Evening journal., 1919-05-03
THE SAVING GRACE
DELIGHTS AUDIENCE
Cyril Maude Makes Hit in
Comedy at the
Playhouse
LAURA HOPE CREWS
PROVES DELIGHTFUL
mE PLANnOusE-cyrn lIaude b

1HE PLAiHOUsE-Cyrn Nlaudo In
The Saving Grace" thrce-act comedy
by C.. lladdon Chambers, presented by
Charles Frohman.
CHARACIERS.
Blinn Corbeit ............ cyril Maude
William Hogs. his manserant
stanley Harrison
Ripley Guliord ..... Edward Douglas
Mrs. Corbcit. Bllnn's wife.
Laura Hope Crews
susan Blaine. Mrs. Corbeits niece
Betty Murray
Mrs Gulford, nlpley's mother
Charlotte Granville
Ada Parsons. Mrs. Corbclts maid
Annie Hughes
"The saving Grace" which opened a
iwo-day engagement no hc Playhouse
last night. affords Cyril Maudc, "a
vehicle in which 90 Zoe his own, alto
sether delightful. English SELF The
famous actor found an appreciatNc
audience. quick 90 approve his mimi
table presentation of garrulous,
financially Impractical, oldish man,
whose saving sense ~ humor ana
lovable personality make lIfe a happy
and also n happy-go-lucky affair for
his family and servants.
Tho play is s0 real, and the supreme
ly satisfactory cast so Identified with
their strongly IndiVidualIzcd parts.
That the atmosphere of theatre and
stage vanished entirely. The audience
felt Ike goJd-naturcd friends invited
90 ON intimate view OF a Bit OF ram
ily lie.
Much or the excellence OF The play
was IN the wonderful ability OF the
all-star cast 90 interpret Che Keen
humor Of the finely written lines.
An Infection OF the voice, a change oi
facial expression when employed 10y
Cyrll Maude. had O wealth 90 humor-
Gus meaning lie had a thorouehly
English hero 60 present. o man who
adored his wife. but hated dcmonstra-
tion. and described her kisses as
always pecking at him, like a canary
4 hero who had served In the African
war and was trying Nalnly 70 over
come the age handicap 90 his being
commissioned in the world war. \
gullible hero. who lost cvory penny in
fake investments. but who was wise
enough 90 see that the young heir and
his daughter were not prevented from
marrying by the young mans mother.
lie was wise enough 90 sell a copy OF
his ancestors picture 20 "a munitioner
who didn't have an ancestor, OF course,
aud waited ono, yOu know
With masculine blindness, he takes
tho credit 20 himself when The army
commission finally arrives.
The sweetest wife in an The world
has obtained the commission by her
coaxing OF an old general. but she is
wise enough not lo undecive her nus
band. Laura Hope Crews as the wife
was perfect a darling AS could De
imagined. Miss Crews held every heart
In The audience I'm her pretty, white
hands. She never can ten whether
her husband is joking or IN earnest,
but that does not prevent her twisting
him and everybody else around her
little nngar.
Betty Murray was likewise perfect
dear as the pretty neice clever, deter
mined. and with a sense OF all That Is
funny IN human life
Edward Douglas was an undlluted
ioy in the part OF the English heir,
a mamma's boy who finally issues a
declaration Of independence from The
maternal lcading strings. lle was @
comedian Of the FIRST order. with every
move and word calling out hilarious
laughter from an audience, which fell
for him" unanimously. Ho was, in
fact upr0ariously funny.
Mrs. Guilford. the mother Of the
chappie. was well acted by Charlotte
Granville. Between You and Me-Or
IS II -" the "She-cat" scene between
mother" and the wife was a delicious
study Of femininity aroused.
Annie Hughes and Stanley Harrison,
as maid and butler were admirable in
their parts.
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