The Savannah morning news., 1901-11-04
AT THE THEATER.
"Tbe Pride of JennfcO, the Weeks
Opening Attraction.

"Tbe Pride of JennicOv the Weeks
Opening Attraction,
Tonight and tomorrow night and
theater-goers will have The Pride of
Jennico" for the first time.
1.-THE Pride of Jennico" may be said
to be dramatization of a novel with
widely different handling from that
which has characterized the deluge of
novel built plays which have filled the
stage in late years to the exclusion OF
most original works.
In this case the authors of the play,
Mrs. Abby Sage Richardson and Grace
l.. FuPniss, have merely taken the
chief incident of the novel, and with
that as a theme, have built UP an
original play. The trouble with most
of the plays adapted from novels dur
ing the last five years has been that
the Yoluminous amount of incident and
change of scene has brought in a lot
of discursiye and extraneous matter
which takes away all sustained inter-
est from the play as a whole. In THE
Pride of Jennico," but one central
theme is taken from the book, and
with that material a strongly marked
plot is drawn.
Inc appearances Oh AOu-
jeska and Mr. Louis James Saturday
afternoon and night in the Merchant
Of Venice" and Henry Will" has been
naturally anticipated as one of the
events Of the season. The organization
is under the management of Wagon
halls & Kemper With Madame Mod
Jeska as Portia. and Mr.. James as
Shylock, the present production of the
play should outrank any that have
been offered since the days of Booth,
Barrett and Modjeska. Both characters
suggest forciblT enough the player
who will portray 1t, and their render
ing of the lines allotted to them will
doubtless be one of the best examples
of dramatic genius that the present
period has seen in many years. At the
night performance an opportunity viii
be offered Of seeing Mod3eska and
James, and the full strength of the
greatest legitimate organization trav-
cling, in Henry VIII" with Madame
Modieska and Louis James, as Queen
Katherine and Cardinal wolsey. Not
very long ago Henry VIII" had fire.
qnent representation, and was one of
the most popular OF the classic plays,
but is now somewhat of a novelty TO
the younger generation.
1.-The sale of reserved seats for the
trSvesty OF Romeo and Juliet which
is 10 be given for the benefit of the
Elks' charity fund Thursday and Fri
day nights, Will open at the box Office
tomorrow morning. There is pretty
sure 10 be a rush for seats. as large
humber Of tickets have been already
soid. Those already having purcha sed
u,kets can exchange them for reserv-
"a seats without extra charge. The
novelty NJ the production. the elabor-
aye costumes the male chorus, the
eleYffness ~ the principals, and the
nhfe OF the production. al combine
70 make ~ an entertainment Wen
worth seeing. The Ilks never 90 any
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