The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-01
neV,S Of fbe Stage

pictures. illustrated songs by the famous contralto. Miss Anna Marvin, whose voicesis sweet and full of power, being specially adapted to tbis class of singing. Q Other specialties produced are the latest coon songs by Ralph Taylor. while the finest team work ever seen in the South is rendered by Bun and Cussick. who never fail to pro- duce laughter.
 Monday matinee the company will produce The Little Stoaway." Change of bill every night.
 Miss Coghlan and MT. Kyle in aDfplo-
 macy.
 The most important dramatic event this week is the appearance at the Montgomery Theatre next Wednesday matinee and night of Rose Coghlan and Howard Kyle in their revival of Dip lomacy."
 Miss Coghlan calls the offering the Rose Coghlan production, because 1t is her aim to carry out to the fullest the traditions of it's notable first perform ance in America at waliack's Theatre. New York. when she played the Count ess Zicka, Laster wallack was the Henri Beauclerc, Harry Montague the Julian Beauclerc end Maude Granger the Dora. Since that date her name has been more closely Identified with Diplomacy than with any other play in her repertoire. and on all of her re- cent tours there have been many re- | quests that she revive 1t.
 There have been several great Henri Beauclercs. including Lester wallack end Roses brother, Charles Coghlan: but it is believed that MT. Kyle will measure up to the highest standard of the part, sustaining the reputation therein which he won as Sir Jasper in Rosemary" and the American patriot
 In Nathan Hale."
 Miss Coghlan and Mr. Kyle will bring with them a strong supporting com pany including Lynn Pratt, Louise Null dcner. Mortimer H. Weldon. Eleanor | walburg. Suzanne Santje. Cecil King l stone, George H. Lindeman, R. G. Thomas and Henry Austin.
 Scenery. costumes and property have | been newly made for this production | and Manager George H. Brennan has spared no pains pr expense in giving It ] a perfect equipment.
 It is not necessary to rehearse the plot of Diplomacy" which is known t, almost every experienced theatre goer. victorien Sardou. the French playwright. wrote 1t in his earlier man. | HSI DcIOTo hG hdu t6hch tO Htduutd dC | turing one-part dramas for the use of Sara Bernhardt. Consequently it pre- sents at least seven extremely import ant characters, all of which must be enacted by good actors, while the plot | Is extremely intricate and absorbing. l The play opens with the love affair
 of Dora. a needy but beautiful young
 girl. staying with her mother at Monte | Carlo, and Captain Julian Beauclerc, a British diplomatic attache to whose care has been committed a precious of- fciaI document. Countess Zicka, his
 old flame, who is Russian spy in dis guise, steals the state paper from his
 dirpatch box and indirectly throws the onus of the theft on Dora In anguish | of heart the young captain charges his
 bride with the crime. Julian's elder
 brother. Henri Beauclerc, an English diplomatic agent. takes up the case and | follows several clues that lead up to Zicks as the real perpetrator of the
 theft. At last he traps her by the odor of the lotus bloom which she carried and with which Julian's dispatch box is | scented. Brought face tu face with the proof of her misdeeds. Zicka confesses
 and passes out of Julian's life and the handsome young captain and his beau- tiful bride are reunited
 There is not a wasted word or mo- n.ent in the piece. but everything con.
 verges first on the character of Zicks and afterwards on the resourcefulness
 of Henri. These roles are played re-
 spectively in the present production by
 Miss Coghian and MT. Kyle and play
 gcers may be assured of an extraordi.
 nary treat in the revival of the comedy
 which has been called by many critics | the standard of dramatic construction
 brilliant dialogue and unsurpassable | technique.