The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-21
POLL Il PLAYERS IN
 R0LLICKING FARCE
COVER NIGHT' CREATES MERRT MENT GALORE WHEN ABLY PRESENTED BY CLEVER
 COMPANY. N

That rollicking farce "Over Might. which made New York laugh for a whole season. is being presented by the Fod Players this week. Lauafrer relgned supreme last nf9ht and if looks .ass if the show will be, ones of tne seasons biggest successes. The farce -iss built upon a slender plot but the details are so cleverly sworked ont s that the interest is sustained. until
 The plot concerns the trials anf, tribulations of two honeymoon cou- pies who embark on a Hudson River boat. MT. and Mrs. Richard Kettle the newlyweds. They are billing and cooing at reckless speed when Percy leaves the boat to send a telegram and Mrs. Kettle leaves to do an er- rand. The boat starts before they re- turn and therefore Mrs. Darling is tie. who is mollycoddle sort of a chap. s, From that point the complications begin. Other passengers on the boat think Mrs, Darling and Kettle are newly married couple and overwhelm them with practical jokes considered funny on such occasions. They leave the hoat at the next stop but cannot leave town by boat or train until the sEoliow1ng morning. They are some what embafrassed when 1t comes to sregi6tering at the hotel but in order lis wiser to sign as MT. and Mrs. fKet- tie.
 :s In the meantime Mrs. Kettle z and Darling, who have caught the next tboat, aEzd4e at tneg saThe tnMR and .appear at the same hotel. They also finally sign as MT. and Mrs. Darling. The funniest scenes Of the play take place in the hotel and last nights audience roared with glee. The sit-- uatipn isn't cleared up until just be- fore the flnalj curtain. N
 Miss Blanche. Hall. the faForite leading lady, has the part of Elsie Darling. She depicts the blushins bride in just the proper manner. Tn her scenes with Kettle, particularly the one in the dining room of the steamer, she scores heavily. In the final act when she makes pretty speeches to Kettle in an effort to de- ceive the two old maids into think ing everything is all right, Miss Hall does clever work.
 George Arvine has a fine opportun- ity as Al Rivers the happy-go-lucky bachelor who is looking for rich wife.
 Thomas Moore made one of the big gest hits of his local career in the part or Percy Darling. He had just the proper amount Of swagger. When the suffragette wife of Richard Ket- tie tried to boss him Percy trampled all over her, much to the delight of the folks in front. Clarence Chase was clever in his impersonation of the rhen-pecked Richard Kettle and Mar euerite Starr was immense as Mrs. Kettle, the militant wife.
 James Devine, one of the best come dians of his kind. provoked lots of mirth by his efforts as Prof. Diggs, the German gentleman who gave hyp- notic performances. Devine was a scream.
 Jessie Pringle, who is a big local favorite, made her first appearance of the season, and was given warm re- ception. She is excellent in the part of Caroline Patchen, woman who always calls persons by their wrong name George Lemonier, member of tl1e original New York company. played his old part of the steward on the boat, and created fine impress sion. James U. Brennan was good as a flippanti hotel clerk. Other parts were taken by Miss Genevieve Cliffe. Louise Gilchrist and William Mac Auley.