The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-12
An,use,,aents
ssThe Prince Chap.'

One of the most charming of the sea. sons. attractions at the theatre was the presentation of The Prince Chap" at The Grand last night with Cyril Scott in the title role and Miss Mary Keogh playing a minor part that was so artistic. so captivating In It's un- usual element of comedy, that the au- dience which was one of the largest and most critical, perhaps. of tile pres ent season, accorded encore after en- core.
 MT, Scott onIs a role which is not nearly. 50 distinctive in the piece as the prominence which has been given him in the advance notices warrant. He was excellent as William Peyton, "The PrinB Chap" Miss Keogh was better, from truly analytical stand point, as Phoebe Fuckers. The play. in itself. Is infinitessimaf in an analy- sis of the general excellence of the entertainment afforded. The comment resolves to the players. The piece, considering lines, plot and suggestion, Is one that will always be popular. 1t has the human interest, the roman tic thread throughout. the bright com- edy lines and situations that are logf- cal as well as unusual. But of the players:
 MT. Scott has a none too difficult hOAO HI shO JoahS aAtAel otA a6 eAAh6 AVA
 He gets all that there is out of the part, perhaps, and he was accorded due courtesy when an insistent audience ciamored. He. spoke. Naturally, he was graceful, and with little some- thing recently read in a magazine" which fitted his particular case, and which rounded off point was alto gether pleasing.
 rx -ts in the production. and those who have seen her in character work before lit- tie knew that her versatility was of such extent as to include this rather difficult part. Miss Keogh is yet young woman. We do not recall that the prediction has been made before; we do not know that she has risen to a point from which she can view many below her in the theatrical world, but there is little doubt about her future. For her, next season. . flaming big line across the bill boards for a cer- tainty. This. a little extravagant, but expressed by nearly everyone who st. tended last nights play.
 Beryl and Helen Pullman, the two young misses who portrayed Claudia, were exceptionally clever and charm ing. but the effect of their work came near falling flat when it was talk en up by Miss Catherine Cameron in the last act. Miss Cameron Is not fitted for the part. She does not make up or dress for it, and there Is a painful sense that she Is drilling through it all. Mir. Scott almost indicated his observance of the inadequacy of this portrayal in the last act.
 Marcus Runion, the valet de chambre. of '"The Prince Chap" was more than pleasingly portrayed by Charles B. Wells, role that requires much to be distinctive in a performance of this kind. Mir. Wells made 1t an especiai feature of performance generally of the best class.
 Wallace, Erskine, as the Earl of Huntingdon, was satisfa ctory in a part easy of rendition. IdaA Stanhope as Alice Travers was matter of fact, per- haps too mechanical. She was not in accord with MT. Scott's interpretation of the action of the piece.
 The next attraction at The Grand will be The Lion and the Mouse" to- night. J