Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 248, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 October 1911 — BIG LAUGHING AUDIENCES FOB "OVER NIGHT" [ARTICLE]

BIG LAUGHING AUDIENCES FOB "OVER NIGHT"

The Comedy With a Zip is Proving Treae*do«s* Hit at The Princess. ■, - I Another week of big. laughing audiences will mark the fifth for “Over Night”, at the Princes* Theatre, where the intensely funny farce comedy ‘‘Over Night,” is now an established success. There is no gainsaying this statement, for the lines and situations of the play are, to say the least, highly amusing, and that they ‘‘get over the footlights” is shown by the loud guffaws and hearty laughter which, fairly, rocks the theatre night after night during the performance. Created for laughing purposes only, as Philip H. Bartholomae, the author, frankly admits, “Over Night” certainly gets there; and moreover, “it gets yoh” as few farce comedies have done for many a day. _ It all happens during a honeymoon of the newlyweds over night in-three acts, which takes place on board the steamer Hendrik Hudson and at the Rip Van Winkle Inn, and to say that the happenings, blunders, and mishaps of the brides and grooms are extremely funny, is but a plain statement of facts. From the time the curtain rises on the opening scene of the first act until the finale, your risibilities are stirred, your funny bone is tickled by the most amusing lines, scenes and situations. You simply cannot help laughing. Every act is full of fdnnyisms and the players, too, for the most part, are given “fat” lines, which, however, they make the most of. Margaret Lawrence and Ernest Truex, Anne Crew and Robert Kelly are the four newlyweds whose blunders on their honeymoon make up the plot; but the- other members of the cast, notably .Arthur P. Aylsworth as the hotel clerk, contribute in no small measure to the success of the entertainment. To all who enjoy a good, hearty laugh, which i$ traceable to a pure, clean and wholesome entertainment, we would recommend the Princess performance. It certainly will prove a tonic, as well as a highly refreshing experience. During this engagement in. Chicago, for the Wednesday matinees, special reduced prices will govern and seats wiill sell from 50c to SI.OO, no higher.