New Britain herald., 1930-10-28
Theater Review
Lawrence J. and Julian Anhalt
 Present "NANCYS PRIVATE AFFAIR" A Three-Act Comedy By Myron c. Pagan

by MyToH V. FdSdn
 (Cast of CharActers)
 Norah ....,............. Virginia Byers saiiy Lee ........'.'..'... Doris Dalton Billy Ross .....,........... Forrest Orr Nancy Gibson ............ Isabel Jewell Donald Gibson ........... John Breeden Mrs. Jane Preston. Edna Archer Crawford Peggy Preston -......... Helen Penney henrl ....,............- ..DaVld Clarke Sir Guy Harrington .,.. Franklin George (By Herald Revewer)
 When Donald Gibson tired of
 three-and-a-half years of intense af- lection by his wife who forgot the importance of taking care of her ap-
 pearance, he fell an. easy victim of l Peggy Preston, just 8 few years
 younger in age but centuries young
 CT in verve and zest. How Nancy
 Gibson set about trying to regain her husbands affection forms the | plot of 'Nancy's Private Affair."" this weeks presentation of the New York Players in the Capitol theater. -~ Billy Ross, playwright and col | laborator of Gibsons, is told by his ! finance, Mrs. Lee, a charming di-
 vorcee, that he must help her mend the breach between her brother and
 his wife Nancy. At first he tries to escape the job but later tells Nancy
 just what she did to cause Donald
 to lose interest in her. His list of her shortcomings is recited in a
 way that keeps the audience con-
 vulsed and Miss Jewell reacts to his
 examination with an excellent show
 of indignation.
 Donald brings Peggy apd her 1 mother to the house so that they
 may talk with Nancy concerning the divorce. Nancy promises the divorce
 with the stipulation that Donald and
 Peggy are not to be married until she remarries but places six
 months limit after which they are free to do as they please whether
 Nancy marries or not.
 Some time after the divorce has
 been granted Mrs. Lee, at Nancy s suggestion, gives a holiday party and
 invites Donald, Peggy, her mother, and Nancy. When Nancy arrives she
 has with her Sir Guy Harrington, the diamond mine king. Donald is
 greatly troubled by Sir Guys ap- pearance as Nancys escort but she tells him not to mind-that Sir Guy l is merely 8 friend. Sir Guy is i'm mediately seized on by the ambitious Peggy and in a short time they are caught embracing by various guests 1f >ovf,t te- F., named by Nancy as her fiancee and Donald forbids him to marry her. Billy reminds him that since he $ going to marry Peggy and has di- vorced Nancy he has nothing to say | in the matter.
 The climax is reached suddenly and is a delightfully."- surprising ono. Whether Nancy wants Donald back again after his treachery and how
 Peggy is punished for her attempted gold digging can be learned any
 night this week or Wednesday and
 Saturday afternoon.
 The transformation of Nancy from
 dowdy wife into a snappy divorced | gives Miss Jewell just the type of
 work she seems to enjoy most-that
 of portraying a study in opposites.
 Mir. Breeden also does excellent
 work in keeping intensely angry in
 the midst of farcical repartee. Edn;,
 Archer Crawford, as the fond moth- CT anxious for her daughters ad-
 vancement in a financial way, was
 so much like a mother-in-la that
 she almost ruined the play for .
 number of married men.