THE NEW PLAYS on BROADWAY in the Deep South, with Messrs
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January 7, 1933 The Billboard 17 NEW AMSTERDAM cares (and nobody seemed to last night). g Monday Evening, December 26, MU the rehabilitation of a molasses factory THE NEW PLAYS ON BROADWAY In the deep South, with Messrs. Miller CYRANO DE BERGERAC and Moreland acting the comic presi- (LIMITED REVIVAL) dents: Mr. Noble /Basle performing ca. nd Restants heroic comedy in (We acts, doesn't play it this time quite as well T. C. Murray'. story relates the tale o f pably as the hero, and Mies Lavada Car- done Into English verse by Brian Hooker. Starring Walter Hampden. Staged and as he has played,it in the past; he starts Owen Keegan, an Irish farmer, who falls ter providing most of the pep. directed by Mr. Hampden. Entire scenic slowly, only swings into action in tho in love with Nance, the dau g hter of a One of the chief things to be noted production designed and supervised by second act, slows up the grand fourth. neighbor. She reciprocates hie love in during the evening is the splendid way Claude tlWagdon. Presented by Mr. Hamp- act close a bit too much for full effect her own fashion and marries hi m over in which Mr. Moreland—a comic who den. and is at his worst where he should ano De Bergerac.... Walter Hampden the protests of his son and dau g hter , has been submerged for too long—serve tlan De Neuvillette John D. Seymour be at his best, In the magnificent, heart- The son has long been in love with as a foil for Mr. Miller and the excellent te De Guiche Reynolds Evan. breaking, sob-wrenching death scene, In Nancy, but takes the marriage graciously, way in which he puts over his own ene Whitford Kane which he falls to give the lines full tho his sister is greatly embittered and material. This is about the first time Ernest Rowan value, fails to give them the value that vows dire vengeance. Three months a fter that he has had anything to work with, iere William Sauter he himself has so magnificently given bon-De Castel-Jai/M.O. Norman Hammond the marriage Keegan suffers a fall from and he makes the most of the OPPOrtfi. In the peat. But those are only minor tnte De %/evert Gordon Hart a horse and becomes permanently dis- nitY. auntie Robert C. Schnitzer points. Cyrano la still Mr. Hampden's abled. He has implicit faith In Nancy, And another outstanding item la young Lewis McMichael finest part, and one of the greatest, if her Marquis however, until the seed of jealousy in and pretty Miss Carter, who puta over Monty Gerald O'Neill not the greatest, acting achievements W. Messenger Hollis Innocently planted In his mind by his her numbers with a maximum of pep arose on our stage today. The play is almost let Cyrus H. Staehle brother, who remarks that Keegan's wife end blues-shouting ability and who a three-and-a-half-hour monolog for Joseph V. de Santis is young and le too much in the company dances like a dlightly mad but extremely Harold Williams Me Cyrano, a tremendous strain on any of her stepson. Further fuel is thrown cute windmill. In fact, a great deal of ueybodY P J. Kelly actor, and when one considers that Arthur StennIng on the fire by the sharp tongue of the ability, of one sort or another, displayed sketeer Hampden has played it for more than taguas John Marquand daughter, who hates her stepmother. Itself in the show. Of Messrs. Miller. panish Meer Howard Galt 800 performances and for something like Nancy and the boy return from a trip Simile and Blake no mention need be nine years. an occasional slip in an oc- avaller Spencer Kimbell to the village and she tells the lad th at made at tinis late date; sufficient to say J P. Wilson rter casional performance may easily be ex- he should leave the holm ere his feel- that they're as good as ever. The Four Wilfred Season cused. The Hampden Cyrano Is, definitely, o m. Murray GAIT}, ings for her get the better f r hi Flash Devils perform a pair of character- rlean a fine and noble achievement. uardsman Edward E. Hale She allows him to kiss her, an d a t th a t istically body-breaking routines; George 'Men Henry Warwick The production is worse than before moment Keegan hobbles down fro m his McClermon does a grand clarinet solo Son Robert. B. Mantel Jr. In some respects and much better in sick room. He berates his eon and wife and an extremely amusing comedy ickpocket Harvey Sayers others. There is a bit of skimping—par- Walter Pliage and drives the lad from the house. Nancy dance; several kids pulled out of the randou, the Pifer ticularly on the quota of child actora— puehln