Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-06-09
BETWEEN The ACTS"
GWEN By SENIORS
ANNUAL HIGH SCHOOL CLASS
PLAY PlEASES LARGE
ODEON AUDIENCE.
CHARACTER PARTS ARE
WELL TAKEN BY CAST
Ben Goodale Scores Hit as Alexander
Observation-Disclosures Is Comedy Of
Many tudicrous Situations-Smooth-
ness Characterizes Acting Turnout
the Action Of the Play.

Smoothness chara cterized both the
acting and the production of the an
nual senior play. Between the Acts
presented at the odeon Thursday night
10 a large and enthusiastic audience
All of the characters were eNceliently
! drilled as 10 lines and acting, and the
entire presentation was free from,
a, bitches or awkward pauses.
3 Between the Acts" is a comedy in
three acts by B. l.. c. Grifiths. and is
of the familiar. Yet interesting, type IN
which every one gets terribly mixed
up, and then at last all is Stral gntened
! out.
Story Of the Play.
! Young Dick" Comfort, who thinks
: he can write plays. has a rich uncle,
Alexander Neander, who has promised
/ his nephew an allowance OF healthy
I proportions on condition that the
nephew remains in the state of single
blessednesS Al the opening OF the
play. however, Dick has already been
married six months. and naturally.
when he receives word from his uncle
that that individual Is coming for a
visit. ne is somewhat perturhed. He
gets rid OF his wife for the present.
and is trying 10 explain matters to
his uncle when George Merrigale. a
friend OF Dick, who knows of his mar
rage. arrives on the scene. While
the distracted Dick is trying to ar
range matters so that his uncle shall
not discover the deception, the uncle
trsf.
Cl5mentila Meander is coming. He
also adds the disconCertins inforIna-
ton that Mrs. Meander holds very
poor opinion Of her husband, and en-
joys pretending she does not even
know him.
With this setting. the main action
OF the play begins. and one rliN-up fol
lows another. poor Dick getting in
deeper all the time. Edith, his wife.
thinking he has forsaken her, and
Alexander and Clementina saying
mean things about each other, while
Harris. Dicks servant. Merrigale, and
sally, Mrs. Meander's maid. add to the
general confusion by mistaking various
characters for others. and getting
every one wildly excited. In the end,
all is Strengthened out, and naturally,
every one is happy.
Character Parts Good.
The masculine parts predoninated
in the play. and We're all in capable
hands. One Of the best character and
comedy parts combined was that OF
the uncle. Alexa nder Meander. played
by Ben Goodaie. The part Of the bluff
old man. inclined TO snap at most peo-
!, 10 h j-,s he Cl,,,ChzS
of his wife. was admirably portrayed.
and was thoroughly enjoyed and APP
preciated by the audience. Gerald
Gimre was good as the distracted
Dick. who had TO keep lying to get
ont Of one scrape, and then getting
into another. Gimre handled his long
part perfectly. Charles Peckham WAS
natural and unaffected as George Mer-
rgale. the friend who had to attire
himself in Il masquerade costume while
his own clothes were drying. Peck
ham had the familiar part Of the
Young man about town. who means
well. but who gene rally gets himself
and everyone else in bad" Peck
hams handling of the part was cap
able. Making the most of a minor
role. Robert Moscrip scored big hit
rs Harris. the English servant. who
was a trife dumb, and who became
sadly bewildered at the various turns
of affairs. His appearance on the
stage was generally provocative of
nirth on the part OF the audience. and
his soliloques on the mixed up condi-
ton of things were well delivered.
Patience Wallace and Rachel Patten,
z \
Comfort. respectively, brought out the