The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-28
AT THE THEATER.
Otis SINNERS Production of sRoSe-
mary" an Attractive Entertain

Otis SINNERS Production of Crosse
mary" an Attractive Entertain
ment.
Mr.. Obs Skinner, supported by an excel
lent company, presented Rosemary" last
night to a good-slzed audience. The play
is comedy of four acts. by Louis n.
Parker and Murray Carson, and ives first
acted in New York three seasons ago by
John Drew and Maude Adams.
The story begins in 1898, the year of the
coronation of Queen Victoria, and ends in
the year of her majesty's golden jubilee.
Ii Is an exceptionally pretty play, and the
story Is told in plain natural manner.
There is absolutely nothing of the i'm
probable in il, and there is no strajning
for effect 1t is pretty because of its sim
plcity, sentimenCality and pathos and be-
cause it tells a beautiful story in a de-
hshtfu way. The ending is. perhaps, a
tritle disappointing, hough it would be
difficult to make il different and retain the
beauty of the play.
In the role of Sir Jasper Thorndyke Mr..
Skinner has added another TO his list
of triumphs 1t is a role which does not
require much dramatic force, but does de-
mand line and artistic portrayal to make
it acceptable, and Mr. Skinner gave this
Miss Maud Durbin, who has been in the
support of Mr.. Skinner for several seasons,
gave a creditabe and in every way ex-
cellent portrayal of Dorothy Crulckshank
Mr. John Malone as Prof. Jogram, Mr.
f. A. Eberle as Capt. Cruickshank, and
Mr. Sylvester as William Westwood were
all acceptable.
Rosemary" will be given al a matinee
this afternoon and again tonight.
The following is the caste:
Sir Jasper Thorndyke ......... Mr. Skinner
William Westwood ....... Frank Sylvester
Prof. JoSram ............... John Malone
Capt. Cruickshank, r. N. e. A. Eber,e
George Minihe ............. r. J. Edwards
Abraham ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. F. Battin
Stltwalker .................... Frank Lewis
Dorothy Cruickshank ..... Maud Durbn
Mrs. Cruickshank .............. Ruth Holt
Mrs. Minitie ...............,.. Mary Breyer
Priscilla ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Clara Everett
The Bostonians will produce Herbert &
Smiths comic opera, THE Serenade" next
Friday night. The opera has found favor
with music lovers and is a worthy sue
cessor of robin Hood" In it there Is
the same c.ear-cut story, the same element
of comedy and an atmosphere of romance,
picturesque and satisfying. The many
tribulations with which the jealous duke
is beset, the ludicrous attempts of the
stage-struck tailor TO win a lady of quail
lily with his bad singing, the dashing ad-
ventures of the opera baritone and the per-
sistent pursuit of the danseuse after her
recreant lover are all pleasantly remem-
bered. The libretto is subordlnated to the
score, and the succession of melodious
numbers which rapidly reach the ear
speak highly of Mr. Herbert's facility and
grace in compassionate the senile Duke of
Santa Cruz, who is constantly haunted
by the serenade, Mr.. Barnabee has GER
tainly done no better work. while Mr..
Mcdonald Jessie Bartlett Davis Helen
Bertram, William LAWN, William Broder-
lex, Harry Brown, George rockingham,
Josephine Bartlett and others came in for
unusual praise.
Sousa, whom Savannahians will see in
two concerts Monday, is probably more
generously decorated with medals than
any other American musician or compos-
er. Perhaps the handsomest of all is the
big diamond sunburst that was presented
| to him by the management of Manhattan
Beach. The cross bar from which the
medal is suspended bears his title. "The
March King" in blue enamel. and the
sunburst of seventy-fve gems is surmount-
ed by a Tyre in blue enamel. Another cost
ly decoration is that presented to the lead
er by the St. Louis Exposition, the cross
bar in this case bearing the first two bars
of 1.-The Washington POST march with
diamonds for the heads of the notes A
large diamond solitaire surmounts a gold
en- reproduction of the Exposition building
| One medal was tribute from the must
clans of Washington D. c., and another
| came from the musicians of Leadvile
| Col. Pryor's band of St. Joe, Mo. gave
still another medal, and the Mormon Choir
| of Ogden, Utah, also remembered the
march King" The California Mid-Win-
| ter Fair gave Mr.. Sousa a particularly
| beautiful souvenir of his pleasant season
in Golden Gate Park, and a crack cavalry
| company in St. Louis contributed a hand
some addition to the ghttering array on
| the. composers broad breast. His latest
decoration is in the form of an American
| flag of solid gold and red, white and blue
| enamel which was presented to him a
/ few weeks ago by Mrs. David r. Barker,
! a prominent New York society lady, who
| has been a constant attendant upon the
! Manhattan Beach concerts for many
| wears The medal bears the inscription,
! 1.-THE Stars and Stripes Forever" and is
! in recognition of Sousa's latest and great
| est march of that tile. Sousa was recently
! given a handsome and costly loving cup
! and he owns about a dozen beautiful bat
| ons that have come to him as gifts from
admirers.