The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-06
WITHIN THE LAW'' AT LYRIC THEATRE
 BRINGS NEW LEAD.
Arthur Stanford as 'Richard Glider. in His Premier
 Performance Here

ssvVuean The LasvsA that powerful modnrn nreaodr&Tna, was produced last zngh4 hy the CaabaEn Stock conn pany at enc Lyric theakre before a, spIen<ad sized housa which ezaphasiz- ed a<s interest and enthussasxn by long ana pepeA6ed bursts of App4aARSes Tho play NpAa beaWti1ua1y staged particu- laray tn the tE4i9d act where the ac- ton Is transferred to fRsa interior of unasaaaay n1g play it holds the in tenest every moment o1 it's 10sr acts These who had seen the original pro dzc1on were amazed at the finish of the perforuaance.
 The regular CasIb0rn cast has an iraterest1nE at17Ffion this week in the person of Leon Lawsen. the prorni- nen4 local goc4ety man who is play ing the part Of s'Caz1cago Red crook. MT. Lawson has always been prominent in amateur theatricals but this is h4s GFSt professional ssngage- n1ent- The part is not a large one but he gives 1t i6s full value.
 Also. the new leading man, Arthur Stanford, Is introduced to Bridgeport this week in the part of Richard Glider. Even though the part was not at all broad enough to show MT Stanfora's ability he made an ex- cepHonalIy favorable impression upon last nights audience.
 Mss Irene Osh4er, the new leading woman who made her inataaA appear ance with the local stock company a week ago last night, made her real debut, So far as favorable part is cdncerneds 4as Mary Turner. Miss Osh5er quietly surprised everyone by her exceptional portrayal of the Wrouged shop girl of the first act and later of the clever woman of. the other three acts. Her dramatic speech as she is being dragged to { prison Is spsendidly and powerfully given Miss Osaier quite won the hearts of Bridgeport by her splendid, artistic work last evening"
 Mss Violet Barney had the clever part Of Anes Lynch, the confidence woman. Agnes is as demure and sweet as can be imagined when occa- sion requires, but how she can slip over to bad English and prolific slang when only her friends are about Miss Barney Is more than good at the part, emphasizing the refinement easily at one nom ent and at the next allowing the most unin- teIG gible slang to slip off her tongue
 Miss Beverly West deserves parti- cular notice for the splendid way in which she portrayed the part of Hel- em Morris, which is quite different from any which she has before sp- peared in-
 The part of the merchant and father is taken with much ease and good acting by Charles Canfieid, g new member of the cast Francis zByrne is Joe Carson. the forger, 2 hard part which requires the unusu- ; ally finished acting, which this pop ular actor gives to it John T Dwyer a great favorite of the con- pany, is the Police Inspector. MT DWyer makes fine appearance, par hcu1aTIy in the police uniform and his work in the part elicit much ap- 1sIa4Yza Edward T0arnev is good as Detective Sergeant Cassidy. Bernard Thornton is Eddie Gr1ggs, "stoo pigeon Fred Roland, George De merest, a lawyer; Miss Emma De WeaIe, g private secretary Miss Hel- en Blair. a maids Frank Melrose, s crook, Thomas Swem, a lawyer; Lee WhaIen, a butler; Frank Connors, a door1nan and George Broler. a detec- tive.
 EMILY EMMET.