The Savannah morning news., 1901-11-06

Orleans so often that to rehearse it
would be but the waste of time The
passions which breathe in its lines,
however, are as new to-day as they
were when 1.-The Mountebank" was
born of D'Ennery's facile pen. They
are eternal The applause which greet
ed the production last night was as
spontaneous as it was in the beginning,
and as it will be to the end. The aud
fence which gathered to welcome Mr..
Warde was not only the largest of the
season, filling every seat, upstairs and
down, but it was as appreciative as it
was numerically strong.
The appearances of Madame Mod
jeska and Mr.. Louis James Saturday
afternoon and night, in the Merchant
of Venice" and Henry VIII" is nat
urally anticipated as one of the dra-
matte events of the season. The or
ganization is under the MANAGEMENT
of Messrs. Wagenhals and kemper.
With Madame Modjeska as Portia and
Mr.. James as Shylock, the present pro-
ducton of the great play should out
rank any that have been offered since
the days of Booth, Barrett and Mod
jeska.
At the night performance an oppor-
tunity will be afforded of seeing Mod
jeska and James, and the full strength
of the organization in Henry VIII,
with Madame Modjeska and Louis
James as Queen Katherine and Car
dinal Wolsey. Not very long ago Hen
nv VIII. had frequent representation
and was one of the most popular OF
the classic plays. but is now somewhat
of novelty to the younger generation.
Managers Wagenhals and Kemper.
who have staged the play have been
accorded enthusiastic praise, general
comment placing this their latest ef-
fort entirely on par with the best
achievements in stagecraft of either
Mr.. Henry Irving or Mr.. Mansfield.
The sale of seats will open this morn
ing at o'clock.
Vim. A. Bradys way Down East
will be seen here for the first time
Monday and Tuesday nights and Tues
day ma tinee. The story of the play
is simplicity itself. A young woman
who has been betrayed by means of
mock marriage finds refuge in the
house of an honest old New Hamp-
shire farmer. Her child is dead and
SO are all her hopes in life. Neverthe-
less. she wins at once the love of the
old farmers only son. The latter Is
engaged to be married to his cousin,
his fathers pet. Neither Of them cares
for the other, and the unhappy waif
who has been taken into the family
circle seems likely to find husband
and happiness in fact, until a vll-
lage busybody reveals her notified
past. Then the father, with some
justification, sets his foot down, and
turns the girl out Of the house on a
winters night.
Before she goes. however, she Is able
to denounce the author of her wrongs.
who happens to be counting the very
girl whom the old farmer is intent
upon marrying 10 his son. This is the
climax OF the play. and as the curtain
falls we see the heroine going out into
the storm pursued by the farmers
son. The last act brings the farmer 10
a full realization Of the situation, the
unhappy girl Is transformed into the
heartily welcomed bride-to-be Of the
farmer lad, and her betrayer IL kick
ed out rather too politely, but none the
less thoroughly.
AZ a whole the story Is wei told,
and the third act rs nationally devei-
oped and the dramatic climax a.
strong a. one could ak for II must
be- said that the play aims Tor whole
someone's and genuinely human nenu-
ment ln iis eyelg line. Seats WI be on
sale Friday