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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1896, 3 November 1913, Page 5

When a sucoeseor to "The Barrier" at the Strand Theatre (London) is wanted, which, however, will not bo for soino littlo time to coke, Sir. Louis Meyer will produce there "The Joneses." by Mr. Laurence Cowen. Reference has* already been made in this column to the piece, in which the author has endeavoured to do for Wales what Mr. Graham Moffat accomplished in "Bunty Pulls the Strings" for Scotland. In "The Joneses" ha draws a picture of lifo and character in a little Welsh village, with all the limitations, the prejudices, and the ambitions characteristic of its inhabitants sixty yoars ago. By thus carrying the action back over haif a century, Mr, Cowon secures picturesqueness of costume and, doubtless, a certain primitiveiiess of manners. Hither comes an Englishman, the only alien in the piece. With much of tiro adventurer in his composition, the newcomer upsets all traditions, and, with an eye to his own interests, proceeds to imbuo the simple villagers with a taste for forbidden fruit. The role iias boon entrusted to Mr. Mathcson Lang, who, abandoning ronianco and sentiment for the nonce, will thus bo ab'e to give full vein to his comic powers. All the remaining parts are to ho filled bv Welsh actors and actresses, in order that- tho local atmosphere and t-hfi looal ucoont ffIPJ bo faithfully projiuootLW 'SWcgtajW'