The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-01
At THE THEATER.
sol. smith Russell Tonight and
William n. Crane Monday.


william n. Crane Monday.
Sol Smith Russell. who has not been seen
in Savannah for thirteen years. will be
seen at to-morrow's matinee in A Poor
Relation and tomorrow night in A Peace
ful valley
Sol smith Russell is. and has been. for
many years. one Of the prominent figures
on the stage, and his constant application
10 one particular line fer upwards OF
twenty years has given TO his personations
an artistic finish and freshness Of char
acterization which places him in the van
OF the country's best known exponents Of
the simple hammered but strong hearted
and self-reliant American. This knOwl-
edge Is patent TO all who have ever wit
messed MS remarkably clever and natural
portrayal Of Hosea Howe. in Peaceful Val
ley, or Noah Vale in A Poor Relation.
Every character which Mr. Russell has
popularized Is drawn from real lie, and
II IS this hdelity to the real which has won
MIN such an enviable position as that he
now occupies. His plays are devoted to
an exposition Of everyday incidents sur
Iouhalhs some pretty little story, and
seem more like a page plucked from his
tory than the studied efforts Of some
clever playwright.
William H. Crane viii be seen Monday
night in The Senator. It VIII be AIr. Cranes
first appearance in Savannah since the
dissolution Of his partnership with Stew
art Robson. In The Senator there are
fourteen characte the principal one be-
ing Hannibal Rivers, a big-hearted west
erner, whose friends have sent him to
the Senate. AL Of the characters are well
drawn, and all are familiar types of the
nAnnFn lr.Ars 49,
where the scenes Of the play are laid
There is an Austrian. diplomat, who is a
good deal of the villain a Lieutenant in
the army, who is a stolid, Indifferent fel-
low; the senator's private secretary, a
young man with lots OF ambition; a China
man who is studying American ways and
customs for the benefit of his cOuntrymen,
and who is connected with the Chinese
legation; the Secretary Of State-an ex-
congressman with a shady reputation, an
old man with claim against the govern
ment, and who has spent the energies Of
years in trying to have It allowed; his
daughter, an exceedingly pretty girl with
a sweet disposition, the imprudent wife OF
the Secretary Of State; a young woman
who coins nearly all Of the words she
uses; type Of the elderly society woman
in the capital and a young widow with a
head for business and a heart that is very
susceptible to male charms. The first act
ant, the second in the home of the Secre-
tary OF State during a reception, the third
in Senate committee room in the capt.
tol and the last in the apartments of the
senator Mr.. Crane will be the Hannibal
Rivers, and his support viii AIcssrs. Or
rim Johnson, Boyd Putnam, Joseph Vice.
lock, Jr., Percy Brooke, j. o. Barrows
George T. DeVere, and Miss Lizzie Hud-
son Collier, Miss Ffoliott, Miss Anne
O'Neill, Miss Nary Sanders, Miss Ida
Burrows and Mrs. Kate DENIM Wilson
Not often Is so notable an event to be
enjoyed by the people IF this city as a
lecture by Robert G. Ingersoll, who lee
lures at the theater Wednesday evening,
Feb. 6, on Shakespeare.
In this lecture Col. Ingersol pays hon.
age, in words that blaze with enthusiasm,
to the immortal poet on whom he bestows
the title Of "the greatest genius Of our
world" He justifies his bestowal of the
title by pointing out, one after another, the
almost countless merits that make Shakes
peare's works the pride OF all who speak
English. He arrays the meager facts
known of Shakespeare life, descants on
the richness and vastness Of his mind, as
manifested in his works. and then mar
shals the beauties by which Shakespeare
stands pre-eminent among the poets of all
ages.