The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-12
LYRIC THEATRE

The closing performance of Chan aing PolIock's and Avery Hopwood -Iever and entertaining comedy dra- ma, Clothes will be seen at the Lyric Theatre this evening, and once Company will be greeted by an over flowing house. The week of this at- traction has been a great success, ana everyone has been delighted with the exceptional character of the offering,
 Miss Cleveland and her company have appeared in Clothes with per hapz fthe gTeatest success or ia,eHI, Inetn season. and the attraction has r1chly deserved the attention which has been given it by the play lovers or tnls city. The few seats which sf1I re main for this evening will be rapidly taken SO that any applications shotf!o be made at the very earliest possible moment.
 Next week will see another big off, fering. in the presentation or Leo Toletoi's intensely interesting drama. over three seasons was the re1gn1ng g sensation about the country, in all the large cities. and Blanche Walsh, one of the best known actresses Of the period made it her greatest success That Mfas Cleveland and her compa- nv win be seen in this play to the en- Lyric Theatre goes without saying, for the record of the company in the past shows that 1t is enninently well fitted to give a presentation of the play which will rebound to the entire cred- it of every person concerned
 The play is an absorbing story Of morals far reaching in its import ance It fs intensely dramatic, woth scenes and c1frnaxes so interesting in ffeir development that the atten- ton of the audience is held at a high pitch from the rise of the curtain un- til the final deno1n1ent, wherein t:refy unexpected. The plot of the play As admirably sustained through out, and ts strong and virdte In all points. Tn the hands of 90 ca2aole land conpaWy. the play cannot fail to be successful. and will undoubtsdly prove one of the most enjoyable oner- hnes Mas Cleveland has yet presented in Bridgeport.
 Miss Cleveland, in the role of Mir dan Friedlander, will have the com splete sympathy of the audience from ,the start The part is magnificiently written. and the 4ire story of the poor 1rnfortunete girl; self sacrificing al wishes of her father and the customs of her family, Is pathetic to de-
 IL k 1 Ga5:9Ssr d;s5Isx in bSs Ssh'cn ntmo m1ss value as an artiste of the highest quality, and that she ie we'll fitted for 1t her portrayal will show.
 ,lentinE father. Rafael Fried1arder, win be seen in a character role which win be the strongest he has yet some clever work much of which has not been properly appreciated, but which was at all times artistic and clever In this play his role will cali for his very best efforts. and he will give an account of himself which will etif1 farther advance him in popular opinion.
 John Carroll as George Fiddler, the lazy conceited husband of Marian, will also be seen in character which 4e very strongly drawn, and which will give him opportunities greater than in any role he has nted here hat Mir Carroll Is a consum- mate artist is acknowledged by every play zoer who has attended the Lyric heatre and he is a sterling favorite with the audiences. But in The Kreutzer Sonata he will appear with even greater effect than he has be-