Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-10-08
"Over Night" at Shubert's,
Puts Risibles to Sc
verest Test.
FUN THREADS UPON ITS
OWN HEELS THROUGHOUT
Never a Moment When Comic
Situation Gives Chance to
Seriousness.

"Over Night" Philip Bartholomae's
three-act comedy farce, this weekn
attraction at the Shubert Theatre,
can be summed up in a few words:
1t Is n continuous laugh from start
to finish. There is not a minute
from the time the first curtain is
raised that there is not a line or
a situation to bring laughter. On
many occasions during the rendi-
ton of the piece last night the roar
of the audience was of such volume
that 1t drowned out h lines dellN-
cred by the performers. Unless one
cares to laugh, and laugh heartily,
he or she had better steer clear oil
'over Night
Tho plot of the piece, which is more
developed than in most farces, con-
Germs the mishaps that befall two
young married couples who start on
their honeymoon trips on the day
line steamer Hendrix, bound up the
Hudson river to Albany.
Everything Risaue Avoided.
While this subject might seem TIC
many in the audience to tread at
LILIES Oh htiitdAO BtooiAt,
has carefully avoided any sugges-
lions of the risque. There is moth
ing In the piece at which one might
take offense unless it be that IT
| compels one to overexert himself In
laughing.
The interest naturally centres
around the four young newlyweds
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Kettle are Ola,
Of these couples, and MIR. and Mrs
Percy Darling the other. Mr.. Ket-
tie, rather small of stature and oil
brain power, has been waited upon
| from infancy and naturally depends
for everything upon his wife, who Is
twice his size and an ardent suffra'
gist. He dares not move nnles per
mission to do SO Is given.
The Darlings are directly oppo-
| site. Darling, who Is big and husky
has been used to having things his
| own way, and his wife, a diminutive
little creature, looks up to him to
look out for her.
The first act shows the deck OF
the steamer. Just before the boa
pulls out Darling discovers that h'
mas HtBitGttd " "a u
while Kettle finds that he has LEFT
his suitcase on the dock.
forced to Keep Up Deception.
Mrs. Kettle takes it upon herself
to bring back the suitcase, and, ac'
| companied by Darling, sets out iron
the boat. Naturally they miss the
boat. Then the fun starts. Kettle
and Mrs. Darling are pointed ou'
by the other passengers ON board as
the newly married couple, and to pre-
vent a scandal they are forced tc
keep up the deception. AT h frs'
| andine they leave the boat deter
mined to take the first train barf
TO Poughkeepsie. They find, how
ever. that they have been landed II
a small country burg and h a ther
Is no train out until the following
morning.
They are forced to take rooms fol
the night at the tavern. and mere
they are found by other passengers
of the BOAT on an excursion. Every
minute brings on new complications,
| so many. In fact, thai one loses trach
of them. But what does 1t matter
so long as they make for merrinleh'
| lust as one settles back in his seal
| fully expecting that the comedy mas
lust about ended, Darling n Mrs
| Kettle put in an appearance. For o
few minutes the comedy reisns r
| and fast until everything is finally
| explained and the play brought to q
happy ending.
Playing in Capable Hands.
Thomas Emory furnishes the bull
of the fun of the play in the role OF
Kettle. and has able assistance from
Miss Francine Larrimore as Mrs
Darling. and the remaining members
of the cast. Miss Larrimore has G
style of acting and u voice that are
ali her own, and she knows how tt
use them to bring about the pes,
| effect. In fact, 1t would be haro
IN determine whether Miss Larrimore
or Emory are responsible Tor the
most fun.
Ada stirlin, as Kettles suffragist
wife, and Robert Kelly, as Daring
were both delightful, bringing out
every telling point and taking ad-
vantage of every opportunity without
I'm the least overriding 1t.
The remainder of the parts are In
capable hands, which include Emily
Galloway, Francis j. Gillen, Florence
Carl. James T. Ford, Emile Nelson,
Lulu Konari, Clyde Hunneweli, SOL
Aitken and John Dillon.