The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-04-09
A HIT IN @7-2o-s."
Dromatio Clubs Fine Presentation
of n Good Play.

,,.,ratio Clubs Fine presentation
of a Good Play.
o,,e If the largest, certainly the most
..ta,eb1e audience, that ever Witness
,mateur performance in Savannah,
+be Dratamic Clubs presentation of
..on-Twenty- Eight at the theater last
nlght. =,
..rsot and those who filled the seats
i.5 no right to pat themselves on the
1,. and think they had only helped to
.5 tho monument to the founder of Sa-
,ab and Georgia. They got their
.,.,,s worth. The production needed
~ apologies because of the fact that it
was by amateurs.
In the first place those who played the
,.a.ling parts had every good opportunity
,.1ich to display their dramatic abili-
lies The play is one OF .he pes' -
r,,c+ed and funniest that Augusun Daly
,,rote and in the casting of the
nice discrimination had been eX-
- The result, with the added leav-
of Mr. L. W. Nelson's coaching, was
eotsbed and pleasing, entertaining and
ar7usng performance.
1,ba audience showed its appreciation
-, sanerous outbursts of applause ana
w. 5,,1inuaI laughter, that began almost
With the rise of the curtain and was only
.a,,s5 AT intervals, and then by stronger
5r,o,,etrations of satisfaction, until the
,,r+sip fell on the closing scene of the
49,. oct The stage was set with an
++.rtion to detail that would have been
M diseredit to the best professional COM
noriss that come to Savannah and the &C
tian of the play moved along smoothly,
u.itbout break or a stage wait.
Miss Maud Williams as Flos, the orig
iraI of the picture, NO. 1ZS was tine CEN
+roI dgure of the comedy and the grace
s,,I hewitching and altogether charming
e-s+ cause of all the trouble. 1t Is
.ra+tv mart, full of girlish graces and lit
IL uiusome coquetries, and Miss Will
}tans showed herself last night altogether
.oronetent to the task of bringing out
e. every dainty charm In every scene
bo looked the embodiment of the picture
hat had stirred the pulses of Corliss and
started him out on search for the falr
original. Her every word and gesture
,.inJicsted his enthusiastic prosecu-
ZION of the search and his
,,nbounded satisfaction when 1t
vas crowned with ultimate success. Her
interpretation of the role was Intelligent
and her rendition all that could have
been asked by the audience and about
hundred per cent. more than the average
amateur is able to give.
Courtney Corliss, the somewhat blase
man of the world who falls in love with
Flossy's picture, was portrayed with
dignity and grace by Mr. Henry Nc
Alpin.
In the role of Launcelot Bargiss, the
country squire who is moved to admir-
alton of his own abilities as a poet and
dramatist by his wife's enthusiastic
praise. Mr. Louis Morgan scored a very
pronounced hit. Mr.. Morgan's makeup
was admirable and before he opened his
mouth on the stage the audience attest
ed its appreciation of this fact by an out
burst of laughter and applause. Through
the play Mr.. Morgan sustained the ex-
cellent first impression that he made.
As his wife Mrs. George Baldwin was
equally good 1t was a difficult part that
she portrayed but it was filed with good
opportunities for the display of dramatic
abilities and Mrs. Baldwin took advant-
age of them every one. She won and
was given hearty laugh with almost
every sentence.
The comedy hit of the night was made
by Mr.. Noble Hardee, whose antics in the
role of Signor Palmiro Tamborini, the Ian
guage of which Signor Tamborini knew so
little is inadequate to describe. In make
up, accent gesture and action, Mr.. Har-
dee gave an Interpretation of the eccen-
trio Italian maitre de ballet that would
have done credit to a professional. He
was very, very funny,
Miss Floride Banks was a dainty and
entirely capable Mrs. Hollyhock, and Miss
Florence Oimstead made a hit as Jessie.
the maid, with aspirations beyond her
station Mr.. Clarence Connerat was dis
tincty good as Professor Gasleigh, CIV
ing an intelligent and humorous portrayal
OF the ingenious and ingenious roguery of
that interesting individual of the drama.
Mr. Edwin Ryals was satisfactory in the
minor role of Paul Hollyhock. Mr.. Ryals
paved also the part of the postman in the
third act of the play.
lhere was a plentiful display of flowers,
bouquet after bouquet being sent over the
tootIghts to one or another of the cast
Inc flowers were but one manifestation
OF the pleasure of the audience.
After the performance Mr.. L. w, Nell
son, who has rendered most valuable as
Slsldnce In the preparation of the play
ana to whose enthusiastic interest and
ureiess coaching very much of it's success
Is due, was presented with cut glass
bowl by the members of the cast.
The performance was given for the ben
eNt oil the Oglethorpe Monument Fund
ana large sum will be added to the
iund for the erection of this monument
as the result