| Show Audience Applauds Production By GEORGE BL Chronicle Critic The unusual and humorous combination of a Brooklyn and Yiddish accent found its way to Tokyo in the University Theater Majority of in Kingsbury Hall Tuesday The comedy concerns a Jewish lady from Brooklyn who visits Japan with her Barnard who portrays As- I ese millionaire m j with an Oxford filled his role maste Through the 0 of the theater he pictured a man Butsikares was a rare combination of dignity yet strong masculinity coupled with humility and ALTHOUGH leading lady Berta Gersten did not always have perfect she portrayed a thoroughly Larry Roupe as the son-in-law and the other members of the cast turned in adequately proficient performances in their Kenneth W. who appears all too briefly as gator Captain almost stole the show the few moments he was on He provided the heartiest laughs of the Oddly enough Jenks happens to be a writer of some At present he is a writer at Hercules Powder in the past he has had experience as a writer and director of plays and also as a If he could be persuaded to join our English department he would make a distinguished addition to an already distinguished THE PLAY itself was enjoyable and It held nostalgic touches for those who are from the areas of the East near for those who have had close associations with Jewish or for those who have been to Japan at any at any The underlying themes which do not go too could be questioned if they were meant to be more than surface Asano and Jacoby were unusually cosmopolitan and Generalizations about inter-cultural relationships or even about romance and marriage applicable to their relationships or even about romance and marriage applicable to their case would not necessarily apply as good council for COMING TO Kingsbury Hall November to is the pre-Broadway Captain and the The title reminds one of the lines from Rudyard Kipling's poem captains and the Kings Lord God of be with us yet lest we lest we AMONG OTHER well-known names in the cast will be Charles Conrad and Dana star of such memorable movies as Best Years of Our with Frederic March and Teresa and with Gene Tier-ney and Clifton Although the play will be shown three nights from Monday to it should be quite a |
