New Britain herald., 1919-12-16
LYCEUM OFFERING
 WORTHY OF PRAISE
Pleasing Comedy Drama Goes Big
 on Opening Night
tBy the Herald Reviewer.

tBy the Herald Reviewer1
 The story of how an innocent clerk Fasses three years behind prison bars for a crime of which he is not guilty; how he is released and soon tires of pumping his head against stone Walls,' turns cracksman and when at the height of his success he meets the girl who is destined to become his Wife; how he saves her from the ad- Fances of a schenling business man and how in return she saves him from the law to their mutual advantages are all cleverly unravelled in 'The Girl He Couldn't Buy" the play of fered by the Lyceum Players for this week.
 This weeks show marks the return of Mrs Nina Geason, who received an ovation when she made her ap- pearance last night. She is seen in the part of the motherly Mrs. Ed wards, proprietor of the boarding house. Claude Kimbal1 and Mar guerite Leonard arc seen in their usual high class brand of stage work but Miss Coogan and Eugene Shakes peare are at their best this week. The former takes the part of shop girl who is struggling to get along, 1oplIS IIIdI SOHlo uay someone WILL give her a chance for better things than the daily grind with "a glass of near beer and trip to Coney' at the close of the day. Shakespeare is the son of the landlady, a street corner ''fakir'' by profession and later an ac- complice of Joe Maynard (Claude KimbalD in securing the big coup
 Three of the four scenes in the play are laid ill the furnished room occu- pied by Hope Nelson (Marguerite Leonard) and Kitty Burns, (that part played by Marion Coogan) on Tenth avenue New York city. The scene portrays a dingy, i1l-kept bedroom. scantily furnished with d pair of chairs, a table, dresser and a bed ar ranged in a manner that typifies the sort of rooming house the building is purported to be. A single gas light illuminates the room The opening doors reveals a hall upon which the . doors of several other similar rooms open. Across the hall 'the Crab'' (Charles Mylott) has a room, and his well-acted demonstrations in oppos- ing noise in the girls room furnishes some of the most amusing scenes of the play.
 The other scene, that of the library or DaNld Burnham offers a sharp con- trast. The library is luxuriously fit ted out with every means of comfort for it's wealthy owner. Burnham was a former business associate of Hopes father and is believed to be directly responsible for Hopes apparent pow erty. Joe Maynard, a friend of Hope and a recognized leader and strong mind of the New York underworld, volunteers his services to assist her in securing evidence which will prove that her father, instead of dying bankrupt, was worth an immense sum of money. Incidentally the securing of this evidence will prove Burnham a thief. This course is adopted by Joe after Hope opposes his plan to "get'' Burnham and put him out of the way. Joe is successful and the play closes with Burnham in handcuffs.
 Members of the cast are:
 1 Fred Armstrong .... Joseph Guthrie 1 Mrs. Edwards ..,.. Nina c. Gleason The Crab' ......... Charles ,MylOtt ! Kitty Burns ........ Marion Coogan ! Hope Nelson .... Margaret Leonard
 Flip Edwards, Eugene Shakespeare / Joe Maynard ....,. Claude Nimbal1