Interrupted by hisses for the villains and applause for the quick-witted young hero, the Arlington Players opened the week with the first performance of "Shawn Rhue", an Irish drama in four acts by William L. Murphy. The ups and downs and the honest, Industrious Donovan family progressed all too obviously; but how little that need detract from real melodrama! A large audience was captured to the last row in the second balcony by the Irish brogue, the flow of Irish wit, the good Irish names, and the triumph of Irish ingenuity. So enthusiastic did it become that numerous suggestions were offered the actors from the floor, a stentorian and not over complimentary mention of the Black and Tans being the most popular of the opinions thus expressed. Everyone seemed to have his money's worth by the close of the second act.

The four acts and many scenes of the play were mostly of a comic order. The humor, if it was not always up to the standard of the Pat and Mike stories, was strangely boisterous and effective; nothing was appreciated more than hero Donovan's brazen nerve in Lawyer Waddy's office when he succeeded in striking a match on the bald pate of the frightened attorney. There were of course, really clever lines, all too many of which escaped the observation of the Collegians and Cavanagh in the boxes; subtility was not expected. As for plot, what more is necessary than to say that the Donovan farm remained safe with the family and that Doris Cavanagh escaped the snares of the Calligans, to be united forever to Larry Donovan?

Mr. Sullivan took the long leading role, winning much applause as the hero and too little as an actor. He proved to be quite superior to the rest of the case, perhaps because of his opportunities. From apparent indications there are enough Irishmen in Boston, who are amused by anything pertaining to the Emarald Isles, to insure the Arlington Players a prosperous week with "Shaun Rhue.