The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-07

be shown, with the glow of the setting sun on the waves. The moon Will rise. and the glitter and glimmer of the beams
 on the ripping water will be faitntuiiy reproduced by means of ripple ma. | chine," which has lately been patented 1 for stage use. Mrs. Brune will DC m Montgomery this season.
 One of the. notable attractions at the Montgomery tVieatre for the. carry Win. ter season viii be the Gordon-Shay Grand Opera Company. The company is saio 10 l be the strongest presenting grand opera in this country outside of the company managed by Maurice Grau-
 Though born in Jamaica, West Indies, Lewis Morrison intends to spend the bal ance of his days in San Francisco, where he has purchased handsome residence and from May to September each year takes an active interest in things civic and theatrical. The famous Mephisto Is prominent in social events. and great favorite of the large colony of profess sionals gathered in the Pacific coast me- tropolis.
 Louis James and Frederick warde be- gan their joint starring tour under the management of wagenhals and Kemp sr In Lansing. Mich. Telegraph dispatches
 say that the production of ''The Temp est" which these managers have provided for their famous stars is the most elab- crate Shakespearean spectacle yet att tempted by a travelling company. The
 co.stars will be in Montgomery early in the season. a a nH1 vxpncoHtaA the Grace Cameron Opera Company. unl der the management of F. c. Whitney, will begin its tour at Ithaca. N. Y., Sep tember 15. The company includes Harry Brown. Genevieve Reynolds, May Greasy, Daisy King. stephen B. French, Jr.. Wil- Ham Herbert and a chorus of exception ally pretty girls. Miss Cameron Is re- membered in Montgomery as the prima donna with Jerome Sykes in Foxy Quil- ier' last season.
 Max Freepan. who staged 'Life's Great Lesson" which will be seen at Mont gomery Theatre in October. has staged
 more successful productions than any
 other producer of plays in this country. Among Mir. Freeman's successes arc "The Little Minister" Qua vadis," ''The Christian" and ''Ermine." Besides stag ing 'Life's Great Lesson" this season. MT. Fveman will produce "The Etex,al City" for Miss Viola Allen. The indica- tions are that the plays put on this sea- son by MT. Freeman will be fully as suc- cessfui as his previous efforts.
 Pixley and Ludlers' latest musical com. edy. ''The Prince of Pilsen." has made a big success If the newspapers of Bos- ton are to be relied upon. It was pro- duced at the Fremont Theater in that city nine weeks ago and despite the fact that the weather has, at times, been very trying. the theater has been crowded an
 the time. One of the most popular of
 the musical numbers in the comedy is
 "The Song of the Cities" which is sung
 by eight :.show girls" each singing a
 verse which Is supposed to be typical of
 the city they represent and each repro
 sents one of the principal cities of the
 country. Pixley and Luders wrote '"The Burgomaster."
 Stuart Robson's tour this season will be one of the most extensive ever under. taken by the veteran comedian. but that makes no difference to Mir. Robson, who has always appeared to stand the rigors
 and fatigue of travel better than many
 of the members of his support. He will play this year his famous character of Bertie the Lamb in The Henrietta," and | the role of the Dromio of Syracuse in I"The Comedy of Errors" His company Is rehearsing at MT. Robson's summer
 home. Water Witch. Highlands of Nave sink. New York harbo.-an ideal spot as | compared with the unfortunate actors who are compelled to learn their parts
 in the hot and stuffy halls of the city. Tn Sir Arthur Sullivan's opera, "The Emerald Isle." first produced in this country at the Herald Square Theatre, New York, on Monday September 1, the star, Jefferson de Angelis, appeared as Professor Bum. Bum is an English hu- | morist, reciter. ventriloauist, royal illu-
 sionist, hypnotist and general fakir. The scenes are laid in Ireland and there are
 two acts. The Lord Lieutenant of Ire-
 land. it seems, desires that the Irish
 peasants will become morei English in character and offers prizes for those who excel in the English language Bum is
 engaged by the opposition to teach the
 peasants how to be typically Irish. The comic clash of interests spring from these
 conditions. MT. de Angelis is much more
 Legitimate" in this comic opera than he
 has ever been before.
 The preparations Klaw & Erlanger are
 making for the season of 1s03-4 indicates
 that it will be the most important and
 eventful in their career as managers and
 producers Beside building the Liberty,
 Theatre in New York for the Rogers
 Brothers. on 42d Street. near their New
 Amsterdam, now being erected, they will
 present N. c. Goodwin in a great scenic
 production of "A Midsummer Nights Dream" in which he will play Bottom: the Rogers Brothers in a new piece, Alice Neilsen in a new opera by Victor Her bert and Harry B. Smith and Harry Bull
 ger in a big burlesque now being written for him. Beside these definitely arranged
 projects. they have several others in con- l temptation. With nine attractions play
 ing under their direction, the building of
 the finest theater in the world in the New Amsterdam, which will be opened in
 January with Blue Beard" and prepar- ations for the following year in hand, Klaw & Erlanger will be busy men the coming season.