The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-06
THE NEW LYRIC

Inere are some few seats remaining for this evenings performance of The Wife, but they should be se cured as early as possible by those desiring them, Or there will surely be lot of disappointments at the last hour. The week has been a success. ful one, and the play has given the very best of satisfaction. It is an offering which can scarcely be dupli- cated, and the local theatregoers may deem themselves lucky in being per- mitted to see it.
 The indications for Easter week are of the very best, from all points of view. The sale of seats for "The Lion and the Mousse which is to be the offering, is very large, and those who delay too long in prOcurings their seats for the coming week will miss one of the finest offerings possible for the Frank Carpenter Company to provide
 MT. Carpenter made an excellent selection when he obtained "The Lion and the Mousse for the Easter offer- ing. The play, from the pen of Chas. Klein is one of the most powerful ever written and during it's earlier days, it made one of the biggest tri. umphs known to the American stage. For over a year it ran at the Hud> son theater, in New York, to enor- nous business, and was only with drawn to enable Henry w. Savage to fulfill his road engagements. When 1t was at last placed upon the road, it was given four distinct companies, which simultaneously, in various por> tions. of the country. played the piece for years, with results which more than duplicated it's metropolitan suc- cess
 ''The Lion and the Mousse tells one of the most expressing stories ever presented in stage form. It's action is continuous, never tagging for a mo- ment. but kepeing the attention rivet. ed closely from the rise to the final fall of the curtain. It not only tells this powerful story, but in such a manner that no one can escape the pungent lesson it teaches. The tale is positively thrilling throughout. without, however, a trace of the melo- dramatic in it's makeup. It is not one of those unpleasant talky plays. which soon weary the nearer, but at all times it grips and holds the audi ences, never allowing single mo- ment to intervene when there could possibly be a sense of weariness. It is play which, once seen. could we'll be seen again and again, without in the least losing it's interest by the re- peated hearings.
 The high quality of the Carpenter company IS assurance enough that the play will be given a most adequate rendition. Indeed, there is hardly an- other stock company in the entire country which could give such a powerful and dramatic reading to this wonderful story. But the past per- formances" of the Carpenter company tell us that the play will be seen in it's very best form, and with the elaborate stage production which will be given it by Manager Isham, a real treat is promised our play lovers. There will not be a single detail of the performance neglected, not an item of the excellence which has characterized the former renditions of the play by the best artists on the stage.
 Next weeks offering will assuredly be the dramatic sensa tion of the en- tire season at the Lyric, and not one of the city's theatregoers should miss seeing it. There will be the usual matinees, and those who desire the best seats should get them at the earliest possible moment. There can be no excuse for missing this splen, did offering. except that one waits too long before securing seats. The minimum prices at which the Lyric productions are offered put them in side the limits of everyone's purse, and the only thing is: Get your seats early.''