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Show "Cappy Ricks" Is Play Announced for Chautauqua Festival Great Dramatization of Peter B. Kyne's Famous Stones on Third Night n - n - s" r -; v i ! t " . " ? " Thu mere anm.unoeinent of the play and the players slu.uiu in usell be sutlu-ieiu t.) insure a capacity audie.H.- !,, Chautau.iua Festival brings "Cappy Ricks" to town. This greatest of all Am.-ncan cnu-uies will be presented on the thin! n'eht hv tin- Klias Day Players cf Chita,;o. a company of five po;1e. "Cappy Kicks", was dramatized 1,v 1m!' ard F.jse from Peter B. KyiK-'s famous Si'.lv.nl: Evening Post stones of the same name. It was first present -d hv Oliver Morosco at the Morosco Theatre in New' York, where it ran a solid year. A five months' run followed at "the Cort Theatre. Chicago. Th play was stamped as a Rroadway success from its very first appearance for il is eis-inetive'.v American, with a laugh or two every moment. The story is woven about a rough old sea dos. "Cappv Ricks." who has a weather b'aten exterior, but a heart of nohl. It is good, wholesome, clean comedy all Yhe wav'throu rh. Cupid plays his customary pranks throughout the story, and "Cappy" --hims'-lf immune finally smiles down u;).n a romance and the play ends happily all around It's a real Am-rU-un .-tory. ! teld in a real American way. Don't miss it. |