The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-19
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THE NEW LYRIC

The Lyric Theatre sIogan-'1Get your seats early''-wi,l have especial sig nificance this week, for the offering is one which will surely fill the cosy theatre to overfiowing at every per formance. The Marriage of Kitty Is the play underlined for the current week, and the Frank Carpenter s ock Company the happy medium by whose efforts the patrons of the theatre VIII enjoy one of the finest presentations of high class comedy seen in this city In a -ong time. That it will be well to get your seats in time is already apparent by the advance sale, whiC h is the heaviest the theatre has yet known. There is little question tF at the theatre will be sold to the doors at every performance, and those who wait unti. late to get their seats will be certain of disappointment
 The Marriage of Kitty, in which Miss c C'eveland and her talented con- freres of the Frank Carpenter Stock Company will be seen this week, is one of the most amusing comedies on the boards. It is filled with keen wit and bright lines, and the fun runs rampant at all times. So brisk is the action that it is with difficulty one catches his breath in time to laugh at the next funny scene or situation. Scream after scream of laughter are it's app ause; and the old time worn expression, laugh until sides ache, is borne out every time in witnessing this clever concoction of mirth and brilliancy.
 Miss Cleveland herself will be espe- ciaIy well cast in this play. The name part is hers, and she will give in this view of another phase of her artistic merit. AS Kitty, she has a difficult role, but one in which she will be able to give an excellent ac- replica of her own merry spirit, her own bright temperament. She will live the part of Kitty as she has not done in any of her former representa- urably to the favor in which she is already held by local audiences goes without saying.
 But Miss Cleveland will not be the only favored one in this particu ar. All the other well known and promi- nent members of the Carpenter Com pany will have roles as congenial as her own. and in them they will be seen with vast delight by every pa tron of the theatre during the current week. MT. Conness will have a sPlen- did part, as will also MT. Devine Miss Carpenter, Miss Strickland, MT. Clem- ems, and MT. Carroll. The entire strength of the company will be seen in The Marriage of Kitty, and each
 member will have part in which
 he or she will be seen to especially To the staging of this offering, as ! in no other during the whole season MT. Carpenter has lent every endeaYoI to give the best results He never ! stints himself in this direction, al- ways taking the best of care to see that his productions are spIendidIy set but he has been especially careful o1 ''The Marriage of Kitty, and the pa irons of the theatre this week will see one of the most elaborate produc- tionS, from a scenic standpoint, yet placed before them at the Lyric II will be as complete as a real Broad way production, and it will surely cal forth unstinted praise.
 There will be the usual n1atineeS to-
 morrow, Thursday and Saturday, and the performances Thursday (Washing- tons Birthday will take on a req aspect of oiday times. Remember get your seats early, and not only
 avoid the rush, but be sure of them.