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...Wayward Saint (by Paul Vincent Carroll) is a St. Francis-like Irish canon, who-to his own and his bishop's distress -gets a name for sainthood thrust upon him. His noticeable talents for talking to birds, healing children and making plums grow on cherry trees have forced the bishop to banish him to a remote country parish. There, in the form of a worldly baron, appears an emissary of the Devil, panting after such a trophy as the soul of a saint. Under the baron's prodding, the canon begins to think he really is a saint...
...Wayward Saint has the materials for a delicate satiric fantasy; in spots it boasts nice, imaginative touches and humorous lines, and in Irish Actor Liam Redmond it has an expertly lovable canon...
...FRANCIS TUCKER, Canon Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Roman Catholic) Monaco...
Some of Dubois' most devoted supporters still pleaded for him with Cardinal Saliège. Last week came word from the cardinal's office. "It's a sad case," said the Rev. Marius Garail, canon of the Toulouse archbishopric. "The boy is to be pitied, for I am afraid he will suffer very much. The ecclesiastical authorities were very lenient and waited as long as they could, but there was no other possible action for them to take...
...theatrical gimmicks obscure its genuine humor. As a final quibble, the playgoer might urge some deletions in the dialogue, including several unnecessary references to Communists. Carroll insists that that are all in hell, which shows his heart's in the right place, but the subject is somewhat irrelevant for Canon McCooey's parlor...