Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-09
'CLARENCE" pLEASES
PLAYHOUSEPA!RONS
Booth Harrington Comedy with
Original Cast Provides Rare
Dramatic Treat.

In the natural course ot events mosI oi
,h, <ev Work plavs of note come To W IT.
n,n,ton the, successes taking some time
anJ tho nnp-s,lrresSCs somewhat less III
making the Journey. and not always pre-
sentlng the same people who created '''c
roles ,..,
\, Uoo,h Harrington and brought out
a %cnr agn. has Just com" to The faN-
hons, stage. but with tn" original cast rs
"A consolation for the delay
The cffcrVcscencc nt sparkling drink
.bauraguc for instance i only dimiN
,ouVrvcd hv dCscriptloa, and the Spath'
al th,s comedy can only hc iullN appre
c,atcd hN lts absorption through eye anu
ear Nualvsls fails Ia justify the iorc' "l
tn. effect produced. Tor instance on S''h
an spdirucr .,s was moved To continuous
and sometimes uucoutrollabic taush''i
nj The PLAY houS,' last night
In Its essential structure the play could
NOT ~, otherwise than american, tor no
Whrr,, else IN 'hc world could Toe por-
tr.y,.d tho successful business man VINO
!. nusucc.. -ful IN mauaCpg hlS TWO
children. hoy AND girl III thtlt eat'N
tsr,~ IN hl~ attempts ~ regulation ne
r.,,,,cs uo help from thcT stcpmoth'r'
Nlal,.4> volatile as they II may !" N'is-
n,ctrd that i STRAIN of the ultra romant ic
b.S reached the household through HN
muster ~ III events IN" action tlndS them
~ e>ccptiuc him. as ready 10 weld to
mating inuclc> as ily paper ~ dct9in tl's-
ptii The ,atalvscr uf tn" turhld situation
!. iougd quite ACCIDENTALLY, ~ the person
81 + retired and naturally rciturg w'at't
i thr \ L + khaki. who : cr"dItcd hN
,H and ~lrdr, with knowledge Fl 'll sun
pris from craps 70 crvpioErans' 81
Ill. ~'rcuCth of hemg mn cN-arnN man
Tine worried father i a,rnrahN u"h,
II laht Flood IIlS son, RohhW, IS htteo
5mi,rtc, ~ Clcnn Hunter, and M
4a,ebt,- tora IS almost equally coz
0e,l,r rs mo hands and person " iol;
usrp,r M, difference oi degree hrinl
....h dine ~ the f4ct that the hov com
rl\ bcinr ~Implcr. is more easily pu
than the g.rl complex The -Ihtietl
observation ,i The author Is the out
ing thinc. and il i difficult L
n4rtu, ths' any 'Vu more competent
t,tan,,rts could hc found
Thr dufTy tcpmothcr with her owl
,Hg'Di romance ]. charmIuGN prcSente'
charlnnc Nary Boland, and l'hoeh'
lester rlcnle thv folbl"S 81 femInlmt1
vstl Tho severity nl the govcrncss u
uutc Iu,f proportions
Tpr nlld AMI tho hatlcr are two vel
cH4rsctr 41cl bits hN Ngncs tmdla'
trl Rgslow land. and William Loren
dae, ,hr small par; u the vlllalnouS graS
Il loWcr wth capable success. ans
Sgfauu,. N,stfarl Is ett"ctlVc a. the mag
mates private secretary
Ihc name part u Clarence Is repute'
IS have been written % ~ NIircd Lunt
Ula i certainly fitted fer Il hy phySlqu,
ana p,r~onalr1 Made n hero by th'
chlircn. after the manner 81 'th
regrcdv man II Rylcv. he i accepted 2,
the rest 81 the household n an lnmai
IN much the same terms. through IN
adaptahIlitv which ranges from repalrin
the heater through tuning the piano VIII
Az automobile wrcnchto settling point
n the code " honor and Of etiquette fo
Rnhh, In tic end he wins all hearts %
could Il he would and finally reveals M
IDENTITY which he readily would hav
done before had i occurred tn anNon
a. impure lntoIt
TIL, author work was instantly &C
claimed when the play was produced. a
bclng almost 81 Great American Coined
calihre ana the opportunity 1a sec i .
home. instead n aftcr pilgrimage Is on
for which 'hc Wilmington public shoui
81 grateful - The Playhouse manage
men' ~ Well ~ apprcciative by II
attendance On The three remaining PEI
iormanceS Ton Cht and tomorrow n ght an
matinee.