The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-12

day night, Viola Alien in "A winter's Tale."
 BiJeu Theatre.
 Dark all week.
 viola Allen Is comingl
 This is good news to the patrons of the Montgomery Theatre where Miss Allen will play "A Winters Tale" next Thursday evening.
 Miss Allen comes late in the season but she may be assured of hearty welcome to Montgon1ery.
 Texas" drama will be played at the Perry street house Wednesday night.
 The Bijou will be dark all week.
 sTexas,- Wednesday,.
 Texas" a delightful play of West ern life. which Broadhurst and Currie bring to the Montgomery Theatre We'd nesday night is drama of Western life written by J. Mauldin Feigl. whose knowledge of that locality was ac- quired by reason of his long residence there.
 The piece is in four acts, and tells a simple, natural love story in a man. ner that captivates the audience. It is play of dramatic situations. flaw ored with the spice of comedy and TO- nance. It has its intense moments, as well as its flashes of wit. but the events are so natural that those who appreciate realism shorn of its usual congregations will find an ideal that they will witness with pleasure.
 The plot Is a recital of the love of Texas West" daughter of a breezy ranch owner, for Jack Dallam, cowboy and Texas ranger, and of the efforts made by an English ranch owner. Lord Angus Trevor, to win the girl for him. self. The delightful manner in which the play Is presented as a picture of the brave. kindly. big-hearted men and women of the ranch, as contrasted with the product of an advanced civ ilization.
 It is not alone in the plot that the strength of the play lies. but also in its charming presentation, its splendid exhibition of ranch life with its fun. its sentiment. and even its element of tragedy. Nothing is overdone: noth- ing is left undone or neglected in the smallest degree that could add atmos- phere and naturalness to the play. The stage settings are very elaborate and the properties particularly good. The cowboy costumes, with the gingling spurs attached to high-heeled boots. the leather chaps" the ever-ready weapon, the loose shirt and brilliant kerchief, the cowhide-covered furni- ture, the we'll sweep and the innumey- able accessories, are all authentic, and were secured at the scene of the play. Buck Head Ranch" -.
 Texas" is destined to become one of the standard plays, as it predicts form of life that is fast fading away before the inroads of civilization.
 The play had a run of two months in New York. and comes direct from the scene of it's recent, triunphs with the original cast and scenery.
 Viola Allen, Thursday.
 When Viola Allen appears here in The Winters Tale" Thursday night at the Montgomery Theatre she will double the roles of Hermione and Perdita.
 Whether Shakespeare intended this cannot, of course, be told; yet, 1t Is very well known that the old time &C., tresses did not do so. It is only in recent years that one actress has as- sumed both roles, and since the scheme has been, found to work out so admir- ably, it has become a stage tradition that Hermione and Perdita should be doubled.
 It was ever a very difficult matter to keep alive the interest of the audience when the play was presented in the old way, owing to the interrupted ap- pearances of the mother and daughter. The strong resemblance between Her. mione and Perdita make the doubling of the roles possible and easy of &C., complishment. When the roles were played separately. 1t was necessary that the two actresses impersonating them should bear a striking resem- blance one to the other. for the reason that the king said he thought of Her. moine when he looked at Perdita. By doubling the roles no important speech es are cut out of the text. But six of Perdita's lines are. sacrificed, and these in the last act, when the mother and daughter are supposed to be on the stage at the same time.
 Of the character of Hermione much in glorification has been written. The celebrated Mrs. Jameson said: ''The character of Hermione exhibits what is never found in the other sex. but rarely in our own, dignity without pride, love without passion, and ten- derness without weakness. Hermione is a queen, a matron and a mother: she is good and beautiful, and royalty descended. A majestic sweetness, a grand and gracious simplicity. and easy, unforced, yet dignified self-pos- session, are in all her department, and in every word she utters. Her~pas- sions are not vehement, but in her set- tied mind the sources of pain or pleas ure, love or resentment, are like the springs that feed mountain lakes, im- penetrable, unfathomable, and inex- haustible." tt.
 Hudson also passed judgment on Hermione, saying: And so, under the worst that can befall. she remains