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Ip hit wire's eyes. To explain the situation Mr. Easyman endeavors to make the ghost,” his niece, and thisnecessitates some fearful falsehoods.Aunt Judith, who Is inclined to be a trifle Inquisitive, does not take very kindly „ to the story and succeeds In finding all sorts of scapdalous meanings to the episodes. Mr. Easyman is almost driven crasy by the results of bis falsehoods; his wife threatens to leave him; arrest stares him In the face, and when finally Carew offersto take Desdemona off his hands fora paltry hundred thousand dollars, he gladly consents. The deed is done, explanations ensue and the curtain rails with everybody happy.It would be difficult to find a per-'ormance in which the cast was more perfectly balanced. Every part was taken in excellent fashion and the whole was a highly finished production which reflected much credit upon War-|# ft VuuOnthecaliniIn i hel 1fr*qult;ap:ldweCO]ClnirertadrStHiGoddard, under whose personaldirection it was produced.Not content with staging the performance, Mr. Goddard also played the title part and did It in his usual olever style. The part ts one which allows for much acting, and Mr. Goddard handled it in a manner which kept the audience In laughter from first to last His dialogues with Desdemona and the irate Aunt Judith were master-pieces, while his Impersonation of tb«-ghost in the last act took down the• % » m * «house.He was well supported by the rest cf the cast. Miss Bessie Judge, whoplayed Desdemona. had a part which she interpreted to perfection. Her acting was quite beyond the ordinary amateur work, especially in the first act when she was obliged to take the part of the materialised spirit and reel off Shakspertan nonsense by the ream. In less clever hands the part might have degenerated into a farce, but she made it highly amusing and yet artistic throughout Mrs. W. R. Charles made a perfect type of maiden aunt” She Interpreted her shwerish characteristics, her every word and gesture In a fashion that appealed strongly to the audience. This was especially true when she played opposite Mr. Goddard. Her two “nieces; Mrs. Easyman, In the person of Miss Elsie Bean, and Miss Bessie Carroll, alias Miss Ruth Allen, bandied their parts excellently. Miss Bean in the guise of the abused wife, was most realistic, while Miss Allen with her usual natural grace of voice nnd manner, made a most charming sister and sweetheart.The male characters quite measured up to the high standard set by the others. Murdock McLeod played the difficult part of Carew splendidly, while Charles H. Reek as Tom Ashley quite upheld the high reputation which he established In a recent perform-once. Merton Hosmer as Michael Plynn created much amusement by his character work, and his every ap-^ . lt;» . 4 t -T* • W *' • . * • 0 9 • \ lt;pea ranee was the signal for muchlaughter.Clarence A. Hosmer gave an excellent interpretation of Sharpe, the detective, while Homer Allen made a very dutiful and unobtrusive servantnotwithstanding the fact that he drewhis dismissal early in the play.Between the acts musical selections were rendered which were much en-joyed. Vocal selections were given by Mrs. Otis Forbogb, piano selections by Bits. Walter S. Leland, while Miss Miriam Russell and Miss
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Concord Enterprise
Concord, Massachusetts, US
Wed, Mar 22, 1916
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