The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-18
wrEk,s THEATRICAL.

,rv,s THEATRICAL CALENDAR.
10y N1GHT-"A Wise Member
clO sinhy MATINEE AND NIGHT
Lovers Lane" ,.
A,rnyEspAY N1GHT-"Florodora
! aTURDAr. MATINEE AND NIGHT
4 aFInnigan's Ball
~. Indianapolis Journal has the follow
\ - 10 say Of - wise Member
s.Ys,sl people deserve credit for the new
y "a wise Member which was the
A ,...,,,on at EngIlsh's opern house last
- PLAYING to excellent business, These
4 4,.,. arc James Barrett, who has CON
.a,.as an entertaining farce built on nm
n .-.r+lensI lines; C. b. Marvin, who has
a ....d the play sttTactively and chooses
a .Ao,on-blv competent company 10 inter
4, aud the company Itself, all Of
~. ,tve ercsllent renditioDs of thcir re-
n lo I 1s-+s The comedy abouuds IN
"A ~. sId genuinely humorous compiler
&l,rs Nj, Sam Afnrdv appeared IA the
"A ,YII...,sr fnr which he seems TO have beeu
nsisc =. ps+uye and at once established
II ss.,t as a strong fsvorite Miss Mand
t..,~n nrovei herself IN be an exceedingly
"A isrsr sstresE whose methods are artistic
tbs n charming natural, rehned ana grace
IN The supporting ConP5Ay 49, -
,s. neopls in the right place. 2nd the
"a .sss,sI features we're Of high order
H TSs MAY Will be seen at the opera house.
H. nlrht only. Monday, January ~
ma following advance notice Of Clyde
Aftch's play IS Interesting;
"a orarers' Lane 2 much discussed and
f L.,y popular pisy ~ Clyde Fitch, Is the
& ,t,r,ttlon ar the opera house Tuesday
,pvsry 20. matinee and night
~ This will he The trst local presentation
IN comedy which has come into cxcep.
4lousl prosperity under the direction Of
|Elsm A Brady. who finds It as valuable
Commercially as his famous way Down
Mast"
81 Lovers Lane" is brought here with con
Y fient reliance upon its extraordinary rec
+ Bid Of success in other cities. it is fact
inat the original company which Manager
Prady presents here. has peeu Cnactiug
his New England comedy every week save
RtlI since the beginning of February, 1911
play draws or it does not draw. That
&f. the whole thing in o nutshell. Lovers
4 lane" found favor for FIVE months ia New
sS ork and, being transferred 10 Chicago for
f8 four weeks encs cement, eventually re-
+; fliined there all through the hot summer
qAsrs Is significance In a hashight of a
z ldsummer matinee At 102 degrees In the
. ihsde-the hottest day in Chicago for
*iihlrty yesrs-when not q vacant scat is
revealed Press agents may prevaricate,
(, trt the eausrb presumably tells tho truth
}utSequent h5t6bie engagements covered
nearly two mopths IN BOSTON and fourteen
fseks In Philadelphs.
Tier. are rural plays and rural PLAYS
y {ome develop enormous vitality and virillty
4ks the "0ld Homestead. The County
Il slT' and the Brady bonanza. WAY Down
ftstr Others End scant consideration
s lnd short life. Some smell Of tho harm
IA ard and are rich Of the gosh al hem.
x trk eXpleuve, Some are meIodrsmsric
IN turn on the pivot of en- ultra sensa
+ fonal situation.
But Levers Lane" from all accounts.
poetic and humorous play about plain
fe u prosaic Massachusetts, village. an
3faling, euriously enough. In widely differ
nt classes Society is interested. because
1lyde Fitch Is now the fashionable vogue:
pe family element and church people mp
ffove Its moral tone and the clergy proY6r
Hme approvals. One Of the most emphati,
lE these came from Rev. Thomas II. SIiccr
~ All Souls, New York, who commends n.
II calculated 10 do as much good as n Ienteu
# rnon. But Il "a doubtful II Fitch had
4 ~ hgn moral aim when he wrote ''T overs
His Intention was To amuse. and
3# lernd the church and social conditions
E re average small town fair target
EyE ne Keen clipped shafts Of sntire which
delights 10 speed.
'as hero Of ''LoyerS Lane" Is young