The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1906-03-13
MRS. FlSKE.
Americas Peerless Actress Comes
to Capitol Theatre. Frankfort,
Wednesday, March l1ih.

The engagement of Mrs. Fiske and
the Manhattan Company in Leah
Kleschna, at the Capitol Theatre. at
Frankfort, on Wednesday, March Il.
should not be missed by any lover of \
fine play, brilliantly acted. For five
months at the Manhattan Theatre. New
FORK, last season, and during a supple
mentary engagement this year, Leah
Kleschna" for it's own merit and for
its Interpretation, was the talk of the
metropolis. The same cast that acted
with her will appear at Frankfort.
LeahKleschna' is a singulaiy powerful
.. drama o. modern life, with scenes laid in
Paris and nearNeustadt, Austria. At the
present tlmeMrs. Fiske is seen in a role
mat is differ ent from any she has
hitherto played. The daughter of a
noted criminal. Leah has been trained
by him as his assistant in thefts of uyl-
common dimension and adroitness. One
OF these thefts brings her face to fare
with a mantle most discussed French
man of the hour whom she has adj
mired from afar. He does not arrest
her, upbrald her, or laugh at her. He
is not even sentimental over her. He
simply understands her as no one has
and alphabetically rouses the other
ana better woman that is in her. The
girl leaves her father and his associates
ana goes back to the lettuce fields
where her mother has labOred-there to
md peace. There, too, she finds happj-
ness, when the man who has awakened
ner moral sense comes to take her TO
ms home. 1t is fresh idea for a plav
and worthy of Mrs. Fiske's intelIi-
gence- Mrs. Fiske gives a superb
study OF tae girls automatically crinni-
nal natm e and denotes admirably the
change that comes with her moral
awakening. The psychological as wei
as the dramatic side of the character
IS FULLY realized and Mrs. Fiske's
triumph as Leah has been complete.
inns personal success is all the more
notaDle since it shines out among the
Drliilant performances of her associates
III the East. No star within memory has
Oeen surrounded by such group of
players as John Mason, George Arliss.
Frederic de Belleville, William i.
Mack, llaus Bogel. Charles Baesay.
John Emerson, Charles Ter, Frank
Eastwood, Emily Stevens, Belle Bohn.
fernanda Ellison, Mary Madden ard
Martha Roberts are others in the cas-.
Inc play was staged under the direc-
| CAOA VI MIS-. ISkS, whose metlO(lS
dominate every scene. The settings Of
abe first and fourth acts show the home
OF the Kleschnas, typical Paris lodr-
lngs. The second and third acts picture
Sylvalne's mansion at Saint Cloud. This
Scene is richly appointed library. pure
French renaissance in architecture and
furnishings. The fifth act, most I'M
portant OF the play from scenic
standpoint, reveals vista of lettuce
fields, stepped in sunshine, with the
foreground shaded by grove of arp3e
trees.
Seat sale opens at Frankfort Monday.
March II. Prices-Lower floor. $500:
Balcony, $1.50; Gallery, S1.G0 Mail
orders addressed to d. j. McNanara.
manager Capitol Theatre, Frankfort.
KY, will be considered in order of r.
celpt: Special train for Paris patrons
has been secured and returning will
leave immediately after the perfofn,-
ance. One fare for round trip on r. -
Z. X. R., good returning on reguIar
train Thursday, March is.