The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-08

What will be regarded by great
 many people as one of the imporsanis is
 stage matters of the current season as s
 ena se tss fSs in Characterization of incidents from Thack- eray's Vanity Fair" made by ]. H. Ne
 ni sy in ss Tnce oesas sfs sns snaf hs s sSance
 the characters by her excellent com,
 pany. The season now new has provsvS ~
 a memorable one as to a reyeIauon ot new talent in plaY-making ana pi1y
 acting; it may De that this attempt to | footlight the best known If the Thacke-
 ray novels will prove to the nNins CT peal. But 1t is e season in which the dramatized novel, .he "boo< play as. IL
 has been termed. has figured very prom 1 think there is any ,lispu.ius the state. ment that Vanity Fair Tn US aspect | as literature is entitled to as much con
 t tsss has as sssn Ga the theatre in recent years As to Miss Coghlan. she has been very familiar figure in the eye. Sf ioca, SSs ths hS atre-going people here have had rom her during her more recent visit to Montgomery has been of 2 kind to war, war lar player. Through the channel of man agerial announcement 1t is tdd that J. H Nevins makes 2 direct trsnsferren1SSe nee title of his play as an indication of sn6 scope of the task he essayed; Incidents tons school at Queens Crawiey at Brighton. the ball at Brussels on the eve of Waterloo, the mode Of life and living revelation of osborne's infideiity by Becky to the fearful Amelia in Becky's retreat at Pumpernickle. The characters
 rsa the h book snr utilized d in the play are vo Becky came in direct rather than in coll lateral contact after her withdfawa1 from the Misses Pinkerton's seminary the two Pitt Crawleys, the world loving Miss Crawley. Rawdon, George Osborne, Amelia and Joe Sedley, the stupid and \ blundering. Dobbin, the shrewd Briggs preme incident of Miss Coghlan's play would seem to be the interruption by Rawdon. unexpectedly returning to Cur- | Becky and Lord steyne. stagecraft or 1 an excellent kind is manifested in the manner in which the incid.nts of the
 are shown in Act III of the play. Man- | agers Hirscher Bros. have arranged to have Miss Coghlan give a special matf-
 nee Wednesday at 2:So.
 l McFadden's Row of Flats. fat
 There comes to the Montgomery The | "McFadden's Row of Flats" but we will
 have occurred. It is ii the boa boast of the the
 management that everything Is new but | the title. and we are led to believe this
 is true, for 1t Is promised that when the | curtain goes up on the performance next Friday night the audience will be shown | new and elaborate scenic embellishments,
 handsomely designed wardrobe: novel | fact not a vestige of last seasons pro duction remains. The plot of The Flats"
 Is no more complicated than last season, means that funny situations are followed 1 in rapid succession by pleasing special:
 ties, entertaining musical numbers and
 witty dialogues until the plot; as m all Prominent in this season's cast of merry makers may be mentioned the fol- lowing well-known farceurs: Billy" part pSrEy, Of Trim %cFaddsn." candidate for aldermanic honors in most roilfcltng manner; George YeomaTi as hls rival, is dialect on the stage; Bobby Ralston and Jerry Sullivan, the two yellow kids. are exceptionally we'll fitted for the parts stage, Harry Watson Is seen to adyant- age as Weary Willie and Is promised true to life" He has several stunts" a .nuartette of expert musicad artists arc seen in many pleasing numbers; Charles Saunders is comedian of rare ability, and has been seen here before In several other farces; Johnny Gilroy An acroLatlc Comedian of rare ability, and Miss Katie Rooney, daughter of the late Pat Itoo. ney. are seen in acrobafic songs and dances, and incidentally Mics Rooney gives her Inimitable imitation of her late father. which is promised exceptionally clever, Miss Jennie Lamont Is cast Tor the part of Mrs. Murphy" Queen of the Flats, and her sreclRlties Is promised convulsingly funny. The bevy Of hand some chorus ladies are seen to advantage in numerous marches, dances, musical numbers and ensembles.
 The Theatre.
 With the opening of the theatrical sea son comes a general revival of interest in
 dramatic affairs. The Theatre for Sep tember Is even more crowded than usual with things of special interest to theatre goers The reading matter is excellent beautiful pictures of the people or the stage, MT w. T. Price writes thought full article on Critics and Criticism
 which is illustrated by several portraits of the leading New York critics, and Mir. E. Iimedorfer contributes an interesting paper on Henrik Ibsen. the Man" pen sketch of the famous Norwegian dram atist now on his deathbed, written from personal acduaintance. This Is illustrated with interesting pictures of the dramatist taken at different periods of his life. Miss Irene Bentley the leading woman of Francis Wilson. tells of the trials that beset stage beginners and other features of equal interest make up most read able magazine.
 The pictures are both numerous and beautiful They include a magntcefint full page half-tone plate of Mir. Joseph Jeffer- son from recent photograph of the dis home at Buzzard's Bay. The picture hears MT. Jefferson's autograph. There is also another superb full page plate of Miss Maude Adams. Other large DOT