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Show The Stos-y of "The Christian." Mob Scene in "The Christian." No little Interest has been dlsphijed In "The Christian" which will open Its engagement at the Tlnichpr opera house next Thursd.i), April 2ii The storv of the plav Is almost too well known to tcqulie tepctitiou It opens on the Isle of Man The daughter of a clcigwnau ((I lory tuale) h.ts won the heart of .lohn Storm Slot in has urimn to manhood, with posibllltlisof his position for a life of ease and one of honor in his grap, but he sees moie in life than the mere glories of political campaign With a heart burning to uplift humanity, hu-manity, as a piiest he Hurls an obstacle ob-stacle in his path the love for his plajmate. (Jlory Ills position demanded de-manded that he sloop to leach her, sloop In the ejes of the world alone, but she leftist's An olTei of a position posi-tion in a London hospital has been tendered her, and she Illcs to it Hut not for long, for acquaintances whom she lias met at the Island lead her to a music liall. ttiere to make a reigning success. In the somber garb of a priest, .lohn Storm works In the slums of the ell). He meets Glory Just as she has come from a supper with the light hearted of her profession; but solemn words of warning are of no avail, and the priest goes aw a) Then follows a scene In the club-100111 club-100111 of the minion chinch Glory lias come to see .lohn. Under the advice ad-vice of Father Liimphigli. of the mission, mis-sion, she peisundes liersef Hut she must not lead .lohn fiom hit work, and when ihe )ouny mlnittcr enters, she tells lit id tli.it sin; c intuit leave the old life and come Into the new The scene stilt t m to the aputments of Gloria Qu.i)le Tlieie me cham- pagne and catds and the people of the music hall John Stormhears of the scene, thinks Hut his love Is about to precipitate herself Into the deptiis.and In a moment of fietuy comes to her apartments at midnight, is admitted by Gloria, who thinks lie is applying for protection from the mob, and Is onl) dlstiiaded from ills purpose to kill the woman to save her soul by Clorla'i story of how she had given hhn up for the sake of her promise to Father Lamping''- In the doting scene, the woman de-1 fends hhn from the mob of those lie tried to uplift, and pleads for and receives re-ceives the i"v. whlcli she herself had rejected. Gloila tj eill ne protrayed by Miss Lillian Lawrence, and John Storm by John Salnpolis The sale of seats w III open Wednesday, Wednes-day, Aptll 25th, at 10 a 111. |
