The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-09-01
TRANSFORM LYRIC
THEATRE INTERIOR
FOR Poll PLAYERS

When the linotypes are setting this
story into type the Lyric theatre that
was, will be, to all appearances, a
playhouse of confusion with two
score of artisans. decorators, mechan-
les and men engaged in other lines of
work rushing to completion the won
derful redecoration, renovation and
alteration scheme. But mark you,
this and mark you well, that when
the curtain rises promptly at 2:15 on
Monday, the big holiday, and the sea-
son is formally opened you will mar
vel, at the seemingly impossible &C
complished, for in the eyes of the
public the theatre will give no other
indication but that the renovation of
the house has been completed for
days prior to the opening.
| When S. z. Poll purchased the Lyric
several weeks ago the moment the
| legal documents were signed and the
| playhouse passed into his possession
he made but one remark to his execu-
| tive staff and that remark was:
| "Open the Lyric Labor Day and posi-
| lively I want everything new but the
name," and his wish has been accom-
! plished.
! 1.-THE Lyric that was, had clear. sail
| ing and it had tempestpous sailing
and the remedy did not seem to be
| Forthcoming. What the Lyric really
needed in the way of treatment tc
establish it as a successful enterprise
was what might be called pep" I
needed a master hand to guide it; i
needed showmanshtp back Of it; i
needed the confidence of the public
| the profession and it's kindreds ant
in the final analysis it needed to bt
made cheerful and inviting.
But as Mr.. Poll demanded every.
/ thing new but the name,'' SO it come.
to pass that Monday when you entel
the lobby you will gain your frs
/ favorable impression for you will SCI
a lobby transformed. You will SCI
| the first evidence of the new decora
| tvie scheme, the soft rose tinted
| shades of silk velour, the artistica1l!
hung draperies, the spick and spar
| newness of the paint and decoration
and you will be greeted in. the inne
foyer by a charming galaxy of CIR
ushers attired in military suits wit:
their swagger sticks and their air o
being glad you came and ,evidenc'
i that they are going to do 'their bit
i to make yodr stay a pleasant one
4 And somewhere about the back o
the house you will see George Ar
vine, Mr.. Polls local representative
4 at the business end of affairs. AM
when you are escorted to your sea
4 by one of the pretty girl ushers JUS
| take look all around and about you
4 take in everything, note the artist
! offn dror frih 11f
to Mr.. Polls lavish expenditure o
i money coupled with the artistic idea
of Mons. Zweig, who designed tn
hangings. Just ease back into you
seat and prepare to see one of tn
best balanced and most meritoriou
stock drama organizations il
America in their. premiere, Mile-a
Minute Kendall" the omedy-dram
front he pen Of Owen Davis, VIII
!, wrote Sinners" and a score of othe
4 successes. And get ready for the Ee
ceptions to your. favorites as they ap
:. pear. Dudley Ayers, the leading NAL
of the company, a hundred per cent
! citizen, American and man and Incl
dentally one of the best leading me
Hthat the stock stage has ever devel
II oped Warda Howard, statuesquel
beautiful, versatile to the ninth degree
!. with a wonderful faculty of maxim
and holding friends and, most ad
mirable selection to lead the feminin
! end of the cast. Howard Smith, req
/ Broadway type juvenile, a scholar,
| gentleman and a sure to be UP Il
his roIe~ Monday afternoon chat
, Arthur Buchanan of theIold schoo
j who has advanced with the progress
of the day and date and who artistic
ally combines the best of other ola!
: with the best of these days, Eles
/, Bartlett, dainty as piece of Dresde
china, pretty as a picture, with sol
! Southern accumulation in her speak
Z. ing voice, charmingly gowned alway
J. and always from the audience stant
point "easy on the eyes" CARR
Lowe, character woman without
! superior. Leo Kennedy, and all tt
others in the long line and then pa
a silent tribute to j. Francis Kirk
the general director who stages h
productions with such marvellol
touches that he has come to be Gale
"The Belasco of Stock and that
fulsome but merited praise.
T TASHUA AND LONG HILL