The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-12
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THE NEW LYRIC

The action Of "The Deserters''
 which great play will be the offering
 at the Lyric theatre for the current | week, will take the observers into var ( us strange D aces, notable among them being the notorious "Barbary | Coast" of San Francisco, with all it's | attendant scenes of Bacchanalian rev | elry and hcentiousness. Yet the at
 mosphere, notwithstanding the set
 tings, is at all times perfectly pure and clean, and the story points a
 moral which cannot be lost sight of. even with it's faithful reproduction by i the incidents and action of the play. | To properly preserve this atmosphere,
 and to present this scene with true
 artistic fide ity, MT. Carpenter has I gone to a big additional expense to
 procure clever singers and dancers to | augment his company, and the scene
 will be presented with almost as much | detail was the case with the orig | ina1 production with which Henry w. Helen Ware, who in this play leaped | into prominence as one of the fore
 most American actresses.
 In this play, Miss Cleveland will be ! presented in a character entirely at
 variance with anything she has yet
 shown us. The role she will assume | is that of a woman detective, the | daughter Of an old army officer, i'm i tenSely loyal to her country and her | flag, and employed by the government i to track and bring to punishment an ! officer who is under suspicion of be- | ing a traitor. It is a character which
 will bring to the surface all her pow | CT as an actress, and in which she
 wil undoubtedly achieve a great and lasting success. It was a character | in which Miss Ware shone resplen- dently, and Miss Cleveland has not | only the arnbition but the skill to 1 make of B a part which will rebound | greatly to her credit.
 Mir. Conness will also have a fiat" part as the hero, and Miss Carpenter,
 MT. Carroll, Miss Strickland, MT. De vine, and MT. Clemens will also be
 Boshel1, the stage director of the company, has done excellent work in 1 bringing the company to a state of perfection in their several ro'es, and dramatic excellence which has been
 apparent in all the presentations it
 has made thus far. The scenic en- | vironment will be all that could be
 desired, for MT. Carpenter, at consid-
 erable extra expense, has provided l nearly all the original stage prOduc- ] ton, and whatever was Iackfng he has | had his own scenic artist duplicate ! with txereme fidelity and exactness. 1 It is a matter for congratulation that | Bridgeport thea tregoers are able to l witness such excellent productions as
 MT. Carpenter provides, but he is al- ways ambitious and eager to keep | faith with the pubic, and as he has promised to place his offerings before
 
 manner, he is determined to keeo his word, to the limit, regardless of ex- pense or troub' e. To this end. he al ways makes it a point to secure the original stage settings, where possible. and he keeps a scenic artist Of excep- tional ability on hand to replace or dePulicate whatever may be lacking. The splendid productions seen thus far at the Lyric are proof Of his ex- actness in this matter, and guarantee tha+ his promises will always be main tained.
 There will be matinees of 'Srhe De- serters' as usual Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. The seats are selling extremely well for the week, and in dications already point to one of the l biggest weeks the Lyric has yet en- | joyed. Better "get the habit and secure your seats at once for the per formances of this great play. for there is a big demand, and the theatre is sure to be filled to the doors at every performance If you wait too long. you may miss the chance through in ability to secure seats when you want them.