The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-10

| C for Montgomery this week at the local
 playhouses. There will be sumptuous production of Shakespeares Henry VIII, | a successful musical comedy interpreted by @ big company, farce comedy ab- normally described as presenting dramatic
 situations, and repertoire company pre-
 senting a series of plays.
 The artistic production of the week and | the attraction that will appeal to the higher class of patrons of theatres will be Madame Modjcska and Louis James in
 a revival of Henry VIII at the Montgom- I cry Theatre Thursday evening. It is | said that the play will be sunptuously | staged and that everything is in keeping 1 with the artistic merit of the two bril-. liant players.
 Foxy Grandpa" the musical comedy which made such a great hit in New York will be at the Montgomery Theatre Wednesday matinee and night. It will be produced by a big company headed by Joe Hart, one of the cleverest come dians in the business and dainty Carrie Du Mar, who Is a comedienne of con- siderable reputation. The play Is based on series of caricatures published by
 Artist Schultze of The New York Herald and it is said that 1t bubbles over with wholesome fun. Manager Mcdonald has booked the ~I&O1
 Street playhouse for the three first nights of the week In a series of plays and a 1 matinee Tuesday at popular prices. The company will present The Vendetta Mon- day night.
 Friday and Saturday nights and Satur- day matinee Railroad Jack" will be the attraction at McDonaids. It has been billed generously and the management claims that 1t Is a worthy attraction. net fax fha tu as f0ltufS.
 "Fo.xy Grandpa" Wednesday. ''Foxv Grandpa" and his mischievous grandsons "Chub' and "Bunt" comes to the Montgomery Theatre Wednesday matinee and night.
 The new stage heroes suggested by ths l clever Bunny sketches which have been running in The New York Herald for | nearly two years forms the basis of the | new musical comedy, which has. from all accounts. net only offered new and lovable character to the stage. but has
 created an idol that will be worshipped with as much affection as is poor old Santa Claus. The interest manifested in the exploits of Foxy Grandpa" by the | juvenile world Is not merely current fad thai will soon pass away but is 2 | living picture that will be admired by | hundreds of thousands through the land. Foxy Grandpa" has come to stay. Its | from the business of the organization
 since It's incorporation. 1t Is liable to re- main for many. many seasons. It remained for MT Brady to have the
 and the efforts of R. Melville Baker. the drama tist. have been fruitful of an tn- terestinG and entertaining story with Grandpa" and his grandsons as the
 all accounts, proved himself the ideal old gentleman, while the characters of "Chub" and "Bunt" played respectively by Georgie Mack and Robbie Barry have &oA .fo fhn rfafnQ generation. Miss Carrie De Mar has an
 important and congenial role and is cred
 tied with one of the very. best Of her
 many admirable .mpersonations.
 The piece is described as a musical comedy though 1t is farcical in the ex- treme. but carries throughout heart in-
 terest that appeals strongly to all audi ences. The comedy is laid in Vermont and takes three acts to tell the story.
 Foxy Grandpa" is on a vacation and has taken his grandsons with him to share his recreation. The boys" put up all
 kinds of prsna .Sn Sn tSo Sniy yenS aI The story which Is coherently told is that of Foxy Grandpa's'' brother, who IS a hard-fisted character and who has made no success in life. He is depending on heir. but Grandpa" Is wrapped up in the
 "boys' and would like to get rid of his brother.
 tertainment of the boys" At the hotel | Is an entertainer, Signor Bolero, by name | He gives limitations of famous persons
 and the landlord out of compliment. to | Foxy Grandpa" has him make up in i'm | itation of the dear old man. It is upor | these strings of mistaken identity that | the complications and mistakes happen | Then the fun commences, and 1t is fast
 and furious for time, being helped out | wonderfully by a designing Italian ad l yenturess, who has "her eye" on Grand
 pa" The piece is largely musical being
 interspersed with many original catchy
 numbers, notably ::The Two Bad Boys,
 Gallant Three" Sporty Bill'' and Mil | itarv Charlie" Tho company is qSite a l large one embracing nearly fifty persons.
 companv Inu " are e Eusane Redding, Clifton
 Crawford. John F. Keefe, Charles H.
 Bates. Maurice Stone. Arthur Borani and
 the Misses Beatrice I4ieb. Jane Demorest;
 "A nPIIa Karle. Margaret Knight and
 Mile. F1eurette.
 Managers Hirscher Bros arranged to
 give a special matinee for ladies and children Wednesday at D. m.
 Modjeska-James in Henry VIII.
 Madame Modjeska. the famous Polish actress and Louis James, one of the most
 brilliant of Americas tragedians of the present day will be seen at the Mont
 gomery theatre Thursday evening, in
 Shakespeares historical tragedy Henry
 VIII. As the enterprise is directed by the we'll known firm of Wagenhals and
 kemper, there IS llILle neeu TOT any DldTS of trumpets as to the production itself.
 it's scenic investiture. or its mise en
 scene to use the comprehensive French
 term for such things. Their generous
 policy and artistic taste in such matters
 have been too firmly established to en- certain any doubts on this score.
 The appearance of two such famous artists in one organization is in itself a commentary upon the legitimate drama ln this country. full of meaning retro spective and otherwise. Mary Anderson, Edwin Booth, Lawrence Barrett. and in a lesser sense Julia Marlowe, are all names still associated in the minds of present day play-goers, with the classic stage. The last named, while still with us, has apparently found more congo nial field in modern plays and death or the dramatic arena. The combination suggests a happy reflection. The genius of Shakespeare can be voiced by these artists as 1t can by none of their con temporaries. and their coalition may help to conserve an interest in the great est known dramatic literature among the great mass of play-goers, until new as- pirants for such honors may dawn on what at present Is rather cloudy hori- Zon.
 Manager Wagenhals and kemper have been particularly happy in selecting Henry VIII. in which, to exploit their brilliant stars. or 1t may have been the choice of Madame MOdieska and Louis James themselves. However that may be, a better selection could hardly have been made from either a popular or artistic StandDOint No satisfactory req