Show I Cloninger Plays Double I Role ole in Hippodrome Play I f 1 i y y IS r 1 r I r rr I y w 4 h Ralph Cloninger t k a k popular s' s leading manat man manat Rat a i t at th the y Hippodrome mc i I wh who I a 41 r y portrays portrays- a a. a du dual l s role ssan asan as an ans s offic officers r of the Civil r 1 Y war ie warana war war and and ana as a th the r i raide r aide i rn of Lincoln o c x 4 i in th the s 4 sensation play i h it of the season 1 I Abraham i b F L' L Lincoln In I r t r rv 4 0 t t y J Jf f J l cm J iJ J. J t- t J I W WRalph Ralph John Stevens one of bf the characters he impersonates in in his remarkable double role in m the Hippodrome production of Abraham Lincoln A Abraham raham Lincoln Is Il Huge 1 Draw Drawing Card ard at at Playhouse I N THE production production-of ion of Abrah Abraham Abraha n Lincoln Lin Lin- Lincoln I IN coln coin at the Hippodrome this week Ralph Cloninger gives a remarkable He f performance impersonates x s rs of two a d distinct vet very unusual n characters cr role one an American soldier of the last war the other a soldier of Civil war times Unskilled characterization In either part would cause the whole play to become unconvincing and indistinct but Mr Cloninger Cloninger Cloninger Clon Clon- inger plays each part with such a sure suro touch with such cut clean-cut character drawing that Is quite Impossible even for an audience that has seen him In Inmany inmany many roles roles' to recognize e him as the same Bame character J C both both f reft times The play opens in Washington on Christmas eve of 1918 Ann Stevens has found a charming old wedding gown belonging belonging be- be longing to her grandmother The following following follow- follow ing ng acts recount the grandmothers grandmother s love story sot lOot In the dramatic period of the Civil war with Lincoln playing a dominating dominating dominating domi domi- part in the action This Interesting interesting interest- interest ing ng device of cutting back to show scenes I thAt hat have happened before the beginning i of the play was probably first borrowed I from rom the movies movie but it has been used I Ivery very successfully in such plays as the On On Trial I great New York success In both oth the periods represented Mr Cloninger Is r the lover and Miss Auda uda 1 Due his sweetheart and between them they work out a love story that is as appealing and refreshing as any romance in real life The part of Lincoln is played by lames James Usher Guy who gives a cut clean Impressive Impressive impressive Im Im- im- im picture of f the great American His task isa is s a difficult one for everyone has a a. distinct picture of Lincoln in his mind before o h ho goes to the play But r James s bG Usher Guy l has s discovered ger Lincoln as he lives tees In ht the hearts of the American American Ameri Ameri- American can people lovable quaintly humorous quietly powerful and he presents this character In a masterly way Performances o of Abraham Lincoln will continue throughout the week with matinees matinees mati- mati nees to today l y and S Saturday |