Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 60, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 November 1909 — “TEMPEST AND SUNSHINE.” [ARTICLE]

“TEMPEST AND SUNSHINE.”

W. F. Mann offers “Tempest and Sunshine,” a dramatization of Mary J. Holmes* popular novel, to be seen at Ellis Opera House on Thursday, Nov. 11. “Temptest and Sunshine” ( needs no words of commendation to either the reading or theatre going public as the book is too well known and widely read. Lem B. Parker, the dramatist, has followed the theme closely and retained the atmosphere all through the play. The characters are all forcifully drawn, particular Joshua Middleton and his two daughters, Fanny and Julia, an aristocratic Southern family of the “old school.” . Julia and Fanny » Tempest and Sunshine” are the direct opposites in temperment and dispositions, this fact really is the foundation from which the play is written. Pathos, tears and laughter are all evenly balanced. The setting and costumes are especially pretty being of the picturesque period of 1850. At Ellis opera house, Thursday evening, Nov. 11.