The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-28

IHE MORNING Me-
week beginning Feb. 70. This company is
one of the most popular of light comic,
operate organizations. which visit Sa-
Vannah and the engagement Is sure to be
successful.
The Theodore Thomas Orchestra, which
viii be in Savannah Monday. March 10, is
regularly engaged at the Chicago Audito-
rum. The fact that the Auditorium will
be otherwise occupied for two weeks af-
fords Mr.. Thomas the opportunity for
flying tour among the cities of the South
east, Savannah was fortunate In being
able to secure an engagement as the or
chestra will not be able 10 so to Charles
ton for instance. No doubt many music
lovers in Charleston viii gladly avail
themselves of this extraordinary occasion
for people travel long distances for the
privilege of attending such splendid con-
certs This will especially be the case
with the Thomas concert in savannah
March 10, as all the railroads will be Of
fering reduced excursion rates for the
benefit of intending visitors at the time
of Admiral Dewey's visit, on March ~.
Should a delegation wish to come over the
river no doubt arrangements can be maze
to secure seats in advance, by correspond
ence with the Savannah management
This will be necessary, as the demand Tor
seats will be large. most likely far beyond
The capacity of the Theater.
Manager Daniel V. Arthur of the Stuart
Robson Company, is also directing the
tour of Mr.. William Morris who, support
ed by Miss Francis Drake are en- your IN
an elaborate productio of that great Ly-
ceum Theater success which first Obtain
ed prominence at the hands of Mr.. E. H,
Sothern, THE Adventure of Lady Ur-
sua"
Mr. Morris is a romantic actor who al
ready has an euvia BILE reputation. He VIII
he recalled as the star of Frohmans
Company, who recently presented Under
the Red Robe and the Lost Paradise
with so much success. The rights to pro-
duce The Adventure of Lady Ursula
were acquired by Manager Arthur from
Daniel Frohman of Augustin Days Thea
ter. New York, and the company
Viii is supporting Mr.. Morris IN
its exploitation has been selected
with great care. This together
with the fact that special cos
tunes of the period in which the play Is
written have been supplied, makes the
coming The Adventure of Lady Ursula
an event in theater circles. 3d.
Byrons entrance into society took place
under the reign of that dandyism, which
was mainly charac terized by the hollow
est and vainest pretensions to external
personal PROJECTIONS, and by the atecta>
ton of the possession of culture, art ana
taste. With this went hand in hand a
sovereign contempt of true worth. as soon
as worth refused to wear the tinsel and
uniform of the last fashion. Miss Rida
Louise johnson, the dramatist, who has
written a play dealing with the striking
incidents in the life of Lord Byron, has
shown a clear insight into this peculiar
phase of the character of those times. Mr..
James Young, the popular star who has
produced the play, has given the utmost
attention to these same details, and the
result mas been a magnificent scenic dis
play and play of manners that ranks
among the most important productions of
the decade.
Mr. James Neill and his company are
playing very successfully at Portland,
Ore. and Mr.. Neill is winning high favor
on the Pacific Coast. The Oregonian, one
of the leading papers of the slope, says of
Mr.. Neill:
when one considers for a moment that
Neill is combined much of the talent of
Russell Goodwin and Sothern, it must
be said that he is a man of great versa
tility. There seems to be no limit his YER
satility. True, he initiates his prototypes.
And such clever imitation! Take two
inches from his stature and he looks like
Nat Goodwin as Chauncey Short in "a
Gilded Fool The way he Fuckers his
lower lp and keeps it drawn, TO indicate
a natural feature of Goodwin, is eXtraord-
mary. Goodwin can't help himself; NeiN
can. He seems to have the genius of
mimicry, but additionally he is a finished
actor on his own account When he is per-
soma ting Goodwin, one cannot but admit
that ii is an artistic imitation. 1t is said
/ IT,
lands grea test actor, that he out-Irvinged
Irving Dixey, however. never went be-
vond the mimic. Nell does. When he
breaks away from his model and is Neill,
he rises to dramatic hight There are a
few pathetic bits to "a Gilded Fool" and
lin these Neill is vastly Goodwin's superior;
not in degree, but in kind. He leaves a
good impression, and one that lasts. There
is a satisfying quality to all his perform
ances that invites spontaneous praise,
alike from gallery and parquette. Neill
came to Portland almost a stranger and
in five days he has won, strictly on merit,
thousands of admirers. To his other gifts
he adds the indefnable something called
persoual magnetism. What has been sal
of Neill in "a Bachelors Romance and
"A Gilded Fool may be repeated with en-
phasis of Lord Chumley. II was written
especially for Southern. Lord Chumey,
10 Americans, is almost an impossible
man. but he is interesting. NELL gets per
fectly Sotherns peculiar speech, even to
the sputtering rs" his walk his roll of
the eyes and low'-voiced intensity. And
in every act there is some work that rises
above Sothern; not in degree, but in kind.
AS usual many calls followed every drop
of the curtain"
Mr.. Neilrs friends i'm Savannah are GLAD
to learn of his success and the favor with
which he is received. Associated with
Mr.. Neill is his brother, Mr.. Edwin II.
Neill, who is his business manager.
The sound of the trumpet. the clanking
of swords and the Gathering of horses
hoofs will shortly resound through this
locality. when James O'Neill at the head
of his band of Musketeers, sweeps