The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-22
THE THEATRES
SMITH

The Jewish dramatic season in this city will come to close this evening, with the appearance of Mime. Kenny Pipzin and the Yiddish Dramatic Co.,, in the new drama of Yiddish life in America, Gain and Abel" Mme Pipzin has been seen in this city on several occasions, and has always created the most profound admiration for her splendid work. She is said to be the best Yiddish actress on the boards, and she will have the support of carefully selected cast. The play is pronounced highly interesting, ana enjoyable alike to Jew and Gent1le All who understand German can easily follow the play, and enjoy it. The work of these YiddiSh actors is ex- tremely artistic, and their productions are invariably the source of much pleasure to their ountrymen-
 Montana" by Harry D. Carey. the talented young author-actor, is essen tiauy a drama of deeds and not of words. Many of the strongest scenes could be played in pantomime so little do they depend on the lines that the players read. In this regard they are like some of the best scenes 1n Shakes pearean dramas. Like all really good dramas including Hamlet and "Jul- ius Caesar, it appeals to the emotions that are common to all humanity ana not to that small deliclously nave class that modestly styles itself the in tel1ectually superior one. Montana which will he seen tomorrow and Sat urday, is a dramatic gem that sparkles against all environments. There IS scarcely a, passion known to humanity that it does not show in it's utmost strength and with all those human passions are so closely woven in the threads of the drama, that it stands unrivalled as regards powerful effects and deepest pathos. Daily mat1nees and popular prices will prevail.
 
 of the present season will be the ap- pearance next Monday evening of Fritzi Scheff in Charles Dillinghams production of ''The Prima Donna, the Madame Scheff by Henry Blossom and Victor Herbert. Strange for comic opera, the play has an interest that is at times really gripping and the story is developed very Skillfully- So dra- matic is the plot, in fact, that 1t gives Mime. Scheff the opportunity to dem onstrate that she possesses real talent as an emotional actress well as be- ing the best prina donna on the light opera stagestoday. From this 1t must not be gathered that '"The Prima Donna" is heavy, for Henry Blossom has put in it his most sparkling lines and most brilliant lyrics. and he prov ed with "The Red Mill'' and "Mlle Modiste" that as a librettist he has no superior in this country. Victor Her bert is said to have outdOne himself with the music. He has written his usual musically score and several of the numbers have a. swing to them that easily accounts for their popular ity. The cast will include James F.. Sullivan, William Raymond. Donald HalI William K. Harcourt. Martin Hayden, Phil Brarson, Herbert Ayling, Armand Cortes Blanche Morrison, Ruth Holt Boucicault, Josephine Bart lett Katherine Fletcher, Renee Dyris, La Noveta, and many others. The production is of the usual colorful Dill lingham type. The sale of seats for the engagement opened this morning, and there is every indication of a splendid business.
 Ragged Robin. which will be given next Tuesday evening with Chauncey Olcott in the title role. is one of the most delightful performances of Irish drama that has Eeen placed before the public in many years. Choice gems of song dances of fairies and elves, clever scenic and lighting effects all serve to illustrate one of the prettiest love stories ina ginable. The play, which was written by Rida Johnson Young in collaboration with Rita Ol- colt, is the first play to be written on this side of the Atlantic in the Celtic style made popular by Yeats, Fiona Macleod George Russell and the clever writers of the new Celtic movement. In it we see mortal and fairy inter mingled, affording a freedom of style not obtainable in ordinary drama. The