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...Oyly Carte cast is masterful in "Iolanthe." The most important factor in the evening's work remains Martyn Green, who is offered by the opera precisely the proper balance of singing and "business." Instead of the constant mugging of Ko-Ko or the small opportunities of the part of Major General Stanley, Green as the Lord Chancellor in "Iolanthe" has "When you're Lying Awake," "Faint Heart Never Won," and "I said to Myself, Said I" to sing as well as some of his most entertaining business...
...Martyn Green, as always, was the idol of the galleries, who furiously recalled him for five (5) encores at one point in the proceedings. As the Rt. Hon. Sir Joseph Porter (K.C.B.), Green seemed to strike sort of a midway position between his clowning and mugging and magnificently individual stage business of "The Mikado" and the austere simplicity of "Pirates." Part of the time he was the scene-stealing comic; part of the time he was the ramrod-stiff First Lord of the Admiralty...
...Shubert, rather than getting by on clowning, plays up the unique qualities of the operetta, allowing the music to be heard, and even exaggerating the satire of a band of pirates who prefer their trade to "the cheating world . . . where pirates all are well-to-do." After last week, Martyn Green is almost unrecognizable as the Major General. Instead of giving way to capering about the stage, he remains a rather pathetic figure, in or near the clutches of the equally pathetic pirates. The same may be said for Darrell Fancourt as the Pirate King, whose voice and acting ability...
...Oyly Carte, now at the shubert, is performing "The Mikado" with all the polish and humor that the operetta needs. Martyn Green, who is one of the funniest men around in any company, climbs up the scenery and mugs furiously, but he hardly ever steps outside his role in the play, that of the Lord High Executioner. Darrell Fancourt, as the humane Mikado of the story, leers competently at his unfortunate subjects and utters the most grotesque chuckles that have been heard in Boston since he was last here nine years ago. The romantic leads are taken by Thomas Round...
March 3, 1923-Vol. I, No. 1 of TIME. Editors: Briton Hadden, Henry R. Luce; Associates: Manfred Gottfried, Thomas J. C. Martyn, Alan Rinehart, John A. Thomas. Circulation Manager: Roy E. Larsen. Advertising Manager: Robert L. Johnson. Circulation...