University of California Berkeley - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Berkeley, CA)

DRAMATICS which was penetrating. Gloria has periods of such woodenness, such men- tal priggishness that the difficulty must lie in saving her from caricature. However Miss Elliott succeeded in doing this and in making Gloria more human than Shavian. The humor which she exhibited was of the rarely unconscious type. But Miss Elliott was unsuccessful in the minutiae of her acting; there were many ragged en- trances and slow taking of cues. This was not her fault alone, for the whole cast partook of it. In keen contrast to this heavy type of humor were the twins, as whom Maryly Krusi and William Rainey had one of the great successes of their re- spective careers. Spontaneity and savoir faire marked their entire action and there was a childish lightness in the quickness of their interplay. Both Miss Krusi and Mr. Rainey showed the effect of dramatic seasoning, and they lacked entirely the too exuberant humor into which they might easily have fallen. As for William, Gladstone Wilson accomplished a characterization which was complex and at the same time easily understood. Mr. Wilson had the making of the play in his hands and chose a manner which was neither too subservient nor too sure; erratic enough to exhibit the whimsical qualities of the character and clever enough to conceal all signs of the humor in which he indulged. William was excellently obsequious and the vocal quality which Mr. Wilson used was the epitome of service. Here, as in all parts, he showed a calm and deliberative mode of entrance and exit, and in this case it suited the play marvelously. Richard Chamberlain had in Valentine a part in which inconsistency fought with moods of sparkling brilliancy. In it, Mr. Chamberlain showed a knowledge of the requirements of the part, even while he appreciated the unfortunate limita- tions of this half-flesh-and-blood, half-sawdust gentleman. He showed upon his first scene the effect of three years ' training in the Greek Theater and did not efface entirely from his action the largeness which marks the dramatics of the Greek Theater. Crampton was excellent character work. Kenneth Monteagle caricatured 97 " YOU NEVER CAN TELL " Maryly Krusi and Paul Smith