Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-04-19
PUPILS GIVE WONDER
Full PRODUCTION BUT ARE
A GREETED BY A SMALL HOUSE
so ENTHUSED THAT DEMAND
is MADE FOR ITS REPETITION
AT REDUCED PRICES.
(From Fridays Daily.)

at least sixty of the students at the
local school, certainly did themselves
proud last evening in the production
of "The Captain of Plymouth" a
neat little comedy in three acts, full
of rich comedy and catchy music,
Queen Zephre, with all its sparkling
scenery and gorgeous costumes, did
not excel the production of tThe Cap
tain of Plymouth" as far as acting
goes, one particle and the fact that the
students who have worked so hard
were not greeted by larger audience
is the only drawback and criticism
that can be made Of the amateurs who
furnished program that had many
a professional aggregation wiped off
the boards. "The Captain of Ply
MOUTH is deserving of the patronage
of every citizen in Devils Lake, but
because only few of the real live
ones appeared at last nights perform
ance repetition of the program has
been announced, giving a chance for
those who felt "clammy" about the
talent of amateurs chance to make
good by attending this evening, the
prices having been lowered to fit al
most every pocketbook.
Future Entertainers.
To tell all the good things about the
production would take an enormous
amount of space. Home talenters are
deserving of more criticism than the
average road show. Their work is
harder and the efforts they put forth to
please should be commented upon or
even criticised, for in the weakness of
the various parts all can gain lessons
of improvement and the critic can see
in the production Of "The Captain Of
Plymouth that Devils Lake is to he
favored by more such performances,
given by the same talent, the future
entertainers of the city.
Miss RiordAn.
OF the young ladies, of course Pris-
ella carried off the honor roll, playing
difficult part, with an over abund-
ance of music and more lines than the
average leading lady of Ia musical
comedy has been required to master.
Miss Riordan, who IS not new to the
Devils Lake stage, handled her part
in an exceptional manner. She lived
her part and was very much at home,
more so than in any of her other parts
which she has favored Devils Lake
audiences with as member of the
O'Callighans, or in the cast of Queen
Zephra. Miss Riordan sang the Spin
ming Song with wonderful effect while
her leads with the several grand ensem-
bles stood out wonderfully in contrast
with the voices of the younger pupils
of the stage.
Pearl Webster.
Miss Riordan, however, was not the
only one among the young ladies who
put vim into the performance and
made it the hit that it was. Katonka,
an Indian Princess, played by Pearl
Webster, while not so many lines were
required, had the real difficult portion
of the play. Character acting, such as
she had to portray, having the manner
isms of an Indian, showed that she had
given some study to the part and &C.
complished wonderful results. Her
every action was perfect and her enun-
citation was clear and distinct, an un-
common feature among the Indian cha
racters, even the professional numb
ling their words to great extent. Her
song with +he Captain showed that she
had perfect confidence of her part and
great applause greeted her at every
appearance.
Mary Henzie.
Mary Henzie played the American
girl, and being true American type
herself, lent all that could be asked
OF the part. Her voice, probably not
as strong as some of the others, prov.
ed indeed accompli he'd in the rendi-
ton of "There's Nothing to Do But
Chat" with the sextette of Plymouth
daisies, who showed grace in movement
and harmony of voice in what was a
difficult undertaking. Miss Henzie had
striking stage appearance and in thu
ensemble Of three acts in which she
appeared she showed remarkable tai
ent.
Arthur serumgard.
Forgetting the young ladies, howeve
and returning 10 the rich comedy
which after all, is the main stay t.
the production of "The Captain o
Plymouth Miles standish, the par
played by Arthur serumgard stand
out prominently, and he fitted the com
Z edy role as no other member couli
Arthur might equal DeWolf Hopper, i
fact DeWolf did not have as good
start as he has, while for rich coined
dancing, Montgomery & Stone had NJ
master the two-step at the age {
the young comedian who played Nil.
y Standish. He was wonderfully liz
Caesar, as far as nerve was concer
ed and rather seemed to delight
putting over his many witticism
which were "puns" that were f:
from being shop-worn. His coined
singing was always feature, the on
criticism to be made being that he WI
there all the time, even adding son
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