The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-25
YALE'S REVIZ0R A GREAT SUCCESS First Home Performance by University Actors Cheered
 from Curtain to
 Curtain.
PARRY SCORES IN FAT PART
Divides lIonors With Tom Achclls in the Russian Comcdy--SOclcty Bows to Amateur
 Players.


 olas Gogols' play "Reyizor' last even ing. Heraded in New York as a re- narkable piece of work for amateurs one expected much from the collegiate players and therefore everything that could be expected was forthcoming With the exception of one slip in the first act which was well covered there was no call upon tho prompter and his book, Curtain calls at the end of each act tells the story of the stamp of enthusiastic approval that the audi encc placed on the work of the Yale men. IL was not in the sense of the word q production by amateurs but rather a delightful presentation of refreshlngly cleap comedy by men who portrayed intclligently the characters they represented.
 The story of "Revizor" Is simple one. A number of corrupt officials in small Russian town mistake a ner- do-well student for a government in- l spector from St. Petersburg who is supposed to be travelling incognito. He Is at once taken to the home of the 1 police prefect where tho heads of the various departments proceed to lavish all sorts of attention on him. The supposed official takes advantage of all the opportunities that arise and finally sends the prefect into an uncontrolla- ble state of happiness by asking for the hand of his daughter. He then writes a letter to a friend and makes good his escape with pockets full of the town officials money. The letter is | int%cepted by the postmaster and in this manner the lmpostor is discovered after he has flown. The play ends with the arrival of the genuine Revizor.
 The translation Is very credltable one, Tho lines are bright and abso- lutely free of anything but the most refreshing humor. An underlying sar- casm makes the piece all the more in- teresting. The staging is simply an- other example of the excellent work of Frank Lea Short and everything is a great credit to the Yale dramatic as- sociation
 As to the actors Themselves honors were about evenly divided. the partic- ular stars being Maxwell Q. Parry and Thomas Achclis. The latter in the role of Ivan Aleksandrovich Klestakov carried off his part with dash and freedom that merited the credit that has been given to him Parry as the prefect proved himself an actor of merit. With the "fattcst" part in tho play. role requiring constant wor, and his presence on the stage the ma jorlty of the time. nothing but praise can be accorded him Blessed with good lines he got as much fun out oI them as a professional could.
 Although they had minor parts toe much cannot be said to the credit ot Thomas Riggs and Harvey Warren r the roles of the two obsequious citi. zens The former with his mincinl manner and lisp was particularly good the work that he was given to do be- ine as well done as anything in tho play Charles Hopkins as the judge possessed of four startling names brought into play some unusually fun ny facial expressions Arthur lIartwel as Marya Antonovna, daughter of tho prefect, and Matthew Griswold Ely as his wife carried off their parts in ex cellent fashion making a remarkabl, rapid change in costume in the secont act. And so one might go on until thu entire cast had been named for ther, was not a man that was not deservnl of credit for the work done It wat the finished work of men who put al the ability into the work One migh mention the acting of bindell Bates who made much humor out of th small part of the waiter at the hotel Edward Procter as the police captain Miles Hannah as Osip, valet to Ival l and so on down the list. It was tn ] production of an all star cast with ev | cry man trying to oudo all the others. There was another feature of tn, f performance which one does no usually feel called upon at profes , sional performance to rhapsodiz % over. namely the work of the Val university orchestra There was goo, : music we'll played and plenty of so that there were no waits betweeI the acts, At various times during tn action of the play they came in oi their music cues with the certant of veterans They were part of tn whole.
 Too much credit cannot be given { Mir. Short for the work that he ha done. Fortunate to he sure in tn material at his command, he Ina made all that could be made out of and may be satisfied that he ha turned out company that would q him credit on the road, At the en of the fourth act he was dragged on to the stage by Achels from hi place in the prompters seat and afte lowing in acknowledgment of tn deafening applause said Very er couragng,' and lodged off tn stage,
 It was a good play, not goo amateur play, but good play thf was well worth the price of admissio and doubly so when one consider that 1t was an amateur performance
 Those who did not see if last evenin and have not planned to take in tn second performance this evening wi
 do well to change their plans an
 wend their way to the Hyperion
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