The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-11-22

by Norman Hackett, Wadsworth Har-
ris, Margaret Bourne, Thomas, Coffin
Cooke and Engel Sumner.
| The production which is in line with
| all the dramatic spectacles of Managers
! Wagenhals and Kemper, consists of
six elaborate stage settings, either one
of which would exceed the average
scenic equipment carried by touring
companies.
Viola Aliens Italian Garden in
Twelfth Night"
Prof. George Walter Dawson, of the
| University of Pennsylvania, and an au-
thority on Italian gardens, made the
design for Olivias Garden one of the
most important scenes in Twelfth
Night" which Viola Allen is to present
in Savannah next month.
This garden scene, in all of the pre-
tentious productions of Twelfth
Night" has been the important scene
of the play. Italian and Landscape
gardening is an art in itself and as
Miss Aliens production of the play
| pert assistance has been found advan-
tageous This Olivia's Garden, by
Emmens, from Mr.. Dawson's drawings,
is said to be a fine scene, the most
elaborate ever made of this, the most
important scene of Twelfth Night"
Among the most pretentious engage
ments coming to the theater this sea-
son will be that of Shubert and Nixon
| and Zimmerman's production of "A
| Chinese Honeymoon" The company
is an unusually large one, composed
of the best players, singers and dan
GERS.
Quinlan and Wall Minstrels will be
seen shortly at the theater.
THE Royal Lilliputians" will be in
Savannah shortly.
Nat c. Goodwin is Boston born, and
is now 46 years old. He wishes it to
be understood that he was neither the
| fore nor the hind legs of the heifer
in "Evangeline," but did the second
comedy role in that famous Rice ex-
| raVaganZa-"Captain Dietrich" and
made a great hit with Augustus
Thomas comedy, ''In Mizzoura" Then
came his David Garrick, THE Nom
inee," and "a Gold Mine" In 1898 he
was the Sir Lucius O'Trigger in the
| a1-star presentation of THE Rivals"
1t was soon after this that Maxine
Elliott Joined his company for the
Australian tour, and on their return
they were married. their first joint
starring venture being in "An Ameri-
can Citizen" The last vehicle in which
they were associated was THE Altar
of Friendship"
The ovation given Maude Adams on
the opening performance of The Pref
ty Sister of Jose" at the Empire The
alter in New York, will be long re-
membered in the theatrical world. Miss
Adams is far and away the most pop
ular actress on the American stage to-
day The Pretty Sister of Jose" is
said to abound in bright scenes and
entertaining situations. and Miss
Adams. with her winsome smile and
magnetic Inannerisms, is capturing the
hearts of her audiences. Miss Adams
has surrounded herself with a COM
pany of artists.
A dramatization of Kipling's Light
| That Failed" is running at the Knick-
erbocker in New York, with Forbes
Robertson and Gertrude Elliott carry
| ing off honors. They scored a great
success in London, and opened their
season in Buffalo. where praise unlin-
tied was given them. A long and sue
cessfu1 run is predicted.
Miss Maxine Elliott has created a
sensation in her new play. Her Own
Way" On Wall street the other day,
the following conversation was heard:
| George arrived from England this
morning and I am going to take him
to see Maxine Elliott tonight" DO"
replied the speakers companion; 'T am
sure nothing on the boards can please
| him quite as much as Her Own Way"
| and similar comments are heard on an
sides. Miss Elliott's beauty alone is
enough to attract crowded houses, but
| added to that are her costumes, said
! to be the handsomest seen on the
| American stage, and an excellent sup
port, make Standing room only a
frequent occurrence.
Grace Van Studdiford in 1.-THE Red
Feather" is attracting crowds to the
New Lyric Theater. The Red Feath-
err is a comic opera, unlike the comic
| operas of modern days. 1t abounds in
Wit, humor and musical brightness
| The following wen known names APP
pear in the cast: Grace Van Studdi-
| ford. Elise De We're, Olive Celeste
Moore, Lillian Seton. Margaret Hub
bard Aver, Floye Redledge, Louise Hol-
| lister. Dean B. Dulany Cora Tracey,
| Daisy r. F'uguet, Mona Desmond, Nina
| Rudolph, Grace Kimba1l, Dorothy May
| nard, George l., Tallman, Stanley Haw-
kins, Thomas @. Seabrooke. Louis
Casavant. F. Stuart Hyatt, Benjamin,
| Thomas Il. Whitbread, Myron P.
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nor, ]. Frank Gibbons, Fred j. Titus,
| Charles Fftz. Messrs. Brown and
| Speck.
| Theaters COmpany's Long Trip.
| Philadelphia is to be made the start
| ing point of one of the longest theatre
| cal Jumps" on record, according to
an announcement made in New York
| by Charles Frohman. The journey will
be taken by the company playing THE
Three Little Maids" The destination
is to be Sydney. Australia. The COM
pany is now at the Garden Theater, in
| New York. After a stay of six weeks
the piece will be taken to Philadelphia.
where a start will be made for San
! Francisco.
| The party will number fifty-one peo-
| pie, and the Jump" is to take thirty
| days. Not only will it be the longest
ever made by a Theatrical company
| in this country, but also the most ex-
4 pensive. The fare for each of the ff-
| ty-one members of the company from
| Philadelphia to Sydney and back to
San Francisco is $720. The scenery will
| also be taken along, although the ex-
| pense of transporting it will be more
| than it cost. The company will STAY
| in Sydney and Melbourne four months.
The BurgOmaster Next Week.
The tuneful airs of THE Burgomas-
| ter" will be heard at the theater Dec
| 3, when the musical comedy will be
| seen with cOnDanV of eli ,DooxI.