The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-11
A SEASON FULL OF PLAYS.
THEATER-GOERs WILL HAVE No
LACK OF AMUSEMENTs THIS
YEAR.

the Opening on sept. IO-The New
est Devils Auction Among the
First AttrnctiOns-TO Test the
Stage for Spectacular Plays.
President Henry GreenwaH Of the Amer
lean Theatrical Exchange writes that he
has about completed the booking of at
fractions for the new theater. The list
announced in the Morning News last week
included attractions for l25 nights. About
twenty-five more attractions were then
TO be secured. Most of these have now
been signed The attractions for the last
two months Of the season are usually the
last engaged. Aside from these. the en-
tire season is now filled.
The work on the theater will be pushed
from now on. In fact. it has been pushed
ever since it was begun. The delay in the
completion Of the new Atlanta theater was
the cause of the delay in beginning work
here. Superintendent Kesslar says tho
theater will be ready. however. for the
opening performance. Theater-goers need
have no doubt as to that The coming
week will see the work further advanced
than most people suppose is possible. As
soon as the decorators get 10 work, the
interior will begin to have a finished APP
pcarance. The walls of the Bull street
addition are nearly finished, and the in
terror work goes on at the same time
The dome viii be erected this week, ana
the building will then show how it Will
look when complete.
The interior is what will show the great
est beauty. Everything will be in blue
and gold, upon finish of natural wood
Darkest Russia" with which the thea
ter Will be opened, is a new play to Sa-
vannah theater-goers. 1t is fun of Incl
dent, and comes with flattering indorse-
ment As soon as the arrangement of the
| seats in the theater is complete, the dia-
| grams VIII be printed. The box office Xill
| be at the theater. and all seats will be
| sold there.
The bronze pictures will be the attrac-
/ ton at Tybce this week. The engagement
/ viii open Tuesday night. Mr.. Bradley of
/ Bradley q Nahl, who produced the pic
I lures in New York, where they created a
| sensation, will have charge of the produc-
| ton here. In connection with the pictures
| viii be concert. The entertainments will
/ be given in the Hotel Tybee pavilion.
/ Messrs. Bohan & Cowan have been at
| considerable expense in securing the at
! traction, which has been the so wherever
it has been seen. The pictures represent
the worlds most famous Statuary in
bronze.
number of charitable ladies and gen
tlemGn have constituted themselves
committee to relieve the financial embar-
| rassment of Mr.. and Mrs. Griff Williams,
| the Vaudeville performers, who We're en-
/ gagged at Tybee during last month, and
| who had the misfortune to lose their little
! child, who died at the hospital some
| weeks ago. An attractive programme will
be arranged and a Vaudeville entertain
| ment viii be given at Masonic Temple
! Thursday, Aug. %, for the benefit of the
| couple, who have gained popular rep
! utation during their stay in Savannah.
| Some Of the leading amateur performers
of this city viii take part in the enter
tainment Tickets have been placed ON
| sale at Lindsay & Morgans, Appel &
Schauls, Sternberg Jewelry Co.'S, Byck
| Bros, Rosenheim & Co.'S, Thomas West
| q Co.'S, Theus Bros, Paul Conida's
! candy store, Ludden & Bates, L. Adler
Meyer 4 Walsh's, Gardner & Einstein's
Fernandez Cigar Store, Estlrs News De
! pot, Central railroad ticket office, Gerst's
barber shop, Livingstons drug store.
Screven house cigar stand, e. l.. Byck's
Florida Central and Peninsular railroad
ticket office and several other places.
The hours for producing the play at the
| London theaters differ widely from those
in the United States. In America the plav
begins either at o'clock or SIS In London
| however, there are two theaters where
the shows begins at 7:3O; one 7:4O: four at
745 one $50; about twenty at o'clock:
five at S:l5; two at 1925 and six at $50 and
in the STANDARD theater the curtain rises
at $50.
The wicked Parisienne, Yvette Guilbert.
has just finished profitable engagement
in London and oscar Hammerstein has
agreed to give her 5000 a week to omen
his new Olympia, New York Guilbert has
no voice worth speaking about vet she
earns more money than any prima donna
of grand opera. She began a public career
behind the counter of a Paris dry-goods
shop, selling ribbons and thread at wages
OF 10 francs a week.
Otis Skinner has a play called 'Villon
the Nagabond," dealing with events in
France in the sixteenth century which
he win produce next season, The author
is an American and Mr.. Skinner declines
to divulge his identity until later on.
Charles II. Hoyt has finished his new
play, "A Silent Woman" in which Mrs
Hoyt Caroline MiskeD is to star during
the coming season. The scene is laid in
Denver.
1t is stated that the basis of the story of
Madame Sans-Gene' is to be utilized for
a comic opera for Miss st. John. The music
will be undertaken by NJ. Wenze1, COM
poser of L'Enfant Prologue"
Yale's Newest Devils Auction. with all
its scenery, will be among the Senter,, b,,r
attractions at the theater The play has
been reconstructed and rewritten. ana ex-
cept for the plot, is entirely new 1t will
be the first spectacular play in the theater
and will show the capacity Of the stage
for plays of that character.
Mr.. James Neill, who has just closed
very successful engagement in St. Paul
and who is now in New York, is expected
in Savannah in a few days. Mr.. NELL will
support Minnie Madden Fiske the com
ing season. Miss Fiske is the Greenwall
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