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...short time after they organized, Albert Marre, who was at the law school, joined them, bringing his wife, Jan Farrand. During rehearsal for one of their first productions, "Henry IV Part I," the HVW almost lost its leading lady. One of the members of the cast, brandishing a sword, swung it around his head. The handle broke, and the sword flew out to the audience, at Miss Farand. Luckily for the Brattle, she was hit by the side of the sword, knocked cold but uninjured. Miss Farand recovered quickly and "Henry IV" was a huge success...
Four years of heavy loss have put the company deep in the red. Besides this director Albert Marre has resigned, taking with him Jan Farrand, his wife and the Brattle's leading actress. According to the theatre's general manager, Bryant Haliday, Brattle will attempt to raise the money and find the actors to start production in January, but Holiday is not very optimistic about the Brattle's chances. And meanwhile the theatre on Brattle Street is now up for sale...
...actors in this production are uniformly excellent. They all play degenerates of one sort or another, and the two most degenerate of the bunch, Lady Sneerwell and Lady Teazle, are superbly portrayed by Cavada Humphrey and Jan Farrand. The gossip-mongering fop, Sir Benjamin Backbite, is amusingly interpreted by Thayer David...
...remains for four well known members of the local company to hold up the major portion of the play. Jan Farrand, too often the temptress in Brattle works, handles the role of Octavia with a naive idealism which is believable despite its inherent weakness. Cavada Humphrey and Earl Montgomery represent the hypocrisy of our American democracy carefully and accurately, and Michael Wager returns to Cambridge in a difficult role which he carries off with the skill and understanding of a seasoned actor...
...conflicts in their personalities, are difficult to portray and the people in Ivanov are not so finely drawn as the author's later creations. But for the most part the Brattle cast surmounted the weaknesses in their roles. Cavada Humphrey made a sensitive and pitiful Anna, while Jan Farrand was convincingly naive and noble as the other woman in Ivanov's life. Jerry Kilty and Earl Montgomery turned in fine performances considering the complexity of their roles as washed-out old men. But John Beal, the imported leading man, lacked inspiration. The part of Ivanov requires a certain intensity which...