El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-05-10
amateurs Give
Good Production
OfDaUid Ga7YiCk

To present an amateur performance
OF a Well-known play with such spirit
and vim. such fidelity to detail and
! with such keen appreciation OF the
fine points that the audience wishes
I Il were the opening instead Of the
Z closing production Of the season, may
Z be counted as a real and an unusual
] achievement Such an achievement
! sunday night presented David Car
I rick in community hall Of Temple Mt
D Sinai. under direction OF Joel Fried
/ kin. who played the title role.
] Mr.. Friedkin's professional expert
/ ence was evident throughout the en-
/ tire performance. It was particularly
Z noticeable in his own finished por-
I trayal OF the charming character Of
[ David Garrick. but his Influence was
I TO be seen in the smoOthness with
which the play ran its course. the
quick picking up OF cues. the remark
I ably clever working out Of stage
/ business" and the attractive costum-
ing. all Of which distinguished the
I performance from usual amateur ones.
support Good Throughout.
The support was surprisingly good.
Not only were the characters well
cast, but even the least OF them were
. interpreted in manner that left little
10 be desired The players displayed
an abandon. a freedom from self-cOu-
seriousness that enabled them TO ham
Z Situations. ranging from farce 10
comedy and 10 drama If there were
any OF the bitches usual TO such pro-
ductiOns. they were not evident 10
the audience Not a line was for
gotten, or II Ii was Il was covered
so skiIfully that no one was the
wiser. The stage is small and the
cast is large but there was no
avkwardness. In short. the play
merited TO the fullest degree the wsl-
come and the appreciation II received
from the capacity audience.
II one player is named as deserving
Of honorable mention. they must all
be Mr.. FriedSin's presentation was
undoubtedly the most finished and Il
required perhaps a greater versatility
were character parts But in Miss
Ruth Goodman. who played the sup
porting role OF Ada InEot. Mr.. Fried
kin was fortunate She was charm
ing. And what IS more, she depended
not on her personal charm as even
professional players do at times. but
she acted her exacting part with fine
discrimination and real understand Z
ing
Dinner Scene Pleasing.
Isidore Cohen as Simon Ingot was
good in = difficult role. His fnterpre- I
tation was a sympathetic one The /
audience enjoyed the members OF the I
dinner party. especially Mr.. Jones. ]
who suffered. as cleverly portrayed I
by Ralph Swat Miss Hilda Hess as .
Miss Araminta Brown. Miss Rose &
Grossblatt as Mrs. SMITH the mother I
OF seventeen children" and jerome 4
Lzpowski and Isidore Grossblatt as Alr.
Smith and Mr. Brown respectively
merit the highest OF praise.
Their Interpretations were finished
and most enjoyable. Alfred Hsrri-
sons Squire Dick Chivy was so good
that one wonders whether or not 2ir.
Harrison cOntemplates a stage career.
He certainly seems fitted for Il
julius Berg as Thomas. valet TO IngOt.
and David Zielonza as George, Car
rick's valet. were faithful in their
parts TO a degree which promises
them more difficult roles IN future
productions II
An attractive musical program was
given by Mrs. 3. N. Hollander and as
sociates and by Sidney Ridman- The
scenery. painted by NJ !. Sues. was
appropriate and charming
The presentation will be repeated J
II o'clock tonight Ed.