Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-06-21

Beginning Monday evening the Fairmount
stock company will produce for the second
week of Its engagement. the well known
comedy by 7. w. Robertson. Caste" This
Is a more ambitious play than "Nita's
first which was SO acceptably done by
the company last week. There is every
reason to believe that the members will
handle caste" in an entirely adequate and
satisfactory manner. In fact the COM
pany has grown in favor since the opening
night, and the largely increasing audiences
have testified to its popularity. While Mr..
Allen has no stars. he mas q lot of ex-
ceedingly clever people who make Il uni
formly well balanced company. and who
will. judging from 'Nita's First" present
light comedy In II thoroughly pleasing way.
a noteworthy feature of the company is
the unusual attractiveness OF the women.
Miss Johnson. Miss Lee and Miss Masters
are all unusually pretty and attractive,
and are not only thoroughly goods actors.
but also understand the art of wearing
pretty gowns. OF the men. Stewart Allen
and r. c. Valentine are actors of establish
ed reputation, and the rest, Mcssrs. Mac.
kay, Ross, Whitman md Lowe are en-
thusiastic young fellows from the best
travelling companies who have yet to win
their spurs.
Caste" is an old comedy which never
seems to lose its popularity when well done.
The plot is simple. yet effective. Captain
D'Alroy, son Of the Marquise de St. Nlarr,
in OBEDIENCE TO the dictates of his heart
and In defiance of the laws of caste, Sc
cretly marries Esther E.ccles, attached to
one of the minor theatcrs, who has the
misfortune to have a drunken father. After
Il married life of six months, the captain Is
ordered to India, but c%onceals the fact from
his wife, who. however. learns it by over
hearing the parting between the marquise
and her son. During the captains stay
abroad, his wife becomes a mother and in
reduced circumstances ~ report OF ID M
Toy's death reaches England, and notwith-
standing her poverty. his presumed widow
Iatrician mother-in-law. who, when inform
ed of Esther's circumstances. offers TO take
the child. Through the humanity of Major
1ialtree, a brother officer of D'Alroy, the
necessities of the young mother. disap-
pointed in obtaining a PRO Proiessionai ENGAGE da,I
Esther completes the happiness of D'Alroy.
rejoiced to lind his wife and child recognize
ed by his aristocratic relatives.
The other prominent characters In the
comedy are Hautree, n scion of plebeian
stock, aspiring to marry a lady in her own
right who jilts him at the last hour; Polly,
Jsther's sister, an unambitiolis. warmhehrt-
ed girl; and Sam Gerridge, an honest. blunt
and well-meaning mechanic, Polly's suitor
and accepted husband, who. with Eccles,
a confirmed inebriate and blatant advo-
cate of workingmen's rights. Illustrate
the various phases in the distinctions OF
The play will be adequately staged and
costumed. and in the second act a feature
will be "A grand military tableauX in which
twenty-five militiamen from the Third reg
iment will participate.
The cast for the comedy is as follows:
Hon. George D'Alroy......Edward Mackny
l.ccies c. Valentine
Sam Ross
Toiiy Eccies. Virginia Johnson
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