Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1919-03-12 | Page 2 | Problem Play Blends Humor with Pathos

PROBLEM PLAY I BLENDS HUMOR WITH P A I Sees Varsity r Big Audience CC Players in Kindling at Social Hall HallI I I The Th Y Varsity rl t p players r. r featuring Maroni Maroni Ma- Ma roni Olsen nn and F lytho Barlow pre pre- presented sen te K Kindling I nd go a present day t- t ta a I problem play pIa to a n crow crowded ed audience last night at the tho Social hall 11 theatre sordid sori sor- sor the with Though the play lIar deals I of oC hUman nu- nu numan i did si side lc o of life It tells a story man Interest Pathos an and humor are aro outweighing the blended the tho pathos dramatic situations occur humor an and both at frequent intervals als allowing Olsen opportunities opportunities Miss lIss Barlow Harlo- and Mr oh for ClI intense Interpretation Maggie lc tho the harassed III 11 10 woman n I of or tho the tenements nl who wito steals that hOI her r child ma may be bo born boat In III surroundings sur- sur I Hur-I I and Is then caught In is a network of or lice affords a character part for tor Mss Miss Barlow entirely out ont from front Ute the work worl she sho ho has been doIn doing do do- do I In ing but ono one which Is Just as ns P Just it with ly h taken She plays plas i and antI listlessness tomake tu to repression rc enough make malto e especially effective her hysterical hysteric hysteric- II I al l outbursts at tho the close of ot the secondI second ml and third acts I finished t ts I Olsen Is the same saute character as s Henrich Schultz the tho IO embittered em- em emI I husband hus hus- husband hUSband billere and ancI stricken Poverty that Ho lie has been hUS InI in band of or Maggie his previous work with the tho I with aIkeen a Heinle players lie He interprets which keen vivid understanding bo boning beginning begin fn- fn I makes tho the play a delight from e ning to end lIsS Louise Hill tak takes s tho the par part of or of Ml si wa eta a appealing Alice Alico Itt li lia a charming the little herself hersel and which wins wills fur for side sillo plot a a. love lu story stor a lar large c share I of ot toO the of ur the tho Interest nn and lh sympathy I audience 5 is iM Franklin as al Steve Ste degenerate of or tone tone- te tenet ne- ne tho the typical moral I I himself ment life liCe lie manages to get t I disliked and nearly thoroughly I I lull i 11 is Is' Is I Mario larlo life lire wr wrecks Maggie's ola I friend an and advisor cast cat as Bates the tho 1 who out tho the difference between I I doing points good an and doln doing right olph Axelrad as aM tho the plainclothes cop Uron Byron Bj- Bj I ron Foulger as Dr Taylor and Pauline Paulino all Brandon us as Mrs Irs Burke Smith are arc admirably cast caRt Two new names ha have o o been added to tho the Varsity players and Kay hay Nixon Ixon JO Joy have havo small opportunity iv Though they nil ep I their parts pans Ila s U U wn M MA the A realistic note was a added to Pro Production h by doing a real washing on the stage soapsuds and all anji and making coffee coHee really fr frying meat appealing appealing- to the dramatic possibilities in lu the sense of ot smell as well as the sense sens of ot sight an and sound Bound I Kindling will continue continuo throughout e nesa nes- nes th the week with matinees on LT M. M day a and t. e. Saturday