The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-13
LYRIC THEATRE

AHlS evening opens the week O1
 Green Stockings" and incidentally another week of tremendous success Tor the Frank Carpenter Stock com pa4g;, : sabSa,.I E s4 sths signs. as shown by the
 Green Stockings is from the ben
 of A. E. ". Mason. who based his
 great comedy upon an old English
 Iamily tradition, and who evolved
 rom that source a comedy which
 made Margaret Anglin famous, and
 which she in turn made most \ u, to great crowds of theatregoers of the
 DE cities. even now continuing that
 good work to an extent which makes
 this play one of the biggest successes
 of the season.
 Green Stocdngs has never been
 seen in this city, and Mir. Carpenter
 with his excellent stock company, has the honor to thus first present it for
 the pleasure of his patrons. The com
 edy is said to be delicious and enter ta1ntng, containing a world If laugh ter, while of the most refined and intellectual nature. It is, in fact, a rroduct of polite society, yet with an utter absence of all stiltedness or sn0bbery. It is amusing to a degree
 and has entertained Miss Anglin's
 audiences so we'll that she has be- come exceedingly popular, mainly through the medium of this play alone
 In the local presentation of the play, Miss Cleyeland will have the same role az played by Miss Anglin, role which seems extremely well suited to
 Miss Cleveland's splendid talents, and calculated to afford her opportunities
 which even "When Knighthood Was
 in Flower" did not possess. Her
 further endeared her to the public,
 and she will still further deepen that feeling by her excellent interpretation
 of the character of Celia in Green Stockings"
 The other leaders of the Carpenter
 company will have congenial roles this
 week, and all will give a splendid ac- count of the work entrusted to their care. Miss Strickland, especially, will
 have part to which she will do full
 justice, and which will send her many
 notches higher in the estimation of
 the teatregoers. She already occupies
 an eminent position in their affec-
 Ida, and learning what beautiful
 jag she can get 'on. they will sim-
 ply take her to their hearts and new
 CT let her go.
 The new comedian of the company. J. J. (Jack) Kennedy, will make his
 local debut with the attraction of the
 current week. Not exactly his local
 debut either, but his debut with the Carpenter company, for MT. Ken nedy is no stranger to Bridgeport
 where he has played many times and always with exceptional success. Mir. Kennedy's most prominent local en- gagement was with the noted Coburn Brooklawn Country club, few years ago, in all fresco presentations of Shakespearian plays. He has also been seen here in support of the late Daniel Sully the eminent Irish come dian, whose death robbed the stage of one of the brightest men of his time, and a man of unique talents
 MT. Kennedy has always been engag- ed in prominent parts, having ptaUe ed with the Coburn players before the President at the White House and in Heads" with the highest class stock companies, both East and West r MT. Kennedy will be an important member of the Carpenter cast strengthening it magnificently in the all weak. He will be seen this week as William Farraday, father of the family of girls whose matrimonial differences give rise to the story of the play. It is a character to which he will give full justice. and will serve as ap introduction calculated to show him in the best possible light before the local playgoers
 Seats are selling very largely in- deed for the entire week There is all ready an assurance that the week will be fully as successful as was the last, if not more so, and those who want any seats for any performance during the entire week should be early in their purchases.
 Notice is given thus early that for next weeks attraction. which will be