The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-11

structive papers on Famous Famites .ss of Ameracan Players" is devoted .o ' an prews. Henry Tyrrell contrioutsIh era
 tnteresting account of the sno ISo- | players of the Basque country anu ny l mel 8trachey writes in ironic vein ol those theatre goers inflicted with the l strange malady known as Theatrlon,s' An Illustrated article called III .n | Footsteps Of Hamlet" shows places ano scenes at Elsinore, Denmark "nele
 shakespeare's greatest tragedy IS sup posed to have taken place Ihere
 description of 'sakuntala," the Hindu drama recently performed by smith C1i. closing chapter of her entertainins "Confessions of Stage-Struck GlrL
 The pictures include in addition to magnificent colored portrait or hyIie Bellew as Romeo on the cover 3uii- page plate of Ermete Novelli, the ois-
 tinGuished Italian tragedian about 10 visit the United States, a full-page po-
 trait of W. H. Crane, who will act the
 leading part in the most important
 production of the year. Business IS
 Business" and portraits of Sir Charies Wyndham as David Garrick, Mrs. Pat
 rick Campbell Mrs. Fiske as Becky Sharp, Edna May, Carlotta Nilsson Den man Thompson. Annie Irish, Mime, Re- jane. Arthur Byron Robert Edeson'
 Julie Opp and scenes from Becky Sharp" The Maid and the Mummy l etc., etc,
 | Plays and Players. Thomas D. Shea has in preparation a new play entitled 'The Great Adven- turer." The play is of the Napoleonio epoch, and abounds with enthusiasm, dramatic and heart interest. l Sam S. Shubert has added Herbert Kelcey and Effie Shannon to his list of stars. It is his purpose to present them this season in a new play from the German bearing the unique title of Taps" It is of c semi.milftary char acter.
 | '"The Prince of Pilsen" company which will tour the United States. open ed It's season in Brooklyn last Monday night. Trixie Friganza, Jess Dandy, | Jeanette Bageard, and the other prin- cipals remain in the cast | During performances of '"The Sho- Gun," the new opera by George Ade and Gustav Luders every chorus girl | in the organization changes shoes six times. The wardrobe list includes more than 400 pairs of shoes of every de- scription.
 | Henry ". Savage. who has just as- stunned the management of the Garden Theatre in New York will open the play house on Tuesday, September 20. with George Ade's latest contribution to the stage. The College Widow"
 which satirizes life in the modern col leges.
 | Alice Kraft Benson is the new Gold l enrod in Miss Bob White" By strange tcoincidence, the portrayer of Goldenrod
 in each years presentation Of the Spenser opera has been an Alice. Alice Campbell creates the role followed by
 Alice Dovery and this year we will have Alice Benson.
 | Among the notable attractions book ed to appear at the Montgomery Thea ttre. during the coming season, Is Char les B. Hanford in a superb revival of Don Caesar De Bazan. Mir Hanford Is Inc stranger to the theatre-goers of
 Montgomery and his visit from year to lyear Is looked forward to with pleas lure.
 A widely known London antiquarian has been engaged by KIaw & Er1anger to seek authorities for designs of cos-
 tunes and armor for. their coming pro- duction of Gen. Lew wallace's "A Prince of India" 4 fabulous amount of
 ing of this play. All the scenes of the story are laid in and about Constanti- lnople at the time of it's conquest by Mohammed.
 Miss Helen Grantly. who will be re- nlembered for her work in Her Lord and Master" and Tn The Palace of
 The King" will open her Southern tour
 early in October. Manager Delcher is
 engaging one of the best companies ob-
 tainable to support his star.
 The company supporting Miss Amelia
 Bingham on her tour through tho
 South and Middle West, will be prac-
 tically the same as won such high en- comium last season. Tn addition John F. Kellard and Joseph Kilgour have lbeen engaged It is Miss ,Bingham's in
 tention to iraugurate a new era In the
 South So far as stupendous productions are concerned.
 Miss Adelaide Thurston has received
 many letters bearing Southern post
 office marks since she proposed that five theatrical companies join her on ICeptemDer -4, Tn donating a matinee performance to the Dixie" monument
 fund. Many prominent and influential in Southern affairs, have written the little actress, congratulating her on
 her idea to erect memorial to Daniel Decatur Emmett, the composer of
 Dixie" and offering their support to the movement. Miss Thurston retains
 Polly Primrose" as her play for this 1 season.
 | Charles W. Doty. the author of Com mon Sense Bracket" the play in which Richard Golden will star this coming season was being congratulated on his good fortune by native of his home town in Illinois. Does it pay pretty we'll to write them plays?" asked the rural friend
 | Well" replied Mir Doty. T never enumerate my fowls until the process of incubation has been thoroughly re- alized."
 | The ruralite is still wondering whether Doty meant yes" or mo-" | Richard Carle's next musical com edy effort wkill be entitled The Mayor or Tokia." The musical score will be contributed. very probably. by Robert tHood Bowers whose work in "The Maid and the Mummy" which is pack ing the New York Theatre to the