The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-04-26
lin THE THEATRES


No one on the American stage COM
1nands more attention than Grace
George, which attention is evinced
from the fact that the desire to see
her IN her new play is even greater
possible, than in any other previous
she plays the role of Kitty Constable,
q young wife neglected by her hus-
band, man of theoretically liberal
views In regard to the sexes, who has
been f1attered into paying attentions
to another woman. The young wife
keen Of wit, clever. coquettish and yet
with, q, charming assumption Of child
like fnnocence-pretends to adopt her
husbands liberal theories, starts q
Irritation with a mutual friend, and
finally brings the recalcitrant husband
TO terms by CONVINCING him that what
Is sauce for the goose is also sauce
for the gander. Miss George gives a
brilliant Characterization of the wife.
The company throughout of notable
excellence, and the play offers unus-
sral opportunities for handsome gown
zng and stage pictures The engage
znent here will be for one night only,
Wednesday evening, April 18th. Miss
Grace Georges famef as a comedienne
1s worldwide and she has created
some of the greatest comedy roles
presented upon the stage IN fcceDC
years Louis E. DeFoe, the scholarly
and discerning critic of the New
York World. calls her America
s4eading coincidence" She Is all OF
that and more to, for her successes
have included plays like the 1.-Two
Orphans" in which rare emotional
powers are required as well as COM
iedies, that are light and aluring as
1.-THE School for Scandal" in which as
LADY Teazle'' she won so signal a
triumph at the New Theatre in New
York last season In Sauce for the
Goose which Miss George will make
known TO theatregoers she has a role
in which she is enabled to utilize the
cleverness Of Interpretation, the ORR
lEinalfty Of expression, the keenness of
wit and the charm of manner that
have made all of her stage creations
80 notable. Miss George will be as
sisted by very capable company and
"a superb performance may be looked
for with, confidence
When Rowland & Clifford's new
play 1.-The Rosary comes to the Park
Theatre next Monday. Tuesday and
"Wednesday with matinees Tuesday
and Wednesday the discriminating
public will be given an opportunity to
see pictured before them decided
answer to- the growing unrest and ir-
religion of our times. Not that 1.-The
Rosary" Ii a decision merely; it is
more 1t is a faithful picture of the
misery and unhappiness that surely
comes upon man who lacks faith in
the supreme good and it's inevitab BILE
triumphs in our world. A typical
American family is taken as a fair
example Of every day conditions that
obtain throughout the United States.
The husband, a man immersed in
business. the exactinA business of
wall street and the Stock Exchange
Little by little he has fallen away
from the faith of his fathers that
faith that brought our Republic into
being He has replaced it by an
agnostic attitude all too prevalent in
cu- day and time. The wife believes,
her confidence in an all wise. all pre-
vading good has not been shaken: and
so when storm and stress comes, the
man with no anchor is swept away by
the storm of agony; the woman re-
snafns steadfast. moored by her faith
10 outride the tempest Through all
the heartbreak and tears, through all
serene moves the wonderful figure Of
n modern Catholic priest whose life
has been dedicated to God and the
service OF his fellow men. 1t is his
clear spiritual vision that sees through
the web that has been woven about
the two people whom he loves and it
~ his faith and God-given power that
sets them free. It is wonderful
prea chment of faiths mighty power Of
all about us. The tremendous story,
powerful in its simplicity is inter-
woven with the higher threads of sane
bumor. of the sort that one loves to
take away from the theatre and muse
over IN idle moments.