The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-07
THEATRES
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A tale of the West. with color and customs of the West. with characters al once hardy and rough but with the quality Of manhood untarntshed, and ,characters that shone out real, strong and virlle, was presented at the Mont gomery Theatre last night h fhe Squaw Man" of Milton Royle. with William Faversham as the leading lnau
 sp Dealing with the home of the des- peFado, with the land where man IS to Q large extent law unto himself as acter, inherent, irrespective of sur rounding, as material, the play of Mf. Royle Is one of the strongest, If not ths strongest of RssyS 1S% so g0PSS1 PSy such actors as Faversham. Julie Opp. w. S. Hart, Harold Russell and the others who composed the cast. Fhe nothing thus far presented of its type
 Although dealing with a section which has been exploited in the cheap CT drama and mehodrama, there ts nothing of the cheap or mock dramatic in the play. There is- gun play there is desperado, and there is killing, but never does the play drop below Lhe matic interest Is sustained throughout. There is no weakening; nothing IS oyerdone, and not tnfrequently the play rises to the highest dramatic in-
 Al least two scenes stand out in YThe Sauaw Man" with this intensity. In the third act, Eaversham, as Jim cars ton. voluntary exile from hls home 10 send the lad back to England 10 receive the training and education which the succession to a title de- mands. Through a long quarter hour the man struggles with himself, af- lection and love for the child of his Indian wife combating with his sense of duty by the boy. Then the sense of duty wins and he renounees selt ana chooses for the child.
 Again. The man had succeeded to the title, but could not return 10 Eng land without his wite. Ihe woman 1e had loved In England, the. wife. of hla cousin, for whom he had made sac riflce, had come to find him and urge him to return. She comes upon the anpointed by a reception which she cam nof understand, she stands appalled, Then she sees the child. Surprise, then understanding dawn upon her n WlLn a sob that Is half groan she stoopS and gathers the child to her.
 Al no time during the play does Fla versham and Miss Opp show themselves greater than at these points, asao, o,,is a frIhe below these in interest, and lacking nothing in their resentation. For the cast of ''rhe SquaW Man tur- uishes splendid support to the star and bis leading woman, and the genius au- thor has given opportunity Tor each member of the company, by making each character stand out distinct each reGuiring finished acting in It's pre-
 The play although last night was its first appearance in Montgomery, Is moi unknown to theatre-goers. Cap tain James Wynnegate, officer in the Fnglish army, takes upon himself the ignony of blame for theft committed ny Henrv Wynnegate, Earl of Kerhill, his cousin. The motive? To save the wife of the earl whom he loves and of whom he believes he is loved.
 Tn the West of American he sSttlet, forwets the scenes and training of his vouth. takes up the broken thread of his life among the lawless and the good in the land where man Is re- spongible to man. Introducing this portion of the play, the author has selected as the scene barroom at the station of Maverick. Wyoming. Cash Hawkins, a "bad man." has score to settle with Garston the name adopt cd by the exile. Here are introduced the character of the west, the cowboy friends of Carston. and his enemies