The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1914-05-23
JUNIOR CLASS IN PLAY
University Students Please in Pro-
ductiOn of Trelawney of the
Wells Last Night.

1t is to be regretted that the very
inclement weather should have pre-
! vented many persons from attending
last evening at the university auditor
| ium the presentation by the junior
| class of that very enjoyable comedy,
| Trelawney of the Wells. The cast,
which included II persons, was well
chosen, and number of the students
displayed unusual insight into the
| characters they depicted and more
than ordinary skill in their consistent
and careful performances. The pleas
ureNof the audience, though great, was
somewhat marred by the fact that the
play, began at so late an hour and by
the frequent failure of the cast to
carry on the play with spirit and
dash. There was an effect here and
there, particularly in the last act, of
dragging and of heaviness which the
energy and spirit of some members
of the cast could not entirely correct
But these defects we're minor matters
and will be forgotten long before the
many admirable bits of character
drawing and the effective reading of
lines.
Miss Beth Soulen looked extremely
pretty, especially in the first act, and
her performance as Rose Trelawney,
although not equal to that of Every
man was highly creditable. Miss
Soulen shows constant improvement
in both manner and speech which are
now entirely natural, and the greater
maturity of her mind has this last
year invested her acting with marked
and sympathy.
Miss Lisetta Lubken as Avonia Bunn
a second rate actress, surprised the
audience by her undoubted talent for |
acting, little of which was known be- |,
fore. She caught exactly the spirit Of |
the character she was portraying and |
was never guilty of destroying illus
ion. Miss Pitcairn's capital makeup
and her clever acting which had in it
a real touch of comic genius made
excellent of very small
part Miss Dorothy Taylor, and Miss
Audrey Carr were we'll made up and
lid their parts we'll. Miss Brown was
very much at ease, read her lines we'll,
ind looked pretty and stylish. Miss
Dorothy Ellis and Miss Hester Petit
ohm looked well and played their
,arts satisfactorily. Seth Freer had a
lifficult role as the testy old Sir Will
am Cover, which he played with
mercy and good effect. L. F. Stone,
s the neglected, unappreciated but
ender hearted playwright, gave good
resentation; Jod M. Pond rendered
is pompous toasts with genuinely
urlesque effect; Arthur Jardine was :
we'll cast as the slow,
and gentle lover of Miss
relawney; William Gowan gave a
ood picture of man drilled to be
to the domineering lord;
ay Cammack was dashing and hum
rous Augustus Colpoys; Oliver Mis-
ct as Charles showed a clever mas
ry of cockney accent; Paul Peter ( N
IN and H. G. Nuffer perhaps carried :
the honors for the men in the cast.
uffer was clever enough not to over
, his part, constant temptation for
and Peterson showed ability
at will be we'll worth cultivating.
The general effect of costumes and
things would be much better if d
ere were any good interior scenery M
r the auditorium stage. The pres h;
t scene is far from satisfactory. The OF
lor scheme is very bad, and the bf
deous pillars painted on the walls T.
e both inappropriate and inartistic. to