The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-04
AT THE THEATER

The Wills Musical Comedy Company
closed it's engagement last night, after
two successful days. There were two
performances yesterday, "Sweet Six
teen" being given at both. The audi
ence enjoyed the efforts of the COM
pany, and accorded them very hearty
applause.
Wills, the leading comedian; Rich
ards, the man soubrette, and Stewart
and Raymond in their musical special
ty, were all clever and made the show,
which was given at popular prices. well
worth seeing.
Tonight 1.-THE Silver Slipper" will be
presented for the first time in Savan-
nah. The company numbers 100 peo-
Ele in all, and is headed by Sam Col
Inns, who plays the leading comedy
role, that of Henschs. the Snowman:
Gertrude Wilmington, the tomboy,
daughter of Henschs; Harry B. Burch-
er, debonair and graceful and always
a favorite, is Berkeley Shallamar, the
military nephew of Sir Victor Fred
Runnells, is the eccentric astronomer,
Sir Victor Shallamar: Horace Wright,
a tenor with voice of rare quality, Is
the naval officer in love with Sir Vic
tors niece, played by Miss Nannette
Thulon; Miss Lora Lieb is the inquis:-
tive Venus girl, Stella: Miss Virginia
Palmer appears in a cockney role of
a slavey. A specially augmented Or
chestra will be one of the features of
the performance.
The sale of seats for Paul GiIrnore's
production of "The Mummy and the
Humming Bird" Friday night, will
open this morning. The Humming Bird
is human parasite, a spider-like but
terfly, who hovers about the beautiful
Lady Lumley, and seeks to enmesh her
in his web. Jack Lumley, the dear
Mummy, is the husband, whose love is
of the eternal quality: and how he
manages to extricate her from the
meshes without even disarranging one
of the fine threads of the web, so far
as the world is concerned, is the fas-
cination and the charm of THE Mum
my and the Humming Bird" Every
line of the play is either a laugh, u
tear a thrill, a surprise or else an APP
plause-compelling sentiment. Mr.. Gill
more, who appears as Lord Lum1ey,
is fortunate to have secured it. His
Interpretation of the Mummy is plac-
ing him among the stars, in the same
rank with Wyndham. Goodwin, Drew
and Jefferson; and this, it may be re-
emphasizes the truth that "the
play is the thing"
Tomorrow, matinee and night, Rich
ards e. Pringles Georgia Minstrels will
be the attraction. The matinee gives
the ladies and children a chance to
see the performance given by these
sons of Ham. The same performance
will be given as at the night show,
but the prices will be reduced.
The scene of Lady Berinthias Sc
cret," in which Mrs. LIE Moyne will be
seen, Saturday, matinee and night, is
laid in London in the year 1898,
period offering an unlimited opportuni-
ty for the best work of the scene
painter and the costumer. 1t repre-
sents an age when silks and satins and
costly laces were not monopolized by
women. The toilette of the man of
fashion in those days was as serious
a matter with him as with the society
belle of the present time. So lavish
has been the expenditure of money for
the purpose of reproducing the luxury
and extravaganza of dress, as well as
for the elaborate and beautiful scenery
with which to surround these gor-
geously clothed persons, that the pro-
duction may well be looked upon as
one of the most important of the day.
The company with which Mr.. F. c.
Whitney has surrounded his new star
is composed of such players as w. j.
Ferguson, Harold Russell, Alex F.
Frank, Robert Patton Gibbs, Jerome
Harrington, Harry. Dornton, Edgar
Allan Woolf, Eleanor Barry, Virginia
Buchana, Frances Stevens and Cor
nelia Hunter. Seats will be on sale to-
morrow. The matinee prices are %,
so, IS and 81; nights, $1.5O and 81, %,
so and Is cents.
Next Monday, matinee and night,
1.-THE Two Johns" will be presented.
The comedy has always been witty
and full of ludicrous situations. For
this seasons tour the management
claims that the piece has been polished
up to date with new songs and new
foxes interpolated, with a company of
comedians who are funny, and who
can sing and dance, and with pretty
girls galore. The matinee prices are
Is and soc; night. 25, so and T5c Seats
will be on sale Friday.
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