The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-07
PLAYS AND PLAYERS
LYRIC THEATRE

The offering at the Lyric theatre this week will disclose the Eleanor Cleveland Stock company in one or the most delightful comedy dramas on the American stage, and will sure lv delight the patrons of that pLay- house to the utmost limit of their desires Avery Hopwood and Chan ming Pollock wrote Clothes, Tn which Grace George starred for ov- CT two full years. and in it produceo a. comedy drama which set the whole ta1eatrScal public alive with enthusi- asm It Is a play which will meet the approva1 of all ages and both sexes for 1t Is filled with the most delightful humor, the wtttlest of re- narfee and pungent satire, yet run ming all through there iS a vein or sentiment which makes of it a dra- xnatic work that is decidedly ensag- ing and which keeps the interest we'll sustained.
 In fact. the dramatic sentiment is 90 strong that the term comedy hardly applies to the play It IS really a drama of the lighter type, a play which holds the attention from the rise of tine curtain until the f1lade- The plot is well defined, and hneiy TTsainfained so that the interest Is not allowed to subside at any time, each succeeding situation leading up to climaxes. which are exceptionally well written
 The Eleanor Cleveland company will find in Clothes a, play well worthy their finest efforts. That they WI. w1l with all attention to its dramatic value, is a foregone conclusion, for Miss Cleveland and her associates Of the highest calibre, always careful and Conscientious in their work, no matter what the vehicle. Each mem ber of the cast will be we'll and con Szenially placed for Mr. Conness, the stage director, has a. clever mind for the selection of his people, and he has given to each the role which will be best fitted for the individual ar fist-
 Miss Cleveland, in the role of Olivia George. and in which she made prob ably the greatest success of all her career. will have a character which is emirentIy we'll suited to her, and 10 which she will lend a personality and charm which will make the part extremely delightful. She will have splendid support in Harry Ingram and ''Jack'' Carroll, in the part of Arnold West Both these characters are spIendidly suited to these gentle friends with their portrayal of them
 Miss Krdeghoff will be seen as Mrs. MexweR, while Miss Lewis has a. mag mag nif1cent character role in Patience AusIfstaL Fyles. Both these ladies have made themselves very popular since the season opened, and they have won a host of friends by their excellent work In this play they will be seen at their best. and they are sure to deepen and broaden the line irnpreE$ion they have already created.
 MT. Craney and MT. Byrnes will be finely cast. and will assist markedly in the success of the play as a. whole. The minor parts will all be we'll taken care. Of. and the stage settings will be fully adequate with the high char acter of the play itself Karkunon Schrec& have been energetic in pre- xyarins for this production, and their success in the past leads one to an tfctpa4e some beautiful stage settings for this weeks offering.
 There has been a magnificent sale of seats and big houses are sure to be present at every performance during the week