Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-09-19
OlB FAVORITE PIEASES
East Lyane" as Produced at Col
eaial Last Night is Good Show
and Was Enjoyed

...t Ieune' IS au old. old favor
H. road. which AnBapolitaBs
n presented many times by
aI many bad and few in
rt companies uf players -priu-
... had ones though. Its presen-
f fhe Colonial Theatre last
hr gusauh King company.
f "a pleasant surprise t0 those of
Ilause 8 ha had expected moth
ter ihau bah been seen before
iniIlr attempts 81 portray the
n.ue villain The wruDgcd and
. wife aud fhe other characters
t.. familiar ploi.
nt kinEs praduniiou, while evi-
~ nru to This seasons road and
aH. ar two spots slightly rough As
ul af thIs newuess. IS the best
...naaffs has ever been favored with.
gaurude Arden. who was cast
Iafr Isabel. about whose insane
unsr. leading ~ the deseEtion of
. husband aud children and her
meut with the villain. the story
He uiag is woven, is an actress
E whom ue predict better things.
H.f STAGE presence 81 easy and nat
.rsI har prcssi0us and business
r.al anl hor Intense scenes show an
...I.fr fn meat them easily and nat
.rs.I. svithout overdraw ing them a
ts.naurh 4 utue cold AMI slightly
Mr. W II. Goodwin makes n
...I trchihaId Carlyle. Tie should
.rfu an So his work and show "a little
n.r. geal feeling in most of his
aa. however. as be- has an easy
rI.f.iue presence. voice and carriage,
FL which ho could make more. Pos
.n5. the bosl of the male characters
Il. lhe production O. that of Lord Mont
severn. as prosecuted hy ~. e.. Ray
u.sr. IS ho also plays the part of Dill,
.Ierk ta SIR. Carlyle. Ills conception
.f tla pompous English gentleman j.
.8rI. largely ou account of is entire
uruness. and his character work as
mu b. excellent
Another new conception 0f an
aIt aud oft times tiresomoiy ridicu-
I1as STAGE character which iiuds place
.u afI meIo-dramas, was given by
afr SEYMOUR iu the role of Sir Fran
r.. fptisan. sine smooth. slick william,
sha Grsi turns the wife of his friend
CARLYLE. away through playing on
hrr iaalousv for Barbara Hare and
Iheu deserts her. Ilc presented the
william in such attractive good -natured
manner as to make 10 possible for the
audience e. realize how ID were pos
sihle Cor a wife to desert her husband
Tor him. True he did have the proven
uial black mustache. bat his sacrifice
1T grease paint william lines and low
hrowol sCow ~omowha offset this
handicap.
Miss Beck. 49, aliss carlyle. tho
halt sister ul the hero, shows ability
and q good insight into the fussing
meddlesomo ola maid. bat Is q little
stin and gives recilative tone tosher
lines. which She should overcome.
Miss Lillian Goodwin was unable to
10 herself iustiee, apparently through
uulamiliarity with her. lines. with
complete mastery Of her part viii
come moro ease az manner and slight
lv hettor acting we trust.
Tho show was well produced and
mot with general approval from the
audience. lt WAS in many ways en-
tirelv different from the accepted
production of East Lynne Of the
.'ten. tweut. thirt' variety and pre-
scented tho human and not necessarily
oterlrawn characters Of the play in a
more favorable light than Anmapoli-
ians have formerly hal the pleasure
0f seeing them.