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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1920
Page
8
Poll Players debut at the Lyric for Bridgeport audiences with the comedy Come Out of the Kitchen. The ensemble delivers a pleasing production that delights locals this week.
The slapstick element in the production keeps the audience in good humor from curtain rise to close. Principal roles go to Miss Mary Ann Dentler and Arthur Chatterdon, with Maxwell as the butler delivering notable mannerisms. Miss Louise Gilchrist assists and portrays a Down South mammy figure, while Miss Jana Tarr plays an inquisitive, busybody who stirs the trouble by butting in.
The piece argues railroad capacity limits industrial progress, noting freight on American rails doubled from 1897 to 1905 and again since. It urges more railroads cars engines tracks and terminals, supported by sound legislation and public regulation, with information available from the Association of Railway Executives of Broadway, New York.
Bridgeport theatergoers can see The Woman In Room 18 a dramatic production praised for real life portrayal and gripping climaxes. The program features The Right to Lie in seven acts and a Comedy The Cheantal Liar. also Willow Tree and Tales of romance with notable actors including Dolores Cassinelli and Mitchell Lewis.
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