The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-04

bstn available last night, il
wuuia haven't been too much tc
nssiow upon .lhe Key West Play
era That's how good their open
ing performance Of Avn Rand:
flNNNF courtroom comedy drama
Night ~ January Sixteenth
was "a the Barn Theatre.
The overflow audience, includ'
ias screen actress Miriam Hop
kiaM and her husband. Ray
bFosk. New York Times foreign
correspondent showered the all
key West cast with a well de-
SERVED series % applause at the
eunelusiun.
There was never a dull mo-
Htsnt ~ the trial proceeded of
dafk haired sloc-eyed Karen An
DE, ably played by attractive
Mrs. tseu Pollock, for the muir
der - her lover-employer Biorn
Faillknef. business tycoon. Dis
tTiEt Attorney Flint. played by
Captain Carl Johnson. executive
offigef of the Submarine Base
and Defense Attorney Stevens,
whnae part MAS taken by County
Commissioner Gerald Saunders,
enxaaed la frequent, sharp
tsunued clashes.
TIE calculating Karen and
Fauikner's widow played by An
ne Carlton. staged repeated out
bursts AZ one point Karen her
aflf handled the questioning of
MIS- Faulkner In a tense scene.
Nra Faulkner and her banker
fatheg. John Graham Whitfield,
piaved by Commander Carl Hill
tun. hurst into the courtroom
ott a a clear sky. so to speak,
end iusi as Karen was teStifying
GanRster Larry Regain Jack
Englshl thrust himself through
the door and zap 10 the courtroom.
On Edge Of Seats
Consequently. the audience
vas kept on the edge Of its seats,
With an apprehensive eye on the
entrance whence might spring
some neW surprise witness at any
time.
Ekeeilently cast and directed
by Emily Goddard, assisted by
Jsck Upton. former Wayland,
Mass actor In the same produc-
tA,n. the players acted with such
realism that one was persuaded
~ beleve that the State of New
Negk was actually seeking to
piaee pretty Karen where Ruth
Snyder finally landed.
Briefly the State accuses
karen 81 shooting Faulkner and
pushing him from the penthouse
atop the Faulkner building which
he had given her after he had
suddenly married Banker Whit
fields daughter. A private detec-i
tive named Homer Van Fleet
t.fugh Brcdin) hired by Mrs.
Faulkner. tegtiiies he saw Karen
push Faulkner from the building
and the oolored maid Carol Hol-
mani further adds that Faulkner
came up 30 the penthouse that
miKht Elmer Sweeney, played by
Commander Frank msey,
trstiiies that karen's fingerprints
are on the gun found on the
penthouse roof.
how Karen defends herself
against THIS heavy web of evil
dense which Captain Johnson as
thC ID A. wcaves about her is
besl not revealed to the hundreds
1T Kew Westers who face a most
entertaining evening if they can
eut Jackets o. one of the three
rcmalnu,g performances tonight,
TOMORROW night or Thursday
niaht
Verdict Brings Reprimsnd
Suffice u 10 say that the YER
dirt rendered By the jury select
td from the audience, and an
u1unCCd by Foreman John J.
Jackson. 1912 Southland street,
brought a severe reprimand from
austere Judge Heath, played by
Everett Winter.
q would be difficult To single
uut anN one character as out
standing Saunders and Johnson
both had tremendous number
nf lines Saunders went through
tho entire evening without a
noticeable slip. Johnson had a
httlc difficulty with his lines and
rtquiIed some prompting but he
Was sdmirsbly cast and i. is
doubtful that anyone in the area
could have surpassed his char
tClplization Of a fighting d. A..
Buth men were especially good
u their sCrappier moments and
the decisions Of the -visaged
itldEe added Just the right touch
e. justice 90 balance the scales
upun which Saunders and John
auu parrtcd az each other.
There wasn't weak Characteri-