The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-05
THE MIDDLEMAN'
A Short Story of This
Very Popular
Play.
liz Was Produced Last Night
ny the Prank n. Long Company as
the He'd Jacket opera House
n Local Field Day.

Last evening the Frank +. Long com
pany added another star TO their repu-
tation by their splendid rendition Of the
above play which has been made famous
by the wonderful portrayal OF the chief
character by the celebrated English art
list, Willard. Canon Farrer saw Willard
play in the piece and he was so impressed
with il that he wrote to Talmadge and
b gged of him TO seize the opportunity, II
he had il, oil seeing Willard when IN New
York and which the celebrated New
Yorker did and was az much pleased With
il as his brother the English divine
The plot of the play is that Cyrus
Blenkhorn, pottery maker who had
made his former employer rich by mis-
inventatiye genius, feeling that much
trouble and disgrace had been brought on
TO his family by the conduct of a certain
Captain Chandler, the son OF OILS employer
determined TO leave his situation and
work on an invention, which, il success
full, would not only make his own for
tune, but would ruin his employer whom
he blamed for not having allowed the
captain TO marry his daughter The
daughter disappears from the scene and
il supposed by her family to be dead.
Cyrus deplores his fate and finds that
while proceeding with his invention, his
funds have got so low that he has not
money enough TO purchase coal TO keep
his furnace, in which is his invention,
going, and bis friends thinking him mad
refuse to lend him money TO purchase
more, in which condition ne DESTROYS his
furniture, etc, to keep the fires going
Just as he has reached the end of his fuel
he tries the kiln aud after taking out
piece after piece Of pottery which disap-
points him he at last finds his inv ention
a success. During the times of his trials
and poverty his old employer has been
endeavoring TO get him back into his EN-
ployment and so obtain the benefit of
the invention in case il should turn out a
success. The invention makes Blenk-
horns fortune and ruins his former EN-
ployer who in order TO retrive his fortune
gets deeper into the mre bv specializing
on the board OF trade mot that managed
by Spear X Son and in time becomes
penniless and when be find that his
former employee has purchased his old
house with the intention of turning him
out OF doors applies for employment in
order TO keep his family, but is scorniuly
refused, but Blenkhorn after a solloquy.
in which he addressed his supposed dead
daughter, feels that she would advise
mercy and consequently offers his old
employer house and position of man
ager OF the works with good salary.
At this moment the captain returns from
foreign service where he has greatly dis
tinguished himself bringing bis wife with
him, when she il announced Blenkhorn
finds be cannot stand having, az he looks
upon it, insult added to injury, il about
to take back the offer he had Just made
his former employer when the captain Z
wife arrives and he finds out she is his
daughter who had been supposed dead.
In carrying out the character, Mr.
Frank Long displayed without any
doubt the finest acting that hase been
seen on the stage here. There was no
attempt at ranting and il Mr.. Willard
threw more feeling into the rendition OF
the character in which so many passions
mad play. than Mr.. Long he is We think,
fully entitled TO be called the prince OF
actors. The acting was 20 natural that
II brought tears TO the eyes OF many.
Mr.. Long was well supported ny his
company, which certainly deserves 60 be
well patronized wherever they may show
The quality OF the entertainments can.
not be measured by the prices OF admission
Tor the performance last evening was well
worth 81 for admission, instead of the
low price Of 30 cents