"A GIRL'S TEMPTATION."

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1426, 29 April 1912, Page 6

"A GIRL'S TEMPT ATION."

MAHLOW DIUAIATIC COAIFA.XY. "A Girl's Temptation," a melodrama in four acts, by Airs. Morton Powell. Cast:— Guy Warren Cecil Manneriny Mark Klaw Herbert Linden Basil Warirm Godfrey Casa Tho Hon. Charles Clade J. Bannister Howard, Jimr. Geoffrey Stirling P. Vincent Scully ,lim .Tudd It. Stewart Garner Sammy Sniggles J. T. O'Neill Moss Isnacstein Crosbie Ward PC. Loirkley Andrew Clarke Mary Dewar Nelli? (.'lift Grace Bearing Ada, Butler Mrs. Fade Constance Crew lira. Stirling Pattie GourUiy Jemima Jessap Alice Deorwyu Annie Brown Elsie Prince Ijiidy Constance Heathlield . llarrie Ireland Kate Stirling Louise Hampton The coloured posters which have occupied so largo a total area of the city Hoardings during the last few days give the passer-by a quite correct impression ot the play with which the George AlarJow ilramat'ic Company has opened its season ;it the Opera. House. And it is evident that there is an ample public for this kind of play, for the house on Saturday night was in most parts full to the utmost, many people being turned away from the do'ors. Those who got inside evidently found themselves, generally speaking, fully rewarded for the effort. Applause was loml and frequent. The play is melodrama naked and unashamed. Kate Stirling, a factory girl, is honourably loved by Guy Warren, her employers son and heir, but "Warren pere has decided that Guy should marry Lady Constant* Heatlilield, who, being impecunious, desires a wealthy husband. The factory manager, -Mark Klaw, tries to rob Kate oi her'good name, and .succeeds in getting her father into his power, and is so surprisingly fortunate as Jo discovei documentary prools that Mr. Warren, sen i* the son of a bigamous marriage, and"that Kate's father is the,lawful heir to the Warren millions. Guy refuses to nivo up Kate for Lady Constance, and his wrathlul sire drives him iron, the door. Kate has just T;een Jrightened by her ciiually wrathful sire into swearing that the will nevec marry Guy. Nevertheless, when ho tells her that he is turned out of doors, she feels that =he can do no oilier than share his lot. 'Ihey are next seen-enjoying lovo in a cottage, and Guy in-ists that, in spite of the vow that was forced upon her. they shall be married in a few days. Klaw and Lady Ileathfield, however, come in to spoil Guy s pl«n=. ami Klaw manages to convince Guy that Kate is unfaithful to him. Kate is cast off and drifts to London. Her baby is horn, and she just ananases to keep it and her-elf alive by working at a sewing machine for Moses Iwiacstein, a heartless ■=wratei\ Klaw still pursues her, intendto bring her to such desperate straits that she. will be unable to refuse him. Ho will then innrry her, produce the documents, and get his hands upon tho AVarreu millions. Eventually, just as Khiw's schemes are about to mature, they are defeated by the agency of several people whom he has injured, and the curtain falls at last Ithc play occupied thre,-> hours on Saturday night) upon Guy as tho returned prodigal iilxmt. In marry Kate, while T.ady Tleallifield is left discomfited and Klaw in the. lock-up. Tt was, of course the ending which the 'house desired, and though it was brought, to puss through a series of very, very unlikely happenings, the "house" did not object. Miss Louise. Hampton deserves praise fur her natural and emotional net jug :i< Kate Sliding. The less sympalhelic roll) of Lady Hoathtield was pluyed by .Miss Harrie.'lreland, who was admirable in the earlier scenes, tjut. foil oti a little in some of the later ones. Miss J'nttie Gnurlay as Mrs. Stirling, and Miss "Elsie Prince us \imie Brown, a girl wronged by Klaw, were satisfactory. Mr. ,Cecil Alennering was a rather unequal btro, but distinctly »ood at times. Mr. I'erbert Linden achieved an r-soape from the conventional style for villain?, and made the part so nitich the less incredible. Mr. Bannister Howard. Mr. Godfrev Cars, Air. \ incent Scullv. Mr. C'rosbie Ward, and Mr. Stew- | art Garner succeeded well in their revpnetive part', and tin- comic ivli'-f ' aiTi'fitsililv -upplicil by Mr. •). I". ti'Nril, ■ Mi- Alil-e Dforwyn.' 1 »lli.-r». "A Girl's Ti'inpiiilimi" will be singed again 10-iiiu'hl.