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Guido Mayr who can smile and be a villain...
Miss Bushnell alone seems to be fully aware of the dramatic possibilities of the play; as usual, her characterization is sincere and appealing. The rest of the players, except Mr. Darney have rather inconsequential parts, which they take well enough. Mr. Darney, of course, is the villain; supposedly he is a two-faced, smiling, Chinese-American, on one hand the suave owner of a chain of chop suey restaurants,--on the other the sinister tong leader, a religious fanatic and altogether a dangerous man to trifle with. His make-up is inescapably ridiculous, but it should merely emphasize his deadly...
...year one play from the Towneley Cycle has been chosen. It treats the infancy of the Christ, beginning with the Annunciation to Mary and continuing the story to the Flight into Egypt, including the stories of Elizabeth, the three shepherds, the Magi, and Herod, who is of course the villain of the piece...
...part, to Walter Gilbert, who did more than his usual good job, as "Shavings". Mark Kent and Harold Chase, as the inveterate rivals, Hunniwell and Babbitt, were especially delightful, and Ralph Remley was a most realistic Gabriel Bearse. For once, Edward Darney was excused from his customary role as villain,--probably because there wasn't any,--and enjoyed a comfortable romance with Miss Bushnell, while Houston Richards paired off as is his fortunate habit, with Miss Middleton. The only really difficult part was Walter Gilbert's: a character part is never easy, and considering the variety of roles which...
...Jean Marie", a tragedy by Andre Thauriet very much like Tennyson's "Enoch Arden". The second play, "Les Deux Timides", by Eugene Labiche, is, on the other hand, a comedy, based on the humorous actions of a bashful father, a bashful suitor, a loving daughter, and a despicable villain...