Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 51, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 July 1924 — Page 7
TUESDAY, JULY 8, 1924
Murat Audience Welcomes Return of George Gaul to City in Powerful Play
By WALTER D. HICKMAN I HARACTERS that actually If live! L— .Meen and women grow weary with the burden of the years. The springtime of life merges into winter. The hair turns white and old age enters the voice. Characters with real life blood in them are born, they age with suffering and years. It takes rare art-
istry to actually make characters live on the stage. And yet that is actually what is happening on the Murat stage. This happens in “The Copperhead,” a drama concerning the Civil War and some of the effects forty years afterward. It takes great acting to make "The Copperhead” the really great and powerful play that it is. Lionel Bar-
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GEORGE GAUL rymore moved nearer to everlasting fame by his work as Milt Shanks in “The Copperhead.” Last night at the Murat George Gaul moved deeper and deeper into the artistic appreciation of this city. Local theatrical history was made last night when Gaul stepped upon a local stage for the first time in the last two years. It is seldom that an actor by his own popularity draws such a big house as was present last night. And it is only upon rare occasions that I have seen an Indianapolis audience give a demonstration of approval as they accorded George Gaul last night. It might have been friendship that caused the ovation when he first appeared, but it was a sincere appreciation of magnificent acting that caused the audience last night to remain seated after the show was over. The audience remained to applaud and honor a great artist of the theater in a most powerful role and play. I thought tha* Gaul had reached the peak of his dramatic artistry in MB TOME Use Antiseptic Liquid Zemo There is one remedy that seldom fails to stop itching torture and relieve skin irritation, and that makes the akin soft, clear and healthy. Any druggist can supply you with Zemo. which generally overcont-s skin diseases. Eczema. Itch. Pimples. Rashes. Blackheads, in most cases give way to Zemo. Frequently, minor blemishes disappear over night. Itching usually stops instantly. Zemo is a safe, antiseptic liquid, clean, easy to use and dependable. It costs only 35c; an extra large bottle. It is positively safe for tender, sensitive skins. Zemo Soap. 2fc—Zemo Ointment, 50c—Advertisement.
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PEGGY PARRY Everey time that “Abie’s Irish Rose” is played at the Capitol Peggy Parry as Rosemary Murphy is married three times. And that is quite a job for any one person. the first act when he sees bis son go off to war. thinking that his own dad was a traitor to the cause of the Union. Milt Shanks (played by Gaul) had to keep a secret. His own wife turned against him. We saw suffering. We saw the agony of real life enter the form of Milt Shank. In the second act we see Milt Shank receiving word that his son was killed in battle. His wife turns upon him and brands him as “unclean.” Suffering was stamped upon his very soul and body. Again in the third act I felt that Gaul had reached the heights when, trembling with remorse and shame, he hears a Grand Army man call him a coward and a murderer. But the peak was not reached until the fourth act, when Milt Shanks, feeble with old age and a bleeding heart, gives proof to his neighbors that he was not only a friend of Lincoln, but worked with him to save the nation. Great Acting If I have ever ran into great acting I know that Gaul's work in the fourth act was the real article. Some people may cry their eyes out and yet not shed a tear Others must cry actual tears. Both kind of tears were present at the Murat last night. I admit that my eyes became red and moist. I was not ashamed. Am told that a critic must never show emction. I don’t agree with that. T am just like any ether person who goes to the theater. I am not afraid of honest tears. Neither was the large audience last night. Tears c“ last night were probably the most marvelous token of appreciation of great acting that George Gaul has ever received. Remember that Gaul has to age
forty years between the second and third acts. Age 'not only in looks but in voice and action. Old age actually enters his body. You do not see an impression of an old man, but you see the old man. I can pay no higher compliment to George Gaul than that. And there is more great acting present. Witness the work of Marjorie Yonnegut as Ma Shanks in the second act when she turns upon Milt and brands him as “unclean” upon learning of the death of her son, Joey. Grief crept into the voice and the face. Despair wrecked her and claimed another victim. Tragedy was there and she mounted to her big scene (the best she has ever done here) with ease and understanding. And don’t forget the work of Jessamine Newcombe as Grandma Perley, an old woman who smokes a clay pipe and moulds bullets. Grandma should have been a man. Here is character work. Miss Newcombe loses her own personality and becomes the old woman as author intended. Have only praise for the work of Duncan Penwarden and Claude Kimball. The Whole Cast Because a splendid theatrical accomplishment is being mafic a t the Murat, I give the cast in full as follows: First Epoch Joey Shanks W _E. Watts Grandma Perley ... Jessamine Newcombe Ma Shanks Marjorie Vonuegut Captain Hardy Clae.de Kimball Milt Shanks George uaul Mrs. Bates Gertrude Gustin Sue Perley Jetta Geffen Lem Tollard Richard Thornton New; Gillespie Duncan Penwarden Andrews ■ J- M. Golden Sam Carter Don Campbell Additional Characters in the Second Epoch Madeline King Marjorie Vonuegut Philip Mailing Harold Vermhye Mrs. Manning Genevieve Addleman Dr Randall 1 *iott Cabot Soldiers. Villagers. Etc. If you have any faith in nay judgment. then go to the Murat some time tliis week and see great acting in a groat play. At the Murat all week. -!