New Britain herald., 1915-05-04


 audience was present last evening to see 1t open in George M. Cohan's play. Fifty Miles from Boston, with the following cast:
 MT. Westcott. T. Fnl,er 1s0. 1sIi ?. "estcOtI. Grace Barton -NVl9oseiey ..E. M. Leonard Saplain of Baseball Team
 ...... .......... ... Jim Connor Jed Woods. ..... Adrian $. Perrin 7Mrs. Tiiford. Adelaide Hubbard Lave Harrtgan. Wyrley Birch Iimothy Harrigan, His Father. ..
 .... Frank Wright Sadle Woodis. Emily Galloway E1dd1e ...... Hughie Roman Joe Westcott ......... Alfred Cross rlreman Jack Fargo CoHstaple Jim Conner Aunt kate. Belle Flower Nellie Harr1gan.. '. Lois Bolton
 This piece was presented at the Lyceum several years ago with. sev- eral stars in the company, but it was not produced one whit better than it was last evening, and in some re- spects the performance of the Ly ceum Players exceeded it. The play is we'll mounted, the parts arc capably interpreted and the musical mum bers are connpetently rendered. The scene of the piece is Brookfield, Mass, fifty miles from Boston, where the town is all wrought up by reason of Joe Westcott winning a ball game for Harvard. An interesting incl dent connected with the game was that his father won $500 on the e.. 10 . Dave Harrigan, who was in love with Jed Wootis's sister Sadie as1d the other half from her brother, who had taken it from the post office. where Sadie was postflistress. Sadie didn't like Harrigan and the latter worked on her brother to have him induce her to give up Young Vest colt to whom she was engaged and marry him under penalty of expo sure for theft, a plan which did not develop to young Harrigan's credit
 The company is especially we'll cast this week, Mir. Fuller playing Joe Westcott.s father with fine effect. He had been chosen to present his son with a loving cup for his prowess on the ball field and in doing so he also gave him a. list of the contributors to the fund from which the cup was purchased MT. Fuller made his speech naturally, in fact it could not have been done better were the oe- casion real one. He gave espe- cial emphasis to the fact that Brook field had never given any 4hing to any one before and that his son $ 1 picture had been in the Boston Globe. an honor which left nothing else to be attained. MT. Fuller played we'll all through and caused much laughter In his scenes with Tim Harrigan, a character which was so well filled by Frank Wright. It was the latter's $ l first appearance in an Irish charac- Ifter and he injected not only much hurnor into it. but also an appreciable 1 spirit of fairness when he returned ] young Woodis the $4o0 he lost on the l ball game and which the senior Mir 1 Westcott had thrown away and which l Tim Harrigan subsequently, picked up l Mr. Cross was Joe Westcott, looked well and playing the part with ! I nicety of expression. MT. Birch inter 1 preted young Harrigan in non 1 chalant manner and making a great l deal out of it. Miss CallaWay wal I Sadie Woods, which she played I charningly, looking the part, ever I to the smallest detail. She sang nel song, Jack and Jill" nicely and late Il she and MT. Cross danced so we'll tha 1 they were obliged to respond to sev . eral encores. Miss Bolton, who al
 ways looks so neat, was applaudet
 when she appeared and frequently af
 rewards for her work as Nellie liar
 riga11, while Mrs. Hubbard was brim ful of fun from curtain to curtain
 as Mrs. Tlford, g sort of villag gossip. The entire production wa
 most inviting and will stand as amonl l the best of the pieces produced D. T the Lyceum com pany, the entire cas
 doing it's work acceptably and shoul' . draw we'll during the week as fare
 we'll of a company of players tha
 has done so much to please Nev
 Britain theatergoers during the sea
 son.