The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-26
CHRISTMASAT THEATRE
MISS ROSE coaHLAN IN "FoR-
 GET ME NOT"
Big Audiences Witnessed Successful Production at Matinee and Again Last Night-An Ex-
 cellent Company of Actors.

Miss Rcse Coghlan and a capable com pany gave two performances of Forget Me Not" at the Montgomery Theatre yesterday and both performances were witnessed by large audiences. The
 standing room only" sign was hung out at the box office of the Theatre before tho curtain was raised on the matinee, and many persons were turned away. Forget Me Not is a French play, tbe action of which takes place in Rome. The title of he play is the alias Of Ste turess, which part is played by Miss Coshlan. The story turns upon the mar riage law of the Code of Napoleon, which provided that man under 2S years or age could not legitimately marry without >the written consent of his par- ents. The son cf the French adventures married the youngest daughter of an eminent English family, the Verneys the head of which was dead The young man dies, and the mother in order to use the Verney family to rehabilitate her lost social position. threatens to with hold her written consent to the marraige and declare the young widow, Rose de Brissac, not wife.
 e, The entire play involves the effort of s sir Horace Welby, an honest minded older sister of the widow, to ffd the | family of the familiarity of Stephanie de Mohrivant; He finally aceomplishes a with vengeance in his heart and the ad- venturess Is frightened from the prem fses, leaving Sir Horace happy over his acmevement and confident in the love
 Miss Coghlan. as the bold, coquettish, impetuous woman of the world, gave
 the part hnesse that could only be reached by great artist She was fre-
 quently called before the curtain at each performance and her intelligent under standing of the requirement of an un-
 enivable role won the hearty plaudits oi
 those persons who go to the theatre tc
 view play from a critical standpoint MT. King as Mir. Horace Welby, re- minded one of Herbert Kelcey. His
 pearance made the part feature of th' play and he was a clever foil to tn,
 hard-hearted woman of the world. Too much praise cannot be accorded
 Mrs. Nell McEwen, who played Alice
 Verney, sister of the young widow Sh,
 is newcomer to Montgomery, but tn,
 critical audiences of yesterday early fl is the equal of Miss Coghlan. Mrs McEwen was on the stage throughou the entire first act and there was no flaw in her work, notwithstanding sh, carried one of the most difficult part
 in the play. She was the tender-heartet young woman who believed it to be he
 duty to protect the honor of her sistel and her family name at any cost. Thii
 was her part and she rendered it witt 2 refinement, with the utmost self-relianc l and with naturalness that compelled admiration.
 Miss Agnes Roslyn as Rose de Brissai
 was very pretty, and did her small par f we'll Miss Alma Weston as Mrs. Fole. !. did clever bit of character work
 The whole company is we'll balanced
 each one being well suited to the re - spective characters and Forget Me Not and Miss Coghlan will finger in memor, } as one of the good things that Christ I mas brought to Montgomery.
 
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