At the Lyceum Theatre last Friday the Frawley Company met with a very hearty reception from a large and enthusiastic audience. The piece presented was Austin Strong's comedy drama "Three Wise Fools," which was one of the most successful productions of the Company's previous season here, and last Friday it proved equally as enjoyable. Mr. Frawley's rendering of the part of Theodore Findley was a capital character study of the quick-tempered but soft-hearted old bachelor, and he was excellently supported by Mr. Henry Crosby, as Dr. Richard Grant, his bachelor friend, whose ever-ready sympathy counter-balanced the former's irassibility; while Mr. Messenger-Bellis, as the Judge, completed the trio of bachelors who were drawn out from their well-worn "ruts" by the entrance into their house and life of the daughter of their former sweetheart. As Miss Fair-child, their legacy from this sweetheart, Miss Glaribel Fontaine acted charmingly, though her manner was perhaps rather too subdued. She was at her best in the scene when she confessed to having assisted to escape the man who had entered the house for the purpose of assassmoting the Judge. Mr. Albert Morrison was distinctly good as the manly Gordon Findley, who stood by and befriended the orphan girl when' even her guardians, the "three wise fools" had doubted her.
"Lightnin'."
In a part for which his_special gifts admirably fit him, Mr. Frawley gave a delightful impersonation of "Lightnin' Bill Jones' on Saturday night. "Lightnin'" was a particular favourite with the audience on the occasion of the company's previous visit, and acquaintance was renewed with the happiest results. The play, as will be remembered, takes its theme from the divorce procedure of Nevada, and has one of its best scenes in the Court House. The work of the whole company was excellent. Miss Virden, Miss Vera Doria, Miss Claribel Fontaine, Mr, Henry Crosby and Mr. Albert Morrison being notably good in their various parts. The play was followed with keen interest by a large and enthusiastic house.
"The Brat"
"The Brat" was the play given at the Lyceum Theatre on Monday by the Frawley Ca. for whom there was another very well-filled house, Miss Clarihel Fontaine had a part which swired her style of acting admirably, as "The Brat" and she gave a very excellent presentation of the guttersnipe. Her New York pronunciation was splendid and she was very much at home in the latest American repartee. Her "come into where it is shallow" after a declaration of the depth of the love of one of her admirers was typical of the-latest from. the
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