The Newtown bee., 1903-05-08
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NEW PRESTON.
A DRAMATIC SUCCESS.

It was our privilege to attend the en- tertainment at Marketable hall on Thursday evening of last week, when ''The Country Store" was rendered by the amateur troupe Mrs M. H. Dens- low has drilled for little time. We feel it to be due the actors to state that we were most highly pleased with the evenings entertainment, and we venture to assert there are many en- tertainments in the city which will not compare in excellence and quality. First Mrs M. H. Denslow seems we'll nigh perfect in any character she at tempts to impersonate. This night she was the ignorant, half-civilized pauper, but still showed mind in it's crude state, active, witty and faithful in whatever she undertakes. She does it we'll and from start to finish she car ried the same peculiar traits app!ica-
 ble to the character she assumed.
 Mrs Toohey as Aunt Jerusha," or "Uncle Eli's wife, seemed naturally
 just adapted to the character assigned
 her, and carried her part admirably
 throughout the comedy. Theodore
 Bente as ''Chief of Police" was a sur
 prise to all. His knowledge of the German dialect and his personal make up for the character taken, helped him immensely to carry out his part most
 satisfactorily and to the great amuse-
 ment of the audience In his Gar rests" and "cake walk" he was simply immense. B. B. Meeker as "Uncle Eli' seemed to us a second Denman Thompson. He was ''just the thing" He interested, he pleased, he delight ed the audience from start to finish, by the spirit and interest he manifest ed in the part taken. He seemed just fitted for the character and acted it in
 the most commendable manner. Too
 much cannot be said in his praise and
 weSbelieve he would do we'll to follow
 up this line of profession on more ex-
 tended scale. George N. Beardsley as "Reub, the Nigger' was most credit ably taken, considering it was his first
 appearance on the stage and the diff Su1Uy Ol UlIC uld1CCU Ol
 race. His voice and makeup was so
 disguised that many failed to recognize
 him on the stage, but heard him dis tinctly throughout his part He will do we'll to try again. Mrs Hostord as "The Heiress" was also we'll taken.
 Her song, "Little Boy in Blue," was
 heartily encored, and in the lastscene she rose to the situation necessary of
 pardon to wrong, appreciation of true
 worth but denunciation for the rascal.
 Harvey, impersonated by D. B. Gran | nis(who' had basely traduced Uncle
 Ellis son)which part was well taken by
 Leonard Fleezer, who seemed to be | surrounded by adverse circumstances
 and made bungling mistakes till near
 ly the close of the last scene. William
 Birkins took the part of Irish porter and exhibited in some of the more ex- citing scenes much agility and self con- tidence. So, altogether, we considered
 it a most creditably rendered comedy,
 we'll worth witnessing, and all credit is due the entire troupe for the render ing of the same. The hall was we'll filled and the receipts(about $7O)satis- isfactory to all. We are pleased to announce that, Thursday evening of this week, the troupe will produce the play at the Town hall, Washington
 Depot, and we know report of full
 house will be made. We hoped the
 the hall here might be secured for the same purpose in the near furure, but
 time alone must decide.