"SCANDAL."

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 16, 19 July 1923, Page 5

"SCANDAL."

The fascination of Cosmo Hamilton's comedy, "Scandal," shows no signs of waning. A second night audience at the Grand Opera House last night found the play, in the hands of Mr. Harry Cohen's company, a . delectable morsel. Miss Doris Duane is seen in the role of Beatrice Vanderdyke, and gives a reflly fine performance of the part of the spoiled heiress, who finds herself cornered for the first time in her life.- She is a girl who has always gained her point, even if she has to tell untruths, but in this instance she reckons without , Pelham Franklin. When she takes his name to save herself from an unpleasant and unexpected development, she never imagines the demands he will make in teaching her her lesson. Miss Duane is a charming, natural actress, and the audience finds' her a delightful, self-willed heroine. She is piquaint and youthful, and typically representative of New York's smartest set. In Mr.. Eric Harrison is a clever juvenile actor who makes an ideal Pelham Franklin. He, too, is natural and easy, and never overdoes a situation. The rest of the cast is well chosen, and gives admirable, support to the principals. There will be a repetition to-night. '