Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 2, 1939, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press saturday december 1930 i i. Page seventeen cores .1 ill starred career of one of v Dand s unfolded on of the Walker theatre it. When Maurice col s chronicle play Charles presented. An lab if beautifully costumed product it gave Barry Jones the of to score a personal n the title role. A fairly As on hand to Urne applaud. Colbourne Nas written a july effective play. It suf As do most chronicle dramas Over crowding. In a Little Over and a half hours the author condensed nearly 12 years of but he knows How to write scene and telling dialogue of she has a Fine company to bring i is characters to life. Play takes a move lenient of Charles the first than Bis does but ii serves to i Iio Relief its argument Iraln St the use of bigoted Force in saving social ends something very timely in these Days. Unfortunately. Or. Colbourne s Van political convictions seem to cd him to believe that Charles Betty Kelley who plays a leading role in Mary s ankle which the John Holden players will present at the Dom Inion theatre All next week. Between the swiftly moving scenes detracts from the rhythm of the play Whick will have its closing performance saturday . The Brandon Little theatre a member of the league opened its season thursday with the thriller the ghost train. The theatre is looking Forward to a Busy Success Ful season. V to Date 32 groups throughout the province have joined the league and they Are All working on plays to be presented during the season. A a or. Cecil shops a member of the league is at present touring Manitoba in connection with the work of the youth centres. He is explain ing the work of the league during the course of his talks. I a of the same mind on certain it tors pertaining to the use of currency. S Barry Jones outstanding t9- Barry Jones is an actor of poise 1w dignity and he also knows w to warm a characterization of give it depth. He presents with a Charles deeply sincere in his own beliefs very sure of the divine right of Kings and Able to "0 to the executioner s Block like Christian gentleman. The part 1 makes extraordinary claims on an actor but or. Jones is equal to As Queen Henrietta Maria Jess Tandy gave a Graceful performance Friday night but she suffered from i audibility Especio 4 4lly in the earlier part of the eve filing. Her Conception of the role seems to be a curiously uneven one. 3t did not Lack the driving Force s but it did Lack full conviction. Splendidly handled Beckett Bould made a sonorous and his scenes with Charles were splendidly handled Joy Harrington did Well by the scheming countess of Carlisle. There were also Fine performances from other members of the lengthy cast particularly Lawrence Han Ray As archbishop Laud Jack Brown As William prynne t. Renaud Lockwood As the Bishop of London Stanley Groome As John pm. And Cyril Gardiner As Thomas Herbert. Or. Colbourne made a Brief but showy appearance As the Earl of Stafford. One might suggest in passing that the raising of the House lights be farce is offered by Holden players Mary s ankle one of the most popular farces Ever presented in new York will be the John Holden players presentation at the Dominion theatre All next week. The action revolves around the Story of an ambitious but impecunious youth. Doc Hampton John Holden without a patient Stoksie Leonard a lawyer devoid of clients and Chub Perkins Bill Needles a financier with Only schemes for capital Are in a bad Way. Only the fact that Doc s Landlady mrs. Merrivale Isabel Price makes a specially of having diseases to which he gives his professional at Tention makes it possible to keep the roof Over his head. Mary Jane Smith Betty Kelley is the hero Ine with the ankle. Doc s Uncle Raymond Greenleaf comes into the scene and seeing Mary immediately takes it for granted that she is his Nephew s wife having been informed by a bogus wedding invitation that the ceremony has just taken place. Mary proves to be the Mary Jane Smith of the wedding announce ments and from then on the farce moves hilariously for the audience and tragically for the boys especially for Doc who has fallen completely for Mary. The Uncle has come from the East after 12 years to meet an old sweetheart and As his wedding present insists that Mary and Doc accompany him to Bermuda. The situation is tense but Mary has a sense of humor and saves the Day but not without keeping the boys guessing As to whether or not she will give them away to the new ferocious Uncle. Proceeds of the matinee perform Ance next saturday will be donated to the red Cross. The league has been Able to make arrangements with the Post office to. Prepay postage on All parcels of books and plays so that members Are put to no expense them. Some members of the league May have on their shelves some plays they Are no longer using. It so the league could make Good Iise of them. M of my ill he membership fees have already been sent in from the following groups and places Steep Roek pier son Swan River. Lord Selkirk school Winnipeg Sifton Neepawa Manitoba girls work Board Helston Stonewall univer sity of Manitoba Emerson Virden Grandview St. Crescent fort Rouge United Pointe Dubois Hargrave Durban and Fox Warren. Ann Rutherford one of Anns favorite hobbies is cycling. Here she pauses in grif i Ith Park which has a pathway reserved especially for lovers of sport. Al Plunketi to head playhouse show v Winnipeg s favorite Star of the original dumbbells Al turns to the City via the playhouse theatre stage after an absence of More than ten years. During repent weeks Al has appeared at. Ottawa Toronto and other Eastern cities and in each Case was accorded a tremendous Welcome. In addition to offering several of the songs he made famous during the last War Al will act As master of ceremonies the headline act of the vaudeville Bill coming to the playhouse this week is none other than Fred Al Len s town Hall tonight swedish girl Friend Inga Nelson. Miss Nel son a Well known Abc artist appeared on the Fred Allen pro gramme last season and her swed ish character will be remembered by Many Winnipeg radio fans. Dave Miller and John Reading present a Novelty act consisting of comedy knockabout and sensation Al straight acrobatics. Although an american act they Are just As Well 1 known in England and on the continent As they in the states having played All the leading on the other Side. When the War broke out they were appearing in London. Unable to Book passage on one of the regular Pas Sage lines they were obliged to return to the United states on a freighter. 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