The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-16
AT THE THEATER.
skinner Enthusiastically Re.
V"s t,.ed in s.Prince otto"

Skinner uSiasttcaIIy Re-
W" ceived in ''Prince otto"
-. ods skinner, assisted by a capable
imam. presented a five act play
~D. VIZ OTTO" at the Theater last night
,.roe audience. Mr.. Skinner has al
been popular in Savannah and from
V's ...t alone, and because he is always
,o,e he was given a flattering recep-
uo on.,ree otto" Is play founded on two
r. i'm Robert Louis Stevensons
psV Of mat name. The adaptation or
move, o+iatton is by MIR. Skinner. 1t is
uN-Ioallv the same play as that pre-
pa0s here three seasons ago by Mr..
SEM Sent under the name of Prince Ru-
SSH , II has been changed somewhat,
uOtp slightly, and there is still some
uo NV Cor fine pruning knife. 1t serves Mr..
S'a1ner,s purpose and 1t is a romantic
SAT- ~, If merit, but it does not give him
pa .'onnortunities and scope that he had In
"Rosemary."
~ the honest, sport-loving and careless
80 who neglects his wife and his
,.nI, duties for the sport of the forest,
a., wbo finally learns his lesson and
w.. W. into his own, he is manly, gracious
W. +ruly prince. His acting is full of
'hst manly dash, thoroughly artistic and
sr,sbad and he gets all there is in the
..ia but there is more in him If there were
To onnortunity to bring it out. Prince
otto' is a pleasing play and there are
somo strong situations in it.
NJ skinner is ably supported. Among
~ ladies' Miss Maud Durbin and Miss
cr.ca Fill<ins divide the honors. Miss
n,rbin has rather difficult role as the
rcess but she carries it well and shows
+o,snt and study. Miss Filkins as the
CoHptess Won Rosen, wise, intriguing
and masterful sort of woman, is capital
Ir strong. There is a finesse and charm
n her acting that is delightful, though
nav different moods and purposes are
sometimes mysterious.
Mr. Geolge Nash as the Baron, was
mt ouite what he might have been
laugh his was an unsympathetic part.
Mr. Frank sylvester in the role of DR..
Coftfried was entirely satisfactory.
The company is large and the minor
coaracters. of which there are a great
many. were all in good hands. The stag
inc Of the piece was handsome and com
ne,e. The costuming was elaborate ana
some of the scenes were decidedly pref
~ PARTICULARLY so was the court scene.
The audience was undoubtedly well
neased with Mr.. Skinner and his play, as
the applause and curtain calls plainly
bctokened At the conclusion OF the third
act Mr.. Skinner was compelled to appear
before the curtain. He thanked the au-
dI4pce very graciously for its snow OF
annrsciation and said some pretty things
about Savannah and its people, incident
DIV and humorously referring to the fact
that he had been prevented from playing
here last season by stringent quarantine
laws
Tonight THE King of the Opium Ring
is tbe play. A phase of Chinese life that
is so little known in the East is the
theme The horrors of an opium joint
and the unroar of a Chinese theater, with
itselasbing cymbals so dear TO the China
mans heart are seen and heard. A Chi
nese wedding, a most peculiar ceremony,
takes Mace The company selected by Mr..
Bapey to present the play is fully ade-
mate TO the requirements of the situa-
lions Several up-to-date specialties are
Introduced throughout the action of the
play. William Schrode, the clown heaus
a company of comedy acrobats'
Tomorrow night Barlows Minstrels is
the attraction A minstrel company ike
Barlows will draw anytime.
Friday night Mrs. Sarah Cowell Lee
Mome will be seen in The Greatest
Thing in the World" Mrs. LeMoyne he's
gained fame. both on the lyceum and act
ing stage. She made her dramatic debut
as a member of A NJ. Palmer's famous
Union Square Stock Company. and, al
though only a girl, scored hits in such
Old time successes as "a Celebrated Case
False Friends Lost Children,
French Fats" and THE Danicheffs.
N the last named play she made such
success in the role of an old woman THAI
Nr. Palmer insisted on her sticking TO
this line of parts. Being unwilling to lose
her youth thus prematurely, Mrs. Lee
Aoyne, then Sarah Cowell, resigned from
he company and devoted herself to the
Fceum stage, on which she gained high
Fnk. She did more, perhaps, than any
olAer woman reader to make Browning
popular i'm New York, Boston and other
iedGlng American cities, her classes in
cudng fashionable as well as literary
SAl' AT the dedication ceremonies of the
worlds Fair in 1893, she was chosen 10
ead the Columbian Prize Ode, and was
'eeolated with a laurel wreath and
p.ohze medal. When the monument 10
,@sar Allen Poe was unveiled in the
S ueu opolitan Museum of Arts, she read
me Raven" Mrs. LeMoyne Is consid-
,l1 one of the greatest authorities on
''e art OF eiocution.
why Smith Left Home" which will be
7,snn dt Saturdays matinee and Saturday
g.s"V Is one of the cleverest farces upon
sle stage to-day. 1t involves no shady
i tnaIa cIers In its dramatic personnel. 1t
er.iuues no incursions into questionable
ba'N or hotels off color. One new type
.Su"a TO be reproduced time and again is
naughty cook who rejoices in the
a,'e Of 'Lavinia." is a Holland Dame
secretary of the Cook Ladies' Union.
ea seinuie French maid, pretty and knowl-
c-seous rs bit out of the ordinary and
'1N' Tuggenheim, who falls in love with
n. 'oindn he sees on the street Is quite
MI WISE as the chap in princess Aline"
v.s y cnases photograph around the
s,'r rU The husband, John Smith" who
h,IS caves home is a novelty In a way,
b.tne is the central figure, yet is not the
M 'uanl IN the regular farce who goes
ac,. VI "a lark and then repents in three
loys. IN TACT, this husband is good and
%es his Wife