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...annual play this year the Radcliffe Guild has decided to present Shaw's play, "Pygmalion". Performances will be held on the nights of Friday and Saturday, November 17 and 18, and on Saturday afternoon...
There is no better tonic than George Bernard Shaw. He always comes as a refreshing draught of bitter-sweet cynicism and charlatanism, mingled with a well-disguised strain of humanity. And of all his medicines, none is more rejuvenating than Pygmalion...
...presented this week by the Jewett Players at the Copley Theatre, Pygmalion is a very amusing and well-balanced production. The acting, as a whole, is adequate, and on the part of Mr. Clive--delightful. He is Henry Higgens to the last nervous twitch of his awkward hands. Viola Roach, as the cockney flower girl, and Ada Wingard as the straight-laced housekeeper with middle class respectability--are likewise very convincing...
Aside from these not very serious derogations, and a certain lack of polish in the minor parts,--Pygmalion is a very satisfactory and delightful performance, and anyone going to the Copley will be repaid with an evening of thorough enjoyment...
...stage and it will have its first production during the week of January 14. The piece has already been given with success in Chicago, where Julia Marlowe received much praise for her work in it. The repertoire for the third and last week is as follows: Monday night, "Pygmalion and Galatea" and "Colombe's Birthday"; Tuesday and Wednesday nights, "The Love Chase"; Thursday and Friday nights, "Rogues and Vagabonds," "Colombe's Birthday" and "Chatterton"; Saturday matinee, "Rognes and Vagabonds" and "Pygmalion and Galatea"; Saturday night "Ingomar...