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Show H GARRICK THE EASTERNER. H By An Easterner. H When I found that our tickets for the Garrick H meant seeing a stock company some three thou- H sand miles, (more or less, from Broadway, I said H to myself: Hj "Not for me, this local stock game!" H H I've paid $2.50 a throw many a time in New H York and not seen so good a show -nor as good H a company. H Looking over the program before the curtain H rose, I noticed several names which were familiar, H and It began to dawn on me that I was about to H see at least two or three real actors. But it H didn't come over mo until well into the perform- H ance that I was looking at a real company of real j A stock actor is always at a disadvantage when H he takes a part made famous by a star. "The H Easterner'' was built for Nat Goodwin and while H I don't like Nat very well personally, nobody can V touch him in his peculiar line of work. M The leading man in a stock company is ex- H pected to do pretty much of everything except to H "double in brass," and it is hardly fair to expect H a Goodwin, a Mansfield, an Irving, a Booth and H a Sothern rolled Into one individual. But if j George Parker can come as close to the others H mentioned as ho does to Goodwin, he is certainly H a remarkable performer. From the flashes of the H serious in his work in "The Easterner," I should H say he would make a pretty good stab at all these H Cataloging the entire company, I should put M them in, from one evening's acquaintance, about M as follows: H George D. Parker A good, all around, finished H lending man. Appearance should be satisfactory H to the matinee patrons. A good example of the H modern sohool of repression and natural methods H in acting. H John Sumner A character man of unusual ex- B cellence, -whoso makeup and performance de- H ceived you Into believing you had the real thing H in front of you, oven to mannerisms and inflec- HH H Waltor R. Seymour" A fine villain. I got to H really hate him. Fine on the climax. Suicides on H the stage are not easy, but he got away with it. 9B Louis Craig A young actor of considerable promise. Played his part with enthusiasm and dash, and was on the job all the time. 1 Stanley Johnason Good, fair actor for stock. J Ward Casady Nothing to do, but all right as far as he went. j Jack Held Better than 'most you see as Mex- lean villains on the stage. Nell Pratt Carried Chink part satisfactorily. Ethel Clifton Judgment reserved for some 1 other part, but doing all anyone could with her J role in "The Easterner." Elizabeth Ross Cracking good character woman. wo-man. 1 Margaret Dills An emotional actress of more than usual ability. She plays with sincerity, and with skill in never overdoing when it would be but a short step over the line to the ridiculous. A Handles well the modulations of a pleasing voice. J Helen Collier 'Young and pretty, and acts as if interested in her work. An attractive ingenue. Aurania Ellerbeck Nice appearance. Part not large enough to judge of her ability. Performance as a whole well staged, and highly creditable even If judged by Broadway -standards. I J |