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THE ATLANTIAN
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“EAST LYNNE.”
Something Doing All This Week
at the Lyric—Matinee Tues
day, Thursday and Satur
day—Reserve Your Seats
Now.
One reason for the undying popu
larity of “East Lynne,” the great emo
tional drama, which will be the at
traction at the Lyric, beginning Mon
day, April 10, for an engagement of
one week with the usual matinees, is
the fact that there has never been a
play written which combined the ele
ments of passion which abound in this
more than popular drama. “East
Lynne” has been seen by more mil
lions of play-goers than any other
play ever written, and yet the char
acters around which this great story
is woven are those that we come in
contact with every day. The cast
which will present "East Lynne” is
that which composes the big road
company which has toured all of the
larger cities of the United States and
Canada this season, and which will
play a limited number of the larger
Southern cities on the tour. An in
novation is announced by the man
agement of the Lyric Theater in the
fact that there have been so many
requests for a first-class performance
of "Camille” in English by' a first-
class company, that Thursday next,
matinee and night, will be known as
“Camille” day, and two performances
only of the great Dumas drama will
be given by the same excellent com
pany presenting “East Lynne.” What
the theater patrons of Atlanta may ex
pect can best be judged when they
have seen the first performance of
“East Lynne,” and have had a chance
to judge and criticise this more than
excellent company for themselves.
There will be no advance in prices
for the “Camille” performances, and
the usual scale will prevail.
“BREWSTER’S MILLIONS.”
A Great Play at the Lyric, Com
mencing Monday, April 17.
Frederic Thompson’s production of
“Brewster’s Millions,” a dramatiza
tion of George Barr McCutcheon’s fa
mous story of the same name, will be
the attraction at the Lyric, the week
of April 17. The stage version of
Mr. McCutcheon’s book is the co
work of Winchell Smith and Byron
Ongley. It will be presented here by
the same admirable cast that first in
troduced the play to the New York
public, where it ran for upwards of
one year.
The story is odd, and tells of the
efforts of Montgomery Brewster to
spend a million dollars left him by
his grandfather within a year, and
preserve complete secrecy regarding
his ultimate object. He is not per
mitted to give or gamble it away, nor
is he permitted to endow any institu
tion or erect any permanent memo
rial. This is made a condition under
which he inherits a fortune seven
times as vast from an uncle who has
conceived and nourished a bitter ha
tred for the grandfather.
Frederic Thompson, the producer,
has furnished a scenical equipment for
the play which, from all accounts, has
proved sensational. The third act—
in the scene aboard the yacht—one
of Brewster’s money-spending de
vices—there is a marvelous and par
ticularly effective bti of stagecraft.
In this scene a storm arises and the
stage settings, the movements of the
waves, the lightning effects, all com
bine to make it a particularly realis
tic and interesting stage effect. The
chief character, that of “Monty” Brew
ster, is in the hands of the well-
known and versatile young actor, Carl
Gerard. The heroine will be essayed
by the dainty and talented Grace Nile.
The other long list of characters will
be represented by names well known
on the mimic stage.
THE GRAND
Clyde Fitch’s Famous Play Entitled
GIRLS
Will be seen at the Grand during the entire week of
THE lOTH
Matinee as usual at popular prices. Reserve your
tickets now and avoid the rush.
Commencing Monday, April 17, there will be seen at
the Grand a strong play entitled “The Commanding
Officer.” This play has never been seen in Atlanta be
fore and will be great drawing card at the Grand Opera
House during the week of the 17th. Reserve your
tickets now and avoid the rush.
Orphetim Theatre
3 TWINS
Smartest of all Musical Comedies
VICTOR MARLEY
With the Yama-Yama Girls
Three Nights Commencing Monday, April 17th
Matinee Wednesday
THE AMERICAN
T. P. HOLLAND, Manager
Have you seen
HOLLANDS BABIES
All next week—Its Worth Your While.
THE BONITA
A Comedy Melodrama
THE GREAT PEST
ESSIE ST. CLAIR CLARA CASINO
Dancing Soufcretts
WAYNE G. CHRISTY, Comediene and Monologueist.
THE BIJOU
Moving Pictures and Vaudeville
THE BEST IN THE CITY
Come early and avoid the rush
THE FORSYTH
ATLANTA’S FAMILY THEATRE
Matinee Daily
With the Grand Opera House
Vast Experience. 20 Years a Producer
WARREN F* HILL
The New Stage Director, Grand Opera House