The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-01
MANSFIELD, THE GREAT,
 CAPTURES MONTGOMERY
Most Critical Audience of the Season Delighted With "Beaucaire" Standing Room
 at a Premium.
at a Premium.

man, is beautiful and an artist. Lady Mary Carlisle IS not a part that reaulres constant superior emotional work. but
 m the ffth act when the true. identity or fsaaucatre. .he man to whom she
 had unwittingly given her heart, is re-
 vealed to her, she gave ample proof that she was ecual to the task of playing
 leads with even go eminent an actor as of the time. Being a true artist she realized that she was part of the pic
 ture and she was rewarded by the com
 piete sympathy and admiration of the
 Refused to Be Interviewed. It Is noteworthy that this is the same
 young English woman who quite recently
 administered severe rebuke to New York
 interviewed. She declared that 1t was
 downright vulgar for a girl to be in-
 terviewed. simply for an advertisement.
 and that she would not permit herself Fitting statement for the leading wo- man of MT. Mansfield. say you? Not SO, however. She is an English woman. you view of the thing
 The other women in the Mansfield com- | pany had little 10 do save wear rich | ty. In this eonnsc ion 1t trust not be overlooked that N ss |. they Cowell, as Countess of GreenDnry, ! venerable Eng
 comedy to the play that one remembers with grateful pleasure. It was a small part but 1t was in the hands of really | clever woman.
 Some of the men were stiff and some | of them were good. Mir. Warde as the | rollicking Rakell led in favor with the audience and Mir. Carhart was amusing 1 as Bicksett. Mir. Frank looked more like | q prize than as ones ideal of Beau Nash and MT. Viewers presents ton of Wanterset was distinct disap- pointment.
 After each act MT. Mansfield was called before the curtain. Tn acknowi- edging the enthusiasm of the audience
 onswsd s his ss azas sy ssShs @ho sa as time appeared with him
 Manager Palmer Speaks. At the close of the second act. A. M.
 Palmer. the veteran New York theat-
 M Eao san s ns ss before the curtain and made brief ad- dress to the audience in which he apol- osfzed for failure to present the play
 iss York. ai He said @ rn Mr. Mansfeld re reailsed
 that Montgomery people were of high culture and intelligence and that 1t was
 as it had been staged in the metropolis.
 Mir. Palmer said MT. Mansfield regretted to find that owing to the fact that the upstairs ali of the scenery and appur- tsnances could not be placed upon the stage. and he felt he was due the Mont g0mery pubic an apology.
 continued Mir. Palmer, and we hoped to put 1t upon your stage, but 1t is in1-
 possible Mir. Mansfield hopes that the will have a new stage and he can give people of New York"
 Then the big audience cheered. and Mir. Palmer. who is a benevolent-faced old gentleman, smiled.
 "In conclusion" Mir. Palmer continued. | "Mr. Mansfield desires me to earnestly thank you for your patience. your in- | dulgence and your attendance on such a bad night He hopes when he comes
 here again every person who desires to
 see nm Garry Gar y"2 Ali i the Scenery % .A'A''' "Beaucaire" Is presented in five acts
 and every piece of scenery. furniture and | other properties is carried by Mir. Mans | field in three special cars. In fact the l stage of the Montgomery theatre was en- | tirely cleared, the stock scenery being stored in a local warehouse. The scenery and equipment of the play reached Mont
 gomery from Birmingham early yester-
 day morning and the prodigious task of
 carting the scenery and properties to the
 theatre and putting 1t in position con-
 sumed almost the entire day. MT. Mansfield and his company of fifty
 five persons, travel in three special cars. They were attached to the southbound
 L. & N. passenger train leaving Birming-
 ham yesterday morning and reached As
 Mansfield travels in his own. private car. accompanied only by his valet his cook and a porter. He sleeps and eats in his
 car. The members of the company sleep
 in the cars but they take their meals at hotel.
 MT. Mansfield took long walk yester-
 day afternoon. He went alone and saw
 much of the Capital City of Alabama. He
 had his dinner in his private car which lay just outside of the union railway
 station at o'clock yesterday afternoon
 and at o'clock went to the theatre in
 a carriage.
 After the performance last night Mir Mansfield had lunch in his private car
 and immediately retired. A special train will take the Mansfield company to Mo
 bile at o'clock this morning.
 All of next week Mir. Mansfield will
 play "Beaucaire" at the Tulane theatre in New Orleans. after which he will play one night stands in Texas cities and then jump to Cincinnati. Mrs. Mansfield who. up to four years ago. was known to the
 stage as Beatrice Cameron. will join her
 husband in New Orleans, having gone
 there direct from New York City. She was accompanied by her maid and her Swear old son Richard Mansfield Jr.