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'Voice of Turtle' Marred By Its Age
Airdate: Thursday - June 29, 1961

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About the only discernible damage that time has done to 'The Voice of The Turtle' is that lines which once seemed wistful and sweet, tenderly comic, now tend to seem worn and trite. It is the usual thing that happens to a bright but not deep comedy as the years sweep over it. I would think that 'Mary, Mary,' not too many years from now, will show places where the bright paint has flaked off and the jokes are exposed as being made of plaster instead of marble. Two ladies of theatre have decided, with becoming enthusiasm, o put on a summer season of comedies at the 41st Street Theatre off Broadway. Their first offereing is John Van Druten's play that ran seemingly forever when it first was produced back there in mid-war of December, 1943. Mr. Van Druten told the rueful and somehow winning little fable of a Joplin actress who was determined to be something on Broadway but whose naive innocence propelled her more toward being something in bed. It was a one-set, three-character little treasure and charming as a baby in a swing. Now, in off-Broadway hands, it still exhibits moments of magic, but in the main it tends to betray its age. This is no commentary, on those performing the work. The girl is attractive and igniting Mindy Carson, the sergeant is Jean Shepherd, the older, more corrosive actress is Joyce Randolph and although one cannot say that all three glitter without flaw, they do make an evening that is nostalgically pleasant and one in which critical pressures are not stoked up. Carson Does OK Miss Carson whisks through the role of Sally with nice cleanness and brio, uttering Mr. Van Druten's lines with proper emphasis where it is due and proper guilelessness where that is essential. Miss Randolph's Olive has cutting edges, as is necessary when she speaks the acidulous, self-destructive lines the author assigned the character. Mr. Shepherd is not quite as successful in the role of the army sergeant who comes calling and finds romance, but he is far from a disturbance to the evening. Let the Misses Eleanor Horn and Barbara Griner not be dismayed - they have got off to a good start in their wish to make the summer funny in 41st Street.

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