The Indianapolis journal., 1899-01-20
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ADJUSTMENTS.
ngIish's-"A Southern Gentleman"

EngIish's-''A Southern Gentleman"
Clay Clement and his very capable sup
porting company had a large audience at
their opening performance at English's
last night. The bill was Mr.. Glenn
ent's new play, "A Southern Gen
tleman." Those who have seen Mr..
Clement i'm THE New Dominion will prob
ably be struck by the similarity of the at
nosphere of the two plays. In "A Southern
Gentleman" Mr.. Clement appears in the
prologue as Lieut.. Joseph Carroll, a young
officer of the Confederate army and in the
play itself as General Carroll. AS the lieu
tenant he is a young man and acts as sec
ond to Lieutenant Johnson, who fights a
duel with Philip Durand and is killed. In
the succeeding three acts Durand appears as
the lover of Johnson's daughter, who was
born the night her father was killed. The
prologue represents scene during the civil
war, while the time of the play is laid
twenty-five years later.
Mr. Clement is certainly happy in the ar
Iangement of his plays, for they are all
gentleness and cleverness. The love scenes
are pretty, without being soft" while the
occasions calling for defiance and eventual
confusion of the william are handled with
much smOOthness and naturalness. "A
Southern Gentleman is a play of the sunny
South 1t breathes the air of the magnolia
and the jessamfpe. The dialogue is soft and
soothing. There is no ranting. and few melo-
dramtic makeshifts. II is good entertain-
ment throughout Mr.. Clement as the
white-haired old general, wins tho love of
the daughter of the man who was killed i'm
the duel (by the way, he was in love with
the girls mother before the girl was boTn),
is an ideal SOutherner of the old school.
Mrs. Clements as Arzella Johnson, the
daughter. has much ability as an actress to
add to her charming personality. In the
lighter roles Miss Gertrude O'Malley, who
appeared as Willie Fluhearty and had little
to do aside from rendering most ludicrous
salute at the proper time, divided honors with
Mr.. III. S. Duffield as Judge Fluhearty, who
is a most comical lawyer, one of a kind that
may have existed at some time or other-in
q Dickens story. Mr.. Duftield is as funny
as Lawyer Marks i'm ''Uncle Toms Cabin
the first time one ever sees that classic-only
Mr.. Duf1eld is so unctuously funny that he
is worth seeing two or three times His lit
tie pantomime when taking a drink of
Bourbon IS exceedingly clever and so natural
Verne as Nanny I4indy, and Jeffery d.
Williams as old Hannibal, supply the col
cred comedy element so essential to a play
OF the South and give two stage sketches
that are among the most finished of all the
characters in the play. Miss Nell Mac
Even as Grace Standish and w. B. Mack
as Ensign Hartwell present the juvenile
roles every acceptably. Edgar Martin ap-
pears as Lieutenant Thompson in the duel
scene. Charles Mason, as Philip Durand is
mild-mannered, but very satisfactory viii
lain. The entire company received curtain
calls last night.
There will be two more performances OF
"A Southern Gentleman" tonight and to-
morrow's matinee, followed by The New
Dominion tomorrow night. The advance
sale indicates that every seat in the house
will be taken at Mr., Clements matinee the
house being already nearly bought up.