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FRANK THOMPSON
PRESENTS DENMAN THOMPSON'S
"THE OLD HOMESTEAD"
Hear the Famous Double Quartet
Full Scenic Production
See the Beautiful Church Scene
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A correspondent writing from New York City
says, concerning Denman Thompson's "The Old
Homestead:"""The Old Homestead,' which
was one of the recent attractions at the Academy
of Music, is one of the residenters of the stage.
Each year a fortune is gathered in by the old
standby, which is now in its twenty-sixth year.
It is never allowed to run down, nor is the com-
pany permitted to be weaned nor to grow slack
or careless in portraying the various roles. Plays
like this and others, which are close to the soil,
have a distinct value to the theatre. They draw
a certain clientele that will not come out to any
other play, no matter how good it may happen
to be. Yesterday afternoon I saw 'The Old
Homestead.' A gentleman in the audience
pointed out to me a sweet-faced and gray-haired
woman who was enjoying her first play. She
was at least sixty-five-perhaps a little older. It
was a pleasure to watch that woman as she fol-
lowed the unfolding of the homely but touching
story. One could almost read in her face the
things that pleased most. What an experience
that must have been. Think of living so many
years and without ever having been inside of a
theatre. The veteran playgoer would have
difficulty in picturing even remotely the sensa-
tions that the presentation of a strong and whole-
some play like 'The Old Homestead' would make
upon them."
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Monday, March 11
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