The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-05
AT THE THEATER.

Mr. John Allison presented The
Wrong Mr.. Wright last night to a
good audience. The play is one of
Broadhursts breeziest. 1t is funny
from beginning to end. Mr.. Allison is
Seymour Sites" himself-over and
over again. He says things just for
the world as Seymour would say them.
No man can charge HIS words with
more perpleXity and disgust than ALI
son as Sites" when in the last act
he is thwarted by his nephew in estab-
fishing his identity as the real Sites.
1t is here that he exclaims, 20. you
incurable ass''--in that literally killing
way.
Mr.. Joseph Newton Drew as Way
land Clingstone, who was one of the
boys long ago. was very clever.
Maude Allison as Title Bird, maid.
was especially good. Her Swede spe-
cialty. THE Honey Suckle and the
Bee with dance, was fine.
Ada Morton, as Arabelle Clingstone,
an unappropriated angel, was good, as
was H. G. Hockey as Lord Brazen-
face, and Chas. E. Flynn as Lieut..
Crosby's THE Game of Eyes"
To-day. matinee and tonight, the at =
traction will be when We Were
Twenty-One." All managers. as a rule
select their own company. but Mr.
Rice and Mr.. Esmond do things differ
entity. When the contract was signed
last year between these two gentlemen
and the play When We Were Twenty
One" was secured. Esmond said to
Rice: You engage the company. old
man, just get the best artists obtaina-
BILE, and | shall be satisfied. only be
particularly careful about securing the
leading lady" well, give me some
idea of the qualifications required and
| will see what | can do" replied the
manager. knowing exactly what he
wanted, and without hesitancy, Es-
mond glfbly ratified on: She must be
young, handsome. accomplished, arts
tocratic in appearance. of good family.
perfectly educated. know how to wear
fashionable GOWNS, not too TAFT, we'll
modulated voice. and of artistic tenn
pera Inent." Well" said Rice, after A
pause, that's a pretty big commission,
but I'll see what [ can do" A short
time after, Rice met Nat Goodwin at
the Lambs Club; told him what Els
mond expected of a leading woman,
and asked him if he knew of anyone
who would come somewhere near fill
ing the bill. Know just the woman"
replied the comedian, "she was under
study for Mrs. Goodwin last season in
the very part you want her for" and
so it happened that Miss Booth was
engaged to play Phyllis Ericsson in
When We Were Twenty One"
Commencing tomorrow matinee and
continuing for two nights and matt
nees the ever popular Baldwin Mel
vile Company will play an enga cement
at the Savannah Theater. The
repertoire includes society dramas and
high class comedies. Mr. Baldwin re-
Gently closed a contract with Mr.
Charles Frohmap allowing him to pro-
duce the New York society drama The
Charity BALI this season.
Mr.. Walter s. Baldwin is we'll known
in Savannah, where his companies have
appeared nearly every season for the
past several years. For this year he
has added several new plays, and new
faces are to be seen in the cast. Fri
day matinee the company will present
"A Young Wife," Friday night, The
Charity Ball." Saturday matinee, The
Bankers Daughter and Saturday
night 'Reaping The Whirlwind." The
prices will be 10, 20 and 80 cents