The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-15
POWERFUL SOUL DRAMA GAPABLY INTERPRETED BY CLEVELAND STOCK ARTISTS ToIstOy's Great Story is Given Admirable Presentation Miss Cleveland at Her
 Best

Is the Kreutzer Sonata as pro duoed last night at the Lyric Theatre by the Eleanor Cleveland Stock Com pany. q drama? In it's realization il play to the eye-it is too real, toe AuTaan. It is almost sentient, pu1saI- anK with vitality. One says it is but rh4 visualixation of an idea-then ii can only be compared to a. fragile masterpiece of the ceramic art, bring ing to the heart at the drop of the curtain those self-sarne rueful, and gripping pangs of grief which seize the fond collector as he views the broken fragments of some priceless <reasu1e lying at his feet.
 -Wsay attempt to synopsize or pie xalre the plot of such a play in cold sHpe. Written by that master drama list and author. Count Leo Tolstoy. it would be proclamation to even outline a{s Essential clements 50 famous is it. Feening with interesting incident, acute situation. the severance of the tzsachery of the basest form-the Steal Ing Of a husband by the wife's own E1ster, and the assertion of an aged father in his hour of need-such is thA 8amut of emotions which rising to a. tragic climax presents symphony s1f lender. heart-throbbing interest, that echoes veritable inspiration in the conseience of the spectator and imper- oept1bly imparts regrets for lost ideals. EsFet. while incu1cu1ating it's moral lessons and PrssaS1ng impending trag-
 
 rerfu1ly puncLuated with latent hunor is this beautiful creation from life's episodes. that no sense of ennui de- pression can remain act by act, the five epochs in Miriam F'Tiedlander's'' pzssionately stormy life are unfolded.
 Kreutzer Sonata is in itself an ideal piay-aS presented last night by the Eleanor Cleveland stock company it is Remarkably beautiful, and, as a whole. rivals if not eclipses last weeks efforts. It is deserving and will receive the highest praise from press and patrons, as in individual part is any member of the company cast nIr. Sto the best display of inherent talent It is 8 triumph of stage di- rection, and a multiplicity of costume with a large variety of scenery, lend great effect towards it's success
 As Merriam Friedlander, the former mistress of a suicide Russian officer, sold in matrimonial bondage with her child to 'Greggor Fiddler Eleanor Efex4and last night displayed that passfonate emotional genius which marked the rise of Bernhar6t. Her art raised her momentarily above imper- e0nahon-it almost appeared as if she nxed rather than mirnicl1ed the part
 Harry Ingram as Raphael Fried lander the father of Miriam. dis sion ana a hnesse which justly en- titles him to the distinct place he oc- cupsed in the cast last night. s Jo4n Carroll, the husband of Miriam garned another triumph by his sustainment of a difficult dual role. Ills treatment of the part made pro- found impression. Bertha. Krieghof, as '-Cecelia,' was in zn element at once unique and suited to her capabilities. She rose above her past achieveme ents. Antoinette Rochte is a finished char 1 acter artiste-this was proven conclu- siveIy by the excellence of her portray l al Of 'tNatasha,'' a Russian servant. John M. Byrnes and Margaret Lewis, | assisted by Alan Dewitt furnished | wholesome comedy and the laughter 1 they evoked is sufficient tribute to their ability. Louise Glichrist. as 'fRebecca,'' again | drew a secondary part. but it did not 1 deter her from employing to adVan- | eage the marked talent she possesse. l Master Jesse Kelly renewed his lau- rsls in the part of Albert Miriam s son- If you do not see this sublime play. l Kreutzer Sonata" at the Lyric this week, you will have missed one of the theatrical and artistic treats of the |