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Show "THE SHEPHERD OF TH HILLS" Occasionally somo play strikes a note that rings out clear and truo In the midst of the commonplace and imprests Its auditor with the thought thnt It was written not for gain, not for pastime, but because somo man hod something t0 sny to other men nnd ho took this means of expression. The Shepherd of the Hills, Hnrold Ho 1 Wright's dramatization of his novel of tho same namo, Is this kind of n play. Mr. Wright had felt within his soul tho peuco and beau ty of tho liills nnd ho wished to Bet down their meaning before him. Ho mado a play that In plot Is compering, comper-ing, one thnt never falls In slncer Ity. Tho pooplo who move In It are so human that tho auditor will pick them out for llko nnd dislike as If ho rca'ily knew them. There is tho shepherd, the mni who came to the hills to learn, and remained to tench; Old Mat, who cherished tho memory of n wronc that could never bo righted; Younj. Matt, a Hercules of the hills coun try, whoso strength of heart and soul oqun'cd tho strength of his body; Sammy Lane, bright anil buoyant with the youth of tho hill country, nnd tho other qunlnt characters that enlivens tho play with humor. The sceno of tho play is In the high hills of tho O.ark mountnins. Tho mists of tho vnlloys, the g'or-les g'or-les of tho sunsets, tho mngnlflcent vistas from the summit havo been brought out by tho wonderful ingenuity inge-nuity of tho scenic artist and electrician's electri-cian's craft. It Is the spirit of the land that Mr. Wright has caught that makes the play one thnt Is tinl quo and one thnt will stand In a Held of Its own. Tho Shepherd of tho Hills will be tho attraction at the Lyric on Tuesday, Tues-day, December "8. The enormous popularity of the Harold Dell Wright novels Indicates that the second annual, an-nual, engagement of this, his llrst play, will prove a gi cater popular success with patrons of this houso. than It did on Its Initial appearance last season. Tho ndvnnco snlo for any perform nnco of this engagement opens on Monday, December 27. This Is not a moving picture show. |
