The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-12

Charles Ooodxcl.
 CAST OF CHARACTERS
 Gary Bryce ...... Edward smith TAggart .....ss... George tt0scxrr tlon Ssackhouse Wm. Stiilwell scoop Davis .... Arthur Johnson Pamela Barry Virginia Hoadley Jim Stackhouxe . Lester shepard Linda Roberts ....,. Eileen Mayer Leona sharpe ...... Eileen Whalen
 Michael Delpo. Production and Set Designer: Marguerite Frisbie. Property Director: Betty Ba ley and George FTlsbie. Jr. Lights: Marjorie Carey. Sound: Arthur Johnson and Marguerite Fr.s0ie. Publicity. Sylvia Bochicchio. Makeup. Margaret Ho- ycy and Esther Rhoden. Door. Er- nestlne Steward and Murial Haw- Sins, Box Office and John Hovey. House Manager.
 An audience of approximately 500 ersons. mostly of the weaker sex sat and Squirmed for over two hours last night while the Foot lighters presented the.r version of the Broadway hit play, Separate Rooms" and left the Women's Club with at least one certainty: the Footlighters. and consequently Wa lerbury. has, in the person of Ed ward Smith. an actor destined to trod the .time honored boards oi Broadway's sacred playhouses.
 True, there were moments-very few of them-when smiths timing was lax, when his lines dropped their steady polish and when he over estimated his drama; but one could not help but be greatly im- pressed with the naturalneSs and ease with which he portrayed a frustrated and scheming lover.
 The professional acting of am- ateur Smith in the role of Gary Bryce, a Broadway "angel'' packer of plays, was an enjoyment that this amateur reviewer never knew existed right around the corner. l have not had the prior pleasure of witnessing Mir Smith in action in his other numerous appearances; but on the strength of last nights s commendable performance I'll be looking for the talents of the man on my next trip to New York.
 Virginia Hoadley who played the role of Pamela Barry, a sophisti- lated wench with a mercenary mind and a soul that aspired to fame as an astress, looked stunning ana this pretty lass was an asset to the production.
 Scoop Davis, a shouting press agent with a Henry Aldrich voice, played by Arthur Johnson, came through the three acts with detln- ite margin of good acting to his credit. Johnson busted i'll and was rushed" out of the penthouse at the proper times to assure the audience that it would still not have to consult a volume on the pre- yention of a nervous breakdown. Don Stackhouse, husband of the indifferent Miss Barry, enacted oy William Stillwell, passed the cen sorship of the spectators, doing q fair job.
 Others in the cast who played their roles with fair acting were George Holzer as Taggert, friend ly careless house boz; Lester Shepard as Jim Stackhouse, Broad wav column.st set on wrecking the marriage of his brother, Don ana Miss Barry: Eileen Mayer, comeiy miss who played the part Of reporter Linda Roberts, and beautiful Eileen Whalen as Leona Sharpe, an ln- toxicated member of the FourtE Estate. a..
 The play Itself, a solneWha' strained comedy concerned with sex money playVriting and acting wa well staged. It was apparent tha' the scenery, the costumes and tnS acting were products Of a conscien- tIo,ls group of persons who gave tht audience ist moneys wortn-Sne knew itl