The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-11-20

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"Gctting n Polish"
While Miss May Irwin is getting a pol
ish" in her new play of that name, which
recently opened at Wallacks theatre, the
audience are getting their moneys worth
OF laughter. Miss Irwin is at all times
fun-maker of the first order, but In this
instance the authors-Booth Harrington
and Harry Leon Wilson-have given her
an unusual number of opportunities. She
is on the stage most all the time, but one
never gets tired of her presence.
Her genial good nature gets across the
footlights, and permeates the atmosphere
in the house.
Getting a Polshs cannot be called a
| play. Were 1t not for the presence OF a
cast, 1t could be described as q mono
Hog Miss Irwin is everybody and does
everything, even to singing few coon
songs which were no doubt included Just
because everyone expects TO hear May
Irwin render this style Of song.
In the play Miss Twins part Is that OF
a widow whose husband has left a MN
ing claim that has defed his partners
attempt for ten years. So the widow
keeps a boarding house in Yellow Dog,
Mon, cheers up the partner when ne
shows signs of giving up hope ana mas
day dreams of the day when the lost
vein will be found. The vein is fouha' OF
course, and she starts for Paris to lead
her own life," as she puts 1t, and TO get
a polish.
This much of the plot comes In the
prologue. The rest shows now she ID
wooed by worthless foreigners with DO
gus titles and MIXED by those who prom
se social honors, while she tried to con-
vince herself that she Is enjoying IT, Ana
II is only after she sees others acting IN
the same foolish manner that she comes
to q realization that her husbands part
ner is her choice after ALL
Except during the prologue Miss Irwin
plays in the broadcast kind of way. There
Is no delicate suggestion about 1t; her
humorous effects there are slapped on
with a whitewash brush and are indica-
tions that she takes liberties with the au-
thors' text, but through it all the laughs
come and that is what she wishes. She
drinks tea from a saucer while on her
best behavior, replaces her tight shoes
with more comfortable ones and dis
closed them to her visitors to make an
other awful moment, summons an adj
mirer with doglike Here, Prince" call
and does lot of other things to crude to
bear close analysis.
But every one enjoys her actions, and
that is all that is necessary.
Tawcett who plays the role OF the miner
exceedingly well; Miss Rosalind Coghlan,
John D. Murphy, Charles A. Oak and Mr..
Chailee.
Wallacks theatre has been particularly
fortunate in housing successful produce
lions. alias Jimmy Valentine" ran all
last season in this house, and resumes its
run early in the fall, getting out only to
make room for Miss TWINS play. 1t now
looks as though Getting a POLISH will
I'LL the house during the remainder of the
1901 season.
"The Merry Wives of Windsor"
Shakesperean roles are difficult to fill
nowadays which undoubtedly accounts
for the lack of production of the ancient
bard's works. This truth was emphasized
al the recent production of 1.-THE Merry
Wives of Windsor which marked the
opening of the regular subscription sea-
son at the New theatre. Despite the ex-
cellence of the stage settings and the
unquestioned ability of the cast, the per-
Torrance failed to arouse any enthusi-
asm. This asrlargely due to the failure
of several members of the cast to inject
any life into their parts.
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cellent work at this house. was totally
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