The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-11-06
AT THE THEATER

There was a good attendance at the
theater last night to see the Stage
Struck Girl by the Gagnon-Polloek
Stock Company. 3ht
The illustrated songs, rendered by
the stereoptican, the orchestra and Mr..
Bert Gagnon, vocalist are a pleasing
feature of each performance. Tony
Castellane, the trick cycle rider, re-
ceived liberal applause for. his turn
last night He is a wonder on wheels,
and one of the best trick riders seen
here recently.
Brother Against Brother" will be
put on at the matinee to-day, and at
night the offering will be the most
thrilling of the company's repertoire,
Harry Tracy, the Outlaw" The an
nouncement yesterday that there
would be no matinee to-day was an
error. The usual matinee will be
given.
1.-The Messenger Boy will be pre-
scented tomorrow night with the same
careful detail that characterized its
run at Days Theater, in New York.
and with all of the scenery and cos
entertainment. The book is witty,
terse and cumulative in humorous sit
uations and embodies the best skill of
James T. Tanner and Alfred Murray.
The lyrics are by Adrian Ross and
Percy Greenbank, who wrote the
bright verses for San Toy and the
music is by Ivan Caryll and Lionel
Monckton, both famous for their
catchy compositions which have st
tracted so much attention during the
last eight years Nothing quite so
tuneful and melodius from their pens
has been heard as the score furnished
for this production: The piece is pre-
scented i'll two acts and four scenes.
The locale of the scenes is the Hotel
de Luxe, Thames Embankment, a
steamship pier at Brindisi and the city
of Cairo. The company numbers six
ty people, among them many artists
who are well known in this city, and
an auxiliary corps of attractive young
women. The name part is played by
Frank Deshon, the most popular come
dian in America, and in the role of
Tommy Bang, the messenger boy, he
will have the best character in which
he has yet been seen.
Bailey Avery. representing the we'll
known theatrical manager, F. G. Whit
ney, and Manager Seeskind have been
holding some spirited arguments on
the subject of prices to be charged
for the Grace Cameron Opera Com
pany, which is booked to produce the
comic opera, "A Normandy Wedding"
next Monday and Tuesday. Mr. Sees
kind has been trying to convince Mr.
Whitney's agent that because the en-
gagement is for two nights he should
not insist upon the $3.50 price for the
best seats, that he has heretofore
charged. Mr.. Avery, however, has in
sisted that as he has always charged
$3.50 for the best seats, and also be-
cause the expenses of the company are
$525 a day, that he cannot afford to
lower them, unless Mr.. Seeskind would
guarantee him that his share would
at least cover the daily expenditure.
The matter has been finally adjust
ed, however, by Mr.. Avery telegraph
ing Mr.. Whitney, who answered that
Mr.. Seeskind's judgment in the mat
ter would be satisfactory to him. The
prices for this engafxment will be from
% cents to 81, and at the special mat
inee that Mr.. Seeskind was able to in
duce Mr.. Avery to give on Tuesday af-
ternoon, the usual popular 25 and so
cents
Miss Cameron will doubtless be re-
membered as having been seen here
last season as the prima donna of the
Foxy CUTLER" Company and in "A
Normandy Wedding she has an OPP
portunity to display much more fully
than she did then the exquisite quail
ity of her high soprano voice as well
as her exceptional talent as an actress
The company is a large one, number
ing fifty people, and the production is
said to be the same as that used in
New York.