The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-23
RoN HOOD.
Tho BostOnias Delight large
Audicnccat the Theater.


Savannah theser-goers ana opera low
ers enjoyed a tsat last night Robin
Hood was the bitat the theater, and the
famous Bostonias were the. singers. The
opera is particultly bright and tuneful.
1t Is of the highe3and best class of com
lc opera. Last MIST it was in the hands,
or perhaps, it wod be better to say, in
the hearts and voi4s-of thoroughly COM
petent people, whomade the most of it.
And that most" PAS much indeed. 1t
was delightful.
Mr.. H. c. Barnaba. one of the old orig
maj Bostonians, leads the company,
which includes mud new talent this sea-
SOL lis comedy islf the legitimate, ire
SlStaDle KIND AM his voice is as mel
low ana tull as 1t Fas seasons ago. His
ImperSonatlon of Qe sheriff was very
cISVer. L. Kelly Gle, who sings the title
Lole' mas tenol voice of power and
Sweetness of whiq the audience showed
us appreciation byrequent encores. How
ever, almost every number was encored
ana the company graciously responded.
Eugene Cowles is an ideal basso prof(ln-
40. lie measures nore than six feet, tips
tne stales at mon than 200 pounds. and
MS voice is as BIZ and strong as he is
UT. Macdonald, II. rockingham and
Mr.. Fitzgerald acutted themselves we'll
winning merited pplause
MISS Hilda ClafK makes as pretty and
sweet Maid Maran as was ever seen on
a stage. She sags charmingly Miss
Quive. Miss Bartktt and Miss Van Dress
Sr deserves especial mention for their de-
ightful contributpns towards the perfec-
non OF the performance. The chorus is
large ana well selected. The costumes are
magnificent and Ihe staging perfect.
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The White Crook is the Christmas matt
nee and night attraction. The Charlotte
Observer says OF it; mo show has been
to Charlotte lately that deserves more
praise for TIE manner in which the char
acters acted their parts. Everything was
neat ana ny to date. As the crowd came
from the opera house, it sang; There is
nothing immoral about that Show The
show consisted of about fourteen mem
bers, ten girls" and four men. The show
opened with the girls on the stage. The
stage etfeds were beautiful to start with
and the 9fls were buXom and debona.r
Ihey We're shapely and pretty. OF course
there were some hard faces in the bunch,
but they were made young again by art.
With the exception of one, the crew look
ed as if tley were healthy, hearty and
robust. They first appeared in beautiful
tights. Thu picture in the electric light
was very pretty. Every time after the
first they ame in different styles and col
ors. Sometimes they came dressed as
handsome dudes and again they came as
pretty maldens. They treated the audi
ence to a military drill that was encored.
1t was wdl done. The uniforms worn by
the temat characters were as pretty as
they could possibly be. They were made
of costly material and made to fit There
was nothing bum in their dress, that is
certain. There were two hard cases in the
way of mae actors. They were full-hedg-
ed Irishmen in tramp clothes. But as to
actors the Charlotte people have not been
treated to better. They know their bust
They Were cheered by the audience in gen.
eral as clean actors. They did not look
in place exactly beside such well-dressed
that is what it was out for For truth the
show is q good one. And Charlotte's opera
going women have been, to many that
were worse. Everybody liked it, who saw
it. The singing of the girls was especially
good.
Mrs Darlington, advance representa-
tive of Florence Hamilton, is in the city
Miss Hamilton and her company play here
the week Of Dec %, at 10c, zoe and Doc
They have with them the Edison" cine
matScOpe,