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...also managed to make Engstrom into a real slap-stick figure who does not fit in with the play, G. Quay Quenel does not act the part badly, but the part should have been totally different. That Manders can be taken in by such a buffoon exceeds belief. Etain O'Malley is better as Engstrom's daughter, Regina, especially when she remains sprightly but mute...
Although her first appearances are unrewarding, Etain O'Malley finds substance in the shadows of the Wilde and Williams parodies. In the latter she reveals a new facet of her talents. The abuse she skillfully suffers at the hands of her husband would qualify her for a position as an apache dancer. As the interlocutor between scenes, Mark Bramhall takes impish delight in the reading of the well-written stage directions...
...Eugene Labiche. At the Loeb Drama Center through Aug. 24. Directed by Norris Houghton, with sets by Donald Soule and costumes by Lewis Smith. Virginie Jody Locker Felix Mark Bramhall Vezinet Tony Corbett Fadinard Paul Schmidt Anals Wendy Bensinger Emile John A. Williams Nonancourt Paul R. Barstow Helene Etain O'Malley Bobin Thomas Babe Clara Patricia Fay Tardiveau Timothy Mayer Achille de Rosalba Philip Kerr The Baroness Joanne Hamlin Clotilde Loreiel F. Guldry Beauperthule David H. Mills Corporal of the Guard Robert Lanchester
...Etain O'Malley makes Helene into an almost puppet-like characature of a young girl--too childish, unfortunately, to be convincing as a bride. But while her mechanical motions and speech are unsuitable at times, they do set up a few uproarious scenes. Whoever did her make-up on Wednesday night, however, should be dismissed immediately. It was ugly...
...cutting by Everingham, dragged at times, and the opening of the second act, in the bandit's hide-out in the Sierra Nevadas, was too stiff and ludicrous. But in the third act, when all the unleashed forces seek and obtain resolution, the Players were smooth, polished, and sparkling. Etain O'Malley, who is not voluptuous enough to be the vamp she attempter earlier, was superb as she first disposed of one eager lover and then skillfully trapped Tanner...