The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-05
a WEEK GAY WITH PLAYS.
SPECTACLE, OPERA AND DRAMA
THE ATTRACTIONS.

.The Twelve Temptations" to he
Followed by Winton Darrell in
.uonte CristO" and "Hamlet," and
NV De Wolf Hopper's Production OF
.zl Capitan"-New Voices to BE
uenrd in SOusn's Brilliant Opera.
The Amusements for the Holiday
season.
The theater will be open four nights and
for TWO matinees this week. Wednesday
afternoon and night Twelve Tempta
tions'' is the attraction. Thursday and
Friday nights and Friday matinee Vinton
Darrell will present Monte Cristo' and
.I5amlet." Saturday night DeWOlf Hop
,,ar will produce Souza's opera, eel Capt.
tan"
The attractions, differing widely in
their character, will afford amusement to
the classes of theater-goers who enjoy
light plays. as well as the standard drama.
"The Twelve Temptations" is too
familiar an entertainment TO need any
notice. Mr.. Hopper's production of Eel
Canitan" will be the event of the week.
of The Twelve Temptations" Mr. Yale,
its owner, says it is entirely new and up
TO date, having been put in new shape
since the production was seen here last
season. Among the features of the show
are the songs and dances, cover the
Bridge" ''All in a Row." THE Coming
Women and the Going Men" The set for
the first of these represents the Brooklyn
side of the East river with Brooklyn
bridge the Fulton street ferry house and
ferry boats, and other craft moving to
and fro upon the stream The usual pro-
cession of odd individuals goes across the
bridge, and as each person appears, he is
appropriately described in a verse of the
ditty. Battery Park" another song in Mr..
Yale's repertoire of curious and taking
musical conceits, will also be sung. The
telling specialties include the Rosaires, in
acrobatic feats, the Elliott Brothers in an
exciting boxing bout, John Harty in puz-
zling Juggling feats, Josie Sisson and Gus
Bruno, Jr., in their ''Chanson Character
istique" and Rose Kesner as the "Giddy
Old Maid" Besides the above, the fol
lowing artists are in the dramatic cast:
Miss Caroline Rudolph, Madge Torrance,
Leila Hutton, Annie Courtney, Charles H.
Henry and others.
Darrell Vinton and his company are the
first to present legitimate drama at pop
ular prices 1t has always been custom
ary regardless who the actor of compa-
ny was, TO pay dollar to witness such
plays as Hamlet" Richard ILL.," Othel-
To-" "Richelieu," or the Merchant of
Venice" and it is novelty to find a COM
plete organization presenting these plays
for fifty cents. Mr.. Vinton although
stranger to southern theater-goers has es-
tablished reputation on the Pacific coast
aud in Australia. When an actor in this
country undertakes TO present such play
as Hamlet" he must have some claim to
competency, otherwise he is doomed to
failure. For to all lovers of Shakespeare
there is still fresh in the mind that wonder
full portrait of the melancholy Dane by the
lamented Booth The San Francisco EX-
aminer in commenting upon Mr. Vim
tons first portrait of Hamlet" has the
following to say: 1T is the ambition of
every actor who aspires to tragedy to APP
pear in the part of Hamlet-an ambition
which, in many cases, is entirely unwar
ranted and renders the persons indulging in
it open to a charge of sacrilege. This can
not be said of Mr.. Vinton who for a num-
Der of years has appeared before us in
large repertoire of standard and legitimate
plays, and has acquired the reputation of
being a scholarly, thoughtful, intense.
congratulated on the result of his per
Torrance last night. His conception of
Hamlet is in accordance with the best au-
thorities, and he has never been seen to
such good advantage. In reviewing an
event of this kind, it becomes the duty of
a critic who would be honest, to advise the
actor either to despair and forever sur
render his ambition or to cheer him up and
encourage him to perseVere. This latter
we do to Mr.. Vinton."
Prof. Gentry's dog and pony show closed
It's season last night, and left Immediately
after the performance for Bloomington,
Ill, where it will go into winter quarters.
Next season the show will be enlarged by
the addition Of a pigmy elephant and other
animals. The show will also have its own
special train.
De Wolf Hopper.
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