The muse of intoxicating comedy holds sway at the Copley Theatre this week in the revival of Leslie Howard's farce "Murray Hill". Into the unruffiled Victorianism of the Tweedle family on Murray Hill bursts the rampant spirit of twentieth century gaiety in the form of a renegade relative of the Tweedles, Worthington Smythe. He appears on the morning of the funeral of a great aunt, who has bequeathed him $1000,000, highly intoxicated, and in a crumpled dress-suit. To save this youth from the wrath of his aunts, the family lawyer, Appleway, of "Appleway, Appleway, and Plunket", uses the providential entrance of Wrigley to acquire a substitute for the disrectable Smythe at the funeral. Three weeks before, Amelia, the youngest of the Tweedles, shockingly sweet and innocent, was stirred by the glimpse of a strange man. She fainted then, and she fainted again at the sight of Wrigley. Around this case of love at first sight, and the woefully muddling impersonation of Smythe by Wrigley, the plot proceeds to heights of hilarious comedy, and closes with the eventual reconciliation. If all the play were as satisfying as the second act, it would be a classic. As it is, there are moments of brilliance, in a rather bumpy plot.

We wish that Miss Romany and Mr. Strudurick, as Amelia, and Wrigley, had more veuve. They both needed something, one cocktail apiece, perhaps. Mr. Cothem, however, as the inebriated Smythe, and he remains drunk throughout the play, was an endless source of humor. Amy Loomis, as Elizabeth Tweedle, his co-merrymaker, adds the crown of light amusement. Her sister, serene and reticent, played by Miss Ray; the pompous lawyer, George Appleway, played by Mr. Bowker; the ultra-coldness of Miss. Pointeyter, as the retainer; and the perfect butler, Mr. Lucas, are able and amusing types of the sophisticated Victorianism which forms the background for "Murray Hill".

If Spring fever calls, if Cambridge is dull and overpowering, "Murray Hill" offers entertainment which will banish gloom and bring temporary relief to the depression-minded.