The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-05
Frawley Company i'm Blue Jeans.

The Frawley company will, enter upon
its farewell week at the Metropolitan
theater Tomorrow night; presenting
Joseph Arthur's delightful play of life
in an Indiana village, entitled Blue
Jeans" The drama has not been
seen seen here since the early spring OF
1898, and It's revival WILL therefore, have
almost the force of distinctive novelty.
'Blue Jeans is admittedly the strong
est play Mr.. Arthur ever wrote. 1t
ran for 300 nights at the Fourteenth
Street theater, New York, when
originally produced there, breaking all
previous records in the matter of at
cessful upon tour. A feature of the
forthcoming production will be the ap-
pearance Of member of the original New
York cast in the part he created.
George Fawcett, who played Ben Boone
on that October night in 1880 when the
play was given its first public presenta-
tion, and who continued in the role
will play Boone here. Mr.. Fawcett
is at the head of the Percy Haswell
company, who is to follow the Fraw-
leys at the metropolitan, and he has
| been especially engaged by Manager R.
D. Kimmond, for one week only. When
"Blue Jeans" Is withdrawn, next Satur-
day night, he will resume his position
| The Arthur play has retained it's
| hold upon public fancy first by the
strength of it's story, and second by it's
| naturalness.. Quaint and unfamiliar as
its character types may be, they are drawn
true to life, and in such a way that a
man, even though he may never have seen
the originals, recognizes the fact. Even
the play has several, are introduced
naturally, and bear every semblance of
reality. The great saw mill scene, which,
perhaps more than any other one feature,
won for blue Jeans itsStremendous
success, and which caused 1t to be known
| as the "original buzz-saw DRAMA" fits
nicely into the story without giving
the impression that the play was written
around it, instead of it's being written
into the play, as is so often the case.
The story Of the drama has to do
with the career of Perry Bascom, a
wealthy mill owner, who resides in the
little village of Rising Sun, "Blue Jeans
the curtain rises upon the first act. the
daughter of Jacob Tutewiler, the village
cobbler, has eloped with an uncle OF
Bascom's. She dies in the poorhouse
after having given birth to a girl baby
and the child, June, is brought ur
there, until she is finally adopted by
her grandfather.
gress, and appoints Colonel Henry Clay
Risener to manage his campaign. Sue
Eudaly appears upon the scene. She is
a woman of questionable character, but
Bascom falls victim to her wiles an6
marries her clandestinely. His infatua.
tion for the adventures is discovered
and results in his defeat at the cleo
tion. Later, however, Bascom learns
that the woman already has husband
living, and he casts her off. To revenge
| herself, she incites Ben Boone,
| former lover, to kill him. The two
men meet in Bascom's saw mill, where
Boone knocks the mill owner senseless
and places him upon the carriage, intend
| ing that he shall be killed by the grea
revolving saw at its farther end. June
however, breaks down a door and res.
cues him, just as the saw is about tc
enter his clothing. Ultimately June ant
Bascom are married and the play ends
Ehappily.
Frank Matthew will play Perry Bascom