Show Love Politics In Skidding At Playhouse ouse Th Theres There's rc I everything that thal goes Into a Si thing lucy y tills this to In k it Jt good in ln Skid weeks week's offering at tho the Playhouse And Ana that's not laid said ald t J JiCa Just because Its author autho iCa Crania nou c w tot rot Bo Bob b is ls a n Salt Lake Theres There's h fl a real merit to Skidding theres there's pathos and aUd hu- hu Thor inor and beneath It nil all those homeI homely homely home- home I ly qualities that are peculiar pecullar to the west where hero the scene Is laid Tho The Theatre Guild players handle handlo It ar artistically ar- ar and convincingly throughout through through- hout h- h out and that's something superfluous superfluous super super- for Cor a n. reviewer to s say because they have done one Just through the season Love family rela relationshIps relationship and politics three themes very cr difficult to combine In ono one play KO go o Into the story of or Skidding Tho The daughter of oC an Idaho ju judge g Diane I is engaged to Wayne Vayne Trenton II III Don Woods son Bon of or an aristocratic New Now York family Marlon's Marions Interest In politics is tho the cau cause c of or many quarrels lg between them and when she sho takes talu 9 up her fathers father's political battles thc they come como to a L definite break Her speech on behalf of oC her father wins Marion Marlon a II nomination to the tho state Mute legislature hut but victory has hasa a sour Pour ta taste lc when hen the person with whom she sho wants most to share sharo It is not there To complicate matters th the jud Judges Judge's cs c's two married daughters have o como conic Homo home to stay Their husbands didn't treat eat them right Tho The Judges Judge's wife leaves when th the th daughters como come home which coupled with the Judges Judge's almost certain defeat at tho the nominating nominating- convention con leaves heaves him himIn himIn himin In a n pretty prett frame of oC mind But everything e comes out all right as the play moves to a smash smashing InfO cli climax cli- cli max nax Miss shows once again ain that she is an actress far in above e the tho ordinary in in- charm and ability Don Woods gives Ives his usual fine performance perform perform- anco ance and Sterling Ferguson the s harum-s harum searum arum son of oC the family Is Isa isn n n. scream Margot 1 Beaton Benton as the jud Judges Judge's os o's wife wICe brought storm after storm torm of oC spontaneous applause for forthe tho the magnificent handling of oC the therole therole therole role and Norman orman Feusier as LS tho the judge has a 1 character role that suits him perfectly Sally Wall as Aunt UIl DaIs Daisy Del Wilcox and Joan Conrad as the discontented daughters daughters daughters daugh daugh- Huron I I. I L. L as the grandfather grandfather grand grand- father an and Arthur Arlhur Loft as tho the campaign campaign campaign cam cam- manager aro are well cast and do their usual good w work rk |