Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 234, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 February 1928 — Page 7

FEB. 7, 1928.

THREE STARS MAKE MERRY IN CLASSIC Beal Pep and Glorious Fun Is Injected Into Shakespeare’s ‘The Merry Wives of Windsor,’ by Mrs. Fiske, Otis Skinner and Henrietta Crosman. BY WALTER D. HICKMAN Three names associated with the better things on the stage for many years have brushed the dust off of Bill Shakespeare’s “The Merry Wives of Windsor,” given it an artistic pat here and there and often a kick of the slapstick. In other words, Mrs. Fiske, Otis Skinner and Henrietta Crosman have found the real theater in Shakespeare's yarn of how at least two wives may be merry and good at the same

time. When it is all said and done, it is Sir John Falstaff who will linger in your memory. It is

slapstick comedy to see Mrs. Fiske and Henrietta Crosman chuck Skinner as Sir John in a big clothes basket and then cover him with dirty linen. It is then that Sir John and the basket are carried out of the house while a jealous husband is trying to find Sir John. It is high comedy art to see Sir John

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take three attempts to win the favor of Mistress Ford (Henrietta Crosit is delicious comedy to see Skinner all decked out in orange colors to go a calling upon Mistress Ford. It is just plain hokum to see Mrs. Fiske as Mistress Page read her love letter from Sir John and it is equally exciting to see Henrietta Crosman read a similar letter addressed to herself. It is the beauty of the dance that we get in the last act when ready to made fairies attack poor Sir John in the woods. And it isn’t high comedy to see Sir John wear a headdress to resemble a deer. In other words, this three-star combination have placed modem pep and dash into this aged farcical comedy and it is pleasant to realize £hat Shakespeare really isn’t so profound. and so weighty as some Shakespearian players desire to con-

vey. There is real life, fun and a lot of hokum kidding in this play that is delightful as done by the three stars. At times this play is noisy, just hokum as done by this cast, but it is always theater. And that! is just what j Shakespeare is—' theater. In this j case it is laughing ; theater, and the t three stars know I

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their theater. Skinner may not be I the historical Falstaff, but I do not i object to this brand of Falstaff. Sir j John was a conceited all boy who j loved strong drink and women who kiss. And he enjoyed encounters, especially when* somebody was paying the bills. As to makeup, Skinner is a spier.- i did Falstaff. He comes mighty near taking up the entire big chair in the inn. I really believe that Skinner’s Falstaff could have lived at the time Shakespeare created this comedy. Mrs. Fiske hasn’t so much to do but what she has to do is done in that famous nervous mood that belongs to Mrs. Fiske alone. She j makes a charming picture. And Henrietta as Mistress Ford is a charming funmaker who has not permitted the years to slow up her artistry or erase her fine sense of comedy. It is a treat to see these three famous people on the ! stage giving their ideas of Bill j Shakespeare’s characters. A big cast is carried as well as a big production—the play being done in five acts. Bendtsen, remembered for his work with Stuart Walker, is Abraham Slender; Rodolpho Badaloni creates a noisy and explosive Doctor Caius, Eleanor Gordon is a clever Mistress Quickly and Lawrence H. Cecil and splendid Francis Ford.

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Verdict of Events *on the Stage ENGLISH’S—Mrs. Fiske, Otis Skinner and Henrietta Crossman have found the jolly fun that Shakespeare placed in “The Merry Wives of Windsor” and they are serving it both as classical and slapstick comedy. LYRlC—Jimmy Barry and Company head the bill in a skit of the Hatrimonial agency. De Sylvia’s Night Club puts on an entertainment as it is done on Broadway. A fair bill. KEITH’S—Bert Fitzgibbons still .hands out the hokem from the same stand as the Original Daffydill. The Brown Derby Band has anew stunt for music lovers. MUTUAL—Jack Reid presents his own show, the “Record Breakers," which is the best burlesque to play in Indianapolis this season.

sented in the way of whirling. The act is called "Upside Down 2 in 1,” and I believe it. At Keith’s this week. (By the Observer). tt u a OBSERVER LIKES THIS BURLESQUE SHOW Undoubtedly the best burlesque show that has come to Indianapolis this season is Jack Reid's “Record Breakers,” with Jimmy Bovo and Syd Burke in the cast. This show Is fast and very peppy and has much more original music in the scores than is usual in burlesque. Reid, who Is an old hand in the business, has surrounded himself with a fairly good-looking chorus and principals. He himself

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comes out in the second act and gives his famous scene of the dope addict. Bovo tells the story of how the first baseball game looked to him, shortly after he came from Italy. I have heard this man before telling the same story, but it is as funny now as it ever was. Reid has several unusual ensemble dances in the show, among which are a “Dog Dance” and a “Radium” act, this last of a more or less spectacular nature. There are several clever dancers In the company, and chief among them is “She.’’ who besides being one of the female principles is also the featured dancer. And She is good. At the Mutual. (By the Observer.) a a a Other theaters today offer: “The Last Command,” at the Indiana; "The Secret Hour,” at the Apollo; “Wife Savers.” at the Ohio, and “The Jazz Singer” at the Circle.

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