The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-13

Barr McCutcheon's famous novel, Graus- tark, and that the thousands who have read the book are anxious to see the characters and story acted is evident from the advance sale at the Lyceum this week.
 'The story is well known Two young Americans In Graustark, a little Euro pean province, searching for a Miss Gug- genslocker. a nom de plume taken by a princess in her travels through Amer ica. One of the young Americans had
 met the princess while she travelled in cog and became enamored of her. Their search finally reveals the fact that she is real princess, and the following story of court intrigues, plots and counter plots, holds the interest of the audience from the rise of the curtain to the end of the play In the end Grenfall Lorry. the impulsive lover of the princess, wins
 her for his bride and prevails over the treachery of court attaches, princes and barons."
 "The House Next Door.
 At the Jefferson theatre on Friday night Birmingham theatregoers will have their first opportunity to witness J. E.
 Dodson in the stellar role in J. Hartley Manners comedy of today entitled ''The
 
 two seasons in New York. MT. Dodson has long enjoyed the distinction of being the best character actor on the English speaking stage. He is equally celebrated in London and New York and his fidelity to stage detail, his mastery of the art of makeup and general stage technique. to say nothing of his authoritative playing,
 warrant the title given him by the late Sir Henry Irving, namely, the British Coquelin." l
 ..The House. Next Door, deals with so- cial and financial conditions, the clashing and final amalgamation by a double in- termarriage of an impoverished British family of ancient title with that of a newly rich The son and daughter of an English baronet have fallen in love with the children of parvenu millionaire, just knighted. and who lives next door. The fathers of the two families become bitterly opposed to their chldren's at tachments, but their sons and daughters are of new generation and are liberal in their veiws on the subject The hatred of the old aristocrat for his parvenu neighbors whom he insults on every pos sible occasion, always thinking up some means of giving offense. and the compli- cations which ensue, when it is under stood this scion of the nobility is the lat ters 1ebtors afford inexpressibly amusing complications The keynote of the comedy is the conflict between two powerful dom inant characteristic one an aristocrat by heredity, the other a man of the peo- pie.
 The aristocrat born with every advan- tage finds himself in his declining years penniless. friendless and hated. unwii- lingly the aristocrat is forced to appre- ciate that in this particular instance Birth that had no majesty in its in- ception. achieved a distinction rarefy reached by those with the advantages or a great name behind them. The situations that arise from the haif-bitter. half lu- dicrous duel. are amusing to the point of merriment one moment, tempered an in stant later by grip on the heart strings. Running side by side with the dominant characters are the two unique love sto- ries of their children. at once romantic, pathetic. humorous and dramatic The comedy will be handsomely staged, an air of aristocratic refinement pervading every scene. The supporting company Is a notable one. selected for their person. nlities being especially representative of the characters they depict. The cast in- cludev Frank Losee, Herbert Standing, J. Y " V " - *- ~ 2's -s