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Show "MR. WU" IS A REMARKABLE PLAY ,r b ' ' ! fc i . One of the moat remarkable plays of recent staking will be seen at the Lyrlctheatito today in Stoll Film Corporation's Cor-poration's rulense "Mr. Wu." with Matheson Lung, original star of the London stage 'production In the title role. Wu, the Chinese merchant ana boss, dlncors his daughter's betrayal betray-al by Basil allegory, son of a white tea planu r, 'Wu has -the offender thrown lnton dungeon and kills his own daughter according to tho severe Chinese lav." He .then seeks tevenge by luring Mm', Gregory, the oung man's motlibr, to his rambling palace. pal-ace. Mrs "Gregorj's Chinese man., suspecting Wu's design, supplies o Ijier TUlstri-ne, -polbon for the tea he orders served. Wu swallows the pot- 'fion and th.n.wlth rapidly waning 'stiength, seeks to, kill lun pretty gujjst with the same ancestral sword 'that slow hU daughter. Ho falls dead nt Mrs Gregory's feet. |