Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 August 1952 — Page 20

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Stage and

2

Music—

Successful Experiment

By HENRY

BUTLER {

Times Staff Writer

SPRINGFIELD, O., Aug.

summer theater doing ex} So when Walter S. Ru: Civic and Indiana University, unveils a new play at the ( ‘ountry Playhouse, west of here on US 40, that's an ing. Mr. Russ opened last night

event worth re port

cell's novelty which

and will be re

peated next Friday and Saturday,

is “The (C‘hangelings Robert Faust Sheaffer Mr. Sheatfer, who was ansoc ated with the Ft Wavne Civic during Mr. Bussell's directorship there some years ago, 1s 4 clergy residing In Tarentum

' comedy by

man now Pa.. a suburb of Pittsburgh. A versatile cleric, he has done WOrkK in both religious and secular drama, and lg carrying 4 leading part in “The Changeling " Nn ” BEFORE 1 try to describe thi

itm Say und

play.and comme nt on how pressed me, i's only fair to that Mr. Sheaffers Mr. Russell's directing have bined to achieve some big punt h line moments with the audience That's important. Mavbe some things need chang ing, but the play hag energy and verve, Somelimes jit- drew a re sponse last night that momentarily rattled -one OF another of the players. Presented loft over the

writing

corm

arena-style in the Barn Restaurant

the play Is a curious fusion of elements from ‘Rebecca and bits of leprechaunish fancy from

sturdy and

Irish folklore. The enigmatic central character, an ageless Irish maid, Bridget (ad

mirably played by Marge Suter veteran of the Stuart Walker stock company in Indianapolis), “helongs” to a Virginia mansion Hilary House, as the sinister Mrs. Danvers belongs to Manderly Bridget doesn’t want the portrait of a former mistress of Hilary House removed from above the mantel. In many other ways, Bridget, late Oliver Herford's phrase, has a whim of iron, Her current employer, a divorcee with growing son, meets and weds a

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136 W. Washington St.

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750 Virginia Ave. FR-9570 THE U. 8. BAN-DEE

23 It's. always good to see

yeriments ssell, forme rly of the Indianapolis

now of the Springfield Civic,

grass widower with crowing! daughter n n " CROCHETY Bridget, in some mystical Way SEE 10 help change the growing kids from neevish, sullen adolescents to a mutually adoring couple A par

hetween a goonish acting by

allel

jocal

romance

pinster fine

l.oig. Grime and the man who trays into her trap-sown terri tory (Charles Howell, also good) contributes laugh What Mr. Sheaffer's writing

almost always cone needs to be al clear

clearly conveys’ Lh

wood He does not, however,

vey evervihing that

conveyed, It may be cryst

in his. mind, but it isn't in the pectator That Is a very common fault, even with much more experienced playwrights

The remedy for it is precisel what Mr. Sheaffer, Mr, Russell

ind the enthusiastic and compet

ent players are doing: Keeping at the play, giving it a tr kicking it around until it virtues and fault both are clearly seen I myself think the fantastic con clusion, with its punch line remini cent of those jokes about mat tini-drinking horses, just doesn’t wet aaross, But that’s only one apinion Elsewhere in thé play, the con nective tissue of time, logic and motive often is lacking. Mr. Shea fer knows the whole saga. We

don’t, It's his problem and ours to

build a degree of communication where he's clear to us and we respond tally to him un

BUT THE 1. NY tues of good timing, clever lines ingenious angles. What's more, the cast all do splendidly. Besides those mentioned, actors deserving special credit are Helen Snvder, as the divorcee, and Mr Sheaffer himself as her second husband; Susan Enterline, as a natural and credible "adolescent girl, and Kugene Paschal, as the personable and responsive juvenile playing opposite her; Thelma Smith, as Lola, and Jean Carter and Bob Haynes in smaller roles Mr. Russell's ambitious Spring-

hus many vi

and

field CiVic has leased the Ohio Theater, former stock company house downtown here, for the

coming season If “The Changelings” is a sample of what thig outfit can do, artisticallyf and technically, the coming segson should be exciting.

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closing the Brown County Playhouse summer season in Nashvilie with performances at 8 p. m. today and next Friday, Saturday and

Sunday.

Early Curtain For More Shows

NEW YORK, early curtain on Monday evenings

Aug. 23--The

will be tried by a majority of the

roadway shows beginning. Sept.

