Word: roach
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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...characters are well portrayed by the players, and, in spite of a Monday-night inaccuracy of lines, one feels that Mr. Jewett's actors have acquitted themselves well. May Ediss as "Dora" and Viola Roach as "Mrs. Knox," were particularly effective in the characterization of these two very essential parts. E. E. Clive cleverly played the henpecked husband, while Robert Noble did well in the delightful and familiar figure of the irate father, Mr. Gilbey. The only thing which one might wish for is less drawn-out speeches, which are difficult to speak and follow. Still, they are full...
...players in this piece maintains the average of excellence so noticeable in all the Henry Jewett productions. Perhaps Lyonel Watts as "Tony" does not quite reach the others in point of perfection. This discrepancy may, however, be due to his short and relatively unimportant part. Viola Roach, as Mrs. Frampton, gives us a very vivid and affecting picture of a human soul in agony. Her facial expressions as well as her gestures are convincing and true. She is the center of attraction at all times. E. E. Clive illustrates, in the role of Mr. Frampton, a fine, genial gentleman whose...
...opinion the performance of Miss Viola Roach is by far the most delightful we have ever seen her give. The title role, the good-hearted and charming Lady Frederick was for her a happy one. Ethel Barrymore originally played the part; it is not too much to say that Miss Roach's work can be compared not unfavorably with hers. Playing opposite to Miss Roach, Mr. Charles Warburton managed his highly epigrammatic part skilfully, and for the most part accurately. It was a most exacting role for a repertory player--but the prompter was only once necessary. Mr. Watts, although...
...presented this week by the Jewett Players at the Copley Theatre, Pygmalion is a very amusing and well-balanced production. The acting, as a whole, is adequate, and on the part of Mr. Clive--delightful. He is Henry Higgens to the last nervous twitch of his awkward hands. Viola Roach, as the cockney flower girl, and Ada Wingard as the straight-laced housekeeper with middle class respectability--are likewise very convincing...