The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-23

the hero. He was sending Montgomery l the same companies that were making | him money in Atlanta. Savannah, Au- gusta, Charlotte. Richmond and other | cities. He said he believed in Montgonl- I cry, notwithstanding there was de- l ficiency between the disbursements and | receipts each week. Wells said that af- | ter awhile the Montgomery people would realize the cleanliness, the wholsomeness,
 the goodness of his entertainments and | patronize them.
 His opinion cost him about s1oo each week until he receded from 1t and re- tired from the field Montgomery might {! do for next summer. he said, but not now, not now. \ It was late in July when Wells quit
 the Casino and it was taken over by | the Traction Company. As an induce l ment to patronage the prices of admis-
 sion were lowered but there was no ap- 1 preciable increase in attendance. The Harrison-Adams Company, which | | closed a two weeks engagement last night produced comedies in a neat and attract I i've style. Certainly the price of admis- | sion was low enough. Their business | was barely sufficient to meet the ex- penses of the enterprise. So 1t is, the question naturally arises | with those who are earning living act- l ing, managing actors or feeling an in- | terest in the business, will a summer |
 theatre in Montgomery eventually pay7 Jake Wells, who has paid for his ex- perience is stiII loyal. He answers that | Montgomery theatre-goers will patronixe | a summer playhouse next season He |
 believes that people of the smaller cities |
 must be educated to an appreciation of 1 entertainment at parks. Montgomery, he | argues, has never before had good en- | tertainments at it's parks. has never be- fore, in fact, had a park that catered | to patronage He believes these things | l strong enough to try it again next sea- son.
 Is he right? Perhaps.
 Gossip of the Stage.
 The German stars, Mason and Mason, will commence their season in the 'teu-
 tonicar' comedy. Rudolph and Adolph," under the direction of Broadhurst and |
 Currfe at Plainf1eid, N. J., on August 31. | Early this season theatre-goers will |
 have an opportunity to pass judgment on
 one of the younger generation of success full stars, Harry Beresford, who will pre- |
 sent "The Professors Love Story by the
 author of Quality Street." ''The Little
 Minister and "The Admirable Crichton."
 Before Soldiers of Fortune" was pub
 lished in 1S97 it's author was known as
 R. H. Davis, newspaper reporter maker
 of short stories and promising youth. Af-
 tcE tue DOOk Hdu IetL the press ne became
 popular hero and since then remained
 one. Today he is Richard Harding Davis,
 novelist, war correspondent, Journalist, l
 globe-trotter, man of the world and ob-
 server of humanity in general. It is Au-
 gustus Thomas's stage version of this
 successful story which has been selected
 by Henry B. Harris for Robert Blossoms
 starring tour. He will be seen in Mont-
 gomery.
 As an example of dramatic intensity
 and artistic illusion, probably no more
 remarkable performance has been seen |
 in this country in recent years, than
 Blanche Walshs portrayal of CdasIova in TolstoPs Resurrection" which may be seen on the local stage during the coming season. Although other plays similarly named, have flooded the country there is
 only one play in existence that is respon- |, sible for all the comment that has been Ij published and that is the work of Henry Bataille originally produced in Parts. In. London it was done by Beerbohm Tree. and in America the sole rights are vested in Wagenhals and Kemper who procured it for Blanche Walsh.
 "Alexander the Great" the new play in which Wagenhals and Kemper will pre- sent Louis James and Frederick Warde | this season, has for its chief motive, ami | bition versus love. The progress of the | plot shows him to be alternately torn by l these conflicting emotions; the latter be- i ing finally triumphant. He fails to .'ealize the futility of ambition until he arrives at what he tmagtnes to be the end of the : world, when there are no more worlds to l conquer. He then discovers that love af- f ter all Is the greatest of human emo ! tfons and the only compensation for the | struggles of existence. The dramatic sus- { pense of the play is provided by the in- i trigues and perf1dy of Perdiccas, the role i which will be assumed by MT. Warde. MT. l- James will appear in the title role.
 Owing to the fact that there will be several revivals made of Shakespeare's "As You Like It. this season, although only one will be seen in the South. caused ( the Augustin Daly version to be in much | { demand, as that is recognized to be the { best. Miss Elizabeth Kennedy was for ] tunate in being able to secure this yer 2 sion, and she has the original prompt ] book used by the late MT. Daly. She will { only appear in the role of Rosalind for ] twelve weeks and that time will be spent : entirely in the South which has had but . few opportunities to see this beautiful presented a version of "As You Like It." and in the spring of 1900 Ada Rehan 2 played 1t in few cities through the ' South. Miss Kennedy was seen in Mont c gomery last season as Madame Trentoni In Captain links of the Horse Marines" 2
 Rehearsals of Alberta Gallatin's Com- pany in Ibsen's Ghosts began on the l7th of August. The opening perform ance will occur in Lancaster, Pa, on Sat- lrday Aug. 29 After an extended tour of the South, Miss Gallatin will proceed 6 to the Pacific coast, returning East Q through the northwestern States. As an indication of the interest already shown \ n this tour of Ghosts" 1t is stated that Ibsen Clubs are already being formed in u several of the far Western cities. During T Ter European trip this summer Miss Gal h atin paid a visit to the home of the noted D lramatist in Norway. Ibsen was delighted 1T with Miss Gallatin's requirements for the tl ole of Mrs. Alving in Ghosts" which s his fayorite play. and he predicts sue b, cess for her during her coming American ss our. Before leaving for this country " Miss Gallatin went to Paris where she ST ordered the gowns she will wear in the hi widely discussed drama. Y.
 In Mrs. Madge Carr Cook, with whom n, contract has been made for the season, dessrs. Liebler & Co, believe they have ar ound the ideal Mrs. Wiggs for their ty orthcoming production of Mrs. Con 6, tance Flexner's dramatization of Mrs cI Alice Hogan Rice's captivating story of th Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch" and - n fact, it was the recognition of this upreme fitness which was chiefly in- - in 1arqtadfp0 Ar TxTar to au