The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-12
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By RICHARD F. LUSsIER
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'"The drama of the year" was the ver-
 dict of press and public with regard to | Common Clay" which A. H. Woods will
 present at the Jefferson theatre for an
 engagement of three performances after
 a sensational run of a solid year at the Republic theatre, New York city. | Common Clay,'' the first work of Gloves Kinkead, a young Harvard grad uate first came into public notice as a l Harvard prize play and had won unprece- | dented success in Boston before entering l upon it's phenomenal New York career | A powerfully written drama on a vital | theme, it should appeal to all ages. It will be presented by a brilliant company | One of the most expressing plays seen in New York in many seasons is ''The l House of Glass;" which engaged the at | tention of New York theatre-goers at l the ~Candler theatre for eight months last season, and the announcement that this famous play with Conan & Harris cast and production is to be seen at the Jefferson Thanksgiving day matinee and night, has aroused more than ordinary interest.
 It is the shadow of prison wall fall ing always across the sunshine of the life to which she has escaped, that makes "The House of Glass in which the fug- tive from the grasp of the law is the central figure, one of the most intense and expressing dramas that have occu- pied the stage of a New York playhouse in many moons.
 Al H. Wilson, the great dialect char acter comedian and singer with speci- ally selected company, will appear at the Jefferson in a new Irish play. My Kil- larney Rose"
 It never did require much of an effort to like Al H. Wilson, for there is no ''high-brow'' effort at the social prob lem in his acting.
 Possessed of a voice that sings true. he is content to fall in love in the good cld-fashioned way. to sing songs that have touch of sentiment and to dis pense the kind of comedy that keeps his audience in state of merriment, and that sends them on their homeward way feeling all the better for having witnessed his performance.
 His appearance on above date prom
 ises to be more enjoyable than ever for
 he appears in a new character in a new play new production. new songs. and the story of the play is one of novelty While the songs are more varied in
 theme than ever before
 The titles are My Killarney Rose" ''The Love II Give to You, Where the
 Shamrock Crows Mary HouIhan,"
 ''The Yodel that Stole My Girl Away"
 With brilliant Broadway company
 totaling almost 100 persons and including
 a beauty chorus that can really sing and
 dance in addition to simply decorate
 the stage, "The Blue Paradise" the
 most popular and satisfying of all Vi-
 ennese operettas, is announced by tEc
 Mcssrs. Shubert for visit here at the
 Jefferson soon. Discriminating playgoers
 will, recall that '"The Blue Paradise has
 but recently concluded phenomenaily
 popular New York engagement of g con-
 secutive weeks at the famous Casino
 theatre, the historic Broadway playhouse
 where most of the notable musical plays
 of the. past quarter of century were
 first made known to metropolitan audi
 ences - -1r-