The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-03-18
IRISH COMEDY
GOES OVER BIG
st Margaret's Players Do
Splendid Work in 1.-THE
Whiteheaded Boy"
A DRAMATIC TREAT

An exceptional treat was afford
cd last night In the presentation OF
The Whiteheaded Boy" by Saint
Margaret's Dramatic society at 81
Margaret's school auditorium, Will
low street. The play, directed by
Rev Eugene Moriarty, was given
under the auspices Of the Children
Of Mary Of the parish, and BY spe.-
cial arrangement with Samuel
French, Inc, Of New York city.
The cast OF 10 players was In fine
form and gave o splendid perform
ance throughout, handling every
situation cleverly, and creating the
proper atmosphere; the dialogue,
which Is homely yet sprightly and
at all times keen and typical Of the
comedy, was spoken with true
Irish infection In practically every
instance. It might be said that the
cast az o whole caught the spirit
of the play and with the proper
infections made OF THE White
headed Boy" q splendid and enjoy.
able performance.
The scene OF the comedy is the
living room OF Mrs Geoghegan's
homo In Ballycolnan, ireland. Here
are gathered Mrs Geoghegan and
her six children, three Jumps" Of
girls, George, her, eldest and more
or less father Of the flock, young
Peter, and last but not least In the
eyes Of his doting mother, Denis.
her pride and joy--in fact her
whiteheaded boy. The rest Of the
family are more or less incidental
to Mrs Geoghegan, but Denis IL Q
being quite different; everything
centers around him; he Is to be
made q doctor up at Trinity college
in Dublin. While the plot centers
about Denis, well acted by Cornelius
Horrigan, the outstanding charac-
ters are Mrs Goeghegan. well
, meaning though bad PLAN
mimi Aunt Ellen, the hard
put brother George who has the
whole family's burden on his
shoulders, and John Duffy. Each
one Of these four played by Miss
Mollie Cullen as the mother. VII
liam harrington as the brother
Ellen and DIR John w. Fruin as
John Duffy, gave q fine characters
zation OF the parts. Aunt Ellen Is
q splendid opportunity for the
character player and Miss Moran
seemed letter perfect; she handled
her Irish accent to perfection, as
did Miss Mollie Cullen, who played
the mother with discernment, maxi
ing the most Of every situation.
Charlotte Moran has the true In
nocent meddling manner of her
character. looking and acting her
part In true Aunt Ellen fashion.
Bill" Harrington and DR. Fruin had
their parts under perfect con-
troll; alone each was admir-
able and together in the ta-
BILE humping scene they work.
ed their scenes up to most eff
fective climaxes with no semb-
lance of over-acting. This happy
balance was. noticeable throughout
the play and showed some keen d.
rection.
The minor roles--which were not
altogether too minor-were all
well played. Della, John Duffy's
daughter engaged to Denis, was
nicely done by Miss Lucille Farley;
Peter, Kate, Jane and Baby Geog-
hogan were well done by Edward
Farley. and the Misses Rosemary
Foley, Agnes Corrigan, and Helen
Flaherty. Donough Brosnan en-
gagged to Jane. pleasingly inane and
k0x8t ~ ukSSus was pSdyGo Dy Ady-
mond Bates, and Helen M. Bowling
was adequate AZ Hannah, q servant.
The smaller roles were not incon-
sequential and each character form
ed an important part in the work.
out Of the neat plot.
All told II was an agreeable Gem.
edy. agreeabiy acted; q simple
folk-tale OF "a typical family; the
type OF people and the sort Of sit
uations were such as one comes
In contact with every day. The
81 Margaret players. for their ini-
tial performances have done q nice
comedy In q thoroughly nice way
which does. not only them but their
director. much credit. A well PLAN
ned set has been constructed show.
Ing the ooeshegan living room and
all stage businefs and the like were
well handled. Between the acts 70.
cal numbers suitable for the day
were presented by the Misses Wini.
fred Delaney and Margaret Har.
flgan: The play will be repeated
kenight.