South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-03-11
Oriental Play is
INTELLECTUALLY
Liberal Audience

omar the Tentmaker" brought
its touch OF the orient and its phil
osophy OF Omar Khayyam 10 the
oliver theater last night. and re-
peated Gals. resulting after the sec
ond act in a curtain speech by Guy
Bates Post. who played the part OF
the philosopher. indicated that the
play was well liked and appreciated
~ the local theatergoers.
Few efforts Of the master OF stage
craft were misdirected in staging
the play The open setting. show
ing Persian garden, and later the
ascent Of the moon, made a stage
picture that could not be forgotten.
Again In the second act the spirit OF
Omar is shown in its flight for the
true happiness boy unique arrange
ment Of stase settings and lighting
effects
Omar's philosophy plays the
prominent part in the production.
Three acts. a prologue and an cpl
logue carry the story from start 10
finish Il tells of the love of Omar
for a woman, who, robbed OF the
right TO love. takes to the cup Of
wine. His theories are held BIAS
phemies, and ne is condemned 70
die.
He is saved by the new vizier, who
was in his youth a fellow student of
Omar. The flight Of Christian. the
devotion Of the slave Of Omar's.
Omar's dreams and his poems and
sayings are blended together in an
interesting manner and woven
around the love story in such way
as 20 make the play one that holds
the attention from the opening cur
tain 10 the epilogue.
one feature was the lack Of any
serious attempt at comedy. Omar's
sayings were often witty and along
humorous lines, but the straightfor-
ward dialogue held sway through
out the play They were sufficient
10 hold the audience. and made the
evening one that was satisfying.
Mr.. Post made an entertaining
Omar. and he was ably assisted 10y
a well-balanced cast. The rendition
of the lines called for more thar. the
usual ability TO enunciate properly.
and while this was not perfect at.
all times, there were few flaws no.
ticeable
The east was composed of.
The Prologue.
Imam Mowaffak, teacher of the holy
word of the prophets. Romaine
HaHm Omar Khayyam. Hasan Ben
Sabah, Nizam. his students-Guy
Bates Post. William r. Randall,
Gerald Pring.
The Nintner-George Foster
Adam, an Eunuch Ferrash-J. a
Osborne
Emissary of the Shah - Augustus
Post
Mahruss. little son Of Zarah. a Bed
ouin slave-Herbert A Pratt
Shireen, a daughter of Imam
Louise Grassler.
Sarah. a Bedouin woman, slave in
charge of Shireen -- Carolyn
Aackay
Vahde Sultan-Edith Holt.
Majnun-Majnun himself.
The Play.
Nizam-ul- Mulk. the new Nizier-
Gerald Pring.
Hasan Ben Sabah Governor of
Naishapur who leads the Assas-
sins William r. Randall.
Omar Khayyam. The Tentmaker'
Guy Bates Post
MahrUss, Omar Bedouin Ferrash-
John Gribner.
Little Shireen. a daughter of Shir-
cen of the Mabel Elmer
son.
The Evil Banou, a woman who rules
the desert band of the Assassins-
Louise Grassler.
The Christian Slave, a captured Cru
sader-Milano Tlden.
The Potter. q lookout for the AS
sassins-Paul Webster
The Decoy OF the Assassins, who
pretends blndness-Geo. Sessions
A Drunken Victim of the Assass ms
Clarence Bellair
Madam a guard of the Assassins--
Lo-is Renhart
The Nudjtaheid internreter of TIE
Holy Law-Augustus Post.
The Water Seller \ Osborne.
The Muuah. the Mudtfaheid's As
sistart-Selmar Do0oine.
The Eodja of the Mudjtaheid-James
West.