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Show DRAMA TIC "OVER NIGHT." It is quite too bad that "Over Night" is not Mr. Bartholomae's tenth play instead of his first. Could it ive been, some very clever, laughable and original situations would probably have been put together with just enough more finesse than was used in welding them in their present stage form, to have made the farce one of the richest laughs of several seasons. As it is, however, "Over Night" is well worth while. Its fun patters down like the intermittent bursts of an April shower, and the sunshiny intervals inter-vals are filled with dialogue that is smart enough to hold one's interest. Of the possibilities and situations sit-uations afforded by the story he conceived, Mr. Bartholomae used the best, and the only fault that draws attention is the flimsy weave of the plot and the rather mediocre finale of the story. Certainly it is a most difficult farce to present. pre-sent. Mr. Brady's people at the Colonial do the play wonderfully well and the organization comprises com-prises some of the best players seen here this winter. Mahlon Hamilton's characterization of Al Rivers is appealing; Sam Hardy's Percy Darling is fine and Tom Emory's Richard Kettle is a gem. Mr. Emory's part is very difficult and his success suc-cess in the role is by the same token all the finer. Elsie Scott as Mrs. Cleveland is unsually good, and the hit of the last two acts is Arthur Aylsworth's hotel clerk. The characterization is an original oddity so good that not even the author au-thor could have hoped for a better interpretation of the role. Florence Stewart, Inez Buck and Ada Stirling, the latter as Georgina Kettle, are pretty nearly perfect in their work, while Fran-cine Fran-cine Larrimore plays Elsie Darling to the life. The serenade sung by Mr. AyJsworth in the second act was an imlooked for little touch of the artistic that completed that clever actor's personal per-sonal success in "Over Night." |