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...54th birthday, after a long wartime evacuation, Eros, the winged, aluminum god of love, returned to his Piccadilly pedestal. Cheers greeted him as he drove up in a lorry. A drunk tossed a carnation with the words "From one Eros to another," and ducked away from alert bobbies. Flower-Girl Polly was ready with 15 fresh roses to garland her hero. An official stopped her. "A bit frivolous," he said. "Got to draw the line somewhere, y'know, but we'll hang 'em on the scaffolding." There was some dull speechmaking. But what the crowd wanted most...
...about everything except the performance, which gave promise of a brilliant season. Two of the principal roles were acted by Mr. Clive and Mr. Wingfield, who had done them almost as well before. Miss Willard played Eliza Dolittle with originality and grace. She was not able to make her flower-girl accent sufficiently distinct, except in the first scene, and this was perhaps the only serious flaw in her interpretation. Miss Willard is personally charming and an actress of considerable merit, who plays with feeling as well as cleverness. Mr. Clive's Pygmalion was exceptionally spirited, funny, and winning, even...
...part of Juana, the coquettish and mischievous flower-girl; whose double-dealings bring about the humorous situation on which the whole play depends, was acted with ease and distinction by J. M. Murdoch, Jr., '06. His graceful movements showed to good effect in a clever pirouet dance which was repeatedly encored...
...cast: Leander, a soldier hero, S. Baird '03 Bruno, the village innkeeper, P. D. Lamson '05 Galump, the gizzard of Goz, W. S. Parker '06 Flossie, a poor flower-girl, A. M. Scully '05 Duchess Tryphosa Monstressa, the King's ward, L. Harrison '07 Stellarina, queen of the fairies, R. N. Baldwin...