The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-10
JACKsoN's
LEIGH DELAC..

A splendid performance of the late Clyde Fftch's great drama .-The wom- an in the Case' was given by the members of the Leigh De Lacy Co.,, at Jackson's last evening and the large audience present showed their appre- clation by demonstrative applause Miss De Lacy was cast i'm the role made famous by Blanche Walsh, dur ing the latter's starring tour in this play and admirably acquitted herself The character affords splendid oppor- tunities for the display of the emo tfonal powers for which Miss De Lacy has become famed The famous ta- bIe scene in the third act. where the two women both fighting for love of enc man met across the table in the glow of only a candelabra, was splen- didly carried out and at its close, a The stage presentation was elaborate ana added much to the plays success This afternoon another large audience was in attendance at the performances drama by Rachel Crowthers. The play was originally produced by Carlotta Niilsor in New York to great suc- cess, after an uninterrupted run Of over POO nights. ,,s it was ,ssaSsd sent on snis cssy and repeated the New York tri- Nnph. At the afternoons perform ance Miss, DeLscy assumed the role formerly played by Miss Nilsson ana her careful and studied interpretation, gave further proof of her remarkable versatility. Mir John Meehan as ssClern'' gave finished performance and showed himself an artist of much ability. The play was given mag niffcent stage production and the cos- tunes were both handsome and ap- propriate @The Three of Us" will be repeated tomorrow evening and lovers of good pure and wholesome drama Fofr <rr | fG one of the strongest hits in Miss De Iacy's repertoire. This evening, the first performance in the present en- gagement of the famous romantic drama 1.-The Prisoner of Zenda" which served as successful starring vehicles for E. H. Sothern. James K Hackett. and other notable stars, will be given The play is thoroughly saturated with that element of romance, so delight- full to any audience especially the feminine portion. and with Miss' De Lacy, as F1avia, MT. Meehan in the dual role and the full company In con- genial parts. a complete and finished performance is assured The same popular price scale will prevail Seats can now be secured for any of the concluding performances
 1.-THE QUEEN OF THE MOULIN
 ROUGE"
 The ~cycIonfc whirl-" the most won 0GrIul part or the QuA0TllAG TEdAlS- tfque." has been photographed When the four Minars arrived in New York last spring from Paris. to join '-The Queen of the Moulin Rouge" attempts were made to catch the two dancers in action Most photographers said it was impossible either to hashlight or Hsnapshot" the dancers. but an operator who used a camera with a Sdrop shutter, working in one-twelfth- hundredth of a second, accomplished the feat Mons Molassa explained, that he would make five whiris, and indicated the spot at which he would aIirht. The two dancers posed for focus and at the word .Go" Molasso, who had Mile. Minar's right wrist in his grip, swung her in the air. her body was absolutely horizontal and al least five feet above the, fioor- She j alighted on both feet with a back whirf which three Molasso in the air and in the same relative position As the Photographer caught him" the dancer was apparently falling on his face-one leg was pointed upward. the other bent so that the sole of the foot was towards the heavens, and the tails of his evening coat looked like pinions half supporting the body Bridgeporters will have its first op- portunity of seeing this wonderful dance. which was brought to this coun- try by Thomas w. Ryleyr when his production of Paul M- Potter's musi- cal comedy "The Queen of the Moulin Rouge is presented at Jackson.s tnea- tre next Monday evening The seat sale starts tomorrow morning.