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Repertory Theatre--"Rip Van Winkle", with Francis Wilson...
...Rip Van Winkle had awakened last week in Leningrad or Tokyo, or Cape Town, he would not have known that Stanford had not beaten California for 20 years, but if he had awakened in Stanford Stadium he would have known it. There were 75,000 people there to convince him, half of them quite crazy with delight. Captain Nevers, "blond behemoth" of the Stanford team, showed quite conclusively that Stanford could beat the California team-beat it 26 to 14-to the tune of incredulity and frenzy...
Repertory Theatre--"Rip Van Winkle", with Francis Wilson...
Francis Wilson is above all admirable. As the lovable but provocative Rip, he plays the part of an indolent husband to perfection. Long passages of monologue are the brightest and apparently the most simple occurrences to him. His charm is positively effervescent and his restraint of gesture is an art which his supporting cast can not study too intently. Gretchen, the desperate wife who is driven to shrewishness, is played with a wealth of interpretative understanding by Emma Dunn, while George Riddell in the role of the rich grasping merchant of Falling Waters, too phlegmatic in the first act, rises...
...agree with Mr. Wilson that "Rip Van Winkle" should be revived. It is an interesting adaption of Irving's folk lore classic and it has a charm and mellow homeliness which are found nowhere else with just this flavor. Despite its imperfect dramatic qualities, "Rip Van Winkle" is a delightful play with a wealth of beautiful and quaint effects--a play to be seen and a play long to be cherished in the memory