Show NI NY Theatrical TheatriC I f k L tt e-tt er l 1 om 0 h V f J Jo rf i r i t ti Jy eK eKof of Y j. j t E. E Frederick Frederick Truesdell Constance Wolf Volf and Frederick Perry in On Cu Ou TriaL NEW EW YORK Sept 1 Ne 10 No play pIny produced produce produced pro pro- duce in New York for many seasons pa past t has created such a n sensation as asOn asOn asOn On Trial Tria It is tho the first play over or presented resented in inthe inthe inthe the Cnn Jer the newest o 0 of New York playhouses it in iH tho the first play ever evor written by its author a young man named Elmer L. L tem so it is is fitting that it should be the tho first big hit of or the tho new season The author borrowed a trick from the tho movies and b by hy its use uso has achieved results re roo ro- ro suits more moro startling than he himself could possibly ha havo 0 anticipated There Thero are arc three acts in the play In Inthe Inthe the tho first the curt curtain in rises on a courtroom courtroom courtroom court court- room whore Robert Strickland is bein being tried for the murder of Gerald Trask Tho The last juror uror is sworn the tho attorneys present their cases and the tho murdered mans man's wife takes tak's the stand As sho begins to tell teIl hor story of the events in her ber homo home on the tho e evening of tho the murder tho the stage is darkened for lor or a n. few moments then thou tho the lights lichts returning show tho tiro Trask home reveal rc its domestic domestic domestic do do- conditions and tho the courtroom is shown n for tho the close of tho the act The same plan is is followed in the tho two succeeding acts In the second act tho the I murderer murderers s 8 little girl iII takes the tho stand to tell tho story of events In her homo home which led to the tho crime crimo and they are then actually shown In the tho third act the wife of the slayer is tho the witness and tho the courtroom dissolves es into events that took tonic laco thirteen years cars before and which laid tho the foundation of tho thu tragedy The rhe play ends with the tho acquittal of tho tiro murderer under tho the unwritten law The Tho story of tho the crime and its causes is a n. sordid and repulsive ono one and had it been presented in ordinary stage form it is doubtful whether it would have had a chance Tho The cast is perfect oct with Frederick Perry Frederick Frederic Truesdell Mary Ryan Hyan and Helen Lackaye in tho the leading roles Cons Constance tan co Wolf aa as tho murderers murderer's little lit lil tie tle girl JirI gives a 3 remarkable perform perform- ance |