The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-04
NEWS AT THE THEATER.
Managers Are Promising Many New
Attractions for the Opening season.

Managers Are Promising Many New
Attractions for the Opening season.
A New York letter says the theatre
cal caterers are just now busily engag-
ed in arranging what they hope may
be dainty morsels for the theater- going
public next season. And while every
thing is hurry and furry within the
culinary or production department,
there is also an air of hesitancy in
many instances for fear the appetite
of the next seasons audiences may
not be so keen in certain directions as
might generally be supposed.
Yet, despite the usual air OF uncer-
tainty as to what is best to do and
what play will be most appreciated,
the theatrical bakers are hard employ
ed working up the dough which, with
in the coming month, will be ready
for the oven of public approval or dis
approval by the opening of next sea-
son.
Many of the choice productions to
be served up hot and tempting in the
Broadway theaters early in September
are now on the fire or going through
paratory to their first appearance be-
fore their audiences. These on first
night are usually made up of epicures,
who sometimes forget even their table
manners in their eagerness to show
their joy or sorrow over the efforts of
the anxious chefs, as we'll as a long
list of minor cooks, including the COM
posers, hbrettists, dramatizers, adapt
ers and an occasional playwright
he cat
of theatrical dainties have found that
their audiences of a first night are in
clined to dine with mallets and ham
mers in place of the old-style knives
and cleavers. Unlike the proyerbial
ostrich, the New York first-night bril-
gade cannot eat everything that is
placed before it, so it will be interest
ing TO watch the trend of tickle appe-
tites after having recovered from a
severe attack of dyspepsia, due in part
to having dined too regularly last sea-
son on badly grilled dramatized novels,
not to mention the other indigestible
theatrical food served hot over the
Broadway footights.
The places of amusement ell did a
good business this week because of the
remarkably cool weather the metropolis
has been enjoying.
1.-The Strollers" at the Knickerbocker
weather, are doing especially well and
will probably be drawing full houses
in September.
Modjeska, who has been in Europe
since the close of last season, recently
appeared at Lembergh, the capital of
Austrian Poland, in new play, sup
ported by the members of the endow-
ed theater of CracOw. 1t was the first
time in many years that the Polish ac-
tress had spoken her native language
on the stage. Gable reports say she
met with an ovation. She has been TAX
ing the waters of Kissengen for sew
eral weeks past and is now in Paris,
where she will remain until the middle
of August. She is due to arrive in
America the latter part of the month
when she will at once begin reheafSals
with Mr.. Louis James, in Wagenhals
& Kempers big production Of Henry
VIII"
The company engaged to support r.
d. Mclean and Odette Tyler the COM
ing season in their productions of
"Corialanus' and king John" is one
of unusual excellence. Max Won Nit
iii of last seasons Modjeska company
will be the leading man. Frank Hen
mig, for years leading man for the late
Thomas W. Keene, will enact the
heavy role Mr.. Henry Vandenhoff will
play Volumnia in "Coriolanus," and
Augustus MacLean, brother of the ira
gedian, will play some of the most inn
portant parts. The remainder of the
company has been selected with care
by w. G. Smyth, who directs the tour.