The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-09
MThe Messenger Boy.n


bright rs . ripping brook catchy. rhythmic
lyrics. scenic equipment as elaborate as
money and ingenuity, could make 1t, a
wealth of dazzling, beautiful costumes
and cast of established favorites!
These are the eienicnts Of success that
characterize; Nixon and Zim uiermans
production OF George Edwarde,s London
Gaiety Theatre triumph. THE Messenger
Boy" which viii be presented here Tor
the fret time. at The Montgomery Theatre
saturday nigh (, >'.
thoroughly seasnre.l by run Of nearly
tw' years In the English metropolis,
The Messenger Boy is now one of the
most compact and clever performances Of
| musical comedy that has ever been pre-
senttd OIL the English speaking stage
The Messenger Boy Is the greatest OF
| the many successes that have emanated
| from the unusually prolific Gaiety Thea
| ire. .-F
1t viii be 7rosented here by I company
| of sixty j .,3rs. together with large
mechanical STAN and an Augmented or
| cfestra. The Motel comedian Frank
| Deshon. plays tho title role.
The story is told In two acts and four
scenes. which represent the Hotel do
| Like, Thames E;nbankment, Lonion. Q
steamship pier In Brind!s. the City OF
Cairo, Egypt and a garden at the Paris
Exposition. Those great. stage pictures
are said to be the original scenes used In
London. and the costumes are said to be
entirely new. t
The masicil numbers Of THE Messen-
ger Boy a,s saii to be very attractive
and many of them have already become
popular. During the telling Of the story
twenty-nin musical specialties are intro
| duced. Among the more important num-
| bers are ASK Papa THE Messenger
Boy" I'm the WASH" Has Anyone
Seen Our Cat" Aspirations" "Pansy."
| They Are All After Pott," The Wide
Wide World and the famously popular
| "Maisie."
The Charleston News and Courier Of
| Nov. says:
| The Messenger Boy the well-known
and deservedly popular musical comedy
| of James ]. Tanner and Alfred Murray,
was given at the Academy of Music last
night by Mr.. Frank Deshon and his COM
pany In a way that called forth much APP
probation from the audience. Mr.. Deshon
has long been a favorite with Charleston
| theatregoers and those OF them who were
at the Academy of Music last night ac-
corded the popular little comedian most
| cordial reception. There were in the cast,
also, others who were recognized as old
acquaintances and who were made well
! CUiHc Dy hearty dpptducc. VI huhpoi
| especial mention should be made of Mr..
Osborne Clemson and Mr.. e. II. O'Con-
nor, both OF whom have many personal as
we'll as professional friends in the city.
| The Messenger Boy Is filled with mu-
| sic of the merriest and most catchy kind.
| Mr.. Deshon has surrounded himself very
wisely with q bevy of extremely pretty
| Young woman and the staging of his pro-
| duction Is all that could be asked. Among
| those who most ably seconded his efforts
to please last night were Miss Caroline
Locke. as Lady Punchestown; Miss Rose
Bush, as Lady Winifrcd. and Miss Ida
| Gabrielle, is Ros1, the maid. The latter
VAS particularly graceful and pretty. Fhe
comedy naturally calls for the introduc-
ton of many solos. duets and concerted
nn;pEtrs. The topical songs are aumcr ous
| and clever.
Altogether the performance is ',nc that
| seemed to thoroughly entertain and plea So
the audience. There were a number OF
encores and the laughter and applause
Wee oft repeated and spontaneous. MIR
Deshon in the name part easily maintains
himself, of course, but many of his as
sistants backed up his efforts at fun
| making with conspicuous success.