8. The startihg time will be 7 p. m for the banites and others who don’t like to get home too late at night, “South Pacific” has been trying the plan since last spring and the management there is satisfied that it is helpful in attracting persons who otherwise might not bother to go to the theater,

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By WARD MOREHOUSE MATUNUCK, R. I., Aug. 23—<Two young men from

Broadway, Donald Wolin and Harcld Schiff, are in their second season with the Theater-By-the-Sea, about a mile off U.S.-1.and 167 miles from New York, and they’ 11 Anish

finish the summer in the black, |besides getting a lot of good sea

trying to Brighten it up. We show

{mir, They're operating an inn, a gjlent movies every Sunday night, par, a restaur- with Frances Maddux as the ac|ant and a night companist at the piano. We've| lclub in conjunc- been trying to give good shows tion with their : ; \ with good people. Last season] playhouse, Just wa y ; Ve ica 1.2 in| a little overpow- everybody loved Veronica Lake in 3 ‘ lio ' y ering at times, The Voice of the Turtle’ We

signed her this year to do ‘Gramercy Ghost,” but she came down with an infection, and we were fortunate to be able to get June Dayton, who has already played it, to come on from New York. isn't easy, but we're liking it.

but the bar can be a definite asset, There was one week when its receipts were needed to pay the actors’ sal- yi. agrehouse aries, The star-system prevails at the years, shingled Theater-by-the-Sea, which has that Cape Cod look. The Messrs. Wolin & Schiff paid Mae West $3500, plus a percentage, and still came out with a profit on the week. They've given real money to such people as Constance Bennett, Franchot Tone, June Havoc and Ruth Chatter-

ton. They used every form of wondering whe ; N v . : 0 ‘her ‘ , 8sorcery known to show business ering re 1 mace my mis

to bring on Imogene Coca, and takes. You can tell New York <he's currently jamming the 506 that a theater and a bar can work playhouse with “Happy Successfully together. ‘We never ” ~— raise the curtain after an mission until the bar is cleared. Eventually, Harold and I hope to get the Theater-By-the-Sea operating as a try-out house for Jroadway plays.

and this season we might make a little money.” Donald Wolin says: “I've always wanted to produce plays for Broadway and I still do. I raised $14,000 for ‘An Enemy .of People’ and got up $65,000 for for ‘The Brass Ring. . We closed after four performances, but 1 still like that play and I'm still

cpygt Jirthday The large-scale setup of Wolin & Schiff has its problems: It can he, and often is. a 20-hour-a-day job. Jesides having to give their attention to the care, feeding and payment of the actors, the on-from-Broadway showmen find such_people as bartenders, chefs [chambermaids and waiters can’t | be neglected. There's a wgekly {payroll of 52. not inclusive of visit-' and Mystic and ling players. But a good week, other points, is now offering, {with all departments functioning Claude Rains in “Jezebel’'s Husnicely, can show a gross intake|/ band,” which is expected to get to lof $16.000. There's even a dollar Broadway, and lor two in that for Wolin & Schiff. Sept. 1, A Tryout Stand loved by

Donald Wolin and Harold

Imogene’'s Wire

The Theater-by-the-Sea, draws its clientele from . Provi-

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“Mistress Liggins.” Then the | Schiff will talk with you very Messrs. Wolin & Schiff will tidy frankly about their-woes and tri-|up, pay. up, lock up and get on lumphs. “You think,” Mr. back to New York to see what Schiff, “that you're going into they can do about participation summer stock and you end up in in the Broadway frenzy. the night club business, When As for Imogene, the darling of we took over last year we tound the TV, tHe place hadn’t been painted in W&S firm after a long and har|eight years; we used 165 gallons rowing yeg-and-no period.

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and four other Hollywood luminaries will come to the Indiana State Fair Saturday along with a display of movieland bric-a-brac.

Owners of Indiana, Inc., lywood at the Fair” be open through Sept. 6.

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she finally shrieked out a that the boys written confirmation. calmly asked for Western Union, tated this telegram. “I solemnly swear that I will pe |appear at the Theater-By-the-Sea at Matunuck, R. I., Aug. 18, so help me.”

was great. Wakefield and|——

Five Hollywood Stars Works at Matunuck Coming to State Fair

Miss Main

Mr. Tucker

Cantankerous Marjorie Main]

Promoted by the Allied Theater the-““Hol- | display will

In addition to Miss Main, west-

Included in the exhibit will be some of the Jane Russell's abbreoutfit, Dorothy

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Lamour’s Frankenstein costume, etc.

Model boats and planes used Nero's chair

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