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Nowadays the plot of a musical comedy is hard beset by two perils: it is either spun out from one idea, which gets rather frayed toward the end, or is pared down to the quick from the story of the original. This latter is evidently the case with "The Man from Cook's." But though the piece does fall rather weakly into the position of a showcase for gems of song, its framework is given as high a polish as it can stand in the elaborate production of Messrs. Klaw and Erlanger, and it is refreshingly sweet and clean after...
This particular wedding trip takes one through a singularly level and uninteresting country. There are a few merry moments--as when a hazy suggestion of genuinely funny plot is seen in the distance, or when an occasional haunting tune is heard afar off. But most of the trip is much less enjoyable than we expected with an escort like Mr. De Koven...
Though slight in plot, "A Single Man" very easily takes rank with the best of Mr. Drew's "drawing-room plays"--a form of entertainment in which he has long held first place on our stage and which promises to remain popular so long as Mr. Drew finds parts to his liking. Without him Mr. Davies's comedy could hope for little; with him, and a carefully selected cast, it is highly amusing and altogether worth while. In the supporting company are Miss Mary Boland, Miss Thais Lawton, late of the New Theatre company, and Miss Carrol McComas...
...Ralph Roister Doister" marks the combination of classical and native elements in the English drama. The play follows the "Miles Gloriosus", of Plautus, but interprets the characters in the vein of Elizabethan comedy. The plot of the story centres about a town gallant who is made to believe that he is in love with a fascinating young widow. The climax comes with his disillusionment...
...play is somewhat different from Mr. Sheldon's former work. The scene is laid in Coney Island, and the plot deals with a rich young New Yorker who hires himself out as a pianist in a side show. He falls in love with the Princess Zim-Zim and the rest of the play revolves about their love story. Aside from the plot, the play is interesting chiefly as a vivid picture of Coney Island life...