The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-01-30
ENTERTAINMENTS. S.
Hypsr,on Thsatsr.
VIRGINIA HARMED IN IRIS AT
 HYPERION TONIGHT.

VIRGINIA HARMED IN "IRIS' AT HYPERION TONIGHT.
 Charles FrOhman has provided Vir-
 ginia Harmed with a tsrong company | for presenting Iris" at the Hyperion theater this evening. The cast includes Henry Jewett, William Courtenay, Ar thur R. Lawrence, Ethel Winthrop, Louise Drew, daughter of John Drew,
 Mabel Snyder Eleanor Sanford, Stan ley Dark. R. R. Neill. Harry Lewis and Lawrence Eddinger. Following is a synopsis of this much talked-about play, written by Mr Piero, Englands i foremost playwright:
 The plot reveals in five acts the
 glory, decline, and fall of a luxurious
 woman, who is not vicious, but merely
 weak, indolent and ease-loying.
 She is Iris Bellamy, a rich widow of l twenty-five, with many admirers and 1 friends of both sexes. By her hus-
 bands will she cannot marry again ! without forfeiting her heritage. The
 real rivals among her numerous suitors are Laurence Trenwith, meagre cat 1 tie rancher in British Columbia, and i Frederick Maldonado, a lurid million
 aire of mixed Spanish and Hebraic eX-
 traction. Iris favors Trenwith, but
 cannot make up her mind to forgo her | fortune and share his poverty. He ! thereupon departs to his ranch, hoping to win a fortune and then Iris. Iris ] loses her income through the embezzle- ment of the trustee of her estate. Nal donado here calls in sympathy, and leaves her bank cheque book with | large deposit to her credit. She ulti-
 mately falls a victim to the temptation,
 and tolerates Maudonado's attentions I to the dismay and disapproval of her l better friends Trenwith returns from the ranch in prosperity, but disowns
 Iris on discovering her relations with ] Maldonado. The millionaire having i heard Iris vainly pleading for forgive
 ness with TrenWith, casts her adrift,
 penniless, and then wrecks the furni-
 ture in her home.
 The play is viewed as an accepted
 homily for purity and self-sacrifice,
 more powerful than any sermon from the most outspoken eloquent pulpit. Seats now on sale. Prices $1.50, $1, 75c. 'The Liberty Belles," presented by
 Klaw & Erlanger's Troubadours and
 Harry Gilfoil, the most extraordinarily
 original production of musical comedy
 from every point of view seen on the
 stage since that form of entertainment
 came into vogue, will be seen at the
 Hyperion tomorrow, matinee and
 night. When this piece was produced
 in New York last season at the Madi-
 son Square theater, it carried the city
 by storm, as it has done since then in
 every place it has played. It was as
 signal a victory as girlhood, unarmed
 and undressed, has scored in this American country in a blue moon and
 one of its greatest charms is that the
 entire performance is as clean as new
 paint, as fragrant as new mown hay.
 It begins with frolic and ends with a frolic. It is an entertainment blending l the grotesquerfes of farce, the special l ties of vaudeville; and the beauties of l spectacle. It is one of the greatest hits
 Klaw & Erlanger have in their big
 list of popular successes. Seats now on
 sale and the advance sale has been l large. Prices s1.50. $1. 75c.
 | Neil Burgess himself in 'The Coun- try Fair" will be seen at the Hyperion
 on Wednesday, February 4, at the bar gain matinee, prices 25c, soc, and again l in the evening. The Philadelphia
 Press, January 15. 1901. says of Neil
 Burgess: Burgess was always de- ] lightfully funny in the part, and he is I now even flnnier than hefore. hut what
 is particular triumph for him is that
 he now proves himself capable of secur-
 ing also the pathos of the part. This | is indeed no small thing, and Mr. Bur
 gess' present performance marks the I highest point so far reached in this | popular actors career. He is most ! ably supported by thoroughly first l class company" Seats on sale Mon-
 day. Night prices s1, 75c, soc, 25c.