The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-06
"Madan, x"
CAST OF CHARACTERS


 In the order in which they first ap- pear:
 Rose housekeper for Louis Floriot- Laura Alberta.
 pr Chesnal, his physician--T. S. Guise.
 Louis Floriot. deputy attorney in Pro logue, late president of the Toulouse Frederick Burt.
 Jacqueline Floriot's wife-Mable Mont gomery.
 Noel, F1oriots friend-M. J. Mac Quarri
 I.aroque, an adventurer-warner Oland.
 Victor, porter at the Three Crowns Inn''-Oane Hamlin.
 Perisard, confidentia-Charies Bunneil.
 Merivel, mission-George Timmons.
 Marie, chambermaid at the Three Crowns Inn''-Pauline Eckhart.
 Helene, daughter of the prosecuting at I.aSalle.
 Raymond Floriot, Louis Fioriot's son Ralph Morgan.
 Clerk of court-Mark Fenton.
 Fontaine, of the Bordeaux police-Ben Higgins.
 Valmorin, the public prescutor-A. F. Lenz-
 An usher of the Assize court-Thomas Wilson.
 Foreman of the 1ury-A LeSage.
 Judges, court stenographers, Gend- armes. hotel servants and public.
 
 Madam K" which was presented at the Shubert theatre last night by Mabel Montgomery and superior company, is one of the most gripping plays seen on the local stage in a long time. 1t is in tensely dramatic at times and the tragic Announcement is wonderfully impressive as a bit of stage art Its reality Is so great that the claim that women have shed buckets of tears over Madam x." since 1t was first precented in New York, is probably no exaggeration- Handker- chiefs were freely used last night by the feminine portion Of the audience and even the most blase faces assumed seri- ous look. This was & testimonial both to the skill of the playwright and the art of the players, the performance being one of unusual merit.
 Madam x" has been written about and talked about so much since 1t became the reignlng sensation on the American stage. dating from its metropolitan pre- miere and continuing down almost to the present time, that the salient detal's of the plot are more or less familiar 10 thestre-goers It is a. theme in which the Dlaywrights of France have always nroved masters. woman has wronged her husband and when she returns to beg b,s forgiyeness he turns her out Of his home. without giving her chance to tell her infant son goodbye. Driven to desneratIon by her husbands attitude, the woman begins the inevitable descent tn the gutter, perhaps accelerating her rrooress more than is orten the case hv the use of drugs and absinthe. One loyar after another follows in rapid sue cession and after 20 eyears she returns to France with the man who is fated to he her last companion. Tempted py scoundrelly lawyers, this man pries lnto the secret of her past and is about to begin a campaign of blacSmail when sne shoots him down to spare her son, wno helieves his mother dead. She wishes t' conceal her identity from him and rom her. husband who has become success full purist. .,,s <, ,n,,r- dar Her own son defends ncr Tn cour' oud Ter husband is a spectator on 'ne tench. where he has been invteo .o sis for the day. After the eloqurhce ol ns, ron has gained her an acquitla. naa s,d d,as d,scloses her identity to her son anu u,es TT ;s a pitifuI story of a w,;ran m Una, | ,aos which is described as more sinheo gainst than shining" The 'ast ac', Pa e!e,,,,rIx, ia vivid in the extreme ana pre- serts one of the most impressive cou, room scenes imaginable, VII" Speeo' for the defendant which IS reaiiy vla a, t.,r;cai and eloquent. From nrs, .u s, t,,e story is one that permits of little al, s..ess;on sne and holds the closest attention The play is ably written ani no less ably Inc nerformance last nigh was worthy of the play and 1t can be sh'd that al tbc members of the company scored II thcir respective parts Miss MontgomerJ sn emotional actress of fine attachments a,.a moi unknown to local hcatregoers ,yas highly effective as Madam x and ir scenes that called for the greatest emo tionasisn she succeeded h getting hal