The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-01
AT McDONALD'S.
Wednesday, Matinee and Night
 "Black Patti"

The weeks bill at the Montgomery Theatre is of unusually fine quality. The three attractions for the week are of special interest. Weber and Fields's "Hoity-Tuty" Ada Rehan and Otis Skin ner in The Tanning of the Shrew,' and George Sidney in Busy lZZy.'
 The famous New York musical comedy which ran the season out with Weber & Fields In the leading roles will be seen in two performances matinee and night. The company is one of the largest travelling organizations on the road. Over fifty people are in the organizatio and the ! chorus Is said to be, handsome in appear ! ance and tuneful of voice. The scenery and costumes are said to be the same used in the original New York produc- ton. They have been described as dag | zlingly beautiful"
 The combination of Miss Ada Rehan and Otis Skinner in ''The Tanning of Shrew" will attract the most cultured class of Montgomery's thestre- goers. It Is not of- ten that stars of such magnitude may be seen in one performance.
 Both of them stand in the front ranS of | their profession. They have each been distinguished by consistent, intelligent work, persistence in the pursuit of ideals.
 The stage accessories. it is confidently believed. will be magnificent. They were
  whose artistic taste and whose thorough- ness to detail made him famous above all other stage managers. It was in "Tfte Tanning of the Shrew'' that Miss Rehan | first displayed her remarkable ability. To l the many admirers Of Otis Skinner, un- questionably, finished, forcible actor his appearance as Petruchio will be an event of unusual interest.
 George Sidney comes to the theatre Fri | Aox x,ia xryifI 1l Izzy." He was here last season in the same entertainment and it is needless to say that the performance pleased. The company comes. 1t Is said, with improve | ments and innovations. Sidney is ire sistibly funny as the little Hebrew mer- chant His presentation of the role is really comedy of high order.
 One attraction comes to McDonald's for a matinee and night performance, Black Pattis Troubadours. The head of this or ganization, Sisseretta Jones, has vocal gifts of a remarkable order Her voice is of fine quality and her singing has at tracted much attention. She carries with her d company of black comedians that have always pleased. The melodious singing of the troubadours, their abandon in singing and fun-making make the per- formance an attractive novelty Wednes- day is their date at McDonald's.
 
 Weber G Fields "Hoity Toity."
 When the Weber & Felds production of their immensely successful musical com edy "Hoity Toity," opens for an engage ment at the Montgomery Theatre Tues day matinee and night. there will be many hearty laughs, more chuckles and still
 more smiles; there will also be a sense of
 pleased appreciation of the beautiful
 scenery, costumes and staging: also a
 number of things in the music that one
 can whistle. and when lone leaves the the
 atre whistling. 1t bodes good for musi-
 cal comedy. The book was written by
 Edgar Smith, and the music was written
 by John Stromberg. The chorus Is com
 posed of girls who are able to play parts and act; and the difficult and intricate | stage business and dances produced by that Napoleon of stage directors. Julian Mitchell, is sure to be rare treat It is frankly admitted that the plot will not
 be a strain upon ones intellect. but the hysterical comedy. tuneful music dag zling beauty of the fair sex, together with the beautiful costumes and scenery, will provide just the kind of an entertainment that lovers of musical comedy admire and desire
 The company is a large one, consisting of over fifty people and comprises a num- Der of we'll known Broadway favorites.
 Miss Rehan and Otis Skinner.
 Miss Ada Rehan and Otis Skinner under Liebler and Companys management comes to the Montgomery Theatre next Thursday night in an elaborate produc- tion of Shakespeare's delightful comedy, ''The Tanning of the Shrew.'
 Shakespearean revivals are always in- teresting and when they are made In the way Augustin Daily used to do them at his | New York Theatre they are instructive as well. MT. Daly never allowed either cost or labor to stand in his way when | he wished to put on one of the works of the Stratford Bard. The result was that Mir. Daly's Shakespearean productions were as nearly perfect as 1t Is possible to make them and they have never been equalled in artistic merit in this country. Miss Ada Rehan so long the leading wo- ! man Iof his company was his co-laborer in most of these presentations and after his death 1t was found that he had willed | to her most of the productions, scenery, | costumes and properties together with the prompt books which he himself had pre- pared. Miss Rehan has had them all carefully preserved and on her starring tour this season with Otis Skinner, an- other old Daily actor. she will use the production of "The Tanning of the | Shrew." The actress's new managers Liebler and Co.,, have had everything carefully gone over but 1t is surprising how little repairing or replacing has been necessary so carefully had everything been kept.
 The play will be presented by Miss Re han and Mir. Skinner practically exactly as it used to be done at Daly's and as 1 the company has been rehearsed by George Clark, long MT. Daly's stage man ager, the performances may very truth fully be called Daily revival.
 1 For their support such well known ac- tors as George Clark, Edwin Varrey, Jo- seph Weaver Gall former members of the Daily Company, Mabel Howard, Rather inc Everett and Kate Fletcher have been engaged.
 George sidney's "Busy Izzy." Funny George Sidney and his merry as- sociates will bring the second edition of their happy vehicle Busy lzzy, to the Montgomery Theatre Friday night. The coming of this attraction promises a genuine treat to lovers of the better class of musical farce comedy. Manager E. D. Stair, who has for years been the director of the Ward & Vokes Company, and who still directs the fortunes of the I organization, has followed the same lines in Busy Izzy' which have so positively won success in the case of Percy and Harold" George Sidney is a comedian of rare magnetism. Unpretentious in his efforts he has the art of getting directly to the heart of an audience, and then he goes about his work in his own peculiar way and wins. The company surrounding Sidney this year contains many of the