The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-08


supt. George Kessler, who has charge
/ of the construction, deserves much credit
( not ouiy for the manner in which he has
I pushed the work along, but for the
I thorough manner in which everything
I has been done. The decorations were
/ done by AIr. Eugene Cox and corps Of
artists from New Orleans, and they
would undoubtedly do credit TO any thea
I ter in the country.
with the painting Of the exterior walls
Of the theater building the last vestige OF
the old Savannah theater, so far as the
I public eye is concerned, viii be removed.
/ The only parts Of the old building mat
I remains are the side and rear walls, some
{ of the old dressing rooms, and the OLD
I stage floor In its place Savaunahians
/ have "a modern theater, 10 is true but many
/ Of them no doubt regret that the old land
mark dated ISIS, should have been wip-
/ ed out. President Greenwall, although
I ne purchased the property, and is now its
owner, together with others in the COM
pauy. said that the old build
I ing should really have been
/ preserved, as it was by the people
/ of Savannah and converted into a muse
um. 1t had a historical interest con-
nected with it, he said. which would have
gone down for ages. Many Of the nor
theru people have commented on the fact
that IL was a pity TO see the Oldest theater
in the United states 90 out of existence
even though its place is to be taken by a
modern structure.
President Greenwan said with regard to
the much talked Of advertising curtain
that he did not think he would allow it
10 De put in the theater.
The design which the company pro-
posed TO put here" he said. was really
an artistic one, and the advertisements
3 % nj
/ space that l really cannot see how ii
could be Objectionable Then, too, 1t was
to have been used only between acts,
and would thereby have afforded some
what of a relief to the eye. There seems
to be some objection to the curtain, how
ever. and ! hardly think l shall permit
of its use here"
This will no doubt be welcome news
to many OF the patrons of the theater,
who have strongly opposed such cur
tain being put in the house.
The theater-goers can congratulate
themselves upon President Greenwalrs
indefatigable work in arranging the the
atTical attractions here this coming sea-
SON. The plays and players are of the
best, are diversified in their character
and scope. and certainly every one can
find something in the list to suit their
tastes.
Allt iiSl - "a luilE one anu llGluues many
novelties and new plays. Among them are
Joe Cawthorn. A Trip to Chinatown and
Fields Minstrels in September. In Octo-
Der among others are offered A. M. Palm
er's Trilby, Louis James in repertoire,
Taylor Brothers In lectures Effie Elsler
Thomas Keene in repertoire. and Dave
Henderson's "Sindbad, the Sailor, Extrav-
aganza Company" of 100 people Grau's
Opera Company plays in November, be-
sides Creston Clarke and Alkaline Prince
in repertoire, Katie Putnam and Stuart
Robson.
In December. among others, comes
/ Charles Frohman's Fatal Card, James
/ O'Neii in repertoire, Otis Skinner IN rep
ertotre and Lillian Russell. the only
Lillian, with eighty people. Richard
Manteu opens the January list and then
follows DeWolm Hopper in DR.. Syntax
with seventy five people, concluding with
| Henry Irving ami Ellen Terry with nine
( ~ people Saivlni, and "Trilby" from the
Garrick theater In February and March
appear Robert Downing in repertoire,
/ Prof. Herman, Roland Reed Nat Good
| win, Louis Morrison, MOjeska, Fanny
Rice and Wang. only a few of the main
stars are enumerated above. Besides
these there are yet April and part OF May
to book and probably sixteen good COM
panies will yet be added. SO far there
are about sixty first-class attractions
/ booked.
The box office for Darkest Russia, -
which opens the theater Tuesday night,
will remain at Livingst0n's drug store to-
| morrow, but viii be removed Tuesday
morning TO the Office of the theater in
the lobby of the main entrance where it
will be kept thereafter.
Darkest Russia is a romantic drama,
Illustrating life and scenes in the land of
/ the ear. For six weeks this attractive
production played to the capacity of the
/ Fourteenth street theater, New York; at
/ McNichers, chicago, it filled the theater
/ nightly for four weeks and while at the
! Chestnut street opera house, Philadel-
! phia, it played to large business for
/ three weeks, and in Boston it also ran
/ for three weeks,
1t deals with the political system of
Russia and the cars government. The
4 play in itself IS not only absorbing. but
/ IS mounted in a beautiful manner In
| the scenic effects the hight Of realism
| Is reached, and revolving sets Of scenery
/ and other novelties are ingeniously in
1 troduced. The costumes are from de-
| signs Of celebrated artists and are accu-
/ rate and correct in every detail The
/ blending of color in the costuming of the
| court ladies, mobiles, military ana police.
/ the nihilists, peasants and eXlles produce
/ pictures that are Economically beauti-
| ful and historically correct. A strong
company delineate the play. over twenty
| people being in the cast. Two of the
most prominent being the comedy char
/ acters, Septimus Cobb. the American
colonel from Kentucky, and the young
French widow. the Baroness Won Rhine
berg, who keep the audience in an ever
happy state of humor.
Charles II. Yale's Newest Devils Aue-
ton" win appear on Wednesday and
Thursday of this week. This favorite
show-piece, like the proverbial brook.
/ seems destined to run on forever" for
! each succeeding year it blossoms forth In
new array filed to repletion with all
that is bright and new, with the old mat
| ter eliminated and replaced with ideas
| so new and timely that the statement is
made that everything is new but the
| title" and this statement seems to be
| fuzzy and amply substantiated Accord
| ing to the promise Of the management.
| this years production will be no excep-
| ton to the rule, as the entire summer has
been occupied in preparing a production
! which will exceed by far any former
| presentation Of this famous spectacle
! and such changes have been made in dia-
1 logue, music, scenery. costumes special