Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-21

Parker.
CAST OF CHARACTERS.
Denis Roulette. ........., Otis Skinner
Able Remus. ............. John cluloW
DR.. Cabat. .......,.s...A g.. Andrews
Darling 49,. .Charles 3. W els
Brossette -. OF the Edward Fielding
Verougnoux. Red 80. Arthur Row
Camus.. ..... Hand" 80. Walter scott
Lagratte..... Arthur Hyman
Maitre Letourneaux Thomas h%ingspury
A soldier. ........ George DeVereauX
Mile. de Saints albi. ...... Mabel Bert
Leonie Bouquet. .....-.....1zttta Je"el
Gertrude Alice Gale
Nine. Aurelie. ....... Margaret Sayr~s
A breath OF pure omance waited
from the days of Marie Antoinet.e. or
lace paper chivalry and of sudden n
promiscuods losing OF heads, has come
10 our town riding with the bre.2es
incident to the official advent Of spring
and has settled at the Newark Theatre,
there to beguile and to entertain Tor q
few all too short days.
For the nonce we are back in old
Paris. with the needless, carefree sons
and daughters of France, in the midst
of the revolution Of 1S4S. A whimsical
cenceit is Sire" born of the belief
among many royalists that the young
son of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI.
did not die In the temple, but was spir-
tied away and would one day return to
claim and fight for the throne. That
the lost prince could be ana was imper-
souated by a robustious and rollicilzng
actor, who crammed his days with
mirth and adventure. a Veritable Mon
sieuer Sans Souci, is owing to a clever
pen In the hand OF a stage craftsman,
whose mission Is to entertain. And his
efforts have been rewarded by q spark
ling comedy with a story built on real
incidents, brushing close at times to the
edge OF farce, yet escaping. buhblinG
with witty dialogue, infectious humor
and serio-comic situations. A fetching,
wholesome piece OF gaiety, dash and
sentiment it is to fire the imagination
Of the matinee yo~ungepeople, and fur
nish their elders with nc moro stinted
Ineasur of ~entoyrnent-a matinee idyli.
The story Is of a countess who had
met the missing Louis when a small
boy of 8, and who cherished the belief
that ne would one day return. Her
conviction OF this and dislike of Louis
Philippe so Dreyed upon her mind. no
longer young, that her physician and
the old able feared she would lose her
reason. Seeing In a vagabond clock
maker a striking resemblance TO the
former king these two devised the
scheme. of dressing him In suitable
garments and presenting him as the
Dauphin to the countess, she having
reiterated the statement that one
view OF him would make her happy.
The clockmaker is no other than Denis
Roulette, the braggadacio actor, who
had seer service--"was at the siege OF
Algiers'-and he, in love with Leonie.
the %countess's companion. was nothing
loath to play the part. The fact that
he Joined the Five Fingers" making
a sixth, a band of anarchists. was
importuned &c stay at M~ademoiselle
de S~aint-Salbi's house. missed a meet
ing OF the Reds" which breach car
ried a sentence OF death, and was dis
covered by madeInoiselle the coun-
tess furnished the diverting incidents
of the action. Perilous moments these
are-to Leonie, when she is nearly
found visiting Denis, and just in time
hides behind the secret door as the
Fingers" file in to the old able when
he sits in Denis's old armchair, from
which he has removed one castor Ito
make II a rocker, and no end OF them
for Denis. II HE Austerlitz coat, his
brave appearance was somewhat miti-
gated by his forced confession that he
would have been at the siege Of AL
giers had ne not missed the boat.
And the roses which Leonie had