The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-19
.LoTHRoP's OPENS.
Barry in THE Rising Generation"
Gives an Amusing Performance.

Barry in The Rising Generation"
Gives an Amusing Performance.
Renovated from ceiling to stage en-
trance. Lothrop's opera house presented
a pleasing appearance at the opening
performance of the season last night.
The walls of the lobby on the lower floor
have bt en- f~escoed in bits of pictures,
While the foyer on the second floor is
resplendent with a bright carpet and
newly finished walls All the chairs in
the house have been upholstered anew
and the metal work regilded while q
chandelier of So lights makes an orna-
ment to the ceiling. The new drop cur
tain is work of art and is in no way
hurt by the advertisements in one cor
ner
Manager W:lton. has been particularly
fortunate in procuring William Barry
and his excellent company in The ris-
ing generation" as the opening piece
The play is clean and refreshing
throughout, with plenty of action and
lots of bright dialogue. 1t turns on
the old plot of naughty fatGer who
disowns his children but becomes rec
onclled in the last act, but has the new
feature Of the poor man who becomes
rich as many others have done in New
York, through an aqueduct contract.
The prologue, with which the play
opens, is an introduction to the story,
showing Mr.. Van TYNE, the wealthy
merchant, who has bought house in
Harlem and is disconnected with his
Irish neighbors, and Martin McShane,
an aqueduct employee, with a shanty
opposite the rich mans residence Four
children, the rising generation, have
parts in this scene, and, contrary to the
usual custom. show marked degree of
ease on the stage.
William Barry, as McShane, is the
center about which the play moves and
ne is host in himself. The perfect
image of mis- father, he has all of the
elder Barry's gestures his voice and
his peculiarities. He is full of the
spirit of his work and is all that could
be desired for it. His work in the first
act at the poker game is inimitable.
Much Of the comedy is furnished by
Margaret Hatch as Johanna McShane
and James H. Manning as Prof Do
nysius O'Hara, who are in love with
each other but cannot marry without
McShane's consent. Clever specialties
are introduced through the play by the
quartet and Mildred Connors, Lillian
Fitzgerald, Lydia Barry, John j. Flynn,
James H. Manning and Willie Weston.
Lydia Barry, as Elsie Connors, is de-
lightful. She has but little to do with
the action of the piece, but makes her
presence appreciated whenever she
comes on the stage. She is the favor
lite daughter of the elder Barry, and it
is well to note that the company which
is playing this week Is almost Identical
with that made famous by the father
of the play. - o..m~ 4; q.
Between the second and third acts a
novelty in the way-of a vaudeville act
is introduced, and for twenty minutes
Lydia Barry and George Felix keep the
audience roaring with their, nonsense in
q little skit entitled 1.-The vaudeville
craze. Felix has one of the highest
priced acts that appeared on the vaude-
Vile stage last season and played at all
the principal houses through the coun-
try including Keiths circuit
Taken altogether The rising genera
ticn' is play worth seeing if one wish
es to laugh, and the attendance last
night should presage a good season for
LotErop's opera house.