Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-14
AMATE EvRS ENACT
CLASSIC CONE EDY
BENEFIT FOR HOSPITAL is A
DECIDED SUCCESS
Old Story of Pyqmalion and Galatea
Reproduced on Stage in Behalf
of Department Store Be-
nevoIence

No one would have guessed, If the
program had not announced it, that the
actors and actresses in "Pygmalion and
Galatea,'' Glberts famous CLASSIC
play, given at the Gamut club house
last evening, were amateurs The play
was an artistic success, the actors, the
costumes and the scenery making a
perfect whole, from which no part
could have been separated and called
better.
The play is NEUROLOGICAL. 1t hinges
upon the coming to life of wonderful
statue of 4 woman created by the
sculptor, Pygmalion. Her complete in
nocence of the world causes sad havoc
among the people she comes in contact
with The comedy is turned to TRAGEDY
when Galatea, the statue, in her great
love for her creator, prays to be
changed to her former existence of cold
marble again.
Pygmalion, the sculptor. is ably rep
resented by Leo j. Murphy. In the
scene where he is stricken blind upon
the plea of his wife his silent agony
thrills his whole being and his actions
are as natural as anyone could possibly
wish.
Women Do Well
Miss e. Madeline Frink is Cynisca,
Pygmalions wife, and she also is fine
in the scene where her husband is
stricken blind She is a woman mad
with jealousy and passion.
Miss Dorothy Julius in her role was
carved into life as Galatea the statue,
and as the calm unknowing, innocent
child, she could not have been bet
tered. Her movements and speech
were slow as those of a bewildered
child. But when she pleaded for just
one word of comfort and love from her
maker she had changed into the wo-
man and her Transformation was COM
plete.
To her calm dignity. Daphne, Chry-
sos wife, In the person of Miss Vera
Mclean, was a fine opposite The
fidgety ways and fighty, snappy speech
of the supposed aristocratic woman
were we'll done. It took just the right
person to carry out the character and
Miss Mclean made good.
w. w. Heath cote as Chrysos, the art
patron, was excellent His facial con-
tortlons and funny, can't-help-if-l-dii !
manner convuIsed the audience and
from his natural ways you would have
thought he was on Broadway if he had
not been in flowing garments.
Miss Marie A. Neary as Myrine,
Pygmalion's sister, and Edward w.
Lewis as Leucippe, a Grecian soldier,
both did good work. Myrine showed
her best art in her love for Leucippe,
while Leucippe was good in his de-
nunciaticn of woman's .unrea sonable-
ness. The best thing that can be said
about any actor is that he is natural
and they were both that. H. s. Carroll
and Oscar Happier as the two slaves
did good work.
AS a curtain raiser, "a Happy Pair
was presented. The story can be
guessed from the title. Miss Marie A.
| Neary and w. w. Heathcote consti-
tuted the pair and their work was ex-
cellent. their unconsciousness Of self
being the best part of the whole thing.
The Broadway Department Store Mu-
tual Benefit association presented the
program as a means of establishing a
ward in some city hospital for the en-
ployeS of the store.
This organization is one of the largest
of it's kind in the city and it has ac-
complished much good work.