Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-03-26
| KITTY GETS MARRIED
AND PLEASES ALL
Large Audience Enthusiastic at
Presentation of Play.
THE PERSONNEL OF CAST
Society Turns Out in Large Number
TO Benefit Performance fer Gene
terry.

Most troubles ON the stage grow
out of an eccentric will. which
refuses TO let s perfectly nice hero
have the money he is heir 60 with
out compelling him 20 do something
very disagreeable TO get il, Lord
Belsize's uncle. in The Marriage of
Kitty" left Just that kind OF will
! and testament lie refused to let
the young Lord have shilling il
he dared to marry anv widow, but
| more especially a Peruvian widow
he had been in love with.
A villainous situation, indeed
But on the stage. if the hero gets into
mess, a heroine can always be
counted on TO rush in aud pull him
out, as Kitty appears aud aids and
abets the sche ne of marrying the
young Lord and then after year
getting q divorce. Lord Belsize
goes away for the year after marry
ing Kitty, but when he returns the
preliminaries are begun for the di-
vorce, the young Lord finds Kitty
so enchanting and he does very eN-
traOrdinary thing, he falls in love
with his own wife! Kitty is more
than agreeable to this new point OF
view, and all is happiness except for
the Peruvian widow, but no one
cares what becomes of a Peruvian
widow anyhow, and she is left on the
stage alone, put not forlorn at the
drop Of the curtain last night.
This entertaining drama Of true
80, q .rf.
satisfaction of crowded and en-
thusiastic house. Mrs. Barnes made
a pretty and vivacious Kitty. and
carried off the leading part with
great success. Mrs Barnes has
played this part before, and came
all the way from Philadelphia to
give her services. This as we'll as
her charming personality and beauti-
ful gowns was much appre ciated.
In the difficult role of Mr.. Travers.
the solicitor, Mr.. lglehart was seen
at his best. lie has done good work
in the past, but last night he made
his greatest success. He handled
the difficult divorce scene with such
ease and skill that it did not appear
difficult. than which no higher praise
can be given.
Mrs. Parker, as Semians, the Pc
ruvian widow, managed her role with
the distinction of a professional. AS
a contrast to the lively and brusque
Kitty, she was perfect and made the
most Of every point in her lines.
Mrs. Parker is new to Annapolis au
diences and il is to be hoped that they
will be given a chance to see her
soon again.
Mr.. Ridgely Melvin, as Lord Belsize,
in love with two women, acted most
convincingly. The humorous possi-
biiites Of the part were many, and
he brought down the house frequent
ly at his clever handling of situa-
tious.
A word Of praise must be given to
Mr. Milne and Miss Munroe, as the
butler and maid, respectively. They
waited through a whole dinner with
real things to serve, as if they had
been trained t. it, which they had,
to come in on their cues with true
military precision.
Mr.. Wilcox made 50 much Of the
small part of the clerk in Mr.. TRAY
ers' office that the audience was dis
appointed not to see him again, eX-
cept during the curtain call at the
end or the second act, where all the
ladies received masses Of beautiful
flowers.
For several reasons "The Marriage
of Kitty" is an extremely difficult
play for amateurs, and the credit for
the remarkably professional style Of
the entire performance is due very
largely 90 the personal direction Of
Mrs. D. C. Redgrave, into whose
capable hands it had been put Be-
sides being herself an actress of abil-
ity, she has had fine technical training
and stage experience, and the "com-
pany" were most fortunate in procur-
ing the benefit Of her services.
The audience was large and enthu-
siastic and went away thoroughly
satisfied with their delightful even
ing's entertainment, so it is to be
hoped that the ladies Of tire commit
tee of the Cemetery Association, who
worked so hard to make it a success,
received all the help they looked for
in The Marriage Of Kitty"