George Thor pleads that there has never been any- chorus — Tape Miller (a lad). Peggy Edwin ROW, and James R. Pray presumably to save expense; but the thing between her and the boy, but the Wharton and Tramline Joyce—dance solos e Katharine Warren Christian and Roxane this time are John pangs of jealousy have bitten too deeply excellently; Fay Conty and Clarence Duenna Mabel Moore D. Seymour and Katharine Warren, on in the old man's heart, and tho he trys Robinson sing in splendid voice; Annie Evelyn Goodrich the whole the best pair so far. Miss War- hard to believe her he cannot. An d we Davis, from the singing chorus, dislocates Orange Girl Esther Mitchell ren is not so good as was Carol McComas ower Girl ...Evelyn Venable see at the curtain this disillusioned man her hips with gusto and abandon: Lonnie brette Alice Dalton in the original Hampden production, but taking refuge in his religious beliefs. Williams does blues numbers to a fare- medienne Laura Barrett she is better than any of the others, and This last scene is touching beyond thee-well; Vivienne Haber, a sultry- or Comedienne Helen O'Connor Seymour is by long odds the best—and belief and no mere synopsis can fu lly looking lass who played the dramatic er Marguerite De Jesus-Joanna Dorman best looking—Christian to date. It's a Marthe Margaret Watson describe the poignancy of the old man's lead in John Golden's ill-fated Savage ✓ Claire Mildred Vail bit strange to see anyone but Cecil Yapp helplessness in face of his fiery spirit. Rhythm (tho her name was then spelled Elise Connolly as Ragueneau, but Whitford Kane did a JACK METZLER. Vivian), does nothing much In a most Ile Girl Mary Alice Dill good job of the part. Reynolds Evans, attractive way. and Sissies Park Central ETS OP GASCOYNE—John Marquand. the new De Guiche, would have done Hotel Orchestra turns in a grand over- Warwick. Spencer Kimbell, Wilfred Jes- better to stick to his old bit as Valvert. MANSFIELD ture to the second act. W. Messenger Bettis, Edward E. Hale, Guy Beginning Monday Evening, December 26. 1032 ne. Various of the other oldtimers, notably All in all, it was a thoroly enjoyable ETS—Gordon Hart. P. J. Kelly. Cyrus H. Ernest Rowan, P. J. Kelly, C. Norman evening. EUGENE BURR., le. Harvey Sayers. Pickering Brown. SHUFFLE ALONG OF 1933 Hammond and William Sauter, are back A new musical comedy, with book by Flournoy ELLECTUALS AND PRECIEDSES—Alice in their old parts. on, Mary Dill, Bessie Beatty, Helen O'Con- E. Miller, music by Euble Blake and lyrics Laura Barrett, Wanda Gelb and Phyllis If you haven't yet seen Cyrano—and by Noble SIssle. Choral arrangements and et. even if you have—go to It quickly and orchestrations by Will voarey. Staged by LITTLE IZENS. MUSKETEERS. THIEVES. PAS- often. You owe it to yourself. Walter Brooks. Costumes designed by Robert Stevenson and executed by Mahleu OCKS, ACTORS. MUSICIANS, SPANISH EUGENE BURR. HONEYMOON IERS, SPECTATORS. ETC—lames Ma- Costuming Company. Scenery designed by Beginning Friday Evening, December 23, 1032 Carl Amend, and constructed and painted William Eckert, Storrs Haynes. Charles A new comedy by Samuel ohotzinoff and said. Robert. Porterfield. Randolph by Amend Scenic Studios. Dances directed MARTIN BECK by Davis and Carey. Presented by Mawin George Backer. Staged by Thomas Mitch- eton, Arthur Pedereen, Henry Setter, Ar- ell. Settings by Raymond Bovey. Scen- 011mour. Lewis Douglas, David Harcourt, Beginning Wednesday Evening, Dee. 1932 Productions, Inc. Edith Wilkes Lavada Carter ery built by T. B. McDonald Constructton ri Carlyle, Franklin Salisbury, Hayden Company. Painted by R. W. Bergman e. John T. Rogers, Rose LeGent and 0th- AUTUMN FIRE Taxi Bert Marshall Rodgers Mrs. Jones Edith Wilson Studios. Presented by Harold Stone. (REPERTOIRE) Nicola Joseph spunn-Callela First Pour Acte Are Represented to Caesar Jones Mantas Moreland A Customer Louie., Winiams Katie Elizabeth Bruce g Place In Palls and Arras in 1690. The A play in three acts by T. C. Murray. Played Jim Williams George Jones Jr. Bob Taylor Thomas Mitchell in 1655. ACT I—A Performance at the by the Abbey Theater Irish Players. Pre- Joan Chapman Rachel Hartzell 1 de Bourgoyne. ACT fl—The Bakery of sented by Alber and Wickes by special Sylvia Williams Fay Conty Tom Sharp Noble 131331e Sam Chapman Ros Alexander Poets. ACT III—Rokane's Kies. ACT IV arrangement with the Irish Free State ACT I—The Sitting Room of Mrs. Taylor's e Cadets of OnISCOyne. ACT V—Cyranffe Government. (Special return engagement.) Steve Jenkins Flournoy Miller Dave Coffey George McClennon House in Paris 11 A.M.