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...Seymour '17 has had entire charge of coaching the production and picking the casts, as he has done for the past few seasons. The title role in "Beranger" will be taken by John Collier '24, who will be supported by Conrad Salinger '23 as Talleyrand. Miss Dorothy Googins will take the leading female role...
...Servant Girl, Miss June Wellman Members of the Caveau of 1813, C. H. Morgan 2d '24 Philip Wardner '24 Whitney Cromwell '26 W. C. Treat '23 E. J. Bliss Jr. '26 The Proprietor of the Inn, 1813, R. A. Zinn '24 Beranger, John Collier '24 Monsieur de Talleyrand, Conrad Salinger '23 Two Young Girls, Miss Gertrude Hoffman Miss Persis McClennan...
Sacha Guitry's "Beranger" is in direct contrast to "The Life of Man", being of a lighter character. Guitry pictures biographically the life of the famous poet, Beranger, with all his pleasures and his conflict with Talleyrand. The play has been translated by Howard Phillips '23 without detracting from its wit or vigor...
...admit that in spite of the delightful scenes and the perfection of the dialogue, I like "Beranger" less than "Deburau" or "Pasteur". No matter how cleverly handled, the scenes between Talleyrand and Beranger are not very probable. Beranger's optimism and finally his depression are also open to objections: I recall a page of "Choses Vues" by Victor Hugo, in which Beranger, robels against a popularity that "crushes him with its weight", comparing it to Hugo's own, which he is able to dominate. Finally, the character is certainly much idealized: Beranger had sides that were, perhaps not exactly ugly...
...especially the interpretation that should be praised. J. J. Collier was Beranger--a poetic, gentle Beranger--perhaps a little too "Quakerish", but this is the fault of the author and not of the actor. He was particularly good in his first dialogue with Talleyrand and in the last act. He had in Miss Googins a partner of the first rank. She played the role of Lisette, in her three successive impersonations, with intelligence, vivacity, wit, and charming youthfulness. She modulates her voice with rare perfection, and her acting is graceful without affectation, light with none of those "mannerisms" that...