Following a rather slow act of 40 minutes of dull wit and duller love making, Noel Coward, with the entrance of the Marquise Eloise in the second act finally lets his audience know that his comedy, "The Marquise" is concerned about one naughty French lady of the eighteenth century. The play opened Monday night at the Repertory Theatre and in it Mr. Jewett, forgetting his passion for young talent, had the better and more experienced actors interpret the comedy.

Dennis Clough in the role of the Compte Vriaac shows that he knew what a very indifferent Count would do to a Marquise who jilted him. It is about these two that the story is woven. Eighteen years before the opening of the play, the Marquise left Vriaac with an infant daughter, for no other 0reason except that the Count had never asked her to marry him. Three years previous she did a similar thing to his best friend, only this time it was a son. The Count Vriaac and his friend, ignorant that their children were brother and sister, almost force them to marry. A timely arrival of the Marquise prevents the catastrophe.

Olga Birkbeck playing the part of the Marquise was really a contribution to the comedy. The play will continue for some time.