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Show "Called Back" a Success. All things conslderedjsUie Home Dramatic Club closed a ""Very successful suc-cessful season, consisting ofn series or three performances, at the Theater last night, in "Called Back," a drarnatlzition of Hugh Conway's celebrated novel or that name. Tbe piece llseir has a good plot and is freely interspersed with thrilling and sensational scenes and is exempt from all that Is stlfl or stagy other (than that which cannot be excluded from the rendition or dramatic production i. The details admit or being acted out almost as naturally as events in real life. The play has been performed here several times by the Grismer-Davies com-pauy com-pauy and a comparison with them would hardly be just. The sltenJance at tbe opening open-ing on Wednesday night was rather slim and the performance showed signs of hasty preparation. Yesterday's matinee was presented to a good house and "uas a decided improvement on the presentation of the evening before. Tbe season closed last night before a large and appreciative audience, and the piece went with a good spirit from the ringing of the first bell till the drop of tbe last curtain. The chief role, that or Gilbert Vaughn, was finely rendered by Mr. Wells, who proved to be as pleasing and popular as ever. Mr. Spencer, as the villain, in his struggle for life and liberty, acted his part in a manner that would do credit to a professional. Mr. Young' characterization or Ceneri. the conspirator, was a splendid ellort, especially as the condemned and self-confessed, repentant re-pentant convict in the Siberian prison scene, where he played with an earnestness and ability rarely witnessed outside of professional circles. . . Edith Clawson, at Umes,dld some very fine acting in the character or Pauline, though not equal to ber rendition or Hazsl Kirko. Lottie Claridge was not up to her usual standard. Birdie Camming had little to do but did that little well, and succeeded suc-ceeded in disguising herself co completely com-pletely that her best friends ouly recognized her with difficulty. Tbe other characters bad little opportunity, op-portunity, but acquitted themselves falrlv well. |