Show THE THIRD when charles kien wrote tho the third degree which will be presented at the opera house on tuesday nov he proved himself a better 1 prophet than he himself believes for by reason of the recent police scandal which has arisen in new york and stirred the entire country mr kleins kleina great drama appears in an entirely new light throughout me entire ac tion there is an undercurrent of 0 su suggestion of blackmail methods used by the pollee police of 0 new york city when the piece was produced it is doubtful if this attracted much attention it was probably accepted as necessary only to the development or of the plot and taken as the vagaries of a playwright since the revelation of district attorney whitman however they present a much different appearance the idea which air klein Is thus attempting to impress upon his audience deac reaches hes its climax in the third act when richard brewster Drew ster attorney tor for howaad jeffries ries jr accused of 0 murder and forced into making a confession sion through the use ot of third degree methods tells capt clinton the police officer who obtained the confession yes and the papers will be interested te in knowing you have become a millionaire ire on a salary of a year this prophecy of 0 the case of becker is so startling that it is is with difficulty that one remembers that sir mr klean wrote his play before the new york tragedy the company which the united play company has selected for or the interpretation pre tation of the third degree is considerably above the average miss adele Hu hughes glies sho nho takes the part ot of annie has a voice that is adapted for the part she interprets and her many mannerisms lend realty reality t y to co the character miss aliss is ably assisted by theodore hardy in the role of richard brewster |