Word: defective
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...production of "The Prince and the Pauper," dramatized from Mark Twain's book of that name, was begun at the Hollis St. theatre. The play is a very good one, and well-worked up. Perhaps, in parts, it savors too much of the melodrama; at any rate this seeming defect was made apparent at times by the poor work of several artists in the company. On the whole, however, the rest of the company furnish a good support for little Elsie Leslie who plays the title role in a very charming way. Her work has a uniqueness about it which...
...soloist, Miss Rose Stewart, has a sophrano voice of medium range, rather flexible, but of little power. The fine acoustics of Sanders helped to overcome this defect. On the whole Miss Stewart was not up to the average of symphony soloists. She was most successful in the Mad Song from "Hamlet" which displayed the powers of her voice to best advantage. The music of this "Scene," however, is hardly up to the level of Shakespeare. The set of Persian Love Songs by Rubinstein would have had a better effect in a smaller auditorium. Weber's "Freischuetz" overture made a fitting...
...Tupper" is a clever dialect sketch with perhaps the slight defect of being a little too long. Many of the expressions are highly amusing...
...Between Two Worlds" a powerful sketch by M. Wilcox, is suggested a problem of theosophy. Its defect is an unsatisfactory vagueness which is not dispelled by skill in narration...