"Breaking the Ice" Bright Comedy from 2YA

Radio Record, Volume V, Issue 28, 22 January 1932, Page 2

"Breaking the Ice" Bright Comedy from 2YA

NEXT Thursday, January 21, a bright one-act comedy, "Breaking the Ice,’"" by Thomas, will be produced from 2YA by Clement May, the | noted elocutionist. There are only two parts. Captain Selby will be played by Clement May himself, and Miss Margaret Martin, of Martin Towers, by Ragnhilde Mée. The story runs as follows:The lady is running away from home to avoid meeting a would-be suitor whom»she has never seen, and to whom her father has promised her hand. She is on her way to her grandmother's when she is overtaken by 1 snowstorm and she is forced to seek shelter at a wayside inn. There is only one sitting-room and this she is compelled to share with an unknown man, though they are separated by a screen dividing the room. She naturally wonders what her neighbour is like, and presuming for no special reason that he must be old, she draws his portrait on the screen with .some chalk she finds at hand. He also is rather curious as to the lady’s identity, and he would be only too pleased to make her acquaintance, it only because the fireplace is on her side of the room. Being at a loss to find something to do, Selby admires himself in a mirror and discourses on his own beauty. The lady overhears his eulogy and, becomes both interested and amused. She finally mounts a chair and looks over the screen, breaking into a fit of laughter whén she sees what he is actually doing. He is naturally very embarrassed. Finally the screen is removed and the two occupy the warmer portion of the room. She tells the story of how she came to be on the road, and how the storm forced her to seek shelter at the inn. She is surprised also to find

that the gentleman is in exactly the same position, for his people also want him to marry a woman he has never seen. Selby eventually makes love to the lady and she, to try him, suggests he goes into the snow to gather holly. After some show of reluctance he consents. While putting on his overcoat, however, he drops a lady's glove, which she finds after he has gone, and she concludes that it belongs to another woman in whom he is intérested,

On his return she confronts him and accuses him of being in love with someone else while making love to her. After some explanation she finally discovers he is actually the man she has been running away from and to whom her father has promised her hand.

They finally agree that it would be well for them to drive to Martin Towers and obtain absolution from their parents --- a very satisfying solution to a charming piece of comedy work,