The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-30
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son, Mark Ellsworth, Charles N. Lum. Thomas J. Quinn, Warren Conlan, John L. Saphore and Cyril Young, in all a company of twenty-five will be carried. The scenery for Miss Kennedy's produc- ton will be complete in every detail and is being built by Moses X Hamilton, the famous scenic artists, of the Broadway Theatre, New York. Miss Kennedy's cos tunes will be designed by Dazian, the we'll known costumer of Paris and New York. Klew 6 Erlanger are booking the route which will include the leading cities of the South, where Miss Kennedy made a hit last season in Captain links of the Horse Marines
 Heralded as a war story, without gum powder and carnage written solely from Confederate standpoint, and yet as a play so gigantically constructed that in New York City last season 1t ran at the Criterion Theatre for over a hundred nights. comes George W. Gables The Cavalier" The scene of this romantic story is laid in and around Hazelhurst, Miss, at period when some of the tru- est women and bravest men in the South clustered together in defense of a prin- cipl which was thought right. Sex. na- tionality and creed joined in the common cause of self-preseryation. With such background, the immense possibilities of the romancer can be imagined .and MT. Cable has availed himself of every pos sible opportunity. Hence a play of such merit that it is virtually Southern classic.
 That todd fellow Harry Beresford, who is looked upon as one of the most promising of Americas younger gener- ation of players, is booked to appear in Montgomery in J. M. Barrie's comedy The Professors Love Story" His work is said to be original, refined and mag netic. Critics in cities where he played last season have even likened him to such masters of the Stage as John T. Raymond, William J. Florence and Sol Smith Russell. In this play his versa tility is given unbounded opportunity for the display of his genius and of his verve. and that he will make much of this opportunity the high praise accorded him elsewhere would seem to indicate. The role of the absent-minded professor | will enable MT. Beresford to display his ecentricities of speech to the utmost | +
 l Marie Montagu, yan English actress of recognized ability, wonderful personality | and temperament, is one of the early att | fractions for consideration. Miss Mon | tagu, aside from being an actress of | reputation, is also one of the most bril- liant playwrights and writers we have, | and whose many interesting sketches | and stories, written under the nom de plume of The Bohemian have been
 read all over Europe and America, comes | here with her own dramatic contribution ! in the form of a five act play of social l life entitled Sweet Jasmine suggested | by the lines of Bulwer Lytton's univer-
 sally known poem. Aux Italiens." Miss | Montagu will be supported by an Amer | ican company, and the scenic adornment | is promised upon a scale of elegance and | taste.
 Leslie Stuart, who composed the tuneful | "Florodora," and The Silver Slipper | music, is said to be so pleased with the United States that he will reside here.
 He Is understood to be desirous of writ | ing a new work in collaboration with an | American librettist. Many newspape
 have confounded him with his collabor-
 ator on "Florodora" and ''The Silver
 Slipper" Owen Hall, who. some time
 ago, was quoted In the London press as declaring eternal enmity toward Ameri-
 can performers, and refusing to permit
 them to appear in the English production | of his works
 A play of Southern flavor has been the
 expressed wish of Adelaide Thurston
 since her first starring season. The cor | ulal aItltuue or the people or the OOutn | sensed by Miss Thurston when she first appeared before them in the role of
 Lady Rabbie' in "The Little Minister" I and afterwards in Sweet Clover" and
 "Cozy Corners is her reason for want
 ing to play the role of a Southern girl. | This wish has come true. Miss Thurston
 will be seen here In Polly Primrose" a | play of Old Georgetown in 63, written
 to fit her girlish charms. and supplied
 with splendid cast and scenery. special
 costumes and Southern melodies.
 That Robert Edeson In Soldiers of Fortune will be at the Montgomery The
 atre early in September. Is one of the
 most interesting announcements of the
 season. Everybody has heard of the
 success achieved by Augustus Thomas s
 dramatization for after record breakin
 run of 15O nights in New York and late: I in all of the larger cities of the East and North, where 1t received the unanimous
 endorsement and approval of the the atregoing public. Mir. Edeson has justi-
 fled the belief of his manager, Henry B
 Harris, in his talents. and has won 1r
 a brief period recognition as star.