Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-10
Theatrical
 Fraternal
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.srHE HEART OF MARYLAND.' ,

seTHE HEART OF MARYLAND"
 David Belasco's romantic play, 1.-The Heart of Maryland will be presented at Polls this evening by MT Belasco's own co1npany. The characters of tAls play, and the story they relate, which the author has frightened with the romanticdsm and heart interest of Wo- mans love and her courage and self sacrificing devotion to the one object, that Of saving her soldier lover from an ignominious deaHh, live in our mem oGy And its final and intensely real istic climax in the helfry of the old colonial church tower, where she makes her last desperate effort to ac- complish her purpose and in which she is the heroine, Maryland Calvert, is tri- umphant. That marvelously con structed scene is one that will always remain Ilndimmed in memory's gallery of living pictures. With the details of its plot, the beauty of it's scenic illus trations and the charm of their his boric romanticism, transcripts as they are of localities made famous by our civil war during which the events of the play OCCULT, nearly every theater- goer Is familiar through its former re peated and brilliant peHfo ormances here, Among the principal members of the company this season are William F. W7aIcott. B. J. MI1rphy, Clifford Storch, Oscar Nordd eet, John NJ. Stevens, Clar- ence Hambain, Francis Charlton, Louis Bennison, Florence Foster, Nell Mo Ewen. Florence Rossland and Bulalia Bennett. Prices are 25, 85. 5O and 70 cents.
 VAUDEVILLE AT THE JACQUES
 The great popularity that vaudeville has attatned in Waterbury has never been better illustrated than this week when Manager Poli' s two big European novelties that lead the bill are at- tracting large audiences to all the per formances. For high class muslcaI speciality. with splendid skill on alt kinds of instruments, the Willis family could not we'll be excelled, and the Schenk brothers are the most original and accomplished acrobats, probably, that have ever appeared on the local stage. There is much in the other two acts of Hhe bill to provide entertain ment. too, especially good being the singing sketch offered by Gflroy Haynes and Montgomery, and the black face turn by Clifford and Burke. Others on the bill are Miss Frances Curran, Harry Bartlett and Lettie Coa- ling. Bennetit and hdg trick pony, and the vitagraph with miscellaneous com edy views. Prices are 10, 20 and 30 cents; afternoons 10 and 20 cents, la dies 10.
 seNO WEDDING BELLS FOR HEIR"
 Theodore Kremer' s latest melodrama bearing the significant title of No Wedding Bells for Her" will be played at Polls Saturday afternoon and even ing. In the play there is a most touch ing and tender love story, or rather double love story, each being equal with the other in sustained interest All of the four characters involved are skillfully drawn, each of the women being a distinct type of the fair sex, and each of the men strong and manly in his particular sphere There is ab- ,solutely no conventionality about the play. It seems to be the custom now adays to have stereotyped characters and stereotyped scenes in every melo- drama, but in thhs case Mir Kremer has broken a1wtay from the conventional and has written clever, new and orig ina1 drama, which teens with exciting situations brilliant comedy and sincere patfhos. The production as whole wfM be an elaborate one. The company carries carload of scenery, and the cast includes many well known artists The sale of seats opens tomorrow.
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