The Stage Guild, the newest dramatic organization of Boston, has followed up its initial success in "Ambush" with a most delightful presentation of "March Hares", by Harry. Wagstaff Gribble. "March Hares", as its title indicates, is a play of temperamentalists, of deadly serious extremists without the slightest saving spark of humor. The most extreme, most serious, most temperamental of them all is Geoffrey Wareham; the most dynamic, intense teacher of elocution who ever upset a household, The household, we might explain, consists of Mrs. Rodney, who tries hard to keep her equilibrium amid the general confusion her daughter Janet, the fiancee of Geoffery and intellectual sparring-partner extraordinary, and various menials, of whom Oliver, Geoffrey's man, is alone indispensable. The others leave because Geoffrey plays the piano in the middle of the night, but no one seems to mind except the unfortunate Mrs. Rodney. However, when Janet brings an affinity, Claudia Kitts, to live and work with her as a measure of self-defense and retaliation, Geoffrey introduces Edgar Fuller, who comes from Ohio or Oregon or somewhere to study elocution. The resulting mix-up, due entirely to the super-sensitiveness of the high strung, emotional people involved, is very amusing, and the whole plot is worked out in the cleverest style imaginable. The dialogue is witty and altogether up to date; scarcely a line fails to contribute something in the way of good-humored satire or fantastic nonsense.

Notwithstanding the inherent qualities of the play, it requires unusually good acting; the part of Geoffrey Wareham especially is no easy one, but Alexander Onslow, who by the way, played the part with the original company in New York, does it as though it were made for him. His finished, keenly appreciative acting goes far to make this particular Stage Guild Production the undoubted success that it is. But his perfection does not stand alone. Maryalice Secoy, late of the '47 Workshop has the part of Janet, which she takes with an understanding and ability worthy of actors far more experienced; and Madeline Massey, another of Professor Baker's former charges, is charming as Mrs. Rodney, although her gray hairs do not look quite natural. That "fisher of men", Claudia Kitts, who is at the bottom of a great deal of the excitement in the Rodney menage, is very well acted by Louise Gillis, and Ian Schuyler, who has perhaps the easiest of the major roles as Edgar Fuller, acquits himself perfectly as an "athletic glass-blower". But the whole caste shows an unusual degree of polish. We have not the slightest hesitation in pronouncing "March Hares" one of the cleverest, most satisfactory plays now in Boston.