Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-03
HARDY ACTOR TAKES
INTENSIVE TRAINING
Henry Duggan, of "Wanderer"
Company, Makes Nine Costume
Changes Every Night

ooo NJ the hardest working actors In the
or,d has been discovered right here In
,.,s citv playing one Of the important roles
=, "The wanderer" at the metropolitan
onsra House. In fact, he plays Two OF
,hrea or four roles. and he glories III II.
r,,.Isss Henry Duggan is simply a bear
,or work. He ought to draw four or hVe
a,oerent salaries. but he doesn't SIMPLY
.,oo,se genius is seldom adequately re-
wardcd
IN the first act Mr.. Duggan comes on as
o ,..pherd. It is his duty to ook atter
,hsep. see that they don't fall on the rum
NAV. to keep them away from the goats
and guide them across the stage. the mo-
r,ent he is out of sight behind the scenes
with the sheep Mr.. Duggan makes QUICK
oha,ge TO n harvester and comes on later
,r the same act when Charles Dalton, as
,.oder Of the crowd, brings in the harvest
He has to carry two big bundles OF hay up
the runway sixty feet high and then walk
down the intricate path in view OF the audi
spce without letting foot slip, which
might plunge him and the two bales OF nay
N the stage sixty feet below.
The third appearance of henry Duggan
.or,es in the next act. He appears as a
eay loiterer of Jerusalem, whose specially
is 10 lump into the tank of real water at
a certain moment. swim around Tor a rev
minutes, come out dripping wet and then
run to his dressing room to dry OF. rev
moments later nc has, to make s fourth
appearance, this time padded with false
stomach to make him appear much older
than he Is Now he is Barzil the collector
of taxes for King Solomon This is the
first speaking part of the evening, although
he has been on the stage already three
times during the play
After the scene with Jethcr, old Tax Col
lector Barzil quietly slips off into the wings
The moment he is out of ght Mr.. Duggah
rus 'uicl; 10 his dressing room. He takes
of the false stomach. puts on white W g
and white beard and the flowing white robes
of the prophet who has to denounce the
reyelers in the house Of frivolity. Within
two minutes Mr.. Duggan appears as the
prophet, properly curses the revelers and
threatens them with the div ne vengeance
and makes his exit. Instantly he runs back
10 his dressing room, puts on the false
stomach of Collector Barzil, changes the
white wig for another and comes on for
the gambling scene where he has to de-
nounce Jether for cheating with false ce.
This makes his sixth distinct entrance in
the play
Nneu the gambling scene is over. Barzil
again making his exit and once more Mr
DuEgan runs to the dressing room to make
up as the prophet for the final scene in the
storm where he has TO invoke the wrath of
God upon the hapless "outh. The curtain
falls with Mr. puggan posing as the
prophet. his seventh distinct scene in the
play
One might think Mr.. Duggan had worked
hard enough for one performance, but not
so Again he becomes a harvester for the
la at a"d later in the same scene ne APP
pears Is a water carrier, making nine dis
cha - for him daring the play
i' course Ne 'sr" E'i'ott Com took and
Gf could simplify thing by engaging sew
era actor to do the e different roles. bu
NJ Duggar "ay that he wants to keep In
go1 my '"a' o.@'''o' ny hard work arC
he hates beirg die So all the other under
studies let y ~ 20 Z