The Washington herald., 1920-07-05
sA.bert-Garriek .Geed Night.

| - % Nurse..
| As Indicated by its name, Good
Night. Nurse" playing the shubert-
Garrick this. week. sisf comedy of
1.-THE excaiama tory variety. not to say
Iexpeltive The climax overwhelm-
inEiy threads on the heels OF the
situation. thrilling so closely that the
nerves Of the audience are. shredded
to the consistency of breakfast food.
The combination of.a too fair nurse
and a too late good night" triA to
form. Is responsible for, series of
consequences that include. divorce,
indigestion, nervous prostration ana
the playwright extricates the char
acters OF the play from the situa-
tions brought on when a. pretty
nurse essays the. role of Iife- saver 10
q camounaged correspondent who
has takens to his bed as the only
refuge from pursuing fate and law
yePs.
Reginald jay IS one of the men
who indite burning epistles to his
t1ove and then regrets bitterly thar
he was ever taught to, write In
this ease. eginaid.s played by Mall
colin Fassett, finds that IL is hut, a
line or two from correspondent to
correspondent. in spite of the fact
that he was just pIatonic friend
with penchant for calling Mrs.
Constance Weems. played by Su-,
zanne Jackson, his "loyey-doyey
honey bunch" and such like tender
terms and signing himself "your
tweedledums." Then the mis-named
Constance insists that Reginald an
pear as witness in her divorce
suit. Ii he doesn't, she saws that
she will flourish his numerous
"tweedledum" letters under the
nose of Mr.. Weems. In this dread
full situation. Reginald feels that he
Is very sick man and takes 10 his
bed which proves no refuge from
subpoenas specialists.
The only ray OF sunshine in the
situation Is his golden headed nurse
who takes his temperature with one
hand while he holds the other. with
court writ from Constance hang
ing over him and an official physi-
clan appointed to examine him. IL
is decided that the only way to pro-
tect Reginald is to really make him
sick. While discussion of the rela-
tive merits OF small doses of pto-
maine. stryehnine and belIadonna
are being discussed. the official doc
tor appears on the scene. II IL were
not for Reginald's beautiful nurse
all would be lost. But she rises to
the situation nobly. and by bestow-
ing one single thrilling kiss upon
him causes heart palpitation
which results in his case being diag1
noscd as one OF extremt danger.
likely to result fatally upon the
least excitement. From there IL is
easy going to the wedding bells.
AS the luckless Reginald. whose
fortune finally turns, Malcolm Fas-
sett Is very effective. showing an
apt turn of comedy that brings out
the full value of every line he de-
livers and gets a laugh whenever
the business or dialogue offer an ex-
cuse for IL. Anne Morrison's charm
ing personality and good acting
combine to fill the role of the beau
! tiful nurse in a manner that hardly
can be criticised. Everett Butter
held and John o. Hewitt are a pair
Of comedy physicians whose en-
tanglement in ReginsId's illness Of
fer fair field for much unre-
strained funmaking. while J.. NJ
Bell, playing the government spe-
cialist. who is outwitted by the
pretty nurse, lends an air of over
shadowing dignity to his part
Suzanne Jackson portrays the tickle
Constance with much verve and the
remainder of the cast contribute
strong characterizations that round
out the production most satisfactor-
lily.