The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-17
B. A. RoLFE AND HIS RoLFoN1ANs
THE NEW LYRIC

There will surely be an overf1owing Faudience present at the Lyric theatre this evening, at the closing perform ance of that entertaining play, "The Deserters." This attraction has been ! a decided success, and has enrolled many firm adherents in the ranks of the admirers of the Frank Carpenter Stock company.
 Fun of the very highest order will be the keynote at the Lyric all next week, beginning Monday evening, and with the usual matinees on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, for the at traction is to be that beautiful com edy effort, '"The Marriage of Kitty a play which has become a trans-At- 1anttc success ever since Marie Temp est made her phenomenal hit in the p1oy on both sides of the water The Marriage of Kitty was built solely for fun-making purposes, and 1t fulfills its mission in the most remarkab.e e man ner. Never vet has an audience seen this comedy without going into rap- lures over 1t. Miss Tempest made it one of the greatest successes ever known on the American stage, and it will provide a vehicle for the Carpen- ter Stock company which will give the members of that excellent organlza- ton every opportunity to demonstrate their abilities as entertainers of the best sort.
 From the rise of the first curtain un- til the close, there is never a dull mo- ment, or an instant when the fun which runs rampant is allowed to re- lax. But with all the breeziness of the unceasing action, with all the sw1ft-moving action and laugh com polling, witty lines, there runs an un- dercurrent of real appealing sentiment which lends an added brilliancy, and desire of every mind.
 Kitty, in '"The Marriage of Kitty is much the same sort of character as the Kitty of Sweet Kitty Bellairs'' in which Miss Cleveland and her tal- ented associates were first. introduc- ed to the play going public of this city. She has the same great heart, but the same sharp tongue as the oth- CT Kitty, who proved so delightful, and who at once placed Miss Cleveland high in the affections of those who came out of curiosity, but who ever since have been her warmest friends and adherents. In this case, however, Kitty has another mission to perform. She is in love, but acceding to the her affections and to dfsiIusion the boy whose own people dread her fas- cfnations, and the powes she holds ov- him. Among the things to which she resorts in order to keep her promise to them is one which gives rise to a scene which is absolutely excruciat- ing in its results. Invoking the aid of Beauty's secrets, she essays by artificial means, to make herself as hideously unattractiVe as is possible for a pretty woman to do. The way she goes about 1t, in full view Of the audience, fairly sends the women into mysteries, and the house invariably rings with the merriment caused by her actions This is one of the fun niest things ever conceived by any playwright, and shows a master mind in the art of melting the risibilities.
 Miss Cleveland's role is not an easy pne, but very congenial, and she makes of it all that any woman possibly could Mir Conness, MT. Devine, Miss Carpenter, Miss Strickland, MT. Clem- ens and all the other established fa- vorftes Of the company will also be seen in characters which are very hap ply selected, and the result may only be appreciated after seeing the pro duction.
 ''The Marriage of Kitty will be even more elaiborately staged than any of 1Ir. Carpenters other productions,s for he has spared no pains or expensa to provide a most fitting setting for this merry comedy. He does not spare him self in this regard, but in this play he has given full vent to his idees, and a presentation which will be | mas ferpfece of stage work may be antici- pated.
 Seats are now on sale for the week, and they are going very fast. So be dn time, or you will have to do as many others have done the past few weeks,-"go way back and sit down.