The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-13

Preparations are in progress at the the
alter for the elaborate production Of F. C.
Whitney and Edwin Knowles dramati
cation OF Henryk sienkiewiczs famous
romance of ancient Rome Quo Vadis,"
tonight and tomorrow afternoon and
night. The production is identical with
that which met with such great success
at McVicker's Theater. Chicago, last fall,
and was afterwards seen in London and
New York, and was received with mark
ed favor by their royal highnesses, the
Prince and Princess Of Wales.
Stanislaus STANCE, who made the adap-
tation Of the Polish romancer's work
went directly to the tongue in which it is
written. for his material. and did not de-
pend on the translation. He is said to
have made play that follows closely the
story in the book, and to have provided
a number of strong characters. The book
had millions of readers all over the coun-
try, and every one who has perused its
fascinating pages will want to see the
people live before them, whose acquain-
lance they formed therein.
The play shows the birth and infancy of
the religion founded by Christ, and is po-
tent to attract people to the theater who
seldom. if ever have seen the inside Of a
playhouse. A proficient company of
prominent among whom will be seen Har-
ry Roberts. Marcus Ford, Joseph Gala
han, Edward Powell George Scha effer
Richard Thornton, Willard Newell. Henry
Stanley, Peter Marriott. Julius SCHNEIDER.
Henry Buckler. Fred Arundel, Winnifred
Bonnewitz, Mary Emerson, Ellen Hill,
Mae Keane, Grace Turner. Florence
Stanley. Annie Richards. Edna Harring-
ton. Susie Knight, Theodore F. Perry,
William w. Utter, Marie Barringer and
Theodore Martson.
Owing TO the length of the performance,
the curtain will be rung up at O'Clock.
Friday night Because She Loved Him
So will have its presentation in this
city. The play was written originally
by Bison and Leclercq. They had taken
for their theme that dear one to French
writer's of farce. matrimonial Jealousy,
and the story they had devised was that
| of a suspicious young wife who went to
her parents for sympathy, and by doing
so, precipitated them into a worse row
than her own. The third contributor to
the play was William Gillette. and he
made an English version devoid of the
immodest vulgarity which many Parisians
and a few Americans have a liking for.
1t is about as merry as anything an audi
be ashamed OF it afterward.
No one who can remember seeing Cole
and Johnson in "a Trip to Coontown"
last season can forget how rich it was
in dressing and scenery, how smart,
snappy and spirited In speciality. This
seasons show is bigger and brighter 1t
will be the same company, augmented by
| new faces To see bob Cole" as evil
| lie Wayside'' is to laugh, and the same
can be said of BILLY Johnson" as the
| bunco-steerer.
The balcony during this engagement will
be reserved for colored people.
| Eric Hope, Earl OF Yarmouth. who will
be seen here Monday afternoon and night
| in Jerome X. Jerome's comedy 1.-The
Councillors Wife, made his initial ap-
/ pearance in America last winter with
Charles Frohmans Stock Company
| Clement Scott, in referring to Mr.. Hopes
| appearance on that occasion, in the New
York Herald, said: "It strikes me that
Eric Hope has one of the most brilliant
| futures before him in his stage career
Imaginable He has youth, is well-look-
ing, fautlessly dressed, easy in his man
ner. unstagy in his methods, with a good
clear resonant voice, able to pronounce
every word distinctly, which so few Eng
lsh actors can do nowadays and a face
full of expression. Eric Hope modestly
and unassumngly made an excellent and
satisfactory debut. lie looks as If he
were destined. in the long rum for ro-
mantle and poetic characters. for he has
both style and animation. If people ex-
| pect to see Eric Hope as the mere dude
of farcical comedy they will be mistaken
He Is too earnest and too intelligent for
that He has made a good start. he has
been well received on his merits and IL he
is really anxious for a stage career 1t will