El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-13
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anEEECER asf ;,

"Officer 666," the play that kept New
York laughing for year, made FL PasO
laugh Ions and merrily Wednesday
night ct the FL PasO theater.
While J. Francis Dillon, the leading
man, is somewhat weak in the leading
role, the rest Of the company is well
IS Alfred Wilson, the all around crook
and picture expert, stands far and
away above all the others in the cast,
however, with the pO-5 ible exception
Of arthur Laceby, as Whitney Barnes,
the EngIlShman- LacebyS is clever
piece of acting and contributes much
TO the enjoyment Of the play. But
Pemberton is a star. As a crook equal
to every emergency, who never becomes
o. excited or loses ms presence OF mind
who calmly assumes the role of master
OF the house when the police arrive, and
has the real master arrested as the
thief who chlorOfOrms a policeman
Wnlte the house is full OF brother off
GERS, gets into the uniform of the chlOr-
OfOTmcd officer and escapes past the
captain of the precinct and all his de-
tecuFes, PembeFtOn enacts a role that
appeals to the audience There is
always something about an audience
peculiar though it is-that makes it
applaud when crook, II he is a clever
crook, gets the best Of an officer. Last
night, the audience was thrilled lust as
often as it wanted to be thrilled in this
manner for PemberuOn put in most of
two acts getting the best of the New
York police force.
Officer 666" was written as a serious
play and New York took it as a com
edy. so the author wrote in a little
more of the laugh stuff and the play
went through a whole season branded
as one of the greatest laughing sue
cesses of the theatrical metropolis, and
II has since made millions laugh in
the provinces" since il took to the
road The action takes place in the
Gladwyn mansion, on Fifth avenue, New
q nd hn ct in,
noon late; the other two take place that
evening, after the opera.
The story IS woven around the imper-
sonation Of the young millionaire own
er Of the mansion by a famous picture
thief; he thinks the millionaire is in
EuI ope, and, with the cOnnivance of the
chauffeur of the absent man, gets ac-
cess to the house, cuts down the fine
pictures. and is planning to marry a
beautiful girl and escape to Europe
with the pictures, when the millionaire
suddenly returns. discovers the plan,
hires policeman to loan him uni
form and impersOnates officer 666" in
in his own house. The crook calmly
'bribes" the officer to stay in the house
with him and help him steal the pic
lures and when the police are called
and the real identity of the Officer" is
exposed TO the crook, he Just as calmly
declares Gladwyn the thief and turns
him over. The possibilities for funny /
situations are many and the author and
actors take full advantage of every one
OF the possibilities to the fullest ex-
tent
The play afforded plenty Of amuse.
ne2t t. the FL PasO audience Wednes- !
day evening and gave entire satsfac- !
ticn without criticism, with the posi- I
BE exception Of the weakness of the /
lceding man.
Receiver Ray McClintock had the /
house nicely warmed and the audience /
accordingly passed a comfortable as ]
wei IS merry evening. G.. A. NJ