The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-10-02
AT rHr rHEArER.
sherlock HoI"ss' an Admirably
Presented Ptas.


Mr. Coran boyles creation 81 che astufe
detectiye Sherlock Holmes BE- one Of inc
.,., t.t.-h..,u, t-,arautt-- ana en,.r-
'aii''uA e"A'a gers "'''@"
ture Of the iasi coHen years mas nroushf
forth. and for this reason o. 10 other.
DO might have be.n exu4..fsd that the The.
1890, ~. -,
upon tho occasion oi the mrs. pfe7eNiA'i"A
% che pay IN savannah
The audience was no, a rmau one g IS
uge but % was certainly no. a. large az
the play deserved proba nly several
thing operated against this. n was "a
warm night Tor one AMI then the adnis-
sion price was hut dollar n g. hart to
see why it SHOULD boz ~. but IL SCENE
nevertheless 20 be- fact tnot for i show
20 have a really big house bat it is uccos-
sarN On charge g dollar and a hail. When
che top price h. put on q performance %
seems to inspire confidence in the taeator-
going public. az least. before the perform
tucc. Sometimes. that confidence Be-
shaken aftcrwarde
There can hardly be a doubt though.
THAI the play was generally enjoyed. ans
there will ~ be- many brighter ur better
sIows this ssason The framatizatlou mas
been done hy william GUletts-n MASTER
hand at that sort Of work aud tho result
s one OF the rlevcrcst and mos, refine
nieipiramas that has recently been pro-
duced
Sherlock Holmes. Dr. Of course che main
role ia the play but u dos not over
shadow others TOO much n never did
become clear why that pa kei OF papers
was worth go much money and why go
many rereous should ue Drawing death
and other ialu1- Goo caqtutc them. tut
ten This was hu, minor detail after
an
rises ana dssceuds upor each aet IN total
darkness one Invariably watches ami
waits Tor the n port 81 "a pistol and the
gieam % knife driven home, but
though there are pistols galore ana
knives. too, the audience is never mad
aware OF their deadly use And this is
one OF the brilliant strokes % the dramat-
ISL
That delightful sensation which b*eine
10 hase through one 81 the beginning 81
the play is not allowed 90 D. broken. IL
verEeS upon t. lots Of times but it never
Gomez tp q stoo.
Another unique feature 81 the play b.
that love figures 600 90 less prominently.
probably than il does in any other play
that has ever hecn written. To fact tho
love story Of Holmes and Miss Faulkner
is 30 vague as almost 90 Doe uuuoticenhle.
The company BE- one ~ Frohmau'H and
died Mr Cuyler Hastings as sneSlock
Holmes fhe cool. clever fnrsesiug ana
courageous detective. was excellent. in-
deed Every role, i1 fact wus well car
rted aud each and al OF tn company In
their own way contributed largely 90 tho
splendid production Mr Charles Elem
ing. who had a minor role. has many
friends IN Savannah. q number 81 whom
were present ~ the performance.
Al @. Fields MINISTRIES viii b. The at
traction ar the matinee to-day and to-
night one 81 m. features ~ Field's min
strsls liz tho r.eorllucss Of their perform
anees A des.rsed tribute may be paid
Field In this respe.t lie does not permit
ANYTHING which can in the slightest de
gree shock or offend tho faftidious re
plays 20 "a class ~ thester gosrs who pat
menta Ladies 20 secure that they vii
ind nothing but what f. clean and meri-
torious This ma always been his record
a record Of witch he Is justly proud. aud
whiah ne can be- depended on 90 main
tain The long and varied meau which
he serves up Co his patrons o. filled with
dishes new and plquant bur NOS one Of
them leaves = bad taste Cleanliness go,-
naliity with Field