Word: roach
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...opinion the performance of Miss Viola Roach is by far the most delightful we have ever seen her give. The title role, the good-hearted and charming Lady Frederick was for her a happy one. Ethel Barrymore originally played the part; it is not too much to say that Miss Roach's work can be compared not unfavorably with hers. Playing opposite to Miss Roach, Mr. Charles Warburton managed his highly epigrammatic part skilfully, and for the most part accurately. It was a most exacting role for a repertory player--but the prompter was only once necessary. Mr. Watts, although...
...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...