Evening star., 1926-03-12
ADJUSTMENTS
WILSON NORMAL SCHOOI-The
Workshop Players.

| The Workshop Players. presented
three little plays most creditably al
| Wilson Normal School last night, un
| DER the auspices of the Central High
community Center. The buOyancy OF
| youth and that quality that is de
| Scrlbed as treading fearlessly Where
angelic hosts would hesitate. prevail
ed throughout the program.
The first play was that dank trag.
| edy of Eugene O'Neills entitled 1.-The
Dreamy Kid" 1t is all about a young
negro who has 'croaked a white guy"
| and who is divided between staying
at the bedside of his dying nanny
| or seeking safety in hiding with his
girl of the streets. Melodrama OoZes
| from every line and the negro dialect
| is good Southern white folk talk.
| Even so. the true atmosphere of the
tragedy is infused in the production
and the audience could fairly hear the
young players smacking their lips
| over their ugly words. AS the illumi-
mating program notes describe it, Mr..
O'Neill's work is probably what you
would call a real, s-myheart-a and
hope to-die melodrama." And that is
that. Margaret Bennit directed it..
Olyve Barbee. Peggy Schneider, Betty
Clark and Robert Byrne play the
roles.
In relieving contrast to this first
play was the clever little Rostand
playlet, THE RomancerS." which has
to tell of two old friends, widowed
fathers of romantic young girl and
boy. respectively.
They want their children to marry,
Yet, realizing the fact that youth
must have obstacles to Surmount, they
have carefully planned a feudal atti-
tude toward each other to entice
their children returning from board
ing school into their marital trap.
With the final assistance of an eX-
tremely capable young arranger of
abductions for beautiful maidens, the
plan is completely successful. George
CARROT deserves first mention for
really admirable characterization of a
grouchy yet genial old man, Bergamin
by name. PrentiSS Taylor portrays
an exquisite dandy with little touches
that show marked talent for this art
and his imaginary arrangement of
the abduction scene is very well put
across. Claiming Smith is good
lyrical hero and Margaret McIntire is
very pretty as the heroine, though
she does not speak her lines we'll at
all. She does not yet know how to
HSS AiCA iIiOulH IOE
James Corey was somewhat stiff but
adequate as the other father The
WALL between the estates was a
charming bit of fantastic setting, and
the costumes were really beautiful in
color combination and design. They
were the work of Prentiss TAYLOR.
who also designed the more restrained
setting of the first play.
The third little play, an amusing
comedy by Anton Tchekoif. entitled
The Boor," directed and with setting
by Jac French, was the best of all
three productions histrionically. Both
Olyve Barbee, as the beautiful but
sad lady. and Henry Dalby as the
cave-man hero. Smirnov, were really
excellent. The lines were clever and
we'll spoken. George CARROT was good
in the part of the old servant. AS
the inimitable program notes re-
marked Of this play: From that we
are free to judge that prohibition has
not yet gone into effect in Russia,
tra-la": which, of course, has nothing
to do with the play. but is delightful
comment none the less. Mrs. Castle
and Thelma Castle should be men