The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-29
AT THE LYRIC

For full seventeen weeks. the Frank
 Carpenter company has been regaling
 the theatregoers of Bridgeport with
 the finest of attractions. filling the
 Lyric theatre night after night with
 the representative people of the city,
 all of whom, without reserve, have
 pronounced this the best and strong
 est stock company which has ever ap-
 peared in this city. This evening, the
 eighteenth week will open, and the
 Carpenter company has prepared an
 other excellent offering for the delec-
 tation of it's adherents.
 Rallies. the Amateur CrackSman,' ,''
 will be the bill for this week, and
 as it will be presented by the clever
 people who make up the cast of the
 Carpenter company, it will provide an
 entertainment of exceptional merit.
 "Raffles" was made one of the coun- try'S greatest successes by such not
 able actors as Kyrle Bellew and E.
 M. Holland, in the respective parts of the gentleman burglar and the detec- tive, and they, with magnificent
 cast in support, played for over a full
 year in New York, then visiting all
 the larger cities and towns in the
 country, playing everywhere to enOr-
 mjous houses.
 ming by these people for Rallies has never been lowered, and the play today is fully as popular as it was in the days when it was the dra-
 matic sensation of the country. With the Carpenter company, the roles played by MT. Bellew and MT. Hol-
 land will be most capably assumed by Mr. Conness and MT. Carroll, and with the full strength of the company in support, dramatic treat of es- pecial magnitude may be anticipated Everyone knows how clever and cap able are MT. Conness and MT. Car roll, and it is assured that they will give renditions of their separate roles which will be a credit to themselves, and a delight to their audiences. Miss Cleveland, and all the valued members of the Carpenter company
 will be seen in support, and the play will be given by Manager Isham a stage environment which will be fully in keeping with the exceptional dra- matic merit of the play. Rallies is play which one may see several times without feeling surfeited, and
 many who have already witnessed the play will want to see it again especially when in the care of so cap- able a cast as that provided by MT, Carpenter
 When this great metropolitan suc- cess was first produced, it was de clared that the acme of character creation had been reached. and con- tinuous portrayal for years has only conduced to strengthen this assertion Rallies, although thief, carries with him the sympathy of the audience, who may not condone his offences but who cannot fail to admire his nerve and ability.
 The detective is a splendid exam pie of a man, who by vocation is a hunter of criminals, equal to every emergency sure of his ground, ye1 always refusing to take mean ad' vantage of his adversary's weakness es, Or mistakes of Judgment. The fin | al outcome of this battle between men of equal daring and acumen never i fails to dismiss the audience in sat- isfied frame of mind.
 l The weeks performances include the usual matinees tomorrow, Thursday and Saturday. There Is every evl- dence that the week will be one of ex- ceptional success. from business standpoint as well, for the seat sale has been very large, showing thai many have already recognized the dramatic possibilities for the week and that they are determined to wit ness the production of what is cer- ] tain to be one of the seasos's great est dramatic successes.