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AT THE THEATER.
sorrows of Satan" Presented by nm
Excellent Company.

sorrows of satan" Presented by nm
Excellent Company.
THE Sorrows of Satan" a dramati-
cation of Marie Corelli's novel, was the
attraction last night The play has
been seen here before, and. while there
| may be in it something of the melo-
dramatic that will interest a portion OF
the theater-going public, it has nothing
that would tend to make it a play OF
! living interest.
1t is unnecessary to go into a de-
scription of the play. It's plot and story
have been given before. AS would be
imagined. Satan takes a human form,
and is the central figure in the play.
There is no moral of large interest, nor
is there any motif of any great
strength. 1t is simply and wholly a
Decentralization Of a story that is in
teresting as a unique contribution to
literature, but with nothing Of extra
ordinary merit to commend it to the
stage.
Mr.. Edward Mawson and the pre-
senting company are capable. Mr..
Mawson, who impersonates the char.
acter of Prince Lucia, ard Mr.. Ross
O'Neal as Godfrey Tempest get all
there is in the roles they portray. Mr..
John c. Hart who was seen In the
part of the Viscount Lynton, is known
in Savannah. He was at college with
well known Savannahian and was
the recipient Of attentions from his
friends.
The performance will be re.
peated at a matinee this
afternoon and again tonight, and
those who see it cannot well fail to be
entertained. The production is pre-
scented upon an elaborate scale. the
electrical and mechanical effects being
most attractive; the costumes, too,
are of unusual richness. adding sbeauty
to the ensemble.
This afternoon at $3.50 o'clock the
participants in "Enchantment" are to
assemble at Guards Hall for an I'M
portant rehearsal, as several changes
are made necessary by giving the spec
tacle in the Savannah Theater next
Friday afternoon and night.
One of the new features of the final
presentation of the spectacle will be
the beautiful stage setting of the third
act, entitled, The Floral Abode of
Titania." There will be other pleasing
features added.
Mr.. r. D. MacLean and Miss Odette
Tyler will present next Tuesday one
OF the greatest. although among the
least known, of Shakespeares plays,
"Coriolanus" This is the play which
Sir Henry Irving revived in London
last season, and ii is in this character
that he will make his temperance in
America this year. Mr.. MacLean and
Miss Tyler have forestalled this Eng
list production by presenting an Ameri-
can one nearly two months earlier in
the season, and the first performance
in Savannah will take place as above.
The American production, while not
perhaps as heavy in weight as the
English one, is exceedingly handsome
and elaborate. Beauty of design does
not depend upon the weight or size
of the material artist, not the stage
carpenter, so that weight may be, and
is dispensed with to secure convenience
and portability.
Another of Mr.. MacLean's produc-
tions is King John, in which charac-
ter he made a pronounced success last
year when associated with Nine. Mod
jeska. This play will be presented for
the opening night Monday.
At the matinee Tuesday Sheridan's
comedy. The School for Scandal" will
be given with Mr.. MacLean as Charles
Surface and Miss Tyler as Lady
| Teazle.