The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-14
AT THE THEATER.

''The Continental Dragon" a story
dralnatzed by Mr.. John P. Taggart
from a popular novel, will be pre-
sented at the Theater tonight by Mr..
Taggart and a company of local play
ers. The play has been carefully re-
hearsed and the scenery will be quite
as elaborate as that of any of the
professional companies. Mr.. Taggart
has spared neither time. expense nor
trouble in his preparation for and de-
sire to present an interesting play in
suitable setting. The advance sale
of seats for the performance prom
ises an excellent house. The cast for
the prologue and the play is as fol-
lows:
Prologue.
Harry Peyton ........John P. Taggart
John Calden ..............W w. 3 Adams
Nathan Fields. s............. Otto Collini
Anthony Drexel...... d. w. Brantley
David Darlington ...........L. J. Levy
Lieut. James Darlington .............
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Ernest Rotereau
Gustave Steinheimer ................
............................ j. Brantley
Play
Capt. Harry Peyton ...............
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. John P Taggart
Maj. John Calden........W w. S. Adams
Mr.. Valentine ........D. w. Brantley
Williams ................ r. j. Taylor
Cuff, a negro servant ..............
..,..................H H. A. Brantley
Sam, a negro servant......L. ]. Levy
Lieut. James Darlington .............
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Ernest Rotereau
First Red Coat............ Otto Collini
Second Red Coat. Ernest Rotereau
Molly .......... Miss Lillian Manucy
Miss Sally Williams s..................
Observation-Disclosures. Mrs. S. Epstein
Miss Elizabeth Phillips .........
.................... Miss Julia Epstein
This is not Mr.. Taggart's first ven
ture in the dramatic field. 1t will be
recalled that he presented a most in
teresting production of "Richlieu' last
year.
Ten Nights in a Barroom" was the
offering at yesterdays matinee and last
night. The company played at popular
prices, and the performance was well
put on. Good audiences witnessed both
performances and enjoyed the play.
Among those deserving especial men
ton are Louis Switzerland as Sample
Switched; Verna Marie as Little Mary;
w. n. Hommett as Joe Morgan: T. NJ.
Longuire as Howey Green, and Della
Harrison as Mrs. Morgan.
ne w dlCIl Lne 6nlne Dy Al. III.
Wilson. will be the attraction Friday
and Saturday nights and Saturday
ma tinee. This play has been well re-
ceived throughout its Southern tour,
and is always popular in Savannah.
There will be a special bargain matinee
Saturday. The sale of seats will begin
this morning.
Hermann. the magician, will be the
attraction Monday night. Hermann
always draws a large house in Savan-
nah 1t is announced that he is put
ting on everything new and is said to
be cleverer than ever
Some idea of the magnitude of Nixon
& Zimmerman's production of Miss
Bob White" which will be presented
Tuesday night may be CLEANED from
the fact that five cars are required to
transport the organization. Miss Bob
White" is the latest effort of Willard
Spenser. the composer and author of
The Little Tycoon" and The Prin-
cess Bonnie" and is styled a comedy
opera" The book is rural in theme,
and Miss Bob White" bears the same
relation to the comic opera stage as
The Old Homestead" does to the
dramatic The production here will
be identical in every particular as that
WHICH NttdA dNlCiANGQ lllS dDlC
run of 127 nights which was concluded
only last Saturday at the Chestnut
Street Theater. Philadelphia. Messrs.
Nixon & Zimmerman are fast becom-
ing the leading American comic opera
producers. In addition to Miss Bob
White their attraction include
Francis Wilson & Co. in "The Torea
dor now at the knickerbocker The
ater. New York; THE Messenger
Boy" with James Il. Powers. which
has just concluded a four months run
at Days Theater. New York city;
and The Strollers." now at the Illi-
nois Theater, Chicago. Their theaters
embrace the Chestnut Street Theater,
the Chestnut Street Opera House, the
Broad Street Theater, the Park The
ater and the Peoples Theater, Phila>
delphia; the Alvin Theater. Pittsburg;
the Academy of Music, Baltimore, and
a third ownership in the Knickerb booker
Theater, New York city. From this
one may judge as to the quality OF
the Nixon & Zimmerman attractions,
the first of which in Miss Bob
White" will be seen at the Savannah
Theater on next Tuesday night.
Miss Rosabel Morrison will be in Sa-
Vannah next month as Marguerite"
with her father. Lewis Morrison, in his
production of Faust" Miss Morrison
was last seen here in Children of the
GheitO"