The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-02-27
FIRST REHEARSAL TONIGHT
YALE MEN TO GIVE "THE MAG-
 ISTRATE."

Will Present A. w. Pinero's Play April
 4 and 5-PIay Well Suited to Student
 PIayers-Men Getting Acquainted
 With Their Parts-JOhn Malone to
 Coach Again.
 The Yale Dramatic association will give its sixth annual production on Tuesday and "wednesday evenings, April and 5, at the Hyperion Theater in New Haven, and on the following Friday, April ', at the Carnegie Lyce- um in New York. The association has decided to follow the example set last year in producing a play which is mod ern in every sense of the word. The piece chosen is "The Magistrate" by A. w. Pinero, the London playwright, who is without doubt the best living. This play, one of the most successful of the authors comic productions, is a three-aet farce. The speeches are short and to the point, there is no serl- ous loYe-making and as result the iYale actors will appear at their best, unhandicapped by the serious problem of converting husky young fellows into graceful and comedy representatives of the fairer sex. Tn addition to. this, the play is extremely funny, not only at the start but all the way through, with the interest increasing till the fall of the curtain on the last act.
 Rehearsals will start this evening under the direction of MT. John Malone, who proved to be very satisfactory as coach last year The individual mem bers of the association have been read ing the play, getting thoroughly ac- quainted with the parts for which they will try. Enthusiasm pervades the at mosphere of the associations room in Osborn Hall. Besides this great inter est manifested by the members, the material from which the cast will be picked is said to be the best ever, so that other things being equal, the sue cess of the production bids fair to sur pass that of previous years.
 The Magistrate, deals with the family difficulties of Aeneas Posket, a London court magistrate Posket has recently married a widow who has a son, Cis Farringdon, nearly nineteen years old. Mrs. Posket, anxious to ap- pear as young as possible, has given her age to her husband as thirty one, while in reality she is over thirty-dve. Naturally Posket thinks the son to be but fourteen. Real complications be gin, however, when Posket receives a /,I5 7,F1 1r;e
 mel Lukyn, announcing his arrival in town. Lukyn was by the way god father to Cis. Mrs. Posket filled with consternation rushes off to warn him against informing Posket of the real state of affairs. Cis, who has all the manners and habits of a young man of his actual age in spite of the fond treatment he receives at the hands of the women who think him but a child, stey-father to accompany him to sup per down town. They arrive at the hotel and proceed to enjoy themselves. It happened that the colonel was din ing in an adjoining room of the same hotel with an old cIum of his, Captain Vail Their meal is interrupted by the entrance of Mrs. Posket with her sis ter, Charlotte Verrinder. After a good deal of beating about the bush Mrs. Posket informs the colonel of her de ception and secures his promise of si- lence on the matter Meanwhile the hour of midnight has been reached and passed when suddenly the party are arrested for dining after midnight. Posket and Cis manage to escape in the darkness, but not before Mrs. Pos. ket has recognized their voices. In the morning the unfortunate party are brought to trial before Posket. He, in his amazement at seeing his wife, whom he imagined safe at home, in such 3 position, loses. his presence of mind and sentences them all to siail. Fortunately, however, they are rescued by fellow magistrate. The last scene is at the Posket home. Mrs Josket gives her husband the real facts about the ages of herself and her son, Cis on learning his real age announces his intention of marrying Beatie Tom1in- son, his pretty music teacher, and the scene closes with Posket giving his consent against Mrs. Posket's will.
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