Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-10-30
DRAMATIC TREAT IS
]. PROMISED BOISE
New Stage Success, John Fer
guson" Secured for Pinney
= Monday, Tuesday and We'd
nesday Of Next Week.

X With the most enthusiastic endorse
ment of the press and public of other
cities, New Yorks newest dramatic
sensation, John Ferguson" will come
to the Pinney Theater next Monday
for an engagement of three nights
John ferguson is a character de-
lineation of types of northern Ireland.
The story is a simple one, yet throb-
bling in its action and situations and
Teplete with quaint humor. Its seven
difficult principal roles are in hands
of cast which is said to be the most
able one which has left New York in
many seasons.
its cast, The Seattle Daily Times said
The Theatrical Guild, Inc, presents
John Ferguson a realistic play by
st. John G. Ervine.
This is the program line scanned by
the audience that filed The Metro
politan last night 1t boasts not of
l'the greatest drama of the decade of
the original cast nor of umptyump
nights in Moo Yawk. 1t simply says,
"a realistic play
But John Ferguson is more than
" realistic play. 1t Is a wonderfully
Zine playa drama of literary import,
marvelously well constructed and
beautifully acted. One must delve deep
Unto the memory to recall it's superior
IN the output of the modern theatre.
ICertainly not in years has a Seattle
audience witnessed play of more sus-
ltained and compelling interest. 1t is
leimple; it is human; it is realistic.
|uts characters are drawn with keen
psychological insight
TURNS SPOTLIGHT ON LIFE.
Mr.. Irvine turns the spotlight on
t1ife. Here, he says, is the simple diff
Unified, uncompromising soul of faith;
. here is the personification of beauti-
Ixul material instinct; here is the soul
,Of proud womanhood; here the pitiful
heart of the physical coward and here
primal instinct of the brute. This is
Iell revealed in a homely tale Of North
lof Ireland country folk--a tragedy
knowing with relentless grmness to a
sweeping climax.
The story of John Ferguson con-
icerns an overdue mortgage, which the
Family hopes to meet with money sent
iby a brother from America. The
brother forgets the mail date (the
scene is in the early 'sos) and the re-
Bultant delay brings tragedy into the
home of the Fergusons. A master
stroke is the touch given the story
when the letter finally reaches its
destination.
The Theatre Guild has not adver-
Used an all-star cast yet COM
pany of finer capability and balance
mas not been seen by Seattle audi
ences In recent seasons. The players
have not only been selected for their
ftness to type, but for technical equip
ment as well.
FORSYTH MAKES BIG HIT.
August Duncan is the John Fer
guson of the cast presenting the play
In New York, but the simplicity, re-
preston and naturalness of Robert
Forsyth, who has the role here, seem
wonderfully near perfection.
In its way just as fine Is the mother
or Alice Chaplin, and a magnificent
picture of the daughter, Hannah Fur
euson, is presented by Angela Nc
Cahill. The pitiful cowardice in the
heart of Jimmy Caesar is one of the
most impressive interpretations of
ishe performance in the hands Of Ed
ward Favor-a character study of
superb accomplishment Warner