The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-12


be charged to see them, and doubtless |
many Will avail themselves of this oppor- !
tunity OF seeing some of the most popular |
pictures Of the day. The exhibit viii |
prove both interesting and profitable.
Blue Jeans" is to he acted in England
and Hoyts "A Bunch Of Keys" is being
produced In Australia.
Julia Arthur is thinking seriously about
one day producing "A Nine Days Queen"
1t Is a romantic drama by Robert Buchan-
an ana has Lady Jane Grey for its hero
inc.
When asked the other day whether com
&c opera was holding its own, Francis
wilson had this to say TO the Washington
star: Above all other lines of the the
atrical business, comic opera has held its
own during the hard times" said Mr..
Wilson You see. IL is such a perfect
marrlage-mirth and music. 1t is bound
10 be popular. The world of to-day is not
what 1t was two centuries ago. We have
no artists as great as the old master Art,
therefore, has deteriorated. We have 40
musicians like the Old geniuses Music,
therefore, has deteriorated. We have no
writers like the men of two centuries ago.
ms is a scientific Utilitaran age. An
actor Is but a mirror man, presenting TO
the people condensed characters embody-
ing thousands of characteristics and gath
ering events in clusters for quick appre-
ciation."
Scientific entertainments"
That's it," said Mr.. Wilson. Mankind
must be entertained. People turn from
the darkness of worry and despair to the
anudote of amusement as naturally and
surely as a thirsty man takes a drink of
water. SO long as there are throats there
will be thirst and so long as black care
can canker in a mans heart there will be
entertainment, amusement to relieve and
heal. That is what gives an actor salts
faction with his calling. It is not hard TO
play for people so long as they appreciate
it. Give me a good audience, and to play
is pleasure, unless l am ill-not i'll in bed,
but ill enough to want to be in bed. 1t is
immensely satisfying to know that you
are pleasing people, that you are making
them laugh, that they are forgetting their
worries and troubles, that the burden of
life is lighter for a time at least, and that
in a little measure you may make them
happy"
In Sousa's new opera, THE Bride-Elect,"
which is now in rehearsal in New York,
the March King" is said not on& to have
given his most brilliant and spirited music
to this work, but to have come out most
cleverly a librettist. The story and ali
the lyrics are by Sousa, so that it will be
from first to last a Sousa production. The
prima donna will be Miss Nella Bergen.
who made such a brilliant success in ''El
Captain" Others in the original cast will
be Christie Macdonald, Lillian Carlsmith,
Albert Hart, Frank Pollock, Melville Stew
art and Harry Luckstone.
Les Duck Gosses'' C'Two Little Va
grants') has just finished it's long career
in Paris, where the run reached a record
of ISL performances at the Ambigu.
Charles Frohman intends to produce
three new farces before the end of The
present season. They are, "Oh, Susan
nah," a new piece by Odonneau, and Bis
sons play called "Jealousies." the Amerl-
can adaptation of which will be made by
William Gillette. The adapter of The
Odonneau piece is Ralph Lumley.
1t is curious how far some men will let
themselves be utilized to boom actress.
Ten grown-up and not ordinarily ridicu-
lous citizens of Lewiston Me. sat in a
row during a performance by Fanny Rice,
each with a big red letter on his breast,
the line of them reading, Hello, Fanny"
Perhaps one of the most successf6P com
edes now before the public is H. A. De
Souchets MY Friend From India" made
famous by the Smyth and Rice Comedy
Company last season during a brilliant en-
gagement of six months a the Bijou thea |
ter. New York, at the close of which it
was Immediately taken to Boston, where it |
achieved positive triumph and in Phila- |
delphia, Chicago and all the large cities !
where 1t was produced repeated its metro |
politan success 1t is said TO be one of the
best and brightest of modern plays, and
that in every word is evidence that play
writer's and players can produce The very
quintessence of fun without being vulgar.
1t will be presented for the first time in
Savannah, Dec %.