The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-02-05
, AT THE THEATER.

AT THE THEATER.
The Una Clayton Company presented
The French Ball" last night to a de-
lighted audience. The ludricous situa-
tions Throughout the play kept the au-
dience laughing from the time the cur
tain went up until 1t went down.
The speeialties of Miss Clayton, Mr..
Whittier, Billie Myers and the Prentice
trio are whole show themselves,
= The bill for to-day's matinee is Nell
Gwynn." The following is the cast:
King Charles II, Francis Morey.
Strings, formerly of the Kings or
chestra, Frank Whittier.
Duke of Buckingham, Guy Hitner.
James. Duke of York, Harry Lane.
Jack Hart, actor manager of the
Kings Theater, ]. c. Lindemere.
Landlord of the Blue Boar Inn, Harry
Prentice.
Dick, call boy at the Kings Theater,
James Leftwich.
Swallow, constable to his majesty,
H. Lane.
Buzzard, Ray Keyes.
Page, Ed. Daily.
Moll, an orange girl, Anna Prentice.
Lady Hamilton, Amy Ince.
Louise. Duchess of Portsmouth, Car
RE Louis
Una Clayton, as Nell Gwynn, actress
at the Kings Theater.
Huntsmen, actors, lords and ladies at
the Kings court.
Tonight the company will present
THE Dangers of New York.
Arizona" will be the attraction to-
morrow night. When Augustus Thorn
as decided to write play whose scenes
and people should be taken from the
picturesque southwestern territory of
Arizona. he was not obliged to study
up" or travel for the sake of local
color" Thomas is a native of the
state of Missouri, which he has already
given stage portraiture, but he is also
an ex-Arizonian. Some years ago
when the market for brains in West
ern newspaperdom was rather dull
Thomas, then the kid reporter" on
the Kansas City Star followed the star
of Empire West by South, and became
a cow-puncher on Fraser's ranch in
the Aravaipa valley. He lived among
the scenes and. people of that pictur-
esQue region for two or three years
and absorbed atmosphere" and local
color" enough to fit out several plays,
and dozen magazine sketches in the
bargain.
The legion of Sousa admirers in this
city will rejoice in the announcement
of the early coming of the March
King" and his men. and cordial well
come home after their British triumphs
awaits these representative American
musicians. Sousa will give such an
other concert as those that delighted
London, when he appears on Tuesday
matinee and night.
Maud Reset Davies, soprano; Doro-
thy Hoyle, violiniste, and Arthur Pry-
or, trombone, are the soloists.
Seats will go on sale Friday morning
at o'clock.
Next Wednesday the Four Cohans
in THE Governors Son" will be the
attraction Z. Whimsical in conception
and drolI in development is the theme
of THE Governors Son." the new mu-
steal farce which George M. Cohan has
written. No piece of recent years Is
said to have had so many laugh-in-
citing entanglements or such a deft
arrangement of comic episodes.
The Governors son meets a bride in
distress. She is looking for her recent
ly acquired husband who had gone
out to get drink and forgotten to re-
turn. With this fresh in his mind,
the young fellow comes in contact at
the hotel with mature couple who
are on their bridal tour. He does not
see them together and concludes that
the elderly bridegroom is the absent
minded husband OF whom he had
heard. AS result of this interference
the husband is led to believe that his
wife has another husband, while his
bride is convinced that he has another
wife.
Then the missing man turns. up and
the Governors son makes confusion
worst confounded by telling him that
he Is not the only one who has a claim
upon his partner. Determined to
find the other fellow, the husband as
sumes a disguise and goes through
the whole piece looking for himself.
AS an additional source of perplexity
an Irishman the Governor and his sec
rotary, are at different times supposed
to be married to a dashing widow.
In short, the worthy son of the Gov
ernor is a terrible infant grown up
who finds trouble for everyone whom
he meets.
In the handling of the plot Author
Cohan keeps the audience in his con-
fidence at all times. Hence, while the
more enmeshed in the complications the
vulsed by the confusion.
The action is rapid, the lines snappy,
the characters clearly drawrfFand the
construction skillful. In the interpre-
tation of the piece. the talented Cohans
have the aid of big and well balanced
company put together by the expert
anoad hand IF Mana I. q Rahu1an