The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-18
POLES THEATRE

] Another grand surprise Is in store for the PoIt patrons next week when
 Manager Poh will present his t'all- star'' Washington-Bridge stock tious productions ever seen in stock in this city, ''The Dawn of a To-mor-
 row. The play was adapted from the
 much discussed novel of the same
 name by Mrs. Frances Hodgson Bur nett and served a. starring vehicle
 for Eleanor Robson for several sea sons.
 Briefly the story of the play is as
 Sir Oliver Holt, an English peer. is
 suffering from an fncurable disease.
 The first scene shows the libray of his London mansion. Several noted pG1y- slcfans are present, among them being From their conversation, Sir Oliver learns that his death is but a matter
 of weeks. They retire, and Sir Oliver, summoning his valet. bids him bring a
 suit of old clothing. He takes from the drawer Of his library table a re- voaver. which he packs together with the clothing in a bag.
 The second scene shows the nnuch- discussed London fog effect It repre-
 sents the street in the Whftechapel district of the great city At the rise of the curtain the audience sees dinly through the blankets of fog the ram
 shackle tenements and the cheap pub lice houses of the neighborhood, with here and there an almost obscure street lamp. Dimly are heard the con- glomerate noises of the street as the
 motley array of the denizens of the section pass to and fro By degrees the fog arises so that the street is
 more clearly seen. Sir Oliver attired in shabby radment is seen mixing with the throng. His motive is made clear to the audience-tf1at of seIf-destruc-
 where his body VIII probably never as be identified But Sir Oliver meets .tGlad,''
 a. waif of the streets and the heroine of the play. Although attired in rags a <ry nil rs( 4I,o
 most vicious characters of White | chapel, ''Glad" is the optimistic angel l worms from Sir Oliver. his story and by the use Of her hoqnely philosophy,
 seeks to win him from his purpose. At the end of her gripping scene with l Sir Oliver, the audience understands
 that she has succeeded.
 Glad' is loved by 2 character of the glary is plotted in which Dandy is to play the leading role, but Glad pre- vaiIs upon him in the eleventh hour to
 ever. commit the burglary and Dan
 police. Glad secrets him, half 1 attic room. brings him food. and even tualay clears him from suspicion. Sir Oliver Holt, Jr., dissolute. bon-vivent and becomes infatuated with her, He connives to have her brought to his chambers, using the ruse that Dandy
 
 .G1ad'' discovers that she has been betrayed and young Holt seeks to de tain her. In grippingly intense scene, ''Glad'' defends herself ana manages to get to telephone and call the police. Dandy who has followed HGlad' to Holt's apartments, arrives first, closely. followed by the police and the rehabflItated Sir Oliver, who has been searching the city for Glad" There is a powerful scene of denuncia- t1on between Sir Oliver and his son and the climax of the act shows Sir Oliver, Dandy and stG1Iad" on their way to Sir Oliver's mansion and hap piness, for as s"Glad' says: Things ain't never as bad as you think they are"
 Aside from the principal characters there are many interesting types in the play and an augmented cast of thirty-fve will appear. MT. Van Beu- ren, whose artistic work in 'The Thief this week, is making him de servedly popular, will have the role of Dandy which is in direct contrast to the part played by him this week. Miss Nordstrom will play stGlad,n the part created by Eleanor Robson, while MT. Kent, one of the most polished of character actors, will be the Sir Oliver Other principals in the cast are E. J. Blunkall, Stuart Fox, Marguerite Starr. Jessie Pringle, Thomas Will Hams, C. Wilson HuIn1nel, Dorothy Bernard, Guy Harrington and others,