The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-16
THE MUSIC MASTER" TONIGHT
BY George Herman In the Baptist
Church.

Following are few extracts from
one of the many hattering press no
tees that have been given George
Herman who appears at the Baptist
church tonight in a monologue of
THE Music Master" 80.
ANY club is fortunate If able to Sc
cure the services of George Herman
for an evenings entertainment.
Such was the unanimous opinion of
all who had the extereme pleasure of
hearing his dramatics presentation
on Wednesday evening before the
Fortnightly club. This session of the
organization was particularly devot-
ed TO Guest night" as It is termed,
signifying that every member of this
seasons course was at liberty to in
vite guest to attend. By eight
o'clock Music Hall was an interest
ing scene. Every seat in the hall
had been appropriated and those
who came in a few seconds later
were obliged to stand throughout
the reading. The writer believes
that the hall has never before exper-
fenced such large audience.
Those who had read previously The
Music Master" were wondering what
one man could do with the story and
others who had seen the play staged
and the leading role taken by David
Warfield almost doubted that Mr..
Herman could be able to produce
dramatic reading, which would be at
all satisfactory However on the
strength Of his having had good
press notices, the Bath people turned
out in large numbers. They re-
turned home speaking only in the
highest terms of the dramatic pro-
gram.
Those who had seen Warfeld
said that the theatrical production
was fine, but that in several ways the
reading by Herman was more salts
factory.
AS a theatrical piece Mr.. Warfield
was the whole show. The parts taken
by many others of the cast were as
sumed by Germans, whose dialect was
at times almost impossible to follow
In Wednesdays program Mr. Herman
was excellent not only In his role of
Anton Won Barwig but in every other
impersonation as well.
His female parts were cleverly done
and he handled every character in a
wholly different manner, so that the
various members of the cast we're cas-
lily distinguished
Miss Houston the manager of the
boarding house was there and the or
chestra consisting of Pinac, Poons and
INico, appeared at various times.
Schwartz the secretary of the Anal
gamated Musical Association appear
ed. Helene was wonderfully repres-
ented and his impersonation of Cruger
was very good. Ryan, the delegate
of the Brickmaker's Union was not
left out and Jenny, the niece of Miss
Houston with whom Poons falls in
love was quite unlike the daughter
OF the music master.
IF the audience can forget themsel-
YES, the reader, or actor is making
brilliant success and this the spec
tators did many time on Wednesday
night.
Undivided attention was accorded
the artist and his work was that of a
finished actor We wonder why he is
appearing before clubs instead of
choosing the stage for his profession.
His career would unQuestionably be
successful and he would be valuable
addition to the company of players
who have already chosen this line OF
art. The audience was moved to
tears and laughter throughout and the
speaker was greeted by one of the
most responsive gatherings ever held
in the Shipping City. He was handi
capped by the small amount of stage
space and the lights were not all that
could have been desired. However
Mr. Herman graciously overlooked the
difficulties and lamps were obtained
to give the effect of footlights, while
several members of the audience vol
unteered in helping to raise the plat
form to more desirable height. Per
haps some day the City of Ships car
furnish better accommodations for hei
out of town guests. We will live il
hopes at least. The men, who were
present at this dramatic recital were
proud of the fact that Bath has a lit
erary society, which Is able to intro
duce such a man as Mr.. Herman. i
was one of the finest treats Bath has
ever seen in the dramatic line. A
the conclusion of his program, he wal
given prolonged applause. Now Bath
ties are wondering when we shall
ever be lucky enough to have Mr.
Herman visit town again. We al
hope the time is not far distant"