The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-15
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phine Sherwood, Etta Kingsley and George Elliot and Mrs. Adelaide Ober.
 George Ober untook the part of Smith and exhibited great cleverness.
 ''The company contains a young and promising actress in Miss Etta Kings ley. Her Julia" was an indication that she will be heard from in bigger company before long,
 Wills in "A Son of Rest"
 The attraction at the Montgomery The atre Friday night is Nat M. Wills, the merry tramp of vaudeville fame who is this season displaying his peculiar tal- ents in the musical comedy field, offer ing the play "A Son of Rest"
 From all accounts Mir. Wills seems to have started on a career of success through the medium of this play which will. in all probability, end in his being classed as an attraction of the first call ibre. His engagements have been con- fined to the principal cities of the coun- try, and he Is there said to have struck the keynote of prosperity, in fact having already played return engagements in many of the larger cities and Is booked for his third term in one of the big met ropolitan playhouses.
 The management is said to have been extremely liberal in surrounding MT. Wills with first class equipment scenic ally and a large and exceedingly capable company to aid him. A well trained and pleasing to look upon chorus being quite feature. The latest creation of the mod iste and dress-builders art have been drawn upon to garb the female conting- ent which number some forty pretty girls and these adjuncts will no doubt aid muchly in rendering the stage pictures pleasingly effective.
 MT. Wills in the character of Hunt ing Grubb" presents his well known ap- pearance when he first enters upon the scene and his entrance upon the stage, we are told, is the most ridiculous that has ever been given to any player. His creation of the Weary Willie" type is said to be a characterization that is a study and a caricature in one, and the grotesque situations and the difficulties in- to which he gets will be found gracefully awkward and pleasing. He has a num- Der of musical parodies and pretty songs, chief of which Is one "The Smile That Won't Come Off," a military march termed General Fourhush," and a tilt ing melody, "If She'd Only Let Me Sleep an Hour More" Others quite as inimit- able follow.
 The cast that supports MT. Wills con- tains such bright players as Sussanne Rocamora, Al Lemar, Alene Colin, George E. Murphy, Mona Wynne. Thomas J.. Grady, Georgia Irving. Edward Hayes, the Misses Fislxe, Marlowe and Elliott, and the clever liliput, known as little Ga briel.
 Plays and Players.
 Joseph Hart and Carrie de Mar con- tinue to do a large business in Foxy Grandpa"
 In Edward c. Whites new production, ''The Triumph of an Empress" Mildred Holland will be seen as Catherine the Great of Russia.
 Wilton Lackaye and his company pre- sented Charming Pollock's dramatization of Frank Norriss novel. 'The Pit" for the first time on any stage last Monday night at Hartford, Conn. The production is one of the most important of the sea- son, and 1t will be watched with much in- terest.
 Aubrey Boucicault has scored an un- qualified hit in Theodore Burt Sayre's S play, Captain Charlie" The piece is a comedy of the time of Waterloo. and pic turesque settings show scenes in rural France, Spain and England.
 way Down East" by virtue of the fact that three companies have been playing 1t continuously for seven years, has had more performances than either ''The old Homestead" or Monte Cristo." The to- tai number of these performances is about s.72o.
 "A Pair of Pinks'' is the title of the new Ward & Vokes fun treat to be seen at the Montgomery Theatre soon. For the past ten years these favorite comedians