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Friday evening the four act com-ody, Mr. Easyroan’s Niece, was given I in Association hall under the ausplc-I es of the Ladies’ union. It was weU I attended and proved to be one of the I most humorous and enjoyable playsI ever presented on a local stage. From I every point of view the performanceI was highly successful. aThe plot, which Is decidedly complicated, deals with a certain Carew I Carlton who is in love with an ac-lt; tress, Desdemona Spencer. It hap-I pens, however, that he is under deep I obligations to a wealthy uncle who des-I pises actresses and has his heart set I on marrying Carew to an heiress. On returning from New York unexpectedly one evening the uncle surprises Cesdemona In the house and to save her lover from his anger that young lady decides to impersonate a ghost, knowing that uncle Is a strong believer in materialised spirits. She I dees the trick so well that she quite I fools the gentleman and places him I in a decidedly embarrassing position Ilf his wife’s eyes. To explain the i I situation Mr. Basyman endeavors to I make the ghost, his niece, and this , I necessitates some fearful falsehoods.. I Aunt Judith, who Is inclined to be a i I trifle inquisitive, does not take very . I kindly to the story and succeeds In I finding all sorts of scandalous mean • I ings to the episodes. Mr. BSasymon is -1 almost driven crasy by the results of -IMs falsehoods; his wife threatens to {leave him; arrest stares him In the I j fnce, and when finally Carew offers : | to take Desdemona off his hands for ;• | a paltry hundred thousand dollars, he a | qlodly consents. The deed is done, i, | explanations ensue and the curtain | 'alls with everybody happy., | It would be difficult to find a per-i-1 ’o nuance in which the cast was more o | perfectly balanced. Every part was | taken in excellent fashion and the e | whole was a highly finished production e J which reflected much credit upon War-{| ren B. Goddard, under Whose personal {direction it was produced.v J Not content with staging the per-t-1 formance, Mr. Goddard also played the I, | title part and did it In his usual olever d | style. The part is one which allows a. {for much acting, and Mr. Goddard ban-f-1 died it In a manner which kept the r-1 audience in laughter from first to last •e | His dialogues with Desdemona and | the irate Aunt Judith were maater-I pieces, while his impersonation of theCONCORD JUNCTIONLADIES’!UNIONGAVE “MRggAtYMAN’S NIECEFRIDAY EVENINGFour Aot Comedy Well Handled—Performance Drew Good SlxedCrowd
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Concord Enterprise
Concord, Massachusetts, US
Wed, Mar 22, 1916
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