The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-09
AT THE THEATER

The dramatic version by Otis Skin
ner and Aubrey Boucieault of Mary
Hartwell Catherwood's "Lazarre," was
the attraction last night. 1t is fine
production and thoroughly pleased the
large audience which literally ap-
plauded the star and his able support
throughout the five acts of the piece.
Mr.. Skinner responded to curtain call
at the conclusion of each drop of the
curtain. The time of the play is 1892
and 1898, during the Reign of Terror
in France, and on to a period some
twenty years after, dealing with
French history of the period
The story is of the son of Louis XVI,
known as 'Lazarre." who was sent to
America, and brought up as a men,
Der of the Mohawk tribe of Indians.
The scenes take him from the Indian
lodge at Lake George New York, to
| Paris. to Russia and back to Wiscon-
sin, where he is notified of mis- recall
to France to accept the crown at the
hands of the Bourbon Royalists. This
he declines in preference to the liberty
and freedom afforded him in America
T The play is composition of historic
events and romantic fiction, cleverly
constructed and withal interesting
Mr.. Skinner fills the title role of
'Lazarre," the Mohawk Indian by en-
| vironment and by birth Louis XVII,
| Bourbon prince and heir to the French
throne. His reading, is superb. marked
by a perfect enunciatiop. and fine stage
| manner
Walker Allen, Chas. b. Weiles, Mer-
wynn Dallas and Walter Lewis were in
trusted with major parts requiring
! ability to pleasingly portray the char
acters..
Maud Durbin, as Engle de Farrier,
was splendid. Her portrayal is an
| ideal one, combining rare grace and
tenderness. Nannette Comstock is
pretty and winsome actress. AS An
Mabel de Chaumont, she made a de-
cided hit. She is bright, vivacious and
unusually pleasing in this part.
The play was entertaining through
| out, deliberately staged, and one of
the best Of the good plays this season.
Old New England life back in the fif-
ties, when women wore cottage bon
nets and the men sported swallow tail
coats with brass buttons, has, strange
| to say, never been brought out on the
| stage except in that charmingly pic
turesque play The Village Postmas-
ter" Many of the old traditions and
institutions which are now only re-
membered by the oldest inhabitants,
such as general trainin day; the
minister's donation party threshing
| day on the farm, and the stirring
times during the election of Franklin
! Pierce, are most realistically brought
| out by Alice f. Ives and Jerome II .
Eddy, the authors of THE Village
| Postmaster. Miss Ives comes from
old New England stock the Lowell
family, and is authority on all things
pertaining to that cradle of liberty,
| New England THE Village Postmas-
ter will be the attraction at the the
alter Monday matinee and night, with
the same cast and production as given
for 227 nights in New York, 125 nights
in Chicago and 100 nights in Boston
The sale of seats for Creatore's band
concerts, Mile. de Lussan, and THE
/ Village Postmaster Will open this
morning. Creatore's concerts on Tues
day matinee and night will be two of
the musical events oftthe, season. The
i programmes will be made up largely
!. of grand Italian operate selections
II While the band plays everything with
unusual feeling, it seems only natural
that the Italian music should appeal
I.tO lilEll lHtt- I1OSI, ana IN
this particular they are scarcely to be
equalled. While the published pro-
grammes may not contain a large
number of pieces. these operate Sc
lectlons are mostly quite long, taking
in the beauties of the different, operas:
for instance the Carmen selection,
which is the one that created the best
impression in New York and was
probably cheered more than anything
oil It,snn fDxso ala Il, 1T
nights run, requires thirty minutes for
its performance. Another number
which has created the very deepest
| impression is Chopins Funeral March.
| This is perhaps very largely due to its
| familiarity and the fact that Creatore
bestows very much more care in it's
| playing than has heretofore been
4 heard. This was the favoTite music of
all at the Pittsburg Exposition during
| Creatore's stay there and there were
hundreds of requests for its repetition
| after it had once been heard.
Wednesday night Mile. de Lussan
will be heard in concert. 1t will be her
first appearance before a Savannah
! audience and much interest is being
| taken in her concert. The Buffalo Re-
| view says of a recent CONCERT in Buff
! faIo: lone of the largest audiences of
the season was. present to hear Mile.
| de Lussan, one of the leading artists
| of the continents, and her presence
Was one of the rarest treats afforded
| the people of Buffalo in some time.
Gracious and pleasing in her manner
| Mile. Lussan quite won the hearts of
her entire audience by her superb
| renditions She has an exceptionally
sw eet meZzo soprano voice and her Sc
| lections afforded it excellent oppor-
| tunities. She sang "Nobil- Signor," by
| Myerbeer, a selection from Carmen"
and a waltz song" by Puccini, be-
| sides responding to three eneores,
| quite more generous treatment than it
| is customary to expect from stars. She
was given a most enthusiastic recep-
4 ton and was most heartily applaud
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