The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-08-22
Next Seasons
Plays.
Manager Seesktnd's An
nouncement for the
Opening.

Manager W. B. Sseeskind of the Sa-
vannah Theater reached Savannah last
night from a tour of the Southern
Theatrical Circuit. He will personally
direct the changes in the interior Of
the theater, which are now in prog
ress and which will be completed m
time for the opening next Friday
night when Chris and Lena" will be
presented.
One of the changes which Manager
Seeskind had in contemplation last
season and which will be made at
once is the raising of the last few
rows of seats in the orchestra. Be
ginning with row NJ, the seats will
be raised back TO the last row, so as
to give an unobstructed view of the
stage from every part of the floor
This will be one of the most appre
ciated improvements that could be
made. There will be a number of other
changes in the interior, and when the
theater opens next Friday night its
patrons will see a redecorated play
house.
Manager Seeskind says Savannah
theater-goers will have a brilliant sea-
son. Many new attractions are on the
books, and practically all of the old ia
vorites are coming again. Mr.. Seeskind
spent most of the summer in New York,
after a short trip West. After a few
days at Rockbridge Alum Springs this
month, he went over the Southern Cir
nd ic ~, fo hn
season.
Following the opening play. will be
"McFadden's Row of Flats" in a new
dress on Sept. 5. Then will come Tim
Murphy" The Telephone Girl" Black
Patti. THE Devils Auction" and Muir
ray and Mack, with a company of fif-
ty people in "A Night on Broadway"
The number of attractions booked so
far as fully as great as the number
booked for all of last season.
Manager Seeskind will pursue the
same policy that he did last year in
lending his personal ndorse-
ment to such attra 3tions,
are all that patrons of the theater de-
sire. People relied thoroughly last sea-
son on this guarantee of the manager,
and it added l~."gely to the patronage
of the theater~ With a class of people
who do not attend every play that
comes along
During October some of the best at
fractions of the season will be here,
and in November the winter season
will have begun. Mrs. Bruno
Will appear later in F.
Marion Crawford's romance lorna"
Al G. Fields minstrels are old-time
favorites. Then comes the hot old
timers, The Rays" Charles B. Han
ford in Tanning of the Shrew;" Frank
Daniels in Miss Simplicity" Virginia
Drew Prescott in "Strathmore:" Jan
ice Meredith" The Colonial Girl"
Adelaige Thurston and Paul Gilmore
both in new plays; Dave Warfield in
comic opera THE Messenger Boy"
which ran last season out in New
York; Grace Cameron in the comic
opera, THE Normandy Wedding"
the t1agedians, James and Warde; S.
Miller Kent in The Cowboy and
Lady" and then the comic opera,
san Toy The Gordon-Chary
Grand Opera Company; white Slave"
Rose Coghlan, Howard Kyle, w. H.
Crane, Marie Dresser, start Eonscn
IGtfie Ellsler. AL II. Wilson, Lewis
Morrison. Hermann, The Bostonians,
Primrose and Dockstadar's MINISTRIES
tlorodora, Arizona" Village
Postmaster" Vests MINISTRIES. and Joe
Jefferson.
OF the opening attraction Manager
Seeskind said that 1t is all right The
company is made up of well-known
people. and the comedians are favor
lies with lovers of comedy and farce.
Il feel sure" said Manager Seeskind,
that the company will not fail to re-
peat its former successes in Savan-
nah"
Tim Murphy, who will come along
soon, is an artist without question.
THE Telephone Girl has an array of
pretty girls with it and the costumes
ana scenery are up to date. Manager
Seeskind has seen to it that the early
attractions of the season are good
ones and that the Theater's reputation
Is fully Sl1sfa lined