The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-28
TWO GOOD SHOWS.
story of Roland Reeds New Play.
Murray and Mack in Comedy.


Murray and Mack in Comedy.
rbo story of Roland Reeds new play,
-scb win be at the theater Friday night,
:. mai of man about so. who has, by
80 application to business. amassed
80 fortune He is "a resident of San
r.oncisco. and has not been from home in
my years. He is extremely mean and
80 in his business and private life.
W. scene of the play opens at Old Point
rd",fort. where Sites has come, this be-
Inc first time he has left his bust
l.7 in twenty years. He is brought to
- noint by the defalcation of a clerk,
w. has forged his name to check for
.5H1 The matter has been placed in the
t5s of a detective agency, and a re-
rard Of $1,000 is offered for the arrest
va conviction of the thief. Through an
a 'a.in7ate friend, Sites hears that his
a-r,nsr employe is about to visit Old
~ comfort, where, in order to escape
t..ognition he has registered under the
me of Mr. Wright. He Immediately
n- a,ss in contact with a niece and
oahev. who are there on pleasure bent.
W. takes them into his confidence and
.sev promise to assist him. He passes
hr.rgh numerous complications in his
n5oayor not to disclose his identity. A
e-sis comes upon the arrival of Hen
h e'atta Oliver, a female detective, who has
- rlaced iipon the case of the forgery
s., tbe detective agency employed by
s3os sites becomes smitten with her,
VA she in turn becomes impressed with
ne idea that Sites is the forger for whom
10 is looking, as he has also taken the
name Of Wright. With his meeting with
Henrietta, Sites entire nature changes.
1-rono being close he goes to the other
avrreme. spends money like water, and
ortertains in a manner that is dazzling.
An This strengthens the idea in Henri
attas mind that Sites is the forger and
mai he is disstrating upon the proceeds.
Numerous are the complications that
arise from uhis incident, and in the final
act Sites is arrested for robbing himself.
henrietta in the meantime, has become
greatly attached to Sites, and after she
Sas oaused mis- arrest, regrets her action
and endeavors tn induce him to escape.
All is finally satisfactorily explained.
Runnjng through the play are several
Interesting under plots.
Mobile appears to have been well pleased
with Reed. Manager S. H. Cohen received
from Manager Tannenbaum of the opera
house there this telegram: This is d
gold town. but had you seen the silver
pouring in tonight you would have
Thought differently. Roland Reed played
tonight to the capacity of the theater,
nearly $1,000 People enthusiastic. Miss
Rush and Reed entirely captured the au-
dience The Wrong Mr.. Wright, the pref
test comedy of years."
The sale of seats for Mr.. Reeds per-
Il Torrance begins at the theater this morn
ing.
In farce comedy history few are better
known or more popular than Murray &
Mack, the well known delineators of Irish
comedy among the first to introduce the
style of Irishmen now so popular in this
country. They have from the first been
rated top notches as comedy stars, and
from a financial point of view, are beyond
any question the most successful farce
comedy stars touring this country. Their
success has been the incentive that has
flooded the country with so-called Irish
stars and Irish comedies, but they are
generally short-lived.
This season Murray & Mack are tour
ing in bran new comedy, the second in
the Finnegan series entitled Finnegans
Courtship, from the pen of George H .
Emerich, the gentleman who wrote their
last great success Finnegans Ball, and it
is no idle boast to promise that his last
effort will be found to greatly surpass it's
predecessor from a genuine comedy stand
point. The Courtship is said to be as
full of wholesome comedy situations, as
the hooking bird is of pretty music. The
company is complete and scenery for each
act is carried. They will be seen at the
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