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Show fl A Cast Presents dear-Professional Production Of 'Big Hearted Herbert' The Roosevelt Ward M.I.A., directed by Mrs. Mattie Ed-wars, Ed-wars, presented a near-professional performance Friday night of "Big -Hearted Herbert," a comedy in three acts. As a whole, the acting of all major parts was excellent. Each member of the Kalness family, from Homer Cook, as little Robert, to Randall Stewart, as Herbert, acted their parts as if they had lived them the past few weeks and ihey undoubtedly undoubt-edly did. Mr. Stewart, with probably the most difficult part in the" production, gave a realistic interpretation in-terpretation of the actions and habits of a "plain" man, who has come up out of the ranks to become a prominent business tycoon, and appreciates every minute, or rather "second," of his hard-won success. Carma Winterton as Eliza- beth;1 Ruth Aitken, Alice; Homer Ho-mer Cook, Robert; and Norval Hansen, Herbert, Jr., were well cast in their roles as long-suffering members of the Kalness family. Supporting roles were handled han-dled capably by Edith Hardin-ger Hardin-ger as Martha; Myron Mower, Andrew Goodrich; Bernice Nelson, Nel-son, Amy Lawrence; Paul Nelson, Nel-son, Jim Lawrence; John Swen-son, Swen-son, Mr. Goodrich; Geneva Gilbert, Gil-bert, Mrs. Goodrich; Vernon Buchanan, Mr. Havens; and Eva Killpack, Mrs. Havens. After a slow start, as the .audience .au-dience acquainted itself with the cast, the plot began to move, carefully controlled at every step by its talented cast. The atmosphere was unbroken. All through the play one sympathized sympa-thized with members of the Kalness family fighting to extricate ex-tricate themselves from an "old-fashioned "old-fashioned tyrant." Even the last scene, the most difficult in the play, was well-handled well-handled by Mr. Stewart. He had a tough role in trying to portray por-tray a self-made man suddenly transformed into "Big-Hearted Herbert." But, assisted by gossipy wife Elizabeth, who succeeded in even ev-en disgusting1 her husband with his own personality during the dinner with the Havens, he carried out realistically the most hazardous part of his performance. per-formance. After the humiliation Herbert showed he possessed the decency and common sense to become "Big-Hearted Herbert." Her-bert." Along with Mr. Stewart, stand-out performances were presented by Miss Aitken, Mrs. Winterton, and Master Cook, who at times threatened to steal the show from the grown-ups. |