The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-20
!CHARLEs KLEIN,s NEW PnAY.
The Dsuxhters u Hen Prsdueed with q
strong Cast n We'll Received.

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strong Cast and We'll Received.
The Daughters of Men, Charles Nein's
new play, was produced last night at the
Aston Theatre. A first night audience more
enthusiastic than usual was on hand. and by
persistent work got a few words Of thanks
from the author at the end Of the second act.
The play will likely DO as great a popular
success as Mr.. Klein's The Lion and the
Mouse
The struggle bet ween capital and labor
furnished to Mr.. Klein his theme. Many
sentiments were exploded and ~applauded
promptly. An Grafton on the brotherhood
Of man took like one of Tom Rocks speeches
in the late campaign.
Through il all runs the love story. Ths
woman OF the rich is in love with the mar OF
good birth and breeding who has chosen TO
serve the cause Of the people. and no IL in
love with her, and they marry, presumably.
after the little matters of duty and con-
science have had their fling.
The great scene Of the play was
scheduled to be the meeting Of Grdcs crosby,
this daughter Of the rich, with Louise,
the daughter Of liberty, in the rooms OF
the se~lf-chosen servant OF the pc ople.
Louise was also in love with him. This
bet the quiet dignity Of the self-oon-
tanned woman Of birth and the intensity
OF the woman who was just learning her
way, was almost too marked to b effective.
The cast was strong throughout. but the
women in IL as q whole excelled the men.
Effie shannon as Grace Crosby was quiet
and digniied until strong emotion was to
be expressed, and then she was fully equal
to the opportunity. She brought the first
act to a striking climax. Her lover had
chosen to stick to the peoples cause rather
than continue to be an aspirant for her
hand, n when her purseproud relatives
twitted her with his desertion she turned
on them savagely and delivered robust
sentiments with telling effectiveness.
Dorothy Donnelly Was louise. She was
delightful in her lighter moods. but when
she ventured into the tragic there was
almost too much hysteria and a decided in
distinctness Of utterance. Grace Eilkins
AS the wife Of Grace Crosbp's s~pendthrift
brother was full OF life. She had been an
actress before her marriage and the family
was almost as much scandalized by hat as
by Grdce'- determination to marry the friend
OF the people. h had many amusing lines
and they lost nothing in her hands.
The friend OF the people, John Stedmdn;
was played by Orrin johnson, who brought
TO the part an attractive presence and a
convincing personality. He had several
speeches TO make, and made them well.
He had almost as much trouble with the
labor leaders with whom he was associated
as with the MIbdHk-Cro families, against
whose interests the men under him were
on strike. He handled difficult situations
tactfully and the audience amply rewarded
his efforts.
Herbert Kelley was a revelation to his
friends and admirers. He appeared as
Richard Milbdrk. an elderly retired business
man, to whose Interference the happy settle
ment both OF his niece, Grace Crosby's,
love affair and Of the labor troubles in
which his old firm was involved, was largely
luz His acting throughout was capitally
done.
rrecise as a modern man 81 business and
the head Of the Crosby family. Ralph
Delmore was a big jawed, loud mouthed
shouter for labor's rights and CAV a telling
sketch OF that tpye OF labor leader. Others
in the cast who had something TO do and
did it well were George Parsons. Edwin
Prandt. Carl Ahrendt, Il. w. Morrison,
George W. Deyo and Joseph Adelman.