The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-19
THE WEEKS A.IUsEMENrs.
wang" TO Wind Up the Season at
the Theater.

the Theater.
/ The theatrical season. which practically
I closed two weeks ago. viii end this week,
| with Wang" which will be sung Wednes-
day night by Truss & Co., with Mr.. Albert
I Hart in the title role OF the regent Of.
/ Siam.
/ The opera has probably had the greatest
popular success Of any modern comic
l opera. The production promises to be
/ equal to that OF last season. The manage
ment claims to present q faithful repre-
/ sentation Of life in Japan, with all its
/ comiealities and fun.
| People sometimes smile at what they
/ consider the incongruity of girls wearing
/ tights IN comic operas representing life
in some foreign country. The use OF
/ tights in Wang is not incongruous, but
| as near a truthful representation Of Sia-
mese custom as is possible on the stage.
The Siamese women simply wear large
I cloths wrapped around the body and fast
ened only By tucking one end under the
I other. Consequently at every step the
cloth flaps open, disclosing one entire side
Of the body. The shapely forms seen IN
/ wang" are, therefore, but part OF an eff
/ fort TO give the opera genuine Siamese
aspect.
4 one Of the prettiest things in the opera
! Is the chorus Of little children The little
ones are the sweetest and cleverest who
| nave yet appeared on the elaBe. III view
York they hade one Of the distinct hits Of
/ the piece and their sons, Baby, Baby,
Dance, Ny Darling Baby is now sung by
the children of the entire land.
Wang" viii wind up the season, and
! the theater wiz be closed, except for one
or two local entertainments, until May
week, when the Punch Robinson Com
pany will play week of popular plays.
The most artistic company of players
/ ever assembled in this country Will tour
| the country next month IN Sheridan IA
nous comedy ''the Rivals" They are all
stars CT the first magnitude and their COM
| bfned salaries on the pay roll which VIII
| be settled each week VIII reach startling
| proportions.
This great company is to make one
| night stands in ar the big cities between
| Boston and st. Louis beginning May 4, al
Springfield, Mass. ana ending May 30 at
| Providence.
Here is the remarkable cast engaged for
| this remarkable tour:
Bob Acres. Joseph Jefferson, Sir An
thony Absclute, William II; Crane; Sir
Lucius O'Trigger, Nat. c. Goodwin; Da-
| vid, Francis Wilson, Captain Absolute,
| Robert Taber Falkland, Joseph Hol
| land; Fag Edmund NJ Holland Mrs NAL
aprop, Mrs John Drew; Lydia Languish,
julia Marlowe Taber Lucy, Fanny Rice.
The characters of Bob Acres and Mrs.
MalaprOp are in the hands of their origi-
nal portrayers, Joseph Jefferson and Mrs.
Drew. The production is the grea test the
atrical venture of the age and will doubt
less be looked back upon for years as
such.
The Young Mems Christian Association
is fortunate in securing DR. Robert Nourse
TO close its star course for this season,
with his lecture, Or Jekyll and Mr..
Hide" which has been pronounced by com
petent critics to be the best lecture on the
platform. One who Is well acquainted with
DR.. Nourse writes Of him:
"All of DR.. Nourse's lectures are dra-
matte. They could not be otherwise and
be his lectures He is not dramatic for
mere effect only, but the dramatic is his
native element. His face is a drama of
itself. He does not strain for effect. Above
all things else his art is natural and his
own There is nothing Of the tinsel or
tinfoil about the man. If he had chosen
legitimate drama for his profession he
would doubtless have rivaled Edwin
Booth. And he would have taken the
palm as gracefully as Booth took it, by
very virtue of personal graces and his
! trionic powers. SO wonderfully did his
dramatic powers impress noted divine
/ that he exclaimed: Il have never before
known or seen such fine dramatic pow
ers consecrated to the highest moral pur-
! pose"
The lecture will be given at the Guards
/ hall Friday night Tickets can be had at
the Young Mems Christian Association
/ building commencing Wednesday morn
ing.
The New York Musical Courier of the
| 18th inst. has the following in a letter
| from its Savannah correspondent: Three
| years ago Mr.. T. r. Rebarer of this city
/ received ms diploma at ROundlake, WneTe
| he had been taking a course of study I'M
| der Mr.. Edmund ]. Myer of your city, to
! fit him for a vocal instructor. Since then
| he has taught a large number of pupils
here most successfully with flattering re-
| suits, and gov holds the name Of the first
| vocal instructor of the south. About this
! time last year Hilda Clarke who was also
| studying with Mr.. Myer at the same time
| as Mr.. Rebarer, made her debut in opera
| and as vocalist in Princess Bonnie,
and / am sure that MIR. Myers gratifi-
cation over the great success of his pu-
! pill could not have been greater than MIR.
| Rebarers must have been over the sue
cess of his pupil Miss Blanche Belsinger,
at her debut on Monday night in the
comic opera, the Great Tycoon. She sang
delightfully' with ease and grace, and
| her acting was exceptionally good. Be-
sides this, she is very good looking
young woman, and l should Judge hardly
over 90"
Capt. Sorcho made street car parade of
his life saving appara tus yesterday after
noon, preceded by band of music He
| will commence his exhibition of "above