The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-13
AT THE THEATER

and last night. The play is in four
acts, picturing life as it existed dur
ing the early SOS in New England 1t
introduces the usual characters of the
rural type, including the village post
master, who is generally at the head
of all affairs; the village lawyer, whose
denouement of good character loses
him the hand and heart of the post
masters daughter; the sexton of the
church; the very bad boy who creates
endless amusement; the naughty viii
lage girl with a penchant for display
ing her old-fashioned lingerie, and the
various sundry characters to be found
gracing the country store counters and
flour barrels.
The love tale that is carried through
the piece is pretty and ends happily,
as usual
The settings were typical of the time
and place and extremely realistic. In
all, the play is clean, wholesome and
refreshing, and was pleasing in its por-
trayal.
|. Tomorrow night Mile. Zelie de Lus-
san will be heard in Savannah for the
first time in song recital. A few
weeks ago she sang in Buffalo, N. Y,
| first number was "Nobil Signor dy
Meyerbeer," which she sang with all
the coloring and expression required
| by the composition. The trillS and
brilliant passages requiring grave ex-
ecution were admirably done, and
showed the singers perfect vocal
training. As an encore she sang
pretty selection, Rosy Morn" by
Landon Ronald. In this number she
displayed her ability to render dainty,
simple little things as well as the
heavier selections. Her next pro~
gramme number was a selection from
| BiZets Carmen" and the waltz song
Puccini's La Bohehe." In the Car
| men" selection Mile. de Lussan was at
her best. She is pre-eminently an ac-
tress and her rich, mellow voice lent it.
self readily to the dramatic selection.
| In the waltz song she sang coquet-
| tishly and with very pleasing express
| sion. Two encores were insisted up
on, to which Mile. de Lussan respond
ed, singing playful little song Come
| In and Shut the Door," and Love Is
a Bubble" by Francis Allison. Mile.
de Lussan's voice is rich in quality,
especially in the middle register. in
which so many singers are weak. Much
praise is due her accompanist, Angelo
| Fronani, who played with much finish
and a perfect understanding of the
singers interpretation.
Creatore and his band will give two
| concerts to-day, matinee and night. To
| those who have not seen Creatore and
heard his band this will be new
| sensation. There is no question of the
excellence of this music; but 1t is the
intensity of Creatores own musical
| personality which so greatly interests
| and attracts. He is a man of slight,
| almost frail, appearance, but with the
| air of an artist, long black hair, fail
| like arms and long, but well shaped
| hands and fingers. When he comes for
| ward to lead his band, he seems to be-
| come suddenly possessed of power, and
is transported, as it were, to realm of
| his own. He seems utterly oblivious
| of everything about him, save the mu-
sicians before him. He enters into the
| work of conducting with ardor and
agility. He throws his arms and head
| about with an abandon which is
| astonishing, moving about among the
| musicians, threatening, imploring, in
| spring them to play their best. The
only really gDotesque thing about the
| performance is the way his hair flies
| in all directions during the swaying
| of his body in his frenzy at a great
| forte or climax, He uses no music
| score, as everything is retained in his
| memory. The attention that Creatore
| attracts and the audiences he draws
| are most unusual. He was the con-
| tinued success of the summer and fall
season in New York city, and during
| his two weeks engagement at the
| Pittsburg Exposition, in September, all
records of fourteen years, for attend
ance, were broken, while the music
| lovers paid him the greatest homage.
| All roads will laad IN tho thaatra
Saturday matinee and night for the
| lovers of filn, frolic and mirth. The
| attraction is "Peck's Bad Boy" The
| cast includes Miss Lottie Dwyer, the
natural born bad boy; Mr.. George Bar
| low, for the port of Schultz the grocer;
| Joe Mack, late of Fiddle Dee Dee; Ed
| Dwyer, Charles and Nettie Belldown,
| Bessie Tyler, Fay Temple, Maud Now
son. The musical part of the perform
ance will be under the direction of
Mr.. Herman Strauss, late of Byrnes
Bros. Eight Bells and "Hanlon's
Superba." One of the leading musical
| features is the famous Travesty Sex
| tett, in a short travesty on Florodora,
which is conceded by everybody to be
| the neatest and prettiest scene on the
| stage this season.
The sale of seats will open Thurs
| day morning at 9 o'clock. The matt
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| and night prices 10, 20, 80, and so cents.
Stuart Robsons revival of 1.-The
| Comedy of Errors is one of the lead
| ing events of the season. Mr.. Robson
always draws a large audience from
his admirers In Savannah but if the
receptions in other cities are carried
out here, his engagement next Mon
| day night will be notable one. 1t
has been many years since theatre
goers have had the opportunity of see
ing Mr.. Robson as the Dromio of SYRIA
cuse, one of his most delightful comedy
presentations, and, his coming ap-
pearance is of greatly added interest.
Seats go on sale Friday morning at
o'clock.
New York is interested to-day in the
benefit to Georgia Cayvan, who for
several years has been confined in a
sanitariurm at Flushing, N. Y, hope
| lessly ILL., All of the leading managers,
| actors and actresses are cooperating
in the arrangements for the benefit, at
the Broadway Theater. Weeks ago
every available seat had been sold,
netting $4,000, while subscriptions
poured in from miany sources, includ-
ing $500 from Mr.. and Mrs. George
| Go1lld. 5000 from Joseph Jefferson, $500
from William Gillette and $500, from
Henry Miller. Among the prominent
players, who. contribute their services