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'‘The Confederate Spy.”A large, appreciative and intelligentaudience greeted the Cullman Dramatic f(lt; })ub in their rendition of “The Confed- nerate 8py,”at McMinn’s opera house lastSaturday evening. To say that it was ^most creditably presented, and that itcame fully up to a professional stand-*ard would only be half way expressing yit. The production was brilliant froma scenic point of view and filled with jthe many thrilling conflincts of warfare. The cast w’as composed of the best ^amateur meterial in North Alabama,and each of them fully sustained themselves in their respective parts and didmuch credit to their skilled trainer,aIMr. Jefferson Burrus, who, by the wa jhas made the Dramatic profession alife-long study, and is considered an L*J“artist” in this line. Miss Nellie Fuller, “the Southern belle,” George Beyer,Sik44A Young Unionist,” and B. A. Timpe,‘•A Rebel Aid de ('amp,” are worthy ofspecial mention. Their workisIfar. above the average, and fromwhom some professionals might take ahint.4 4'Pfhe Drafted Dutchman,” byM Mr. George Karter, was quite comicale at times and elicited tremendous ap-. plause from the gallery gods.The“Spy” was very successfully handledby Mr. Lafayette Burrus. Mr. E. B.Wallace, in the role “Major-General[1Banks, U. S. Army,” proved himselfawhat he really is, an actor of merit andamuch ability. Judging from the tre_mendous applause which greeted Mr.o Carl Hartung, on his entrance as “Of--1 ficcr Mulgary,” he scored a grand suc-s cess. It would be unfair were we toL close this article without mentioningthe excellent work of Missis AnnieHeld and Angel Beyer. Miss Heldadid remarkably well as “Mrs. Wateioman,” while Miss Beyer, as “Nora Mc-oLeggin,” brought down the house withthe genuine old “Shanty Irish” dialect.dT. I). McMinn made the “Gemman of*-Color” ashamed of himself. “Col. Wil-r.lard,” by F. Hoelscher, was what a fasn-[-ionable audience would pronounce im-i.inense. The tableaus w?ere magnificentand helped considerable to make theshow the entertainment that it was.
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Cullman Mountain City Gazette
Cullman, Alabama, US
Wed, Nov 25, 1896
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