Word: rageneau
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...excellently staged in most respects. The scenery is superb, and small fault can be found with most of the interpretations of the cast. One wonders, however, whether Turgenev might not be a little shocked to see the part of the country doctor (played by Cecil Yapp, who was "Rageneau" in Hampden's "Cyrano") so obviously burlesqued. We doubt very much whether the author intended to see it clowned. The principal parts are admirably played by Mme. Nazimova, Earl Larrimore, and James Todd...