The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-26
AT THE LYRIC

All manner of praise has been giv- en the production of '"The Belle of Richmond" which the Frank Carpen- ter Stock company is presenting this week at the Lyric, and not one word of criticism. The play is without question deserving of all that has been said of 1t, and everyone who has had the pleasure of witnessing per formance of Toler's beautiful play has been more than satisfied with the manner in which it Is being present ed.
 All the principals of the company, and those in the minor parts as well, have come in for their share of com mendation ,and the staging of the play has been warmly commended. The play will be seen again this ev- ening, and tomorrow afternoon and evening, and unless you secure your seats early, it is doubtful if you will enjoy the pleasure with the thousands who have been more fortunate. There are still some seats to be had, but they are rapidly being taken. and the warned in time, and get yours before they are all gone.
 Seats are selling very briskly for next weeks offering, Rallies, the Amateur Cracksman,'' and the indica- oNSSOooAOAA of crowded houses, all week long. Rallies" when 1t was first produc- ed, had as it's principal exponents, in the parts of the burglar and the de- tective Kyrle Bellew and B. M. Hol- land, and with the excellent company ran for many months in New York, filling the theatre to it's capacity at every performance.
 When it was later taken upon the road, it continued this success in all the large cities in the country. play now, this success seems to be unbrok- en, and the play is evidently as pop ular today as in the early days of it's being.
 AS it will be presented by the Frank Carpenter company next week at the traction, presented by an excellent cast, and with stage mounting which will be fully adequate with the excep- tional quality of the play. MT. Con- ness and Mir Carroll both artists of unusual merit. will be seen in the roles which MT. Bellew and MT. Hol- land made famous. and the remainder of the cast will consist of the very choicest of the Carpenter company.s selection. Even the minor parts will be in excellent keeping. and the pro- duction all through will lack nothing or the 01En SCdnQdrO WHICH dCCoAAA- panied 1t in it's palmiest days.
 Rallies, the Amateur Cracksman, ;" is a detective story of the highest class, it's story being absorbingly in teresting, holding the attention of the audience closely at all times. It has it's heart interest as well, and the story as a whole is one of the most entertaining ever placed before fhe public Rallies" is a story which one may gee a number of times. and still find entertaining and interesting. It is even better after the first or sec ond hearing, and the Carpenter com pany, in it, will make one of its best successes.
 Manager Isham will stage thes play in a manner we'll in keeping with its high standing as a dramatic offering of the better class. and the patrons of the Lyric will have no opportunity to find any fault with either the act ing or the stage equipment Pages might be used in exploiting the beau- ties of "Raffles,' but the play is so fmailiar that everyone knows of its merit Therefore, the large sale of seats points to the fact that great crowds are eager to again see this delightful play, and they know they will see it in the right manner at the hands of the Carpenter company.