Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1913-05-02
Rem GREET PLAYERS
COMING THIS WEEK
celebrated English Actors VIII Pre-
sent the COMEDY of Errors" In
College Auditorium Saturday
Evening.

The College Lecture Course, which
has proven so popular this year, will
be brought to a close next Saturday
evening when the Ben Greet COM
pany will present Shakespeare
Comedy of Errors" probably the
most popular of all the plays the
Ben Greet company has presented.
Probably no company of players has
gained greater prominence than has
Ben Greet's company of 10 artists.
Their performance can be charac-
terized as an "al!-star" or a "no-star"
production, for no one of the 3 play
ers Is featured above the other, and
the work of all is of the highest or
der. The play will be excellently
given, for Ben Greet has trained the
players so that they blend together
perfectly in their work.
Who but the incompatible Shakes
peare could have written the delight
full drolleries and screaming fun of
the Comedy of Errors?" Shakes
peare's humor is as immortal as his
tragedy, because it comes out of the
depths Of the great heart of human
ity. In no play does he come so
perilously near the verge of ridicu-
lous and yet he emerged triumphant
No modern wit could write such a
play without tumbling headlong into
the absurd.
And decidedly the play gains by
the kind of presentation Ben Greet
has devised, or, we should say, re-
Vved. We go back to Shakespeare's
England and we see the play as the
immortal bard himself gave it, ex-
cept for the modern building, the
electric lights, and the women actors.
Not for moment is our attention
detracted from the lines themselves
There is no modern mechanical wiz
ardy to befuddle us. 1t is Shakes
peare himself, unadorned, unham-
pered by strained and tawdry pre-
sentation.
BY far the most remarkable feature
IN The Comedy of Errors" is the
wonderful doubles of the two Dro-
MOS played by Mr.. Percival Vivian,
and Mr.. p. Creighton Hale. They
are, as the saying goes, as like as
TWO peas. Both were born in Eng
land, both are the same age, bot
attended the same college and mad
not met for ten years until Mr.. Hale
Joined the Ben Greet Players last
september. They both wear the
same size collars, gloves, shoes, and
mats, both have light hair and have
fresh, fair compilations. Unknown
70 each other they have both played
me same parts In England, one be-
lore the other and the other before
the one, and they both heard of each
o'her Electrically in England for
many years though they little dream
eu tney were fellow collegians until
'ney recognized each other this sea-
son.
mr.. Vivian, Dromio of Ephesus, is
al actor of considerable experience,
having played between seventy and
eignty parts under Mr.. Greets man
asement alone, both in this country
and England.
mr. Greet whenever casting
onakespearian comedy always casts
Mr' vivian for the principal comedy
ioie. Mr.. Vivian comes of a pro-
iessional family and was, as Mr.. Hale
"as' born in the business. He has
appeared In very state in the union
win great success. Last season he
p'ayed prominent part in Leibler
COS. production of "Oliver Twist
- the Empire Theater, New York
oiV' Previous to that he supported
'lat great French star, Madam ST.
uione, who Is also under the Leibler
banner.
inese last ten years Mr.. Vivian
as devoted to Mr.. Greet's Shakes
pearian productions and Old English
ineoies. Mr.. Vivian has had the
nor TO appear, by Royal com mand
oarisbrooke Castle. He has also
slayed before President Roosevelt at
'ne White House.
mr. r. Creighton Hale, the young
esilshman who plays Dromio of
,'acuse. In "The Comedy of Errors, "
an actor of long experience and
through training in spite of his
ssa.n. He Is the son of an actor
h en known in England and was
0orn in the business.
ne made his debut twenty years
81 ~ IN Ireland as Little Willie In an
- star cast OF East Lynee. and has
on the stage practically ever