The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-29
MONTGOMERY THEATRE. Monday NIGht-<sThe Deestrtck skahe' by amateurs. Thursday Night-NHuman Hearts" Friday Nfght--HThe C1cnsman."

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 Friday Night--The ciansm
 Bitou Theatre-Dark all week.
 The coming to Montgomery of the most talked about play of the season The Clansman. will make .nis weeh notable in local theatrical history.
 No matter what we may think or the policy of laying bare the facts and - sentiment as they prevailed Tn the Soutn during the reconstruction period, the fact remains that Thomas Dixon has written an intensely interesting story problem, and that George Brennan has invested it with a stupendous stage pro- duction.
 All of us will want to see the play and we will talk about it when 1t has gone.
 played Thursday night. It is story of heart interest that has been seen here before.
 There will be lots of fun at the Per ry Street house tomorrow evening when Montgomery amateurs will present "The Deestrick Skule'' with Ray Rushton as the 'Skulemaster."
 The Bijou Theatre will be dark this week. The Wills Company was to have played at the Wells house again this week, but the engagement was trans ferred to Macon, Ga. and the company will leave this morning for the Georgia city.
 The Montgomery engagement closed with a matinee and an evening per- formance yesterday, when Sweet Six teen was presented. Both perform ances were well patronized.
 John Wills has the foundation for a good show. With some strengthening xfc hnx ,rr- h this crowd of players. Walter Wills and James Leslie are good repertoire comedians, and Arthur Browning is about the best dancer in the business. Kate Elder an d Loretta Marshall are good singers and handsome women and so are the chorus girls, for that matter.
 Wills needs leading woman and a bit more ginger in his proouctions.
 "Human Hearts, Thursday.
 The powerful and impressive melo- drama Human Hearts," presented by an exceptionally strong company of players, will be offered for the approval wholesome in melodrama on the stage, at' the Montgomery Theatre Thursday night.
 Human Hearts" has been firmly es- tabIished as one of the most original and Interesting of modern dramas. The author has long been famous as play wright but in the present instance, he has surpassed all his former efforts. For ingenuity, strength and brilliancy, Human Hearts" is a marvel of stage craft, done by master hand in stage adroitness. The author has poured out his entire store of theatrical knowledge in this play. He has produced a work of magnificent possibilities for melo- dramatic public. The characters are finely drawn, the dialogue is crisp, the human interest is all absorbing, the comedy is charming, the pathos is sin cere.
 Taken in it's entirety, Human Hearts" is probably one of the strongest plays ever shown on the American stage.
 sThe Clansman,1 Friday.
 Thoughtful readers of historical romance recognize in Thomas Dixon Jr.'s great novels, 'The Leopard's Spots" and '"rhe Clansman" a grasp of theme, atmosphere and facts which at once inspire respect. To weave tale from a purely imaginary fabric Is high form of art. To interlace with this the strands of history so that the line of demarcation is not disclosed is a still greater triumph for the novelist Like the novels, the play, in compleat- ness, symmetry and sustained interest takes rank with the greatest dramas of modern days.
 A prominent writer on dramatic sub jects once said: The theater Is ear-' nestly awaiting the renaissance of the serious drama" The public has been watching and waiting for the appear ance of a dramatist who has something new and true to say, and who has the courage to say it. So it was when Thomas Dixon, Jr., wrote The Clans a1o the most virile drama of recent years. Success far beyond the expectations of the author followed.
 The reason for all this is not hard to find. He has gone back to first prin- ciples. The Elizabethan dramatists were successful because of their splen- died audacity in telling the truth. Above all things, they were sincere. Such courage is rare in the modern drama.
 Naturally one would expect 'The Clansman" to be popular through the South, but if the reception of the play resembles that accorded the novel upon which 1t is founded. 1t will be equally successful in the North. If there Is any one thing that the American people admire it is courage. Therefore, the tremendous popularity of Mr. Dixon's play. The effect that this play will have upon the drama will be far-reach- ing. It will arouse new ambitions and stimulate the American playwright to cut loose from moss-clad traditions. It will surely blaze the pathway for a new American drama that will be as virile and as powerful as the people among whom it will be born.
 Arrangements have been completed for 'The Clansman" to appear at the Montgomery Theatre Friday night. sOThe VaIkyrie" to Rival @ParsifaI."
 Henry w. Savage's production of "The Valkyrie" promises to be the most pretentious of any that are to be shown during the coming season of opera in Boston. Both in its beautiful settings and in the masterly stage craft necessary to duplicate the Bey- reuthan effects, MT. Savage expects to rival his last years achievements with "Parsifal"
 Probably the music number most widely known in the opera is that of The Ride of the Valkyries," for which the German master has furnished the most fascinating descriptive harmony. This scene Is far more difficult to pie