The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-20
GEORGE COHAES NEW FARCE
get RTCH QUICK WALLING-
FORD rs GOOD.
\ Breexy sketeh Of the Reid and smooth
PrOmoter VINO Unexpectedly Turns
Honesa-A RAey study % American
Lne-rhe Audience We'll Pleased

| Lho-The Audience We'll Pleased
George NJ. CohAns new farce Get
| Rich-Quick wallingford' was produced
last night at the Gaie,y Theairs and
achieved ono 81 those first night successes
dear to Broadway and to the theatrical
managers heart. The delightful feature
Of the occasion was the deServednsss %
/ the Success. This farce - good one IL
/ is we'll made, IL IL clean. n is intrinsIcally
American and il il funny IL was well
acted and the audience received IL with
Thanksgiving. for a really good farce ia
something for health.
A good deal of critical COMMUNICATION
has been wasted on this same George NJ.
! Cohan without doubt he Is neither a
Shakespeare nor Clyde Fitch. II he
were either the one or the other he would
not think of taking one Of the typical
American get rich quick swindlers a.
his hero. There was once upon time q
playsmith named Charles Hoyt. and he
alsn was neither Shakespeare nor Clyde
Fitch Nevertheless he made some ex-
travagant hut very pointed fsrces on
certain phases 81 American life. and II Ia
did not exactly hold the mirror up to
nature he produced pungent and sug-
gestive caricatures.
This child Of Broadway. George VI
Cohan, il in a certain manner a member
Of the dramatic school Of Hoyt But ~
sticks closer TO nature and has somew hat
more regard for the probabilities. There
IL much that il improbable In last night
play, but there IL much more that cuts
unpleasantly close tn the core Of that
mighty truth that there IL a victim born
every minute.
WdHiHpford - no dream He is known
10 the newspaper offices and also 70 the
District Attorneys He PUSHES into
town and forms a stock company 10 manu-.
fscture something which he invents IN his
fancy upon the spur Of the moment. He
talks beautifully and opens wine The
admIrlng cultivators oi hay seed hand
him their money on silver trays. He
Uses Il TO buy real estate options. He
projects trolley line. The town booms
Then he gets ready 10 clean up. He soils
real estate at profits IL 100 or SDO per cent
And then comes the CharminRv i'm
probable part ~ Mr. Cohan's play. for
It is a play after all. The trolley franchise
- bought by real traction CpmpRny
and the swindlsr finds himself suddenly
rIch and honest, Furthermore some one
demonstrates that IN. cloth covered
carpet tack can really 10 manufactured
and another r"ports more orders for j,
than a factory could all m a year Tho
SwIndler and his pal anp transformed
into honest men and the benefaCtorS 81
the town. They marry The girls they have T
fallen IA love with and settle down -
become respectable citizens. N sounds .
like n dream
Rat when Won SEQ II presented IN CohAn = I
rafting, breezy fashion u seems a. II % .
ma ht almost he true. and at any rate ~ .
is the best sort Of fun To ait comfortably .
IN your orchestra chair with your money q
all safe m the bank and see those other I,
fish bite
Mr.. Cohan's farce moves with the
CohAn swiftness. Il IL crowded
with somewhat rude. bur none the less
honest sketches ~ American character
IL " well supplied with smart and anus
lnE hnea. II aboUnds IN rough vet ef-
fecttve action. IL treats with point a
phase OF life in this material age In
Dther words u fills tho requirement 81
a good comedy in thar IL -Chastise man
ming OF good fun which a broadway 1t roller
can ENJOY and which even high brow
need not d~spise. II ought To have "A
long and pru~farOus career.
There - not = badly acted Tart m II
and therefore praise must ~ limited
Hale Hamilton Invertebrates the get
rick quick Napoleon. and hi- acting H.
fllis - excellent as his pal Horace Ddr
Frances Ring ~ charming ~ Fannie
Jdspsr. the -tenographer who wins Hdi-
ling Ord's heart. and Grace GOodall make
q character Il Bssss us.rs. the head
waitress But all the others desc rye
and there ara too many
y them 20 he mentioned the morning
after. Get PiCh Quick Wallingford-