The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-17
AT THE THEATER.
Nat GOodwin's New Play the Event
of the Week.

Nat Goodwin's New Play the Event
of the Week.
The presentation of An American Citi-
zen by Nat Goodwin and his company,
supported by Miss Maxine Elliot at the
theater Saturday night, will be one of the
events of the season. Mr.. Goodwin needs
no Introduction to Savannah audience.
Although An American Citizen is a new
play, it has already scored a marked sue
cess, in which MIR. Goodwin the company
and the authoress are highly praised. 1t
is an emotional comedy, in which the story
is well and skillfully worked out.
The interest of the play revolyes around
Berestora Cruger, an American citizen,
VINO has refused big legacy from an
English relative because of the condition
that he must alter his name, becomes an
English citizen and marry an English
woman before he is 80. The play opens
with two days left him to change his
mind, and a partner has disappeared with
large amount OF trust money which
must be made good. His English cousin
tied, comes to see him, and after an ex-
cellent comedy scene, they agree to a sug-
gestlon Of Cruger's partner that they
marry in order to secure the legacy = They
are married and then go their separate
ways. In the next act they meet at Nice
and there Cruger, who has become Carew
his wife. Meantime, the defaulting part
ner Brown, arrives on the scene, and is
recognized by Carew. He also proves to
be young man who became engaged to
Miss Carew, and had most conveniently
fallen over an Alpine precipice when she
lost her inheritance. The marriage of
Beatrice stands in the way. but while
seeing what can be done, news comes
that a law suit has resulted in a verdict
that the legacy must be given up upon
which Brown again disappears. Carew
London wifi nd
the last scene rings down where she comes
to him on Christmas eve, to confess her
love for him.
Tomorrow night Eddie Foy and his
comedy company will be seen in off the
Earth. The Cincinnati Tribune says Of
roy recent appearance In Cincinnati:
Eddie FoyS return to burlesque has been
signally successful, and his appearance
m a revised and improved version of Off
the Earth, brought back many of his old
friends to him. and his performance was
certainly one of the best of his life. Foy
has been called a clown, but he is the
prince of clowns, and his fooling is of
Just the order to please the many, and
all fair-minded theater-goers must admit
that he is alone in this particular field
He pretends to nothing. he attempts Moth
ing beyond his own capabilities; there
fore none are deceived. He made a for
tune both for David Henderson and him
self as the greatest of all burlesque come
dams, and with the improvement shown
the seriousness of endeaVor manifested
in his present work. the tendency to curb
his former wild caprices, the generous
disposition manifested toward others up
on the stage, the feeling that he Is not
the whole show" will speedily place him
among the most profitable stars now de-
voted TO this sort of work. The piece it,
self, as has been said, has been strikinely
improved, and composed of such good
material that its work is in many ways
better to be enjoyed than even in the
days when Henderson Travelled his killing
gait of extravaganza"