The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-04-18

Few English speaking companies
ON the American stage today can
compare with the visible art ana
dramatic expression of the flddlsn
players comprising the Max inon-
ashefsky's All-Star Yiddish 20. wnlcn
comes direct from the Arch stree1
theatre. Philadelphia and which VIII
appear in this city at the Park inca
tire Tuesday evening April 1S In the
great play entitled die Yidoisn
Sapho' by Jacob Gordin. The ABOVE
mentioned company is headed by the
well known and popular Yfddish play.
ers. Mr.. Max Rosenthal, Mr.. David
Ievenscn Nine Diana Feinman ana
Nine. Thomashefsky and are support
ed by an excellent and capable cast
OF prominent Yiddish players.
Following closely the domestic
tragedy found in one of his earlier
and successful plays. Eugene waters
latest work Mrs. Maxwells Mistake
which will be given production In TINS
city at the Park Theatre on THURSDAY
evening April 20. averts the. final
crash by bringing the husband and
wife together. All the scenes OF Mrs.
Maxwell's Mistake" are laid In New
York, and the action involves a br1ef
period in the lives of SIX PERSONS
chief among them are the MaxWeiis,
John and Grace who are man and
wife. James Stewart, a wealthy con-
tractor. and Dick Simms, friend. Tne
players are Margaret Ellington, whose
role is that of the wife, Earl Browne
her husband, Frederick Burton, the
contractor, Ben Johnson, a friend,
Miss Kenyon Bishop a neighbor and
Mss Amy Sumers, a maid. Maxwell,
who is a chemist. lives with his wife
in a bungalow on Staten Island. Tney
are endeavoring to pay for their nome
but Maxwell finds it difficult to do
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art has a contract to build dam in
G. southwestern state and offers Max
we'll $40 COO easy money" If he Will
pass upon an inferior grade of cement.
Maxwell at first declines, but his
Wife, who is tired of their hurndrum
life prevails upon him to accept such
a tremendous addition to their paltry
savings The Maxwells install them
selves in an expensive apartment on
Fifth avenue. Stewart, who Is stu
friendly with the couple, persuades
Maxwell to try the stock market. AS
GA result Me increases his fortune $40
600 unknown TO Stewart as he fol-
lows the market with disastrous conse-
cuences. Once again pennileSS, he at
tempts to blackmail the man who has
befriended him, but this serves him in
good stead. The couple decide to move
back TO their late home on Staten ISL
and and there begin life over again
with an honest policy ahead of them.
Mining engineer, Shakespearian ac-
tor. Wall street plunger, cattle boy,
society man and star-these are some
OF the titles that Douglas Fairbanks.
who is creating merriment as Steve
Oldham the reporter. in "A Gentleman
of Leisure which will be presented at
the Park Theatre on Friday evening
might print on his visiting card. The
experiences that come with all these
,F &c hi ,rI,
Fairbanks is popular in society-espe-
cially among the younger set-he does
not hesitate to recall his experiences
on Wall street where he went broke
several years ago, after temporarily
retirfnS from the stage, and also a
tramp that he and two companions
took through England and to Paris
on a wager that such a trip could be
successfully made on fifty dollars.
The trio secured enployement as cat
tie boys on one of the Leyard line
boats. although none OF them had ever
done any real manual labor in his life
The voyage lasted fourteen days and
they arrived at Liverpool on the verge
OF physical collapse. They spent sew.
eral days in Liverpool recuperating
and then started on a tramp to Lon
don. visiting Chester Shrewsbury
Warwick and other interesting historic
places in route After a few days in
London thew walked to New Haven
crossed the channel to Dieppe and from
there walked to Rouen and Paris In
the French Capitol they lived in the
Rue de Lamartine. in a room that
cost the trio thirty cents a night. Fin
ally after nearly starving they man.
AGED TO get back to Liverpool and re-
turned on one OF other title boats of
the Leyand line. After that the stage
looked good to Fairbanks again and
he shortly afterwards made his re-
appearance in a theatrical production
The play that Mary MannerinF pre-
sents at the Park Theatre on Satur-
dav matinee and evening Is generally
declared to he the best in which she
his ever appeared. 1t is entitled ga
Mans World and is written by RAJ
chel Crothers who has won previous
fame through her dramatic work III
THE Three of U.s." 1t is said that
Miss Mannering has q role that gives
her ideal opportunity for intense and
emotional appeal and that the play
holds the interest of theatregoers at
every moment through it's comedy.
realism and the picturesque people
who characterize It Miss Nannering's
engagement is given additional inter-
est th-ouvh the support of Mr.. AL
phonz Ethiber who last wear was lead
ing man for Blanche Bates.
Wild life in action is most remark
ably illustrated in the motion pic
lures which are to be shown at the
Park Theatre at the matinee and
evening OF April 18th. They illustrate