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...blood in his veins and awake him once more to the infinite possibilities of the drama well presented. The other group, pointing ostensibly toward the other pole of the theater, gave us a new sensation in the world of the review. The moon-faced and altogether rotund. M. Balieff, with his apparently broken English and thousand quips and merry sayings, presented his sequence of light-hearted acts in a manner new to the American stage. Little scenery, perfect acting in any situation whatsoever, things unfortunately quite lacking in the reviews, were the two pins upon which gorgeous pageants which...
...Nikita Balieff, master of the Chauve Souris, told friends in London of a recent call he made on Mr. Coolidge: "I kept awake all night preparing a little speech to tell Mr. Coolidge all about his noble country and his noble self. .... Mr. Coolidge seized my hand and said: 'How do you do?' Then he seized it again and said: 'Goodbye.' I was out of the White House in forty seconds. Fortunately his countrymen listened to me with more patience than...
...Balieff has brought his Chauve-Souris to Boston again, "entirely new", according to the program, but containing in the actual performance three of the acts which appeared in Boston last year. Two of these--"Katinka", and "The Parade of the Wooden Soldiers"--were thrown in as pseudo-encores; the third, "Siciliana", was a puppet show burlesque of Italian grand opera, with more scenery and less archness than formerly. Balieff dominated everything except the audience, although he put up a stiff fight for the possession of this domain also. He looked as though he were very much the worse for America...
...there is none such might bring out an American Chauve-Souris which could tour Europe with notable success; but nobody would listen to it, though their eyes might burst in wonder, for only in Russia could he find such voices as those that enchant or dominate the air of Balieff's Bat. From the piercing shriek of Katinka, through the lyric beauty of the soprano, the sombre resignation of the contralto, the passion of the tenor, the expansiveness of the baritone, to that epitome of Slavdom, the resonance of a Russian bass--all were perfection in every register; a complete...
...Majestic (White Star) : Nikita Balieff and 18 members of his Chauve Souris company; the Moscow Art Theatre company of 29; C. B. Dillingham, theatrical producer; Mrs. Julia Hoyt, actress; C. M. Chester, Postum Cereal President...