Last Friday Night's Performance of "The Best People": An Excellent One The concensus of opinion of the entire house at the Carlton Theatre inst Friday night the second showing of The Best People coincided with Thueday night's audienee—"It, is one of the best amateur shows that Shanghai has had the pleasure of seeing." Even the most hardened newspaper critic could do nothing but sit there and laugh.
'The plot of the whole play centr a series of proposed marjes in the exposition of which every one seemed to fall in love with the wrong person, but everything turns out all right, 'The play, from start to finish, was a the only slow moment' being a short period in the third act.
The second act, in view of the fact that it was composed of three eeenes with the attendant change of scenery, went through very quickly, the interval being momentary.
Critics have praised Mrs, Bur-din's characterization of Millie Montgopery to the skies, and a petition of such favourable criticism only the actress's due—she had difficult rte, one which required her best efforts, and one which, had it been acted less skillfully, would have caused the whole play' to fall flat, As Is characteristic of all the regent American Playtrs portrayals, including "Within the Law" and "So This Is London," the entire cast demonstrated that as individuals they had been chosen well to fill th parts and that they, with credit to themselves and their coaches, Mr. aad Mrs, Gardner Crane, were a repetition of their previous success.
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