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...being published by a New York magazine. It was dramatized last fall. The play deals with the adventures of two thieves, one rich, the other poor, and ends with the conversion of the former to a better life by the poor man. The situations are very funny and the plot lends itself to an enjoyable comedy...
...their slang than in their craft. The German tag with the questioning accent is a high point of humour. It is to be feared, however, that to the reviewer of "Man and Superman" it might seem like "one of the harmless stupidities with which Shaw covers his essentially undramatic plot...
...comic operas offer as pretentious a plot as does "The Stymie" and one is spared the usual experience of sitting through much unrelated dialogue in the hope that relief will appear in the form of another song. In fact, the play contains approximately half the customary number of musical selections, and the appeal to attention is frankly on the side of the story, with what amounts to incidental numbers, both songs, and dances, introduced for the sake of variety. The chorus of "Copper Moon" would have gained in effectiveness had it been sung "off stage"; and in several cases...
There are two acts in "Panamania," the first being the interior of a theatrical Booking Office, and the second representing the Revolutionist Head-quarters near the Panama Canal. The underlying thread of the plot is that a theatrical company is engaged to give a performance in Panama; but, on their arrival, they discover that they have been misled and that the whole engagement was a plot conceived by the Revolutionists in order to capture them. They are held in captivity with no apparent discomfort, and will continue to be there for some time as far as we will ever know...
...Panamania" is a musical comedy. The book and lyrics are by P. M. Hollister '13 and J. K. Hodges '14; the music by F. R. Hancock '13, T. M. Spelman '13, and V. Freedley '14. The plot of the play has been skilfully developed by the authors, and the threads of the plot are neatly woven into a closely knit and interesting story. The music promises to be merry and lilting, well suited to the words. The production is being coached by Mr. E. B. Sanger, who has had charge of the Pudding plays for several years...