The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-19
AT THE THEATER

One of the cleverest plays yet given
by the Payton Sisters Comedy Com
pany was its production last night of
Filtration, or Love at Long Branch"
Spicy and interesting incident was
not lacking, as was to be expected
from the title, and a varied cast of
characters was introduced including
such a diversity of personages as a
young wife, a gossip, a young hus-
band, a reporter a lawyer, and a bo-
gus lord. The play was in four acts
opening and closing at Long Branch
The company is one of the best that
has appeared here recently at popular
prices and those who witness it's pro-
ductlons find them. very enjoyable.
The next performance will be 'kath-
leen MaVourneen" at the matinee to-
morrow. Tomorrow night the bill
will be Bound by an Oath"
Hello Bill will be the attraction at
to-day's matinee and again tonight.
For the benefit of those who do not
know what Hello Bill" is, it is a legit-
innate comedy of the Hoytian type,
with no suspicion of the variety horse
play element, the characters are all
life, and the lines and situations are
said to possess a brightness worthy of
the efforts of the best comedians. The
plot tells of the adventures, or rather
misadVentures, of William Fuller, who,
on the eve of his marriage, is caught
i'll a raid on a gambling house, and
finds sixty days in jail staring him in
the face. How to- explain to his
ide-tobe why he must leave her at
the altar and absent himself for two
months is a pretty hard nut for the
luCkleSS BIZ to crack, and the man.
ner in which he solves the problem.
The company presenting the play this
season comprises Miss Margaret Dale
Owen, Miss Pauline Hickler, Miss Mil
dred Claire, Miss Kathryn Vincent,
Miss Marion Kirby, Mr.. S. S. Wiltsie,
Mr.. Arthur l.. Cogliser, Mr.. Frank T.
Glenn, Mr.. Gideon Burton. Mr.. Robert
Watt and Mr.. James NJ. Macdonald,
who has been especially engaged to
assume the leading comedy role of Will
| liam Fuller. The matinee prices are:
Orchestra, so cents, reserved; balcony,
adults, so cents; children. 25 cents adj
| mission; regular prices at night.
Are You a Mason?" which will be
presented Monday night, with John c.
Rice and Thomas A. Wise as co-stars,
| is an adaptation from the German.
! The piece, which had it's original pro-
| duction at Wallack's Theater New
| York, is credited with being the fun
| niest of its class since THE Private
| Secretary" and "Charley's Aunt
The story of the comedy turns upon
the adventures of a young man, who
has been having a gay time in New
! York while his wife has been away
| for the summer months, during which
| time he has been under surveillance by
a sharp maid furnished by his mother
| in-law. His wife's sudden return
forces him to explain his late evenings
by the declaration that he has become
a Mason and has been attending his
lodge. The idea is suggested by the
supposed fact that his father-in-law is
| grand master of Masons and that
! his mother-in-law has urged him to
! join the order. The deception serves
for time, but it appears that the
father-in-law is not really a Mason.
! He has pretended to be so for twenty
years in order to get off weekly to a
| quiet game of poker. This is the basis
| of the play as revealed by the first act.
| All the remainder arises from the sit
! uations that result from an attempt to
| maintain the double deception. The
| sale of seats will open Friday morning.
! The prices are: Orchestra, $3.50 and
| 81. 90; balcony. IS and so cents, and
| gallery IS cents.
All lovers of the romantic drama will
| be delighted to learn that Gertrude
| Coghlan will be seen in "Alice of Old
| Vincennes' at Tuesday matinee and
night. Alice, as seen in the play, is
a dashing, sparkling and magnificent
young heroine. confronting dangers and
difficulties with high spirits, courage
and triumphant roguery. The scenic
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| last season in New York, and the orig
inal production will be brought here
complete. Among the supporting COM
pany are such we'll known actors as
! David NJ. Murray. Sidney Irving, Jo-
seph Cusack, Madge Douglass, Beatrice
Foster, Walter Cooke, Joseph Clea-