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...rearranged by Mr. Monteux, who besides made many cuts to good advantage. The scoring is curiously complex and difficult. The coloring and rhythms, however, are marvelous, and we are constantly hearing novel and piquant effects as in the trilling and warbling of the wind instrucments in the Cleopatra episode. It is interesting to note that the Rondo Infernale is a direct forerunner of the Katschei dance in Strawinsky's "Oiseau de Feu", and a good instance of the influence of master over pupil. Little wonder that "Mlada" is not well known. The scenic demands are enormous--from the Baltic...
...chief feature, however, was the ten scenes in which the Singer Midgets appeared. The Midget strong man, the Midget conjurer, the Midget "Cleopatra" with the winning ways--these and many more were there. The Midget cowboys did their stunts, the Midget soldiers marched, and the Midget singer rendered "Girl of My Dreams", while the beauties of the chorus went on miniature fashion parade. Taken all in all, a very good example of small people "going...
Dephne Pollard, the Keith's headliner, entertains with her English mannerisms and with an original presentation of an old song about Cleopatra. Also amusing are Hal Skelley and his company of three pretty girls--two blondes and a brunette--in "the Mutual Man". The musical comedy dancing in this act holds one's interest. A short three act drama featuring Frederick Bunion as Abraham Lincoln furnishes amusement of a different sort, and the bill is completed by Bert Errol of the Tetrazzini voice and the gorgeous gowns, the attempts of a few members of the audience to ride a circus...
...Sheba" Gounod 2. Overture to "The Sicilian Vespers" Verdi 3. Waltz from "Eugen Onegin" Tschaikowsky 4. Fantasia, "Madame Butterfly" Puccini 5. Prelude to "The Mastersingers of Nuremberg" Wagner 6. Dance of the Priestesses from "Samson and Delilah" Saint-Saens 7. Ballet Music from "La Gioconda" Ponchielli 8. Intermezzo from "Cleopatra's Night" Hadley 9. Selection, "Carmen" Bizdt 10. Intermezzo, "Cavalleria Rusticana" Mascagni 11. Coronation March from "The Prophet" Mayerbeer
...Give 'em what they want, as Cleopatra used to say"--thus ends Mr. A. H. Woods' article in the New York Tribune telling why he produces bedroom farces. According to Mr. Woods the free and breezy plays are what the public wants, and that is why so many are written and produced. Even Shakespeare, says the modern concocter of the tired business man's farcical cocktails, wrote to please the public taste of his time. If Shakespeare were living and were to come to Mr. Woods with the manuscript of "Macbeth", the latter states that he would say, "Bill, they...