The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-19
LYRIC THEATRE


 The closing performance of '|The Kreutzer Sonata will be given this evening at the Lyric theatre by the Eleanor Cleveland Stock company, and without a question the theatre will be filled in every available portion by an audience which will only repeat the enthusiasm which has been evident all during the week. This is one of the Cleveland and her company, and it has richly deserved the success which it has attained.
 The attendance all the week has and the pleasure expressed with the high quality of the attraction has been universal. It is such excellent productions as this which has raised the Cleveland Stock company to the prestige of being the best. the sthong- est and the most evenly balanced Bridgeport, and that success will con- tinue just as long as Miss Cleveland continues to give us the same spIen- did offerings.
 The attraction for the coming week, "Brewster's Milions.'' will be still an- which will receive the attention of all the play goers of the city, and will afford the most complete satisfaction. The play has excited the entire coun- try, from coast to coast, for it is one of the most absorbing ever written, and with it's many changes of scene, it's sensational story, it's interestins plot, and it's effective stage settings. it has proven one of the most favored of all dramatic productions, and has everywhere created furore of inter- est.
 The play is in four acts, and while it's story is decidedly unusual. it pos Sesses a charm for all who admire dramatic offerings of the higher :ts class, endeavOr to get rid of his immense wealth exciting to the highest degree. but there is a heart interest involved which engages the sympathy of all, and at the close there is a deep relief that Monty has at last won his long and unequal battle for love and for tune.
 Miss Cleveland, in the role of Mar garet Grey, or Peggy, as she is called for short will have a char acter which is entirely within her scope, and to which she will certainly to the utmost justice. It is a part filled with possibilities, with opporfu- mites for the display of her talents as comedienne. as a winsome maid en, as a woman of serious mind. It is role in which she will appear at her best, and which will delight her host of admirers.
 The title role of Montgomery Brew ster will be filled by Hary Ingram, who has impressed himself upon the minds of local theatre gcers as one of the strongest, most capa ble leading men who has ever appeared in Bridge port in stock The role is. a stren- !
  equal to all its requirements. and he will give an Interpretation which will advance him still further in the favor { of the patrons of the theatre.
 John Carroll vii have the role of 1 Joseph McE9oud, one which will give i him much opportunity, and in which tage. Miss Roehte as Janice Arm strong, Miss krieghoff as Barbara | Drew. Miss Lewis as Mrs DeMiHe, MT. Byrnes as Frank Bragdon, MT. NT-<aT a 1ray If Q as Hopper Harrison, will all bessseen | Tn Exceptionally congenial roles Nahile i the minor roles will all be taken by l competent people. added for this oc- casion to the regular roster of the 1 company. The cast of "Brewster's Millions is a large one, and will re- pany, with several additions, and the 1 extra people have all been selected by MT. Conness for their especial fit ness and capability. MT. Ingram has stock, and is well qualified to fill the I character assigned him.
 The staging of the play will be mag 1 nfhcent and complete. The great ship 1 scene especially, the great feature Of this wonderful play. will be repro 1 1uced with extreme fidelity and com and it will furnish the pat rons of the theatre with much to talk l about after seeing the play. It will | really be a marvel of the scenic ar lists work, and must be seen to be 1 properly appreciated. The sale of seats for the week has oeen exceedingly large, and crowded 1 houses are assured all the week long The demand shows conclusively that he people appreciate the efforts of | Miss Cleveland and her associates, and speaks well for the future welfare Of | he company and the playhouse.
 It looks as though Bridgeport is shortly to have a unique musical rea1, in the shape of a. concert hy the Event Male sGlee Singers Manager sham of the Lyric theatre, is, now in he midst of negotiations with the xnickerbocker Concert Bureau of New Ioni, the juvenile spanish violin vir- nosa, and the Gwent Male Glee Sing ITS, Welsh choir from the London Coliseum.
 The Knickerbocker Concert Bureau s eager to give opportunity to hear heir managers would like to make his city one of the stopping places n their transcontinentaI tour. The natter of 9 guarantee is the cause of he delay in nla<ing arrangements inal The terms of the contract un- Ter which the violinist and the sing rs appear are such that it is out of he question for the aggregation to ,ppear anywhere without a guaran- ee.
 Many. of the music lovers of the city ave already assured Manager Isham f their desire to hear the wonderful rodigy and the Welsh choir. Their upport alone, it would seem, ought o lead to final closing of the con- ract Yet it is with the Knowledge hat the combination has such a trong popular appeal that MT. iIsham 5 making arrangements to put up. a which, under anything like circumstances, would be pro