The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-04
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>~~S& Kansas on a windy day. There is moi | a dull moment when she Is on the l stage There Is hardly a dull moment anyway, for Miss Montgomery Is sup. ported by a carefully selected com. 1 pany of selected players, every one of | whom, has been tested before the most ing
 Tho Atlanta Journal of october 26
 says:
 "A pair of big blue eyes. half | sparkle and half softness, richness | of bright hair and a temperament giv- ! days of April are-this is Miss Mabel 1 Montgomery. who was at the Grand
 last night in Pierre Berton's great play, Zaza.'
 "The notable thing about Miss Mont gomery's interpretation of the drama here strength and truth and her grip
 upon the audience. Putting on. in the first act the mood and makeup of a woman whose soul is as light as the vaudeville songs she sings, Miss Mont gomery develops the character of Za-
 ga into the depth of g new. trans forming emotion, and still further into the depths of love that becomes sac
 rificial, and further still to the finale of peace that comes of renunciation. In Pierre Berton's, play. as in all good French work. tho threads of comedy and pathos run side by side and are constantly intertwining. This Is what makes the pieces difficult. and 1t was the successful accomplishment of this that entities Mabel Montgomery to praise. Above all else, she found the secret heart of the woman she was impersonating, a heart born with a necessity of loving and one that learns life even through the seeming failures of her love. Outside of the master pieces. there are few plays so strong and true in their moral tone as "Zaza' is And this is just the impression that Miss Montgomery leaves upon her audience"
 William Favcrsham in "The squaw
 Man."
 When 'The Souaw Man. the drama by Edwin Milton Royle, in which Will liam Faversham comes to the Mont gomery Theatre Tuesday night, was first produced by Liebler & Co. at Wallack's Theatre, New York, . year ago. it was hailed as a signal tri imph both for the actor and the playwright MT. Royle, 1t was said. had written play that stood at the very top of the dramas of it's class while iE MT. Faver- sham an actor had been found who i'm personated the hero with fidelity to nature that is seldom seen on the stage. 1t proved one of the great dramatic sensations of the season and stayed at wallack's until last spring.
 The play tells a story of thrilling in- terest that is bound to hold the atten- tion of the audience from the rise of the curtain to its fall. An English army officer for love of his cousins wife, shoulders the responsibility for a crime to save her from disgrace and disappears. He turns up again as a ranchman in & Western State, where in his hopelessness and loneliness he has married an Indian girl whose de- voticn to him has won his affection. In time the news comes that the "squaw man" has inherited a title and the sui eide of the Indian wife in despair at the prospect of being parted from her child leaves him free to marry the wo- man he has always loved.
 From the glimpse of English country life in the first act to the more thrill ing scenes in our own West in the oth- or three, the play is always realistic and convincing. Many of its situa- tions are unique and its language is simple and direct. Liebler & Co. have given 1t a series of stage settings that will place it on a level with any of the dramatic productions of the year, and they have surrounded the star with cast that is remarkable even in this day of extraordinary casts.
 Julie Opp. an actress of high reputa- tion, who has frequently been seen in important roles is the leading woman and has the part of the Countess for love of whom the "squaw man" suffers disgrace and repatriation. Rosabel Morrison will appear as the Indian wife, one of the most picturesque Indian characters yet presented or. the stago, and Theodore Roberts as Tabywana, the Peace Chief of the Utes, ought to duplicate the triumph he scored as the Indian Chief in The Girl Left Be- hind Me"
 Other actors who have important
 holes are w. s. Hart, Kate Fatttson Selten. Harold Russell, Hugo Poland, Morton Selten and Emmett Shakleford, | we'll known for his impersonation of cowboy characters. ~.. Arthur Dunn in ''The Little JOker,- Arthur Dunn, the clever comedian
 last seen here in the Runaways" will
 come to the Montgomery Theatre on l Wednesday night in his newest musical | low, entitled The Little Joker" MT. Dunn is remembered here as one ! of the most popular musical comedy stars seen here in recent years, and | his engagement in "The Little Joker" will undoubtedly be welcomed here as one of the laughing events of the sea- | son.
 Besides having a particularly inter- esting comedy he has surrounded him. self with a company of artists of ex- ceptional merit in their respective lines | and chorus of singing and dancing girls and some handsome show girls calculated to entrance not only | tho men, but also the women, for they
 are exquisitely gowned in the latest creations of the dressmaker's art, hun
 dreds of dollars having been spent for original designs in Paris.
 The plot of The Little Joker" Is screamingly funny, and aside from the
 music, would prove a delightful eve ning's entertainment but music dance and laughter chase each other hilar- | ously throughout the two hours ano
 a half duration of the play.
 Beautiful scenery, magniiicent light effects imposing stage pictures and tha, rapid fire action possible only with q company of unquestionably clever ar | lists are features of "The Little Joker Chief among those in support of MT Dunn are Marie Glazies. Kitty Nelson. Jean Salisbury. Ann Dale. Bessie Frank | lin, Henry Leone, Oliver Holden, Louis | Christie Bert Merkit and Harry Bur gess.
 Annie Russell as "Purk."