The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-08
An1uSen1ents

Max Figman in .aThe Man on the Box"
 The comfortable audience that as- sembled Thursday eveneing at the Montgomery theatre to see ''The Man Warburton and admired Max Figman, the actor who portrayed the character. The play is one of those comedies, with just enough Of the oiastyie sad snine dramS ns heavier interest, and the resulting de- coction was a pleasing one The audi ence which saw the play, would wei come MT. Flgman and his company back to Montgomery.
 In one rspect, Mir, Figman's company was laboring under a difficulty. The leading lady; Helen a Hoime1s, a1ssa was ssn aoe francisco by the death of her mother, but no one would have known It from the quality of the acting presented by Clara Louise Chapman, who took the part of Betty Annesley. Both MT. Fig man and Miss Chapman presented their parts with thorough appreciation Of the subtle hum9r the many Imaginable
 The section of the play revolves about one of those ludicrous mistakes tenant Bob Warburton, lately resigned from the army an Indian fighter, hero and all-round good fellow Tn the en- deavor to play practical joke upon his sister Nancy makes a mistake, and seizes upon Betty" Annesley, whom he has seen but never met, and with whom he Is violently in love, dairy as 1t Is put by his friend, to impress the >brotherIy kiss that Is to be the climax
 The police court. employment with Miss Annesley as groom contract with old army friends while in the disguise, and finally the melodramat ic rescue of old Colonel Annesley father of the girl, from disgrace, and the in- eyitable falling in love ss Of the fo,,d happy 1y swift array in apparently natural se- quence, afters the first mistake, pres enting innumerable opportunities for the satisfaction of the Joke-Ioving pro- clivities of the theatre goer.
 Mir Figman Is naturally, the central figure in the play, but, while he bears his part in excellent manner, 1t must not be understood that The Man on the Box" was a one-sided perform ance He presents the part of the love sick swain, the impetuous daredevil; with equal facility, bringing out the distinguishing characteristics of the part he is playing in pleasing, and
 The other principal male character Is that of Charles Henderson, prospec- tive brother-in -in-law of Warburton, Wallace. The other parts Colonel An nesley and Colonel Raleigh, the army officers, Judge Watts, the well-inten- toned but somewhat dense police mag istrate, and Count Karloff, the Russian diplomat, were portrayed in manner in keeping with the rest of the comedy by William Forbes, Frank Ratnger, George Centre and John c. Brownwell.
 The absence of Miss Holmes from the cast left the leading female parts in the comedy to only two actresses, but Miss Chapman as Betty" Annesley, took the place of the leading lady in manner that stamped her as one having ability, while Beatrice Mcclure took the other two parts, as Nancy Warburton and Mrs. Conway, In style entirely pleasing.
 All in all, the comedy is one that is pleasing in it's arrangements, and 1t was well presented, albeit minor weak nesses might be discovered fin the cast.
 The next attraction at the Montgom- cry Theatre will be Friday evening" when Robert Lorraine will be seen In