The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-16
AT THE THEATER.
"a stranger in a Strange Land" Was
Not Much.

"a Stranger in a Strange Land"
three-act farce, was given at two per-
formances yesterday and gave poor
satisfaction.
The piece is not a good one. 1t is
fashioned after My Friend From In
dia," but has nothing of the fun and
brightness of DuSouchets play. "A
Stranger in a Strange Land" is a very
cheap imitation. While the company
had a poor play it was in itself a very
ordinary lot of actors. The most en-
joyable feature of the performance was
the very good music by the orchestra.
Tonight and tomorrow matinee and
night Savannah theater- goers will have
Sol Smith Russells play, "A Poor Re-
lation." In selecting an actor for the
part of Noah Vale, in "A Poor Rela-
ton" Mr.. Russell recognized the abil-
ity of Mr.. Summerfield, with whom a
long contract was signed, and the play
will now be seen in its entirety in
many places where ii has not been
seen, and where ii has been impossible
for Mr.. Russell to visit Nearly all of
Mr.. Russell's own company. together
with all the original scenery, property
and stage settings, will be seen. The
rehearsals were also conducted by Mr..
Russell himself. In the supporting will
be seen George r. Sprague, Arthur
Johnson. Charles lockwood, H. l..
Browning, Horace Newman. The part
of Dolly will be played by Miss Maude
Vaughn and Trollops by Laurie Oak
man.
The Devil in The Sorrows of Sa-
tan" which will be seen here Friday
and Saturday and at Saturday matt
nee appears in two forms-that of the
up to- date Devil and the well-known
Mephisto but he only appears in the
old conventional makeup" in the last
act. THE Sorrows of Satan" which is
a dramatization of Marie Corellfs novel
of the same name, is a problem play
of the supernatural and reality Marie
Corelli is one of the most gifted of the
English writers-and who is there who
has not read one of her many books?
In the dramatization of her book the
play is said to retain the prevailing
note of weirdness and mystery, to
make the most of the many intensely
dramatic situations, and not to be lack
ing in brilliant and witty dialogue. The
scenery and costumes are varied. the
mountings of two scenes in particular
being elaborate; one the picture of a
fantastic garden fete with electrical
effects and the other a storm at sea,
ending with the apothosis of the release
of Lucifer. The company includes Ed
ward r. Mawson, Ross O'Neal, Miss
Nellie Yale Miss Holland and many
others as equally well known. The
sale of seats will open this morning at
o'clock.
The MacLean-Tyler Company Will
appear at the Savannah Theater next
Monday and Tuesday Oct. II and %,
in productions of King John" and
"Coriolanus." Mr.. MacLean and Miss
Tyler may be congratulated upon hav-
ing produced two of the most interest
ing of Shakesapeare's plays for their
inaugural season as co-stars.
Mr.. MacLean's performance of King
John was, when associated with Nine.
Modjeska, one of the greatest sue
cesses. Many of his admirers are
anxious to witness a repetition of
that performance, and look forward TO
it with most agreeable anticipations.
Constance is the character in which
Miss Tyler is most happily suited and
one in which her friends predict an en-
phatic triumph. 1t is an intense char
acter in the sense that Constance Is
keyed up to high pitch of emotion In
most of her scenes, but the range OF
emotion is so great that many famous
actresses have considered Constance
one of the most difficult of Shakes
pearean roles. 1t is, however, entire
ly within the compass of Miss Tyler's
gifts and requirements and should
add to her excellent reputation as an
interpreter of Shakespeare's heroines
AS Coriolanus. Mr.. MacLean has a
part that should, as the old saying
goes, Eft him like a glove" The vigoI
and virility of the soldier patrician, his
singleness of purpose, infiexible will
and aristocratic pride are Characters
tics which. Mr.. MacLean can portray
to the life. Several of the present COM
pany have been former associates Of
Mr. MacLean and Miss Tyler. "Corio-
lanus" will be presented Tuesday
night, Oct %. king John" is the at
traction for the opening night, Mon
day. the Dist. At the matinee Tues.
day, Sheridan's :School for Scandal
will be given.