas. E. Werner, Al Harris, Chas.
Kearney, Edwin Wallace, H. 9. Gibbs,
Miss Phillis Rankin, and Miss Katie Ho-
gan. A leading manager the other day
made this remark about Mrs. Drew: "She
stands in petticoats relatively in the same
position as Joseph Jefferson does in pants
in old comedies. The late Lester Wallack
and other celebrated actors and masters
of dramatic art, have recognized her as
the queen of legitimate comedy. think,
as others do. that she easily occupies this
proud position on the English speaking
stage. For years she has been the fore
most exponent OF all comedy. While she
was manageress of the Arch street thea
ter in Philadelphia the house
was the scene of many ia,
nous comedy productions The thea
ter usually opened its seasons every year
with the production of some old play of
that kind that was a source of much
pleasure to her numerous friends ano
patrons. Her name is as inseparably
linked with the grand performances OF
The Rivals" as that of Mr.. Jefferson
her most celebrated play by Sheridan
occupies relatively the same place il
comedy as Shakespeare does in tragedy
1t belongs to that class of entertainment
that appeal to the educated class Ole
play-goers are its friends and younger
ones find it amusing and entertaining
Age does not decrease its popularity and
the best proof of its cOnsummate merit is
the fact that it has outlived many new
comedies and plays. l might exclain
with many others may its shadows never
PrON less y