New Britain herald., 1919-06-24
5OD COMEDY AT
 LYCEUM 7HEA7ER
Nothing But the Truth Presented
 by CormiCan Players

The CormiCan Players in Nothing But the Truth" which opened at the Lyccum last evening, present a light farce that is one of the best on the American stage and is the one in which tho famous Willie Collier star red season or SO ago. "NOthing But the Truth is a clever little comedy, rich with humorous dialogue, amusing situations and funny antics. Yet it is not a play of the SlupStiCk variety. 1t deals with a young broker who is in business with the father of the girl he intends to marry. The young broker Bob Bennett played by Mr. Cormican. is long on tho ambition but short on the long green and when the girl of his dreams begS him to invest 10000 for her in such a way as to double 1t in a couple of days he accepts the task DuC Is at a loss to know how he will make good. Then ensucs an argument between himself, his prospective fath- er-in-law and two other friends as to the advisability and possibility of a person telling nothing but the truth. They make a wager that Bob will not find it possible to tell the absolute truth in everything for 24 hours and the $t0,000 wager is posted. The rest
 
 experiences in telling nothing but the truth. The first blow comes when Wall Streets most influential man calls him on the phone and inquires about a bogus mining stock that Bob's fathcr-in law-to-be is trying 10 un~ load, Bob tells the truth, 'It's rot ten.' From then on comedy reigns supreme. At another time Bob. a guest at his 1iance's home, is asked his opinion of the vocal ability of one of the young women guests. "I think her voice is torrible," he honestly replies, and adds insult to injury a few min utcs later by admitting that he thinks the hat Shc wears is "simply awful" In the end BOb's truthfulness wins he gets the $1C,000, which is doubled, ex- plains everything, smooths out the rufled feelings of those to whom he has told the truth and ends the play by telling a barefaCcd lie when he asserts that it was tho distinguished English bishop whom he saw lighting the chorus girls cigarette, and not his father-in laW-to- be, as was actually tho case.
 So much for the play. It Is a good one and should appeal to local thea tergoers. The opening performance however. uld not run quite as smooth ly as did that of '"The Brat," week ago. No great fault can be found with the acting, but it the players, or some of them, will spend a little more time in learning their respective lines, and if he prompter will wait until the player has actually forgotten the lines instead of prompting, sometimes when a stop is made for the purpose of eX- pression, the play will go better. There is little doubt, however, that those who see the Cormican Players in "Nothing But the Truth" this evening will witness a much smoother produc- tion than last nights and as the play CTS learn their parts accurately and by tonight they should have been able to do this patrons of the thcatcr will be assured of one of the best plays they would caro to see.
 Bob Bennett, who told nothing but the truth for 24 hours, is played by Mr. Cornl 'can. The man whose daugh- ter he is to wed. E. NJ. Ralston, is played by ]. k. Hutchinson who is well fitted for the part and he carries