The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-11
At THE THEATER.
james O'NeiH Appears in Virgin
ius"-WiII Play "Monte CristO'' To-
night.

ius"-WiI Play ..Monte CristO" To-
night.
/ James O'Nenl is well known to the
| theater-goers OF this city. He has been
coming here for a number of years. It
looks just a bit odd to see him in any
other character than the one in which
he won his reputation. But. being a thor
oughly equipped actor for romantic dra-
ma, he is not in the least disappointing
in other roles than Monte CristO.
He played Virginius last night against
somewhat adverse conditions. II has been
only a short while since another actor
OF note played Virginius here two days;
ana in city Of the size Of Savannah
there is danger of getting too much Vir-
ginius If it is played frequently. The
weather was very bad last night. 1t was
demd damp, moist weather. TO put 1t
mildly. Yet O'Neill had a good audience.
and one that he succeeded in pleasing
nightly. He was. OF course, the center
around which the play revOlved. Yet it
Is 10 be recorded that his company is
much better than the one which support
ed the other Virginius that was here
some weeks ago, referred 10 above. This
was particularly noticeable in the char
acter of Caius Claudius, which, as played
last night BY Mr.. Albert Sackett, was
part OF some vir1lity. It may be said, also
that comparison of the Virginius of
MI " NtiAl anu OF MI. James leaves the
honors IN favor of the former. Mr..
o Neilis elocution is the more pleasing,
and his acting lacks nothing of the proper
fire.
Miss Florence Rockwell. in the charac-
ter OF Virginia, did her part in finished
and artistic manner. She has a pretty
race, line form and sweet voice-all
necessary requisites FOR satisfactory Viz
ginla. Miss Fletcher's Servia, also, was
a clever and conscientious rendition. Hal
lett thompson, who took the character of
Nrnnas Ffnnn "a Ia
tor of reputation and merit. His role
last night did not afford him very great
scope, but what he did was performed
IN manner to indicate his powers. To-
night he will be seen to better advantage.
The whole company is up to the high
standard of excellence of the support with
which Mr.. O'Neill usually surrounds him
SELF. Hence it may safely be predicted
that the performance tonight. Monte
Cr1sto win be all that could be desired
for it, 1t is very well known that O'Neill
is the only real Monte Cristo on the road,
ana that he stages the play in a manner
That is magnificent. Last night the sale
of seats for the Monte Cristo perform
ance was greater than the sale OF seats
for the Nirginius performance which tends
to show that although the former play
Is OLD TO the people of this city, 1t has
not lost a whit of its rawing power, and
that the public would rather see O'NeiH
IN that play than any other.
The second of the Y. NJ. c. A. course of
Club concert, win be given tonight at the
Guards hall. The following is the pro-
= Overture, Titus" CMozaro, Mozart
Symphony Club
Viola glamour SOLO "Meistersinger."
(Wagner) Mr.. Richard Stoelzer.
Contralto solo, THE Holy City," (Ad-
ans, Miss Louise Gumaer.
Grand duet, AT Night" (Stoelzer), the
only composition for Viola dAmour and
Da Gambia, Messrs. Blodeck and Stoelzer.
Chromatic harp solo, Fantasia" (Ober-
timer, Nine. La Roche.
Cornet solo, "Fantasie in Old Berlin,
(Hoch), Herr Theo Hoch.
Quartettes. a. Andante, (Rubensteln),
b, Intermezzo, Traumgeister new, (Stix),
(StiX), Mozart Symphony Club.
Da Gambia solo, "Fantasie Martha"
CkrahD, Mr.. Mario Blodeek.
Contralto solo, THE Gypsies," Dud-
ley Buck), Miss Louise Gumaer.
Violin solo, La Mqetti di Portieo, (Al-
% Roman Ron an Triu n flI Trumpet Solo, a.
Emperor's Salute, b, National Song,
(Hoch). Mr.. Theodor Hoeh.
Tomorrow night shore Acres will be
presented for the first time in Savannah.
1t is pastoral play. representing scenes
in New England life i is a realistic
every day life. While il is widely differ
ent from Mr.. Harris other plays, it is
not difficult to trace the hand which wrote
1t. The play has been given with marked
success in Boston and New York during
the last two years. Few plays written
within the last twenty years have caused
such wide spread discussion among all
classes of theater-goers, and yet this dis
cussion has mostly been about its great
ness as a natural play. But very few
critics have declined to admit Shore Acres
genuine worth as an entertainment In
Boston il became the topic of general con-
versation, and writers wrote their i'm
pressions of IL for the various magazines
and daily journals. In New York II be-
came even more popular, and the play re-
corded the longest consecutive run ever
known at Days theater.
Prof Agostini's Phantom Fancy Dress
Melange will take place Jan. 2. The pro-
fessor has decided to donate % per cent of
the amount of tickets sold by the mana
gers of the orphan asylums and Temple
Guild, to those institutions. He will meet
those in charge and interested in the
asylums, Saturday morning at Odd Eel
lows hail. when he will deliver the tick
cts to be sold for the benefit The enter
tainment promises to be a very interest
ing and artistic affair.