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Show ' 'Caliban' Need Not Be Jealous i- Of 'Ariel's' Talent, Say Critics ' BAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 1 UPt I If John Barrymore was Jealous of his wife's stage career, he must feel better today. Her west coast stage debut here last night in "The Re- 9 turn of Hannibal" gave her too small a part to Inspire jealousy. The audience, which little more than half filled the sixeable theater . for the premiere of Amory Hare's poetic tragedy, received the classic-sounding classic-sounding play with pleasure, but it had to wait until the third scene from the end to get a glimpse of the brunette Elaine Barrie Barry- more. Even (hen, the estranged wife of the veteran actor made only two appearances, both times on the I ataga with the veteran Jerome Law- ler. who created the role of Hannibal, Hanni-bal, Carthaginian general who more than 200 years before Christ transported trans-ported an Invading army acroas the Alps and brought proud Rome to , ber knees. Her voice was Miss Barrie's main attraction for San Francisco dramatic dra-matic critics. "Elaine Barrie Barrymore gave I no evidence of carrying on the great tradition of the royal family of the theater whose name she annexed an-nexed with a wedding ring," commented com-mented Ada Hanifin in tha Examiner. Exam-iner. 1 ShrT!rTioTeutirur"andrTiasn'r a striking figure . . . Her atage asset is a seductive contralto voice. She read her lines with meaning. She has atage possibilities." John Hobart's passing mention of her in the Chronicle noted she displayed dis-played in her brief role as Claudia 'an assured presence and a pleasing pleas-ing husky sort of voice." j Sll.e..l).M : timer 'Mmmmm -.;.4vr-i::r'':- iri': :: ' - A ' V ' r;v; -x -rxr' ! '"N VS. V Ak - Elaine Barrie Barrymore . . . She gave no evidence of carrying carry-ing on tha great tradition of tha royal family whoso nam tha annexed with a wedding ring. |