The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-28
JACKSON'S
MIR. BoREs THoMAsHEFsK

The art of these Yiddish players reaches deeper than words and touches the springs of the primitive passions and emotions common to al! human nature, older than words and out or which words came into being. Faces. shoulders. bodies, gait and gesture, all eloquent hands that speak mutually, reflections of the voice. inarticulate ac- cents of feeling. more spontaneous than shaped sentences and mere parts of speech are witnesses to the eyes of the roles these Yiddish actors portray in their own strange tongue. The su- perb emotional power of Mir Bores Thomashefsky and indeed his entire lation of dramatic art to critics and audiences of the principal cities of America They will appear in MT. ThomashefsRy's greatest dramatic sue cess. The Lost Paradise. at Jack sons Theatre this evening.
 "ST. ELMO"
 No novel since ''UncIe Toms Cabin" has been perennially more popular wherever the English language is spoken than "St- Elmo". by Augusta J. Evans Wilson. who was the liar where even "U. T. C." did not circu- late widely. and was never played much But in Ter greatest novel. Mrs Evans Wilson wisely avoided all topics which might excite sectional o1ner- encss, and confined herself to a charm ing and powerful romance of the old South in the days when duelling was in vogue The main theme Of the story is the regeneration of St. Elmo Murray. a cynical young scion Of the aristocracy who has killed his man. through the. influence of Edna Earl. a proud and high-minded little mountain girl who, by sheer strength of will and intellect. rises to heights undream- ed of under the old regime. It is contest between the old and new South. and because Mrs Evans Will son so accurately forecasted the out come of events after the war. no less than her powerful story of human in- terest which Is always fresh and vital, her story has survived. ''St. Elmo,s comes to Jackson's Theatre tomorrow, matinee and evening. Special reduc- ed prices will prevail at the matinee OTIS SKINNER IN
 YOUR HUMBLE SERVANT"
 Otis Skinner. who will be seen in his latest success. Your Humble Ser want" at Jackson's Theatre. New Years matinee and night. has given to the stage a notable series of char acter creations, each of which he has endowed with distinct individuality. When one stops to consider the con- trasting types of Mir. Skinner's gal Iery of stage portraits. one Is amazed at the versatility of this most accom- plished artist. From the -austere war rior. Ianciotto. in Francesca da Ri mini" to the jovial. care-free vaga- bond in "The Harvester: from the ascetic priest, Abbe Daniel. in "The Duel". to the swaggering bully. Bri- dau. in '"The Honor of the Family; from the debonair Due de Grammont to the heroic Lazarre-these transSi- tions in character would tax the re- sources of the greatest and most yer satile, of actors. Otis Skinner. who has achieved his commanding position on the American stage by hard and endeavor, Is able to pre- sent any role he may assume with scholarly distinction and expert skill. No actor is more thorough in studying the roles he portrays in their minutest details So he Is able to differentiate each character because he thinks the lines he utters and identifies himself with the smallest detail Of and temperament. Otis Skinner Is a. stage creator in the high est sense of the word. This season he has enhanced his original group Of portraits by another new type. which he will originate here in Your Hum ble Servant. a new play by Booth and Harry Leon Wilson. The sale of seats opens tomorrow at Q.