The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-21

When parents n re1 their
to men without questioning the wishes
Of the daughter. Several references
are made by characters in the play
.hat woman's place was behind the
blow.
The first act is full of some care
fully drawn characters such IS Mrs.
Jane Golden. one Of the dark age
women" who smokes a clay pipe and
drinks her whisky from a jug. She be-
heves that young gals were made
to work and not to read fool books.
Temperance Golden, known as Tempy,
IS a sort of a little backwoods Gin
dereIIa who likes to read books and
who refuses to be hitched to a pillow.
Claude Golden. Cockeye, Doc Colby,
Sheriff Jake Butler are other quaint
characters in the story. The modern
idea of life is reflected by Hartley
Graham. q young surveyor and Sheri-
dan Osborn, a builder of a dam. Fan
Potter is a sort Of fallen woman who
pays heavily for taking a wrong step.
There are other backwoOds characters
who give atmosphere to the story.
These characters seem real enough
n the first act. but they all so on a
terrific melodramatic spree in the
second act and those that live through
the third act, become more or less
modern in their views. The climax
of the second act is cheap melodrama
and must be changed to compare with
the splendid character drawings in
the first act. The author has created
some real flesh and blood characters
of the "old days" but he takes away
their human qualities by too muc
melodrama in the second act.
The quaintness of the characters
and their strange ideas about life
furnish most of the comedy. This play
Hwill act. but the second act needs at
Ytention before it a become a success
full venture on the stage. There is a
good story told, but the characters
seem to get out of step in the second
act.
Sycamore ~Shadders'' is interesting
mainly from the standpoint Of
character drawing. Mr.. Cooksey
knows how TO paint" real characters
but after creating them, he must
make them act naturally quaint
during the entire play.
From a standpoint Of casting, the
Little Theatre has never done better
york. The work was really pro-
fessional. especially the marvellous
character drawing Of Meta Painter
Lieber as Mrs. Jane Golden and
Alberta Holmes as Tempy. Equal
49, -- - IT,
Fan Potter. The entire cast went
way above anything hat the society
has ever presented in my experience
Of covering Little Theater plays here.
The entire cast is as follows:
Temperance Golden (Tempyl Alberta Holmes
Mrs Jane Golden zee. Meta Painter Lieber
Sher!dah OsDorn e. Fred NeWel MOTIFS
ETuey 0Faham +~...-- Harold W Taylor
Claude Golden -.....-. Clarence r: Span
Sockeye .-..-- Warren F. Curry
Fan Potter 1900. Helene Heathcote Guild
John bohanan ...-~...-.. Earl d. Munyan
Amt 10 Boba5s1 Ma Fre5 /. Petttifobn
Laura BOhanan. Janet E. Shirley
FRANK Clarence Q. snoemaker
Eli MAYNARD K Wilson
The Claypool Trio furnished pleas
ing music between acts.
The Little Theater Society has
every reason to be proud Of its big
human achievement last night. Still
more proof why it should be well sup
"a + + +
Greenwich Village FOIIies
Open Thursday Night at Murat.
The featured song numbers in the
current version Of the Greenv 1 Vii
lage FoIlies, the antic revue which
comes to the Murat tomorrow night
for a ~three-day engagement. are
Three O'clock in the Morning." "A
Young Mans Fancy" Snowflake"
When Dreams Come True" "Oh.
Heigh-Ho." Bang, Bang, Bang" and
THE Reminiscent Melody" The last
named song is an interesting number.
in which the author shows where the
composers of the current popular
songs get their inspiration-from old
time %favorites. The Greenwich VII
1age Follies owns the exclusive stage
rights TO Three o'clock in the Morn
ing" the famous song waltz written
by Dorothy ferris, it is ann need.
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