The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-10-12
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AT THE HYPERION TONIGHT.
John Mason. late of Daniel Frohman's
stock company at Days theater, New
York, where for the past two seasons
he has played all the leading roles, and
by many in the metropolis considered
the ablest leading man in America, will
make his bow in this city as a star at
the Hyperion theater tonight in new
play called THE Altar of Friendship,
from the pen of that clever woman dra-
matist Madeleine Lucette Ryley. Few
actors are more generously provided
with the qualities necessary to the sue
cess of star than John Mason, ana
the public, with a pretty fair knoWl-
edge of his accomplishments ana the
wide range of his ability, will look Tor
something exceptionally good in his lat
est Offering THE Altar of Friendship
tells one Of the best conceived stories
that has been told in a high class COM
edv in recent years. The piece was pre-
scented at the Hollis Street theater,
Boston, recently and scored an en-
phatic success. Both the play and Mr.,
Mason came in for unbounded praise
at the hands of the dramatic writer's
in that city, and the piece received the
best notices Of any production brouSht
out there in many months. 1t VIII De
given here exactly as presented at the
Hollis Street theater with absolutely no
change in the cast or scenic accesso-
ries. The company in the support or
Mr. Mason will include Nannette Com
stock, Margaret Fuller, Harry Har-
wood, Malcolm Williams Mrs. r. A.
EberIe Laura Almosnino, Miriam
Hutchins Dodson L. Mitchell, Charles
Arthur, w. V. Pennington George s.
Stevens and Henry Travers. Seats
now on sale. Prices $1.50, 81, IS cents
and 50 cents.
The story of Lovers Lane" the new
CLYDE Fitch play, which Manager Will
liam A. Brady will present at the Hy-
perion theater next Monday, tuesday
and Wednesday nights and at the bar
gain matinee Wednesday, is sweet, sim
pie, wholesome and ingenious 1t IS
dramatic without sensationalism and
its complications sustain interest with
out being involved or confusing Low
ers' Lane" will be presented here with
the same attention to detail that char
acterized the success of its five months
run in New York last winter and three
months in Chicago during the summer
lust passed The cast employed by
Manager Brady to interpret the lifelike
characters of this charming play has
been selected with every care. A num-
Der of local children will appear in the
school-recess scene, which will give
added interest to the play. All in all,
one of the most enjoyable evenings of
the season is promised with Lovers
Lane"
The Troy Evening Standard says of
this production: zone can readily see
why the drama Lovers Lane was such
a success in New York city and the
reason for its run. Rarely does so
pleasing a play come to Troy, and the
audience that witnessed this piece at
the Griswold last night was loud in its
praise of its merits The scenic effects
and stage settings are beautiful, espe-
cially in the third and fourth acts. The
plot of the play was true to life and
carefully carried out, The humor was
appreciabIe, and there was lots of it,
while an air of purity permeated the
entire piece 1t is a play that men, Wo-
men and children can understand and
be benefited by the story it tells, The
work by the individual members of the
company was exceptionally good. Some
of the characters portrayed were so
true to life that it was a positive pleas
ure to be able to see for once no over
drawn stage characters
Seats now on sale. Prices-night, 81,
4
bargain matinee, 25 cents and so cents.
Laugh lovers viii no doubt be delight
ed to read of the announcement of the
performance of Miss May Irwin at the
HIS, . next Thursday night in her