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board of directors and Elias C. Atkins, Dr. Guy O. Carpenter, Charles

"The Rivals’

Drama Critic Praises Way|

Clark Handles Part.

By JACK GAVER United Press Drama Editor NEW YORK, Jan. 30.—Ordinarily I wouldnt recommend Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s “The Rivals” except to persons bent on studying the English drama of the 18th Century, but the current revival by the Theater Guild has Bobby Clark playing Acres, so it becomes a must item. That is, if you like Mr. Clark. If you don’t, my condolences. This clown of the musical shows, the senior member of the old team of Clark and McCullough, puts the role of Acres through some paces never seen before. Mr. Clark is minus the painted-on specs, his cane and the stogie of his musical comedy days, but you never miss them. Mr. Clark makes out very well with a remalkable tricky whip and a duelling pistol. The best thing % do is just call it a wonderfully comic performance and quit searching for adjectives. As a whole, the revival, directed by Eva Le Gallienne, is about as entertaining as you could expect, the age of the play being what it There are beautiful settings and costumes designed by Watson Barratt and several song numbers sung between scenes for which Macklin Marrow composed the music and Arthur Guiterman the words.

“The Rivals” was seen in Indianapolis at English’s on Jan. 5, 6 and 7. with Eva Le Gallienne taking the place of the indisposed Mary Boland.

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by FREMONT POWER

GIVEN THE LINE “a cow produces milk,” Cornelia Otis Skinner no doubt could make it seem that the cow not only gave milk, but also created bovine history. She would say the words with a rare, enravishing brilliance. She might use a flick of the hand, a toss of the head, and though one might forget what was spoken, he would remember that it was spoken nobly. Such are the inherited and

acquired talents of Miss Skinner.

She was a great success as a monologist. And she is no less a success as an actress working with other actors in “Theatre,” which opened a three-day stand last night at English’s.

All the myriad abilities that a young actress never must cease working for are securely possessed by the veteran Miss Skinner. Her timing is perfect. The cadence of her speech allows each line to settle solidly "upon her audience. Her poise is never overdone—nor neglected. She is, to sum it up, an actor’s actor and at the same time one that an audience loves. And love her they did last night at English’s, holding her on the stage much more than the usual time consumed by curtain calls. She was a complete success. ® 2 =

Attempted Infidelity ALL THESE engaging qualities of hers, however, only make it more painful to consider the play itself. It is a trashy, inept thing, attempting to proclaim something personal about the theater and those who work in it, but succeeding only in murmuring some very witty things and presenting some highly amusing incidents. It is about the life of two worshiped English actors, the Joan and Darby of the British stage, but really only a couple of irritable divorcees in private life. The novel from which the play was taken presented two people who knew reality only on the stage. Real life was only a game of make-believe to them. The play, however, is merely about two middle-aged people who try desperately to have “affairs.” They fail, not surprisingly, and they are reconciled. That, prin-

| cipally, is all that happens.

Between times, the playwrights

| have attempted to create an in-

side scene in the theater, wherein one may see actors and how they work. It deals a great deal with the sentiment peculiar to the stage and in some ways one may find this at times embarrassing. It is a little as if one were asked why he preferred not to walk under ladders. You don't just because you don’t. Some very intelligent people wouldn't think of doing such a thing, and yet there is no reason to say why.

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The Cast

“THEATRE”’—A new comedy in three acts and six scenes by Guy Bolton and W. Somerset Maugham; staged by John Golden, with settings by Donald Oenslager. Presented by Mr. Golden at English’s on Jan 29 with the following cast:

Dolly De Vries Lord Chas. Temperley, Francis Compton Avice Crichton

Margetson Scores

PULITZER PRIZE PLAYS, though, aren’t necessary if it's merely entertainment one wants. Despite all its flimsy faults, “Theatre” easily manages to amuse one, thanks in whole to Miss Skinner and several other members of the cast. Arthur Margetson has just the smooth touch to make the husband an attractive, good-hearted fellow. He is an actor who looks like one, and that is what the part calls for. Between them, he and Miss Skinner, there is a great deal of idle, enchanting chatter brewed. They can take the lightest bauble and toss it about until the effect is hypnotic. But excelient though the two are together, it is Miss Skinner who remains in the memory. She is superb from the first curtain until she walks down the aisle, thus closing the play. I shouldn't want to miss seeing her in any sort of drama.

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|. U. GROUP OPPOSES DROPPING OF TRAIN

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. Jan. 30 (U. P.).—Protests against the discontinuance of the Illinois Central’s baggage mail-and-coacher running between Indianapolis and Effingham, Ill, were lodged at a Public Service ‘Commission hating here yesterday. The protests were made by “whistle-stop” residents, including Indiana University officials, milk producers, postmastesr and other area residents. E. Ross Bartley, head of the School News Bureau, officially voiced the University’s objection by

line either going to or passing through Indianapolis to their homes. Mr. Bartley also pointed out that with the University’s new wartime operation plan, a continuous stream of students would be traveling to and from the school 48 weeks in the year.

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It seems that Oscar Levant can be embarrassed. Though the listener might assume from his radio programs that the Levant ego is iron-clad, it has developed otherwise during the current tour that will bring him to the Indiana Roof on Feb. 8 as a solo pianist. He has become at times nervous, fluttery and downright stage struck. At Chicago, he did his solo stint in the Civic Opera House, a tremendous theater which prompted him to say upon entering the stage: “I feel like Citizen's Kane's second wife.” Whereupon he dropped his sheaf of music and the audience rared back in laughter. But it was the famous Levant flair wise cracks that righted matters. “After such an inauspicious start,” he quipped, “I'm sure you won't want any encores and so I'll just play them along with the regular program,” or words to that effect. And this is the man who has insulted millions. At times, they say, he is singularly concerned over this protruding characteristic of his. “Every time I open my mouth, I insult somebody—sometimes four million people at a time,” he. lamented. “Then I don’t sleep for three nights at a stretch worrying about it.” But for all the sleepless torment, they say, his health remains fine and he is able to face each day with a new dig.

SABOTAGE IN GOLD AREA CAPETOWN, South Africa, Jan. 30 (U. P).—The Government announced today, after the reported dynamiting of power lines in the Transvaal gola area, that eifective immediately death would be the penalty for sabotage. Work at 20 gold mines was temporarily disrupted.

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