The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-12
BIJOU OPENS WITH
 BOUGHT AND PAID FOR
Broadhurst's Great Play Initial Off,
 fering of the Gracye Scott Stock Company

What bids fair to prove one of the events of the theatrical season In Bir- | mingham will take place tomorrow
 night when the Bijou theatre will re- open it's doors and inausurate the fall and winter season of the stock com pany beaded by Miss Grayce Scott one of the most widely known and most popular of tho young American leading
 women The company will be under the nanage ement of Dewitt Newing, and
 comes to the Bijou theatre almost di-
 rec. from Richmond, Va. where they
 succeeded in establishing a record of
 two years engagement. a record that surpasses any other ever made before
 in the history of theetricals in that city.
 The initial offering of Miss Scott and her associates Will be George H. Broad hurst's greatest and most popular drama, Rough and Paid For" Bought and Paid For" Is essentially a social study, though there are many moments
 of the most delightful comedy. It tells story of what the marriage relations should be. However. there is nothing offensive in the unfolding 0, the plot. It Is told with a sure and strong drink The habit grows and grows until he becomes slave to the
 narcotic influence. This, his wife does
 not know until after they are married. nor does she know that while under the influence of drink his entire na- ture Is changed. He enacts all over again the story of "Dr. Jekyll and MT.
 Hyde"
 It Is while under the influence of drink that the rupture in his married lifc comes He breaks open the door
 to hie wfes room with a chair. wherc- upon she ueterm!nes to leave him. first having heard him make the statement that ho has bought and paid for hor, It so happens that Stafford has taken care of an mpecun,cus brotheri in-law. and 1t is through thls brother and his own selfish interests that a reconcilia- : ton comes about. Stafford. realizing what he has been and what he has dune. Is thoroughly repentant. Of his own volition he has done away with his weakness, but hiE wife, who has gone 10 work In a small store as a clerk as a means of earning her liveli- hood. knows nothing of 1t. Her brother sen. word to Stafford that his wife wishen 10 see him. He goes to her. dHu-bul WHbl S lut uSe' 1Hcy dI . reunited through the ruse and Staff ford turns out to be very manly sort of chap.
 Miss Scott will, of course. be seen as Virginia Blaine, and the part will give her an opportunity to show her abil- ity as an emotional actress as few other parts would John Warner, the leading man of the company. will po,- tray the character If Robert Stafford. hila to Miss Nan Ora WfOrd will FD
 the part of Fanny Blaine. The part of tho shipping clerk, Jimmy Gilly.
 will be played by Dewitt Newing, and | 1t Is one of the best comedy parts
 ever written. MT. Newing Is an actor as well as manager. Others In the
 cast will he Miss Kathryn Hutchison, | Herbert Curtis and Mir. Maybee. A
 special production has been provided
 and a performance equal In every re- | fpect to the road company which
 l.layed Bought and Paid For" in Bir-
 min gham Is the promise made. spe-
 cial feature will be made of the open l Ing night and regular matinees will bt