Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1954-07-15
"Rope" to be
I'd Play at
Rabbit Run

Having got their ninth season
off to a smashing success with
the delightful comedy, &C la d
Tidings," Rabbit Run Theatre
has started rehearsal of their
second show Rope" This pSy-
Geological drama opened on
Tuesday, July Is, following the
close Of Glad Tidings" which
ran all last week through Sun
day, July IL.
The play is a study of two
neurotic young men who in a
search for new thrills, murder
young man who is a school
mate of theirs. Successful in
hiding the original crime, they
must seek over greater thrills
thrills through taking even
more chances of discovery. The
final Utilization of excitement is
provided them when they in
vite to a buffet supper t h e
father, fiancee, aunt, and
friends of the murdered boy.
They serve the supper from an
antique chest which houses the
body of the murdered young
man. The guests who as yet
do not even know that the boy
has been killed, eat and joke
in gruesome humor over the
body of their loved one.
Alan Coates, who is playing
the brilliantly bewildered faith
er in Glad Tidings", will
play the part of Wyndhan Bran
don, the motivator behind the
killing. His neurotic force
leads Charles Granillo. played
by Paul Miliken, on into the
sadistic adventure. The part of
Brandon was created in New
York in the original production
of Brian Aherne. Mr.. Coates,
who has been playing in the
TV series called Suspense"
and Captain Video", will find
this past experience of great
help in building the same type
of atmosphere in Rope" A
challenging role, with its null
tiple moods and tensions, Mr..
Coates finds it an interesting
change of pace after steve
Whitney in this weeks Glad
Tidings."
AS co-author Of the Leopold
Loeb style murder. Paul Mill
ken has a chance to show his
ability in serious drama. Mr..
Miliken, who spent several sea-
sons with Rabbit Run Theatre
some years ago, will be rem
embered for his magnificent
portrayal of Lackie in "T h e
HaSty Heart at the Madison
Theatre. A graduate of Car
negie Tech Drama Department,
he has done additional study
at the Herbert Bergof Studio
in New York City, and after
two seasons at Rabbit Run
went to Europe where he travel
led and studied in France and
England. He has been working
in TV in New York during the
past year. He has been with
such programs as Studio One"
'The Craft Theatre, Mama,
Search for Tomorrow, I'd
"TaleS of Tomorrow.
AS the Suave family friend
who, sensing the atmosphere of
tension, gradually tracks down
the story of the murder, Rab-
bit Run Theatre is delighted to
announce that Will Klump, who
for six years was producer
manager of the theatre, will
return to the theatre. For the
past two years Mr.. Klump has
been studying LinguiSticS at the
Educational Experimental AS
Sociation in Rome, Italy, and
at the University of Geneva,
Geneva, Switzerland; in pre- p
aration for a carer in stimuli
taneous Interpretation. He first
became interested in this field
when he was touring Europe
with The Broadway Playhouse,
a theatrical company touring
the Air Force camps in Europe.
Mr.. Klump has had a long
theatre career. In addition to
the six summer seasons he
spent at Rabbit Run Theatre,
he played with Elsbeth Hof-
mans company at the F e n t.
house Theatre. Atlanta Ga, for
a season; the Broadway Play
house, and other groups. He
studied drama at Wesleyan col
lege, Macon, Ga, and at the
university of Washington, Seat
tie, Washington, earning both
the Bachelor and Master of
Fine Art degrees. At the uni
verSity of Washington he play
ed a full So week season while |
studying.
Three of the Rabbit Run act
ing company seen in this weeks
"Glad TidingS" will be playing |
in the family of the murdered |
boy. John Eames plays Sir
Johnstone Kentley, Jane Har-
ris is playing the part of the
boys aunt, Mrs. Debenham, and
Phyllis Courtney portrays his
fiancee, Leila Arden. Two new
of the acting com
pany are James Reilly, who
plays Sabot, and John Bos,
who is playing Kenneth Rag
Ian.