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ONTHEAISLEBy GYNTER QUILLCONTIworkersStaid English Households4 reUnset If/ic/i Tony Drtttrs a HorseFor those who want a strong dose of light comedy with emphasison the sophisticated dialog that has been the peeuliair quality of thethe Southwest Summer Theatre hasthe trapp away hr hands. ! business# workers.»fin the Ba\lor HenrierscBritish drawing room comedy,the answer in Lesley Storm s “Tony Draws a Horse.Theatre’s Studio One.Here is a liberal spoofing of the stuffy and pretentious in theA bigof the csame tintimbreactions of sundry characters to*the stark manner of self-expressionemployed by the unseen brat Tony,a binge of his own and has toand the summer company has giv-send home for another pair ofsoon asbe madetered the derson aen it a production of .some valuetrousers. Tim. none too happy atand point.Directed bv Paul Baker andMary Sue Birkhead. with assistance by Charles McDonald. its principal players are a resourceful Mr. McDonald and a personable Marilyn Smith as Dr. How-the prospect of mariage to the daughter of a harridan, is easily led off by Clare for a ride in the country which ends in Dieppe anda missed boat home.There are other delightful situations, hut these will give an inkling of the fun. The high comedyard and Clare Fleming, the par- j dialog and the low' romedy stagebusiness will just have to be heard and seen.rescue wen count# • Her col at Con Monday i and it h 1 whether broken blt;IMrs. ITonv Draws a Horset-16—Southi .Summer Theatre Disunion of the tioned members of the cast, the^ in three ju-t* br L«iw* st£!T j production has some fine acting.BAYLOR THEATRE. Au*«nIXrectrd by Paul Baker. Mary Sue Rtrk head a.lt;1 Char lea Mlt;*r*nald Set de*i*n b Virgil Beavers. The east:Mrs. Smith ... .......Hjan HawkinsTim Shields...... . -Bob PearsonCl*r* Fleminff......... Marilyn SmithD* Howard Fleming Charles McDonaldGrace ....................*Grandoa ..............11m TJ ,Elise Parsons ........ Bobby Rook.Mary Lew i CoxMrs. Parsons........... FrenchAlfred Parsons ...... .Jerry GrayAjjrte* .............Camiyn GrovesPwhensrhMioff ......Rsvmond CarverWalter ...Warren WilburS* ilor ..... Jerry HolinjrsworthMi«s Burehal! ... Barbara BostickAPART FROM the alreadv men-the opera and Dorwaiting fthe hitoo, by Jim Dale as the saltv oldgrandpa;wno isBobbie Bock,sharing the role of the younger j sister Elise with Mary Lou Cox, and Jerry Gray as Clare's father.Rounding out the Dian Hawkins.inwhere th1 ca t ed. SIcounter.i business 1i Browncnis of the young upstart. The other chief role of Tim Shields, who on the eve of his marriage to her sister finds some solace in Clare's newly declared freedom, is performed with a fine degree of in-Andcompany are Loaetta Jahn andCarolyn Groves as maidservants;Raymond Carver as an often arrested stump speaker; VVaren Wilbur as a waiter; Jerry Hollingsworth as a free-shooting cafe customer, and Barbara Bostick as arepresentative of the weekly press.front dooRay wasthe domiTop pa theon me wlapsed.SouthsideCity Caf#the businsouciance by Bob Pearson. Ana a ,lesser role is made a major one by July French as the very proper society matron, at once flightyand domineering.MOST OF the rest of the players are well chosen and know wherethey belong on the stage. The entire offering, carefully thought out. exhibits the marks of direction and some sense of design to fit thearena-type staging.The whole mess. anlt;? it gets to be quite a mess, is brought on by an uninhibited lad's frankly detailed drawing of a horse on the wall of his father’s consulting room. The larger issue, of dirtiness of mind versus the right to freedom of expression, which begins in the Howard home is taken by Clare to the home of her parents in the country.Mother, of course, Is aghast. The henpecked old father, delighted todiscover a spark of daring in the family, even if in a grandchild, finds it contagious and goes off on
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Waco News Tribune
Waco, Texas, US
Wed, Aug 10, 1955
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