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Show THE BARRIER WAS WELL BALANCED PLAY One of tho largest and most appreciative appre-ciative audiences greeted tho gieat play "Tho Barrier" nt tho Thatcher Opera Houso Friday evening. Tho play Ib ono of those rugged pinys pictured in the wilds of Alaska, mid it had '.'. tho cmbolllshmenta of frontier lifo and tb" hnvminii fn of tho north, Tho plot and groundwork of the play waB especially woll framed and full of exciting situations. As to the company com-pany It wns a most cnpablo ono, nothing noth-ing occurring to mar tho evenness of tho production. Tho dlfforent characters charac-ters woro well played and tho excltlug situations wero frequently applauded by a most appreciative nudloncc, Tho Btory is rich In character and each actor was so strong that ono could really seo tho rough llfo of tho northern north-ern county as It actually is. Thero wero only two fomalo charactors, that of the squaw of Ulchard Gale and the hnlf bred daughter Necia, and , two more true to life characters havo nover been equalled here, whllo the French Canadian was such a strong character and had such a stiong part that ono really though he had to deal with a veritable Canuk. Manager i Hatch Is to bo congratulated on got-ting got-ting productions of this kind and we will venture to predict that It ho keeps up tho good work and keepH the prices whore he had them on tills occasion there will bo no question about tho houso being well pntron-Ized. |