• -I- -IHOPWOOD MI ST HAVE WRITTEN NEW COMEDY When a woman calls her sweetheart a "clam” after another party had referred to his prospective wife as the pearl in his oyster during the activities of ‘The Alarm Clock,” 1 had the impression that Avery Hopwood roust have written it while hr was on a vacation. “The Alarm Clock" as a play is miles and miles from being my ilea jof clever entertainment. The 7*nrkell players are presenting "The | Alarm Clock” at English's this j week for the first time in this city. It had a brief and non-prosperous l run on Broadway. i Hop wood has attempted to fill this farce comedy full of Broadway wise cracks. To me the situations and conversation is dull. I know many people will say I am all wrong in my viewpoint because an audience laughs easily at this play. And these people will declare that the theater, I especially the summer theater, is a ' j lace to laugh instead of to sob anil i think. I agree with that but I have
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my idea on what makes a good laugh. “The Alarm Clock” at times is a little bread. The characters are not Puritans, and those who start out as such wind up smoking cigarettes and having a gay time in all-night restaurants and road houses. To me the sight of an elderly wojjian throwing off forty years of restraint of a small town is not funny. I have always told you what I think about a show. And I admit that I am probably a very small minority in my opinion about the show. Be your own judge on “The Alarm Clook.” William V. Hull, Isabelle Arnold, Larry Sullivan, Myrtle Stringer, Ben D. Wilson, Eddy Waller, Mary Hill, Jean Oliver, Robert Fay, Herbert Dobbins and Alexander Campbell do their best with weak material. The actors are better than the play. At English’s all week. -I- -I- -IWEBBER ESTABLISHES A FINE STAGE RECORD John F. Webber, who plays the role of Father Whalen in “Abie s Irish Rose” a t the Capitol, now in its fifth week there,' has a splendid record to his credit. Webber has played this role for eighty-four weeks, covering 700 per formances. This record was reached
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Saturday nig! t at the Capitol. And during all of that time Webber has not missed a single performance. And that is some record. “Abie” remains on view all week at the Capitol. . -I- -I* -!- " MAUREEN ENGLIN RUNS AWAY MATH LYRIC SHOW A woman runs away with the new Lyric show. She was such a success when we were present that she had to sing four extra songs. And that is going some for any single woman. Am speaking of Maureen Englin. Her winning number was a snappy French soldier song, called “Kinky Dinky Parlez-Vojts.” This number had the swing, the pep and the dash. It was a knockout. She has style, individuality and snap. The headline offering is Will Stanton and company in “A Cabaret Cocktail.” They took W. C. Fields away from vaudeville anrf put him in a musical comedy. Why not do the same with Will Stqnton? Vaudeville would suffer a loss. Stanton is one of the best comic drunks we have seen for many a day. Everything he did brought a laugh. And‘that is a test both of ability and material. The act was well staged and costumed. Five people in the act. The show is opened by Andre and
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sings that he will never marry. A style revue is staged and the man, as usual, falls for a dainty skirt. Then we have more comedy when the midget’s baby carriage is introduced. The “Down on Washingtn Square” number is done with skill. The same applies to the Spanish scene. The scenery and costume are beautiful. The revue closes with a little burlesque on King Tut, who comes out of his tomb and introduces his dancing wives. This closes the revue to splendid applause. If you want to give your children a treat, then take them to the Palace while the Midget Revue is there. The two other acts on the bill are made up of adults. The show opens with Brent Haynes playing the banjo. Knox and Inman score when the man plays the piano. The movie feature is “Jealous Husbands.” All in all the current show at the Palace is a winner. At the Palace today and Wednesday. Other attractions on view today include: "The Blizzard” at the Apollo; “On the Banks of the Wabash” at the Lincoln Square; Shrine Circus under a tent at Kentucky Ave. and West St; “Fighting Jhn Grant,” at the Isis; “The Nut” at Mister Smith’s; “For Sale” at the Circle and “Daddies” at the Ohio.
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