The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-17
ANACONDA NEWS.
'IWIXT LOVE AND MONEY
The Play to Be Produced by the
Football Enthusiasts.
AN OUTLINE OF THE STORY
The Piece Will Be Put On by Exclusive
Home Talent About March 1.-The
Cast of Characters Considered
to Be Very Strong One.

Alter Oh anu steady
rehearsing the members of the company
that has undertaken to produce a play
for the benefit of the football team, de-
clare themselves ready to go before the
public. This company has had great
deal of difficulty in arranging for the
production of play. In the first place
IT was proposed to present the Private
Secretary" and the manuscript of that
comedy was obtained. The members
studied their lines in the Private Sec
rotary" for weeks when it was sud-
denly discovered that there was roy
atty on the play, so large as to be pro-
hibitiye. 1t was then decided to take
up another play, and with that idea in
view those who had the matter in
charge secured the play that is now to
be produced.
The play is "'Twixt Love and
Money" 1t is one of those plays which
at once take hold upon the deepest
sympathies of human nature, and all
who have seen and enjoyed the late
Steele Mackaye's beautiful English
piece. Hazel kirke' will be glad to
find in "'Twixt Love and Money" a
purely American play, as strong, as
pathetic and as beautiful as that de-
lightful drama of the heart.
The story of "'Twixt Love and
Money" is simple. Herbert Van Allen
is the nephew of a millionaire and en-
gagged to his cousin, Mabel. While on
yachting cruise he meets a pure and
lovely country girl, Lillian Brough,
ward of Major Warrington, blind vet
eran. Although Lillian is betrothed to
Martin Cieneh. who is absent on whal-
ing voyage, she and Herbert fall in
love. Clench returns, and, maddened
with jealousy and evil suspicious.
threatens Herbert, who warns him that
he is armed. Martin snatches Herbert's
revolver and attempts to murder him.
misses N he f.
fie which ensues Martin accidentally
kills himself and Herbert is accused of
his murder
Lillian, by woman's wit, saves her
lover from arrest and conceals him. He
begs her to fly with him, but she re-
fuses to go unless as his wife They
are married hurriedly by Uncle Davy,
justice of the peace, and they escape
on Herbert's yacht.
Herbert's uncle and Julian Hawkes.
soon separate the young couple and
abandoned Shy her husband before the
honeymoon is over, Lillian's reason is
dethroned. Herbert finds that love is
more precious than money and returns
to his wife, when he is stricken with
remorse at her pitiable condition To
Lillian the night she was deserted is
ever present, and by acting out the
scene which caused her insanity, in
every detail, with the difference that
she finds her husband with her instead
her reason as suddenly as it left her,
and all ends as plays should end.
OF the characters there is scarcely a
pin S worth of choice among the five
principals-nor do those necessarily of
less prominence suffer by any odious
comparison, for the author has not
sighted one of them. Each has at least
one scene or situation in which he or
she Is as important as the leads.
The company has had several re-
hearsals of " 'TwiXt Love and Money"
and they now feel themselves capable of
sustaining the characters of the play
As will be seen from the foregoing OUT
lines some of the characters are very
difficult ones to portray, but by hard
study the amateurs feel confident that
they have so far perfected themselves
that there will be little room for crti-
cism.
Twixt Love and Money will be
produced at the Margaret either on the
18th of this month or the 1st of next
month, the exact date being yet unde-
cided. There will be a full scenic re-
hearsal tomorrow evening at the the
alter, to which, of course, no one will
be admitted. The time between now
and the date of the presentation of the
play will be devoted to constant prac-
tice. The proceeds CT the amateur the
atricals will be devoted to the benefit of
the football club; in order that when
that organization starts out in the
spring it will do so with a treasury of
no mean size. AS the play can be pro-
duced without the importation of either
scenery or costumes, it is expected that
the sum realized by the football team
will be a handsome one.
The cast of characters for "'Twixt
Love and Money is as follows:
Lillian Brough. Mrs. George Mcmillan
Hannah Timms. Mrs. c. T. Emerson
Peggy Potter. Miss Margaret Gleason
Herbert Van Allen Stanbap Motto
Andrew Van Allen. G. Rowe
Julian Hawkes.. William Devine
Major Warrington. Carl A. Gallagher
Jimnel Briggs. NJ. NJ. Donoghue
Martin Clench. .............. Gene Rowe
IpIli 1lEI1tH ~. Il. emerson
Uncle Davy Timms.. Harry Portuguese
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