Evening star., 1922-09-11
GARRICK-"Seventeen." "

The second week of Booth Tarking-
tons "Seyenteen,' as interpreted by
q very sympathetic cast at the Gar
rick Theater, attracted an unusually
large Sunday audience last night.
In spite of the fact that the young
people portrayed in this play are not
the fiappers and cake-eaters of today
in their talk and actions. the basic
characteristics are those of the youth
of all ages of civilization, and it was
easy to judge from the spontaneous
laughter aroused every few minutes
that many of the witty shafts struck
happy memory notes. 1t was most
amusing to find that some of the older
men OF the type SO skillfully por-
trayed by Duncan Penwarden as the
father considered the noble William
Sylvanus Baxter in exactly the light
his father apparently did. This was
OF course, Il tribute to the interpreta-
tion of the leading role as delineated
by Percy Helton, who evidently takes
great plains to draw out every pos
sible shade of realism in the character
that regards Sidney Carton as really
Il Soulmate of his.
Gertrude Augarde. as Mrs. Baxter.
has quite the best role she has por-
ers, and it is her scenes with the in
tense Willie that are the outstanding
ones OF the play. She is delightful in
TINS maternal role and her voice is a
relief after the shrill voices of the
'haby-talk lady" and the other young
Jane Baxter. the little tattle-tale sis
ter, Scornfully alluded to by her
brother as that child" is very. very
cute with just suggestion of Ray
I'ooicNs baby Interpretation in her
Characterization. There was no doubt
That she held the interest of the men
III the audience even beyond all other
feminine characters.
Edwin TrueSheim as Genesis and
ms accompaniment-a backalley pup
called in the play Clematis-has i'm
proved his comedy role considerably.
In fact all the members of the cast
have added little bits of business that
increase the interest and charm of the
play MIR. Truesheim'S pantomimic c
work is unusually good in the cole of
the Colored servant who was ing to
get masef private waitah's Sit"
Martha McGraw sketches the SsIti-
mental Lola Pratt, recipient of TIE
spasmodic affections of William Syl-
Nanus Baxter. cleverly, and Constance
Brown, with her vivid brunette color
ing and quietly natural Interpretation
of the role of May Parcher, gives Miss
McGraw a delightful foil.
btol lTdutT dS Mt. fdrcn-
er. the longSuffering parent of May.
who has had to step on woolly dogs
and Willie Baxter ever since Lola
Pratt came to visit his daughter. and
who is word" glad to get rid of the
ever-ready baby talk at last, is excel
lent. The audience enjoyed Mr. Parch-
er thoroughly. The other members of
the cast are quite adequate. The most
required of them is that they be them
selves. and being young people, they
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fact that they are not under the strain
of much acting.
The management of the theater
states it had received a letter from
Rev ]. J. Queally. pastor of the Trans
fiGuration Church. this morning, stat
ing his regret that the Garrick Play
ers may be disbanded soon and his
particular enjoyment of the perform
ance of seventeen last night. Mr..
Queally adds the play was well
written. we'll acted and well cast. 1t
is clean. wholesome and altogether
delightful