Arizona republican., 1912-09-10
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THE PRESS.

The Great Divorce Case" the op- ening bill of the week at the Empress. is drama pregnant with emotion. The story is a tale of the love of a man and a woman who marry and live happily for a time, until the husbands ambition to give his wife and child greater fuxuries than those enjOed by his neighbors, leads him through over work, to personally neglect his family. The wife throws herself in the social wllirl and tries to imagine herself hap py. To cOmpIicate affairs still fur ther. a friend. one of those gay but terflies who wear the garments of woman. tells Mrs Winthrop that her husband is frequently seen at the home of a Mrs. Dunbar. Neither of them know that he is called there by busi ness connected with the dedication of his wife's brother.
 Outraged pride assumes control of the wife's mind and she does not re- spond to the advances made by her husband. whose mother has just told him of his neglect of his family The trouble is finally taken to the family lawyer who has known and loved both Winthrop and his wife since they were children. AS he reads to them the bill of separation, he introduces incidents of their childhood and their days of courtship, until they rush into each others arms, all coldness forgotten in the first flush of returned happiness.
 MT Bainbridge as Douglass Win throp and Miss Adams as his wife, have extremely heavy parts to enact t1,o Q of human life-love, keen sorrow, jealousy. and offended pride-requires dramatic instinct and that one shall have passed more than twenty of the mile stones of Iife's journey. These talented actors are able to make the stage and it's painted setting. fade from the consciousness of their audi tors and the heartache with the sor- rows of the man and the woman be- hind the footlights.
 Mir Mcdonald has the role of Bux- ton Scott, the attorney, which is sail to be one of his favorite parts He handles it in a masterly manner.
 A touch of comedy is added to the drama by the clever lines and reading of Miss Noel This gay lady has had two husbands which she shifts about with the greatest facility. One never knows whether at her next entrance she will be Mrs Dick or Mrs. Bob One husband is a physician and the other a lawyer and what the two Of them have not taught her of the seamn side Of married life she has learned by observation. Miss Noel plays the part of the muchly married lady with 8 flashing insouciance that makes one like this odd character in spite of her unconcern This is the first role ot sufficient length and difficulty to tes, Miss Noers ability since her arrival in the city. She fits into the part like a stout woman into a sheath gown.
 The idyllic affection between Edith Winthrop the blind sister of Douglass and Herbert played by Robyn William son, gives these young persons an op- portunity to enact one of the sweetest love stories imaginable
 Miss Fowler as the white haired mother of the hero and Edith. depicts the lovable characteristics of an ideal woman who is kind to her son without being either unjust or unkind to her daughter law.
 The Great Divorce Case" is likely to prove one of the most popular plays staged by the present company as it gives each one of the company chance to do good work condition of affairs that appeals to the audience more than 9 star and poor cast The motif of