The Monticellonian., 1919-09-12
HONE TALENT PLAY
GIVEN AZ TIE A-MUSE-J
THEATER SEPTEMBER 5
Play And Players Enthusiastic
ally Received BY Audience.

At the A-Nuse-U Theater last
Friday evening, Mr.. w. f. Spen-
Ger presented to a large and ap-
preciative audience, play of
his own composition, entitled
The Romance of Tin Can AL
ley" This was an event to
which many had been looking
forward with eager anticipation
for some time, the fact that it
was to be a strictly home talent
production giving it unique
interest.
In the opening scene the au-
dience is introduced first to An
ton Dvreck, the hero, who soon
gives a brief outline of his tragic
life story to Dearie Lane, the pa
thetic little founding, VINO al
though she received nothing but
blows and hard words from
the quarrelsome landlady of the
tenement, Katinka Lane, is
nevertheless always ready 10
listen with sympathetic interest
to the sorrows of her friends
among the dodgers.
This characteristic of the her.
ONE is thrown into still stronger
relief when Robert Connerly, an
aspiring young playwright ap-
pears upon the scene in state
OF deep detection because his
latest production has been re-
jected by the publishers, max
ing impossible the marriage of
which he had been dreaming. It
develops that his finance, Esther
Morelands, is a wealthy girl
from Fifth Avenue, who has dis
covered Bobs while Summing
but is unwilling to marry him
until he has achieved fame.
While Dearie and Bobs dis
cuss the situation, Miss More
lands enters attended by an
English dude, who is also dane
ing attendance upon her string.
His funny antics supply the
humor of the play.
Of course III the end every
thing works out happily. Anton
Dvreck, Bobs and Dearie by
their combined efforts produce
a play that reveals to New York
the genius of Dvreck as music
ian, of Bobs as playwright
and of Dearie as an actress.
But best of all Bobs, dis
covers before it is too late that
Deary Lane, who has been his
inspiration and helper all
through his struggles, is the one
whom he really loves.
Moreover Dvreck learns from
4 message in a locket that Dearie
shows him, that she is his
daughter, for whom he has been
searching for eighteen years and
that her mother is dead. His
life work is now ended and hav-
ing given Bobs and Dearie his
blessing his spirit takes its
flight to join that of his long
lost wife.
From the opening scene
straight through to the final
climax the audience followed the
development Of the plot with
sympathetic interest. Little fav-
oritism was shown, each player
being given generous applause.
Mr.. Spencer, himself because
of his musical ability was es-
pecially well adapted to the parl
Of Anton Dvreck. Miss Dot Har-
ris by her splendid interpreted
tion Of the character of Dearit
Lane, held her audience from The
beginning. Miss Thelma Porter
performed the very difficult feat
of representing with marked
ability two characters at the
opposite extremes of society
Mrs. LaEe, the quarrelsomt
landlady, and Miss Morelands
the fashionable social butterfly
Elvin Dishongh, as Sir Codding
ton Brown, delineated the char
acter with remarkable skill. Viii
liam Courtney as Bobs tn,
ambitious young play wrigh
entered with enthusiasm into tn,
c,,ir;t nf Tho nlaN