New Britain herald., 1919-07-01
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Cormicar Players Are Good in "The Heart of Paddy Whack"
(Vritten by Herald RevieWer)

Ths Cormican Players first per- Torrance of Chauncey Olcott's fam ous success, "The Heart of Paddy Whack," at the Lyceum theater last evening was of such quality that Y certainly augurs well for the box AZ flee reports during the remaindy ' Eff \ the week. The members of thA D. Many were all well cast kneM1g \r lihes sa tisfa ctorily, succeeded in fffif- ta ting the rich Irish brogue necessary for\thes proper interpretation of the lineA and, in brief, gave a most pleas ing krformance.
 sHTheHeart of Paddy Whack' is too well knoNn to theatergoers to need much of a eTfeew In brief, it deals with Dennis O'Malley' nlcknameo oy Mona Carn, hS Waro' raooy Whackn o,Ma11e1 in order that the girl shall have evefy joy in lfee, does not tell her that it IS HIS own nara earned money that }n n0ih6 opeit o'i her education, but les 'iel 'i'lhk It IS a legacy left her by Si l"'ier' 1here are various other side hheS to the piaV which give it the netS'oS' elo'iieii'S of interest. In the ?iio' however, Mona spUrns the marl"Se olAef ol Lawrie Limerins, scio3 ol '" wealthy family, and becomes tt0 LII loe ol heI benefactor in what 10 "eplc'eu throughout the entire play aS true love match.
 Honors for charactt. ao'ihS last evening are pretty WI "iVloeu' put posSib bly, Nina C. Gler9oil' GUS hlluSel O'Reilly, maid of a3 "oih' i"u 77 difficult and lengthya part "S any. She handled it well, l.eEe' ol'Ce lolSot her brogue and resa5 s"'o Ct very clever exhibition oN'iiS E.. Nioi'' F'ortesque, as Miss k" se'i ct iSiiii s' Spinster wit h matri i1i''i ueoiSha oil O'Malley. also did Iei ei'" h1a ""i o Lynch, the leading nf,'' "s Deiil'iS O'Malley is cast bettergi giis "eeh liaii in any of the shows ip "hleii 'le ile'9 appeared. He does hi part III all aSr.,. M cellent manner and glwF .;,,ors sav- 8 pleasant surprise whent'u a n1eas- eral Irish songs. He posse', ,o,e of ing voice and in the diff ,au His an aetor-singer he doesL pi+ of rendering Of Just a Litt 1oas,ne Heaven was particularly of anira- Ethel Van Waldron put loR iTs+ as ton into her work and wax ,.or nre- charming as she has been iN, imerins
  vious plays. As LaWrie \, ,,,no, James Corm1can olo well III ais fatV part, and as Squire Limering, - CT, J. K. Hutchinson was VefHnood taking off the part of the blKe o1d squire in good style. Miss Jo Saxe did well in the minor part ae M; chael, d peasant boy, and playihr wit h l her was MaribeI Seymour, cha, a+or | izing a feeble old woman, 96 ye6 rs old 1 She did this we'll. The humOf r 4,,o play centered about a Quarte. , 1 posed of MT. and Mrs. O'Ds 1 ''oiSe .,auo' '''>' ,T:t; Hby Err l Nlile Al'ie' ol e''u ct,s. pollman 1 and MT. and Mrs. McGinnls, pI4uoa h, l Desmond Gallagher and MariV1 co, | mour. Each of these took the aar+ o4 1 the roush lrlS'i peas"i,,' 'u' "o hurine l the past le" "eeN9' ''0 Is fol 1 clitlat'ei '"o''i9 VI '''' went tC ! MT. Alderson.
 New Britain theatergoers Vii f,d l "rhe Heart of Paddy Whack, :, ,>1, l that will interest and amuse to,r, , l will find that the players haV hoo,, ,o { lected with care. The sehngs orc l also good. This week shn1a r,a,,o | the banner week of the seero, thu, 1 far On July there will ta a cracio1 l matinee but, contra to tn A ho1iday 1 mauneeS oi tue P''' '' %ill be no l change Ill p'lceS """ '7'' Nfternoon 1 prices will be charged.
 l Next week the Cormlcan3 p1,v.rs ] will attempt their first ref1 l,,, l drama or tue 9e"7",' pon Clay ] in which Jane COWl starr d fo, couple of seasons.
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