The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-10
CALBURN PLAYERS
 RECEIVE WELCOME FROM BIG AUDIENCE
Finish Performance of Broad hurst Drama PIeaSes Capa-
 city Audience at Lyric.

An audience surcharged with en- thustasn1 assured the success. of Low ell Sherman and 1nez Ragan who led he Ca1burn Stock company to tri- umph in Bought and Paid F'or'' at the Lyric theatre last night. Per haps it was the play, then again it might have been the players, but the logical conclusion is that the com bination resulted in the success of the company's- first appearance in Bridgeport.
 Lowell Sherman established him self with Bridgeport audiences from the first. His characterization Of the millionaire who worked out his sal vation from nothing was realistic. MT. Shernnan's personality added convfc- ton to the part He possessed excep- tiona1 ease of manner.
 Not only in the more serious DOT tions of the play, but in the lighter veins also did he show his versatility.
 Miss Inez Ragan is aN worthy CO., star. She, too. has that boise that distinguishes the real actress from the person who is a clothes rack or a human pI1onograph She threw her being into the part of the phone op- orator who became the wife of the powerful hnancier, and won a place in the hearts of Bridgeporters. Her gowns were dazzling and she wore them In a dashing manner. The pink
  act was darng.
 Miss Katherine webb, who played the part of Fanny, sister of the naiI- Honaire's wife, was a delight Her breezy way of talking and the punch she gave her lines made a hit with her hearers. She showed possibilI- ties, also, of more serious parts The largest part of the comedy work was assigned to Francis x. Conlon, who played the role Of James Gilley, brother-in-Iaw of the dnancier. Gil-. ley, who passes from shipping clerkship at $14 week to a posi- ton with his relative at $50, is a rare character. His crude views of If, expressed terse1y in the language of the street. sound like pages from George Ade.s fables in slang. MT. zConIon played long run with the Chicago company in Fought and Paid For.'s
 Miss Made1aine Moore, as the French maid, and Charles Swen, in the role of a Jap valet, played their parts with finish. MT. Sven was funny with his pigeon English. while the French of Miss Moore added at mosphere to her part The play was staged well. The new scenery added an air to the production that is inestimable- The setting or the second act, the boudoir with it's white furniture, was particularly pleasing. So also was the glimpse of the din-5 ing room with it's shining silver in the first act.
 The women players were presented with flowers after the third act. Miss Ragan received huge bououets of hrysanthemunis. Many messages of congratulations were received by W. II. Isham, proprietor of the theatre. and Frank L. Callahan, manager of the company.
 The audience was probably the lar=s gest that ever welcomed any stock company at it's first night in Bridge port Not only in size did it excel for some. of Bridgeport's best people were. tout in front when the curtain rose on the first act.
 If last nights reception had any. thing to do with it, the CaFburn Stock company will remain at ths Lyric for long run,
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