Show AT THE WILKES One of the strongest dramatic productions productions 1 ever made at the Wilkes theatre Is being presented this week In Branded with Nana Nann Bryant in the leading role rOle 1 supported by J. J Anthony Anthon Smythe Cliff r Thompson hp and da tl the Wilkes lt fI Players 1 The play is a thriller ri at times bordering border border- ing on the old melodramatic school but I having thorough literary merIt and the I additional attraction of af being well acted I The play has for a theme the circumstance circumstance circum- circum I stance of of a girl born of af disreputable parents being shunted about and made madean II an outcast by respectable persons because bed be- be d cause driven se t to of f ds desperation he erali lowly after origin failing Finally to i escape the eyes of the world although I living under an an assumed name nam the the girl I goes to Paris where she again assumes I a name meets a young man and Is mar mar- vied ried After becoming a mother the girl girlIs Is made the victim of blackmailers blackmail erg who finally reveal her origin to her husband She becomes an outcast anti and a dope fiend and has sunk to the lowest depths when a surprising reconciliation Is brought about Miss Bryant has a wonderful opportunity opportunity and makes the most of It her admirers being given the chance to see her In a role which requires a high order of acting ability In every situation which she meets admirably J. J Anthony Smythe appears WI as the husband and Cliff Thompson as Amos one of the conspirators conspirators con con- who finally turns out to be an anally anally ally of at the oppressed girl The presentation requires the entire acting strength ot of the Wilkes company and 1 every player a r does s t. t justice to the eJ part to h him Branded will Ii I continue at the Wilkes all weep with matinees and Saturday I |