New Britain herald., 1927-03-22
TIE DOVE PROVES
 FINE MELODRANA
Poli Stock Company Opens Sea-
 son With Successful Play
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 10 use q racing gambling team
 and in reviewing the opening of the
 Poh players stock company at Hart
 ford this is permissible since the
 play is one dealing with gambling houses, in part-the Poli players got
 away to q flying start last night.
 Playing to capacity house and pre- sentlng The Dove" one of the lat est and highest type of melodralna, the company scored q distinct hit
 that auSurs well for the forthcom ing season.
 | The First company of Governors root Guards, attired in their scarlet
 dress uniforms and accompanied by
 their band, occupied the center of | the main auditorium and paraded | both to and from the theater. liou- | tenant Governor and Mrs. Brainard
 and suite, occupied front box and
 when called upon, the acting goyer-
 nor responded with 8 neat speech. 1 Old favorites with the company include Edmund Abbey, peer Of all character men on the American
 stock stage today, Walter Scott Weeks, versatile heavy" Jay Ray, stage manager and second character
 man, Billy Linn, comedian, and Der
 nard Steel, director.
 Introducing some Of the new
 members, there is Marion GMnt, the
 leading lady. She is a petite little
 miss, possessed of stage personality.
 Is easy to look upon, is vivacious or
 domure as her part calls and gives
 evidence of having a good singing voice. Miss Grant cannot help but bo favorite this season if her work in "The Dove" a most difficult role. IS any criterion. Vincent Coleman. tho leading man. is a movie and stage actor of several years stand | ing and makes hit from the start ! Possessed of q good physique, a 1 pleasing voice and a fine appearance. he is bound to inject no little TO- | nance into his romantic leads and | action into his more mcloframatic ! parts such as Le had last night. Ro- bert Perry the new juvenile, had l little chance 10 show his wares last | night but appears like a capable young man, and Adrienne Earle, the lngenue, is everything that an inge- nue should be-pretty, yivacious. and . petite. Another members of the cast deserving of mention is Patsy Ann O'Ncal, the second woman Given q not very pleasant part this week, she makes the most Of it and prom 
 Jay Ray is also back with the com pany and temporarily Lois E. Ham, tnond is filling in as g, versatile char actcr woman until Miss Frances Will Hams joins the troupe in May
 Of interest to New Britain peo- pie is the presence in the company If Matthew J. Callahan of this city, prominent in amateur theatricals here. In this weeks show Mr Calla- han has the role of an Indian which he carries off effectively. Others in the cast fill out the roles ,f dancing girls, Mexican soldiers, ,eons etc.
 ''The Dove" is an exciting melo- lrama of life along the Mexican '. s. border. Action takes place in he town of MeXicano, Mexico, six niles from the border, where scenes in a cafe and q gambling oint start the action which con- 'ludes in a roadside ranchyard. Miss Grant. in the role of Dolores. s a cabaret entertainer nicknamed The Dove" because of her known lean character. Mr. Abbey is Mike Iorowich, villainous proprietor of he cabaret and MT. Weeks is Don ,, lose Tostado a wealthy and un- . crupulous Mexican who loves his vomen, then casts them from him nd gaZes on Dolores with envious yes. Vincent Coleman's role IS l hat of Johnnie Powell, the dice lan at Brayfield's gambling house, l cross the street from the cabaret. When the wealthy Mexican makes nproper advances to Dolores, Pow l! interferes and offers the girl his They fall in love. Pow \ II is framed" and cast into pris- . n. To save her lover from being xecuted by firing squad, Dolores oes to Tostado and offers to sac flee everything as the price of her ,vcr's freedom.
 This naturally works up to a 'nse climax which develops swift and with the well known melo- punch" At that. the play
 not without it's lighter moments Id there are many hearty laughs
 it.
 To miss this show is to miss not lily an excellent evenings enter inment. but also to miss q bit of Ie scenic artists best efforts for @ settings are superb. Next week the company presents ladies' of the Evening" one of l avid Belasco's successes.