Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 October 1947 — Page 20

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Ina Claire Shares Acclaim

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In ‘The Fatal Weakness’

By HENRY BUTLER Meacham),

say about “The Patal Weakness is vanced woman. that it's nol Just a ope-woman show, The George Kelly-Theater guild comedy starring Ina Claire, which opened its three-day run at English’'s last night, does depend on Miss Claire for a lot of supernervous dialog and action, But it's adroitly written. It provides foils for Miss Claire's great comic gifts, and the foils are not Just fall guys.

is practically cut off,

(fidelity is arrested development, | for example) gain

when mother.

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Concerns a Marriage velous stage material,

Others Win Acclaim review should be

As you doubtless already know the play concerns a marriage that

begins: to show tarnish not lang The

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marital peace, has the perfect de gree of cynical and mischievous fe male meddlesomeness. Miss Meach

and underprivilege in the other woman's life is all the stronger for a B0-year-oldster © who married

Mr. Larson is solid

Real and Conic Miss Claire has the extraordinary gilt of being real and comic everal ‘levels simultaneously.

Parallel to the parental break-up is the marital crisis of Penny, the Es pe nshades’ d aught er (Anne

In all that rapid-fire chatter of English spoken like excited French. Miss Claire suggests alternate depth and shallowness, dignity and childishness. luminous face the blue eyes that can express petulance, spite and then, astonishingly, wisdom; the gestures, the sure technical knowledge of stage position and progression-—all these elements in Miss Claire's incredibly brilliant performance need to be seen and heard,

+ “Thoughtful _ laughter.” George Meredith, in his essay on comedy sald good comedy should evoke. I'd |

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with Vernon Hassett Penny is the ad-| In fact, she's so far advanced that her supply line

Penny's hyper- sophisticated notions about marriage and fidelity

new comic, ! though not uproarious, signifitance | a her troubled |

Add to these factors Ollie’s 1n-| satiable passion for attending wed-| aings—they're so touching, so beautiful—and you have plenty of mar- |

right, and she's long since ceased plausible and being- a symbol of unattainable Slow, by excellently contrived conpurity, to use Paul's phrases. trast.

on Comedy can ne on one level (“Who was

J’ the lady 1 seen you with last 00 4 night?”)—immediate, flat and easily forgotten. Miss Claire mingles comedy with pathos,

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