The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-13
THE THEATRES
SMITHS.

The theatre this evening, at the clos | ing performance of t"The Shoemaker
 with Lew Welch in the title role. vii
 undoubtedly be filled with an enthu- | slast1c audience. MT. Welch is aI
 actor of recognized ability, and he has l a following which is always eager tc see him. The supporting cast in this
 instance is worthy, and the play is | we'll staged.
 Come Back to Eirin,'' which comes
 Monday, matinee and evening, is rec
 ognjzed by all as the best Irish Amer
 ican drama on the American stage to- | day. Mir. Mack is recognized as the
 best Irish piper dn America, his play.
 ing of such favorites as Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms
 and the Last Rose of Summer be-
 ing a genuine treat. He is ably sup
 ported by a first class company, in
 cludfng MT. J. Davis of the late Billy
 Baury's Rising Generation" Co.,; Mrs
 Charles Peters, of Denman Thomp.
 son's Co.,. Miss E. Rastedo, Miss E
 Bellows, Miss c. Burke, Charles Fitz.
 gerald, w. B. Shipley, William Hod-
 son, HI. Danks, Patrick Henderson
 Fred Leighton and several others. |
 With the same great company and
 production as was seen here last sea-
 son, way Down East will be pre-
 sented next Tuesday evening. >>The popularity of this celebrated rural | play does not want. Local managers consider it a preferred booking and clanlor to get it on their list of at of the play, there are other factors which have had much ito do with its success. Foremost is the fact that Manager Brady has kept the cast to it's original standard of excellence. Every year he has given the play an entirely new scenic setting, and in every way has bestowed upon it the same care and attention that he would a new production. That these things count in the long run is evidenced by the continued success of the play. * <
 Local theatre patrons are awaiting with much interest the visit of Olga Nethersole in '"The Writing on the Wall" by William J. Hurlburt, which will be produced Wednesday evening.
 t'The Writing on the Wall'' is a strong, virile and emotional play Of contemporary New York, the scenes being laid in the fashionable district and the story dealing with conditions existing in every large American city plays the role of a, young society ma tron and the character is radically different from anything she has done heretofore. Theatregoers can rest as- sured' it will be something of a reve- lation to see the greatest Carmen" "Sapho" and Paula. Tanquerary" portraying her present role.
 In Grace Georges new play "A Woman's Way,' written for her. by Thompson Buchanan, and in which she will be seen next Thursday evening she appears as the wife of a man who gets into trouble by taking a lady friend out in an automobile. The car is wrecked, the newspapers get hold to break over his head when his wife throws the reporters off the scent by declaring she was the woman in the sma up. This defense surprises the confused husband who then tells his wife the name of his companion on the ride. This companion is invited to dinner, the wife's desire being to per init the husband to decide between them. In the ensuing battle of wit between the women the wife wins, the affinity quite disappointing the hus- band. When the guest departs the wife picks up her things and rushes to the home of her parents, declaring her husbands action has freed her, but inconsiStently, though perhaps like a. woman as the author sees her, she leaves Q. note for him to follow. The final curtain falls on an empty stage, with the husband in an adjoining room madly trying to get his father-in-law's s house on the telephone.