New Britain herald., 1915-03-09
Broadway Jones' is We'll Acted by
 Lyceum Company

The Lyceum has fine play this week in George M. Cohan's four-act drama, Broadway Jones'" and it was Well acted at the opening performance last evening. There were some new faces in the cast and those the Lyceum patrons have been so ac- customed to see added new laurels to the many they have won on the stage of this popular playhouse. The cast was as follows:
 Rankin Jackson, Jones' man ser
 want E. M. Leonard Jackson Jones. known as Broad
 way Jones' Alfred Cross Robert Wallace, Jacksons friend.
 Frank Wright Mrs. James Gerard, a wealthy
 widow Natalie Perry Peter Pembroke, of the Consolidat-
 ed Gum Co. .......... Fred Sutton Sam Spotswood, Judge Spotswood's
 son Norman Tourog Mrs. Spotswood, the judges wife,. ................A Adelaide Hubbard Judge spotswood, attorney for the
 Jones Co.,. IL. J. Fuller Clara Spotswood, his daughter.
 Lois Bolton Josie Richards, chief accountant for
 the Jones Co.,. Emily Callaway Higgins, foreman at the Jones
 Plant; and
 Grover Wallace president of Elm
 pire Ad. Co.,. x. .Wyrley Birch
 The play opens in New York city early in the morning when Broad way Jones' returns from a nights conviviality, during which his engage ment to a widow with money had been announced. He was reputed to be rich, but he was in reality broke and was heavily in debt besides. His friend, Robert Wallace, drowned upon the engagement and succeeded in the end in having it broken off. Broad way was left portion of an uncle's estate which consisted of an interest in a chewing gum factory in Con- necticut which the trust desired to buy for a large sum, but when Josie Richards" chief accountant in the factory, and with whom he subse- quently fell in love, told him that if he sold out it would mean that the employees would all be discharged and the factory closed he declined to sell, preferring to retain ownership be- cause of the family connections with the place. The proposed deal nat urally brought Jones and his friend into contact with Judge Spotswood, attorney for the Gum company, and his family, and the acquaintance brought in all the remaining big parts in the play.
 While the piece is a Conan produce tion, it does not possess any of the of orfx Ti,,. utes from Broadway which had such a successful presentation at the Lyceum two weeks ago, but it abounds in bright lines and good humor and is very entertaining. MT. Cross in terpreted the character of Broadway, Jones' very skilfully bringing out all the comedy and making prominent all the Humorous situations. The char" acter was not overdrawn, but was in reality a good picture of the sport who had no money but plenty of credit. Mr. Wright played his friend Wallace with consistent sharpness throughout, while a good bit of act ing was done by Norman Tourog, a new member, who had ambitions but lacked encouragement from his fam fly. Miss Perry played the widow with mixture of joy at the prospect of the wedding and indignation at be- ing chided over her age. Miss Cal1a- way was charmingly natural as the accountant, and Miss Bolton made vivacious daughter of the judge. Mrs. Hubbard played the judges wife with precision and in fact all the members of the cast interpreted their char acters very cleverly. The play was received with appreciation by a good sized audience and there was much favorable comment on the beautiful settings in the first act showing the home of "Broadway Jones" in New York city.