The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-12
NEW DIRECTOR OF LYRIC PLAYERS IS
 WIDELY SCHOOLED
Kendall Weston Has Produc- ed Plays From New Eng
 land to Australia

When Kendall Weston stepped onto the stage on Monday evening as Mar tin Drury in s'The Travelling Sales man. at the Lyric theatre, Bridge 1 port greeted for the first time one of the best known stock producers of the country and a man yersed not only l in the producing end, but in the act ing side of the business as we'll
 A strange fate indeed seems to l have guided MT. Weston in his career for his early inclinations were to- ward the ministry.
 q was in college studying to be a I nainister.'' said MT. Weston when T talked with him, when one day my En glish teacher told me that I had better switch my training and be- ] come an acotr as he thought would l make a better actor than minister. l took his advice and went out on the road first with Booth and Barrett. I sometimes think that ought to have stuck to the ministry
 Indeed it would not be hard to l imagine this serious faced. quiet l spoken man, in clerical gRrb admin 1 istering to the unfortunate.
 Has Had Wide Experience ..I have been in the business 24 years in all. 16 of which have been spent in stock work. in this country, England and Australia From his long experience in the work, MT. Wes- ton is considered one Of the origina- tors Of the modern stock company. Comparing the stock company of Australia with that of this country MT. Weston said:
 They are more thorough with their productions out there and their detail is wonderful The stock sys- tenn is different. A play wil1s run so long as it draws good audiences. One that we put on. Sweet Nell of ] < SI-e s.k tendance out there is about the same as here MT. Weston spent an en- tire season there, giving most Of his ] time to Melbourne and Sydney. Most of the big American and Eng I fish successes are produced there and Ia number of the actors and actresses l arc from those countries, with of course some native talent
 In Many Productions
 MT Weston spent last summer in 4 New Haven directing the Poi stock I company, while this season he play ed in IA Pair of Sixesss taking the part of .sNettletons'. one of the part with Booth and Barrett, Robert Man I tell and Mrs. Langtry, and has Iprominent parts in FtDiplomacy,s,, 1 @The Christian, 2, and a number of other well known dramas.
 sBnt I'd rather do anything than play said MT. Weston, with startling directness not often heard on the I stage, concerning the procession. My end of the game is the producing I one and Fl rather set a stage than do anything else. Rilt there is lit tie pleasure in that when you are ] In a town where you cannot get the I things that you want. I have found T Bridgeport an exceedingly hard town in which to get the necessary things, MT. Weston claims to have produc- 4 l. l for stock The various cities in which he has directed stock compa- I niaE are San Francisco, Oakland Los Angeles. Portland, Oregon, Mime apo1si St. Paul. Chicago. Nashville, l Btrming gham. Albany, Troy, Syracuse and Lynn-
 Home In Boston
 I Adr Weston,s home is Boston and for the past few years. he has en- deayored to keep in the East and l as near that city as possible. Nc one of his family, according to him was ever connected with the stage.
 His first stock experience was with l David Henderson. in Chicago, where g he was the big producers director and leading man.
 Conversation wandered to stage superstttions, T am not at all SUI i peFsti itious,ss said Mr. Weston ttaud don't believe in any Of them but j have had some peculiar experiences
 One of them happened some year. ago was directing a stock com. E pany in Lowell, Mass, in which Ross ]; stahI was leading lady and we haS ! had wonderful success and spIendie
 houses. Miss Stahl wanted to pIas isGami1Ie.' and so we put it on. The opening night in direct contrast ts ] the weeks preceding. we had a re
 narkably poor house.
 "A BiH Poster Hoodoo.
 We'll we tried to discover whai could be the matter but could finl no reason. A friend of mine, hap.
 penfng to note in a. morning papel
 that famous elairvoyant had jus :, come to town. finally persuaded m
 to go down and see him, more for ths amusement of the experience thar any other reason.
 went down just before rehearsa.
 and was asked to write three ques na