Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1927-11-29 | Page 16 | Theatre Reviews

i THEATRE REVIEWS VS CRADLE SONG CHARMING PLAY The Cradle Song Son one of or tho the successes of or the Civic Repertory theatre of ot New York lork was resent present Ire resented ent- ent cd ed at tho the Orpheum theatre Monda Morda 1011 night before b tore a J. J largo large audience 1 It was billed as aa a 11 comedy but Judg judg- Judging judIn judging ing In b by the tho number ot of tears shed by Ly bytho Lythe bythe the tho women It might ml ht have ha been a tragedy However the tho weeping v. v caused by The Cradle Song bong was of ot the happy varlet variety If IC there thero car be bo happy tears They They were the tears of ot a Q marriage ceremony emony ruth ruth- rather ruther er cr than I n the tho tears ot funeral funer 1 rites o. o plays tho tiso writer ran can n recall as hav hay havIng havIn haying Ing In been b en performed In Ogden 1 It depends for tor its s Interest upon the charm arising from Crom delicate delin delin- delineation cation of ot contrasting characters tho the logical manner In which tho the story develops and the wholesome atmosphere created by reason o othe ot of the ho setting The play Is In two acts both laid laU In a convent coment of ot Enclosed Dominican nuns The plot deals with the tho cf of- of feet upon this peaceful community ot of the arrival ot of a new born walt wait waland and her departure from tho walls IS J ears later to become a a. bride brid Sincere and capable acting actina Is re required re- re reQuired required to make the tho piece pIcco effective In the first act act for tor Instance al althe all the ho nuns similarly clothed are seated or standing quietly In the first five tIve minutes there are few motions made yet jet et by b tho the artistry of ot the dramatists and the skill o otho of the tho performers an insight Into the characters depicted depleted by each of ot the principal players soon Is gained by bythe b bythe the tho audience The Cradle Song was played by bya a a. fine group STOUP ot of actors of whom Mary Shaw as tho ho prioress Harry Starry Davenport as the tho doctor Jo Jo- Johann hann liann as the tho waif Mary Hone as asSister asSister Sister Johanna and Fanny Daven Daven- Davenport Davenport port as ater Marcella out- out