The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-09

comedian, will be seen III tne ieeue
of THE Messenger Boy In It's nrst APP
pearance here Saturday. Deshon wiz De
remembered as the clever little comedian
,,,ho vas here last seas IN In Miss Bob
White"
..The Messenger Boy enjoys a rare
degree of popular favor in London. IL
had there a run of nearly two seasons:
The musical comedy will be presented
here with a company of sixty people.
sam Hirscher, of Hirscher Brothers,
managers of the Theatre, said last hish'
that an effort was making to secure
matinee Saturday from the management
of the company presenting THE Messeh-
ger Boy and he hoped the negotiations
would be successful.
H.rscher Brothers feel a just pride on
their offerings for this week. The season
thus far at the Theatre has been most
successful and the attractions have heen
better than any season, petore-
Tuesday Night, "san Toy"
The f.b,nese- English musical comedy,
gan Toy" which Is to be presented az
the Montgomery Theatre Tuesday night
by the Augustin Daily Musical Comedy
Company IS no doubt one Of the very
best of this class or plays. 1t had long
runs both In London and New york, ana
has been pretty generally voted the dam
test and most captivating of all imported
musical pieces.
san Toy. or the Emperor's Own" Is in
two acts. book by Edward Morton. lyrics
by Harry Greenbank and Adrian ROSS
score by Sidney Jones, with five numbers
by Lionel Monckton.
The story Is that San Toy. the daughter
Of Yen How. q mandarin. Is passed on
in order
to keep her out of the Emperor's house
hold. San Toy, however. falls In love
with the son of the British consul, and
the Emperor, learning this. suspects that
all Is not right, and summons San Toy
and her father to court. After NUMBER
of entangiements the Emperor finds out
the truth, but permits San Toy to marry
her Englishman, after all.
From first to last the story Is said to
be well told and to abound in clever sit
uations, the lyrics being particularly
bright and singable. Fun has neen scat
tered In with lavish hand. and yet there
are few comic operas with half as much
real worth In their books az IS found In
this musical comedy,
sidney Jones has the ability to write
melodies that are delightful. even catchy
without following the tinkle-tinklc airs
that abound In most of the modern must.
cal plays. There are a number of songs
in waltz rhythm and of course some typi'
cal Chinese effects. but neither predomi'
nate to too great an extent. Lone
Monckton has also contributed OF his pest
and all Ave of his songs will be found de-
lightful.
Among the best of the musical numbers
may be mentioned, In the first act. the
songs Love Has Come From Lotus
Land and 1.-The Lady's Maid" the duets
| "A, B. c." when You Are Wed To Me,
and "samee Cameo the quartette
''Pynka Pong" THE Six Little Wives
and the beautiful concerted number, "Tht
Moon" In the second act Mr.. Moncktor
has written the songs. Chinese Sojel
Man." "Rhoda and Her Pagoda," ant
Its Nice to Be Boy" as well as the
| quartette. Back to London" Other goot
numbers in this act are "Pletty Litte'
| Chinee." The Little China Maid" The
| Emper Jr's own" and topical song with
some real wit in its line, II Mean to In
| troduce 1t Into China"
There Is but one company playing "Sar
| Toy" the original Augustin Daily comedy
which is to be seen here and which origi
| nally produced the play at Days Thea
tire. New York. Among the people whc
will present 1t are Samuel Collins. George
f.. Fcrtescuc. Sarony Lambert, Hobar
Smors. Magic Barry. Joseph Cauto, Elgit
Bowen, Nellie Lynch. Norah I.a~lhert
Jsobel Hall and a large chorus number
ing in all over sixty-five people.