Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 66, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 March 1920 — THE NORTH BROS. COMPANY PLEASED IN “JOHN GANTON” [ARTICLE]

THE NORTH BROS. COMPANY PLEASED IN “JOHN GANTON”

The North Brothen Stock company opened a week’s engagement at the New Ellis opera house last night to a fair sized audience considering the bad storm. The North Company is the best stock company that has played Rensselaer in the past ten yean and the play offered was one of the best of that famous writer, J. Hartley Manners, who wrote “Peg O’ My Heart,” “Happiness,” etc. Mr. North gave a vivid picture of Old John Ganton, head of the firm of Ganton and Company. He kept the audience with him during the four long acts. J. Hartley Mannen praised Mr. North for his splendid portrayal of Ganton after he had seen the performance in Columbus, Ohio. Mr. Herbert Lewis, as young Ganton, gave a most pleasing performance, while Miss Virginia Goodwin North, leading woman of the company, played May Keating, the part 'Mr. Mannen wrote for his wife, Miss Laurette Taylor. Miss North is very clever, and wore some very pretty frocks. „ „ The ‘remainder of the cast were far above the average stock support, every one an artist in their own line. Mr. James Bavis, as Browning, Ganton’s old secretary, Warren Burrows as Allen Borlan, Leona Leslie, as Mn. Jack Wilson, Dee Selden, as Larry Delaney, and Miss Edith Aster, as Hester Ganton, completed the cast. _ , The settings were beautiful and far above the average one night show productions, the lighting effects were good and every small detail was carried out with tne stage properties. . . There is not a minute s wait from the beginning of the show. A special vaudeville review is also offeredbetween acts. Tonight the company will play “Helen Gray of the U. S. Secret Service.’ Ladies will be admitted free as Monday night.