Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 64, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 March 1912 — Roy Foster, Last Year Favorite, Coining to the Ellis Theatre. [ARTICLE]

Roy Foster, Last Year Favorite, Coining to the Ellis Theatre.

“On the Road to Casa Grande, * which is booked at the opera house in‘the near future, is a new play by Roy Foster, who will be remembered as a member of the original stock company which played here every Friday evening last spring. It is described as one of the prettiest, most entertaining plays of recent years. It is full .of good comedy and possesses a story so engrossing that the attention is held until the last minute. No play that ever went on the road has been the recipient of so many ecomiums and flattering comments. Miss Josephine RandalLWhOWsalso vjlth the stock company last year, is with this play, playing the part of a Swedish servant girl and her performance is said to be flawless and screamingly funny. Mr. Foster plays the part of a Mexican. The company also Includes Miss Carolyn Mackey, late' of the Columbia Stock company of Brooklyn, Miss Cora Bennett of the “Are you a Mason” Co., Mr. Clarence Bellair of the “Sweetest Girl From Paris” Co., and Mr. George Thompson, last season with the “Fourth Estate”' Co. This list of talent is a guarantee in Itself of the excellence of the attraction, but added to that are report - from every town in which this company has played, all saying practically the same thing, “best show we have had this season.” They carry every piece of scenery used in the play complete. The play is situated in the west but bears no further resemblance to a western piece. It is a story of an eastern family who moved out west; there are no murders, no dynamite explosions, no fights, but there is good comedy and plenty of it, a gripping plot pleasantly developed. The blind mother in the play is a touch of naturalism which has drawn much favorable mention. It bears the unique record of being the first and only western play up to date which appeals to the ladies. It has the atmosphere of the west but developed the old, old story so dear to all of us. It will be at the opera house on the evening of Friday, March 22nd.