The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-11
neWs Of tbe Stage
MONTGOMERY THEATRE.

MONTGOMERY THEATRE. Monday Night-"way Down East" Tuesday Matinee-"A Stranger in New York"
 Tuesday Night-"A Trip to China town"
 Wednesday Matinee and Night
 Human Hearts"
 Thursday Night-"When Johnny
 Comes Marching Home"
 Friday Night-Virginia Drew Tres
 colt in "Satania." Here's another batch of good things at the Montgomery Theatre for this week. The list covers nearly every character of stage entertainment. There is rural drama, comedy, straight, farce and musical; melodrama, and society drama
 William A. Brady's much discussed rural comedy "Way Down East" opens the week and a good company is prom ised
 Tuesday matinee and night Hoyt's comedies will be presented by practically the same company that was here last sea- son when 1t was regarded as extraordi- nary that such excellent entertainment could be produced at reduced prices. Jack Campbell heads the company, which is large. and he is a comedian of rarely good quality.
 Hal Reids intensely soul-stirring drama Human Hearts," seen here several times before, comes for two performances Wednesday.
 Of course the whole town will go to see Mir whitney's big musical company in When Johnny Comes Marching | Home" which is really one of the best things of the year. The Southern flavor | the hoop skirted girls, the military music and the originality of the story make it a rare entertainment
 | Virginia Drew Prescott a capable young | actress who gave us "Strathmore" last season will close the theatrical week with Mark Swans new society drama | 'Satania."
 "Way Down East" William A. Bradys production of Way
 Down East" which will be presented at | the Montgomery Theatre Monday night | is a story of homely country life in New
 England, and it has all the virtues and
 simplicity in the telling to make a great and enduring play. There are types of character in it which are familiar to every | one.
 l The author, Lottie Blair Parker, and | her collaborator Joseph R. Grismer, have succeeded in painting them true to life. | The play has moments of real dramatic | intensity, and genuine heart interest. Nor is the comedy element wanting. In fact the very nature of the characters | insure humor. Such creations as Hi Holler' the chore boy. "The Town Con- stable,' Martha Perkins the gossip. and
 Seth Holcomb" cannot but insure en- joyment.
 It is a play which has met with un- qualified approval of all classes and is palpably worthy of the praise as attested | by it's great hold upon the public.
 Hoyt's Two Greatest Plays. Two of the late Charles Hoyt's most successful comedies will be presented at the Montgomery Theatre Tuesday at matinee "A Stranger in New York; will
 be the attraction and at night, "A Trip to Chinatown" will be seen. ! Although these plays are wholly dis similar. they are written on the same 1 general lines. and it is claimed that they are the most representative of all the
 Hoyt plays. They both contain some clever satire, plenty of good character sketches. and the skllful comminglng of 1 the most absurd happenings with every 1 day occurrences. Some of the raciest
 lines from Hoyt's pen are in these plays The presenting of two such plays by | the same company is a new departure. | but it has met with general favor and
 has been a big success. | The scenic production. music, songs | dances and vaudeville features of each
 play, it is claimed by the management | are entirely separate and distinct-noth- ing duplicated while the music and songs are the latest successes of popular | authors.
 l The company Is large and carefully selected one, and Is said to be fully up
 to the requirements of these plays
 Human Hearts" Wednesday.
 The powerful and impressive me,odrama | Human Hearts" comes to the Mont ] gomery Theatre Wednesday matinee and night.
 Human Hearts" has been firmly estab- interesting of modern dramas. The author. Hal Reid. has long been famous as playwright, but in the present in- stance, he has surpassed all his former efforts. For ingenuity, strength and | brilliancy, Human Hearts, Is a marvel of stage craft. done by master hand in stage adroitness.
 | Mir Reid has poured out his entire store of theatric knowledge in this play He has produced work of magnificent pos abilities for a melodramatic public. The characters are finely drawn, the dialogue is crisp, the human interest is all ab- l hn iG .1,ay ,i7 tlo