The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-24
AT THE THEATER

A most, entertaining show, was given
yesterday afternoon and last night nv
the Black Patti Troubadours. Some
excellent minstrel work was done in
the first part and the specialties in
the second We're all clever. The per-
formance closed with selections from
grand and comic opera by the Black
Patti and chorus. The singers were
excellently trained and the solos as
we'll as the ensembles were very good.
Constant and vociferous applause re-
warded the artists. The balconies were
crowded at both performances, and
there was a. fair-sized audience in the
orchestra.
AT to-day's matinee and tonight
Adelaide Thurston will be seen in her
new play, Polly Primrose" written
byrPaul Wilstach. A fact pointed out
by a theater-goer who was praisefully
reciting the charms of the perform.
ance, is all the characters in the
cast are supposed to be Southerners.
born below the line. In casting the
play the Messrs. Wilstach, instead Of
getting Northern-born and bred actors,
who would give an imitation of the
Southerner, engaged for the leading
parts sonly-~~those~. who were born, in.
the South. In this-way@t horror of
a dialect is. avoided, yet the thorough
ly patrician quality of q Southern lady
or gentlemens speech is naturally pres
sented. Miss Thurston brings all her
own. scenery and every particle of fur-S
niture.. which. includes a suite of co..
lonial mahogany of rare design. Poll
Iy Primrose" tells the story of a will
full and fascinating little Georgetown
miss in the days when that suburb of
Washington was of such social lmpor-
lance that the patricians of the older
town could afford to snub the national!
officials at the capitol. Polly is minx,s
and leads her audience as she does
her lovers. a merry race with her
FRANKS and didoes.
Monday night ]. C. Whitney will pre-
sent the opera When Johnny Comes
Marching Home" one of the big opera,
successes of last season in New York
The story, costumes, music and scenic
environments of the opera are all
strongly suggestive of the military life
of 1864 and IS. The humor of the story
finds expression in ludicrous situations
and witty dialogues without once de-
scending to horse play while the COM
poser has deftly interviewer strains of
the war songs and negro melodies pop
ular at that time, into his score, SO
that the military and patriotic atmo-.
sphere is preserved to a remarkable ex-,
tent. There are bits of every war song
of forty years ago with strains from
the old-fashioned negro. melodies in the
score of when Johnny Comes March
;,,o Tho 'f1nt lie times T0aln-
dramatic and the humor is of legiti-
mate chara cter, in which the music
plays a strong part. The entire pro-
duction, which is said to be one of the
most pretentious that has been given
a comic opera for some years, will be
the same as that which enjoyed a
four mouths run last winter at the
New York Theater. RS
Tuesday matinee and night, Marie
Wainwright will be seen as Viola in
Twelfth Night" Like Rosalind, Miss
Wainwright's Viola assumes male at
tire, but unlike Rosalind, she is wooed
by woman, while disguised as a boy;
Viola is in love with the Duke, who
in turn is in love with Olivia, who. as
fate will have it, is in love with Viola,
disguised as the youth Cesario. The
manner in which Miss Wainwright in
terprets Shakespeare's method of I'M
twining this triple love-snarl has made
her the worlds recognized exponent of
this character. The cast supporting,
Miss Wainwright in this revival Is
composed of ladies' and gentlemen, who,
like herself. are identified with this
wondrous comedy. For Twelfth
Night" is by no means a one-part play
Malyolio, Sir Toby Belch, Orsino. Sir
Andrew Ague-cheek, Olivia and Maria
are all-star parts. The sale Of seats
will begin this morning.
Wednesday night Ada Rehan and
Otis Skinner will be seen in Tanning
of the Shrew." Augustin DAILY was a
martinez behind the scenes and woe
hetide any actor who dared break one
of his rules. Even Hiss Rehan. the
leading lady, was not exempt from fine
as she found upon one occasion, at the
managers London theater. There 1t
was the rule for the members of the
company all to assemble in the green
room before the performance. and an
aver to a roll call. George Clarke.
who is with Miss Rehan and her CO.
star, Mr.. Skinner, was the stage man
ager and kept the register. On. the
evening IN question. Mr.. Clarke Tor
some reason or other was nervous, and |
wren he came to his own name on the
list he blurted it out just as he had
done the rest. There was no reply
and Mr.. Clarke promptly fined himself
81 for being late When Miss Rehan's
name was called. she answered "prss7
EMU but in a very low voice. and Mr.
Clarke exclaimed What's that
".Tust fine her 80 cents. She'll speak
up next time" came voice from the
doorway, where Mr. DAILY himself had
been enjoying the scene. And Miss
Rehan had to pay it, too. --.-----