The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-01-31
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ne nuch-talked-about farce '.seveu
II1y1. which has been one OF the
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made ne 1rut 1ppearancerin this city.
Monday cvonioe. In the Detroit opera
houfe. Thanks 70 the. excellent ad-
ve;tislnG the piece has had there was
large audience Of eagerly expectant
folk whose Laughter was MS uproarious
and frequent as any which has hereto
tore erected the piece and its players,
Il would DE hard 70 relate a con
Lected story as 10 what Seven Days"
q all about. II Jumps from one Incl
ueDf 20 another with such rapidly
ana inc0nsequence that the onlooker
for8ets where Il began and whittier Il
was meant to wander, and gives him
sell up TO just laughter. One ridicu-
jouS situation follows another. each
more improbable than the one before.
put. as nobody ever expects Conference
or sanity in a farce anymore than IN
musical comedy. everything is for
given IN q general capitulation TO the
fun OF the thing.
Alter that tirod feeling which fol-
lows hysterical laughter has some
what worn on, Il is remembered that
IN the beginning, the Japanese butler
OF the Wilson household has been
taken from the house, supposedly SUE
ferIng from smallpox, although the ma
fure OF the ailment is unknown 10 the
Wilson's and their houseful OF guests
until they are quarantined. Jimmy
Wilson Is q rotund and gay blade OF
a youth, with q rich but Puritanical
aunt upon whose bounty he Is entirely
dependent. Aunt Selma arrives To
spend q few hours with Jimmy on her
way to Boston, and she, too, is quar-
aatined. Jimmie's wife, Bella. has di-
vorced him q few months previous but
the domestic trouble is unknown 10
Aunt Selma, so to Keep the old lady
In ignorance one OF the visiting wo.
mon agrees to impersonate Bella. This
might have gone through had not Bella
herself happened along and been quar-
nntined with the rest of them.
The quarantine party" consists or
Jimmy, Bella, Kit McNair, who impsr-
sonates Bella, Mr. and Mrs. Dallas
Brown, Tom HARRISON. In love with
Kit, Tubby McGi-k. burglar, and Po-
Iiceman Flanagan. The house Is sur
founded by a heavy guard and the
several attempts OF different members
OF the little coterie to break through
the quarantine, results In failure, OF
course, I'm order, to produce q situation
that means laughter for the onlooker.
The three acts take place In Jimmy's
den, the basement. kitchen and the
roof garden, three scenes that are
happily staged to provide just the
right atmosphere to carry out the
absurd incidents that 60 TO make UP
the farce.
The company concerned, In unfold
ing the combination of curious cir
cumstances," as the program calls IL,
are competent farceurs whose efforts
met with recognition from the large
audience, not only In the tribute OF
hearty laughter but In applause that
showed appreciation OF the difficult AT
uf being perfectly serious in order TO
be perfectly funny willard Louis
played Jimmy or Bubbles" as he was
Known to his friends; James Molony
was Dallas Brown; Harriet Worthing
ton, Mrs Dallas; Helen Cullinan, Kit
McNair; Claire Grenville, Bella: Ida |
Waterman, Aunt Selma; William 3 !
lyons. Tom Hay bison; Thomas j. Nc.
Malion, Policeman Flanagan, and Fred !
Cousins. the burglar, The latter Is
Que OF the funniest things about the |
farce although he does not utter a
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Seven Days" will stay all week fl |
the Detroit with matinees. on. Wed
nesday and Saturday David Belasco's
company. Of which Nance ONeil Is tho
leading member, In the drama from
the French, The Lily" viii be the I
attraction in this theater. the first |,
half Of next week. ,a $500. ,s-.},-
W ELLA NAE HAwTuoRNE