Show as 10 cot CASE THE LITTLE PLAYERS ARE AN ENTIRE TROUPE IN TWO PEOPLE unique among ne v acts on the lv beum stage this season will be rhe little players a company of two dramatic artists wio who are billed for the lecture course here this win ter according to announcements by the local committee the little players Is compos ed of mr wilbur smith and mis helen limerick two talented young people who appear in plays un im person allons and songs after a careful study of the lyceum ON 4 vol k X ftp 7 j P at Z 4 A RM THE field the local lecture course commit tee has selected the smith limerick duo as one ot of the highest class dra matic acts obtainable mr smith and miss limerick appear la in two playe plays and a group of vocal solos and duets the program ot of the little players as it has been presented during the tour this winter opens with a one act play the man alan from lomono in which mr smith takes two parts impersonating first the villain of the play an english artist and later an entirely different character the home spun lawyer from indiana mr smith is equally good at comic character parte parts and heavy dramatic roles As the villain and the rube in the man prom from lomono he has an all opportune opp ity to display the versatility for which Is is famous miss limerick plays ho only feminine role bior II 11 or twenty minutes following the man from domono miss limerick and mr smith present the musical par part of their entertainment air smith has a rich baritone voice which comb ned with his personality and ara dramatic matic talent Is said to make him and ideal lyceum performer miss limerick sings ballads and tells stor les ies from the land of the shan shamrock she is irish in appearance and man nor ner she is a graduate of the north western unior ty conservatory of music alusic and a po t graduate of 0 the ly beum arts conservatory in addition to bearg a vo al soloist and an act ress of talent she Is a pianist and a reader the little players Is becom mended to the people of this corn com because although it Is a corn com pany of only two members it presents more diversity of talent than many larger concert or dramatic troupes ats program although varied Is ot of the highest type la in every respect the two plays are little masterpieces re quiring artistic acting the songs are musical gems gents the program concludes concluded with an other one act play I 1 op 0 me ate thumb and a postlude of more songs and impersonations the duo carries with it suitable eul table costume costumes tor for each of ita its perform ances costumes cost umee ranging all the way from colonial to it rube yuba the little players come from the midland lyceum bureau circuit as one of the instructive and entertaining series in this year i course the entire course is becom mended by the committee as the best lecture and concert series ever heard in this community the little players I is 13 one of the most inter esting eating features of the course |