Word: larking
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Being up to any lark...
...long-promised musical events of the season have been given this week. The musical eccentricity," "Robinsonade," has not been saved from insufferable stupidity, to our taste, by the clever adaptation of Mr. Childs, and the laudable efforts of the actors. It is truly Germanic in its dismal wit. "The Lark," music by Strauss, text ("Le Reveillon") by Meilhac and Halevy, is quite another thing. The music is very pretty, the adaptation of the libretto very well done, while both singing and acting are more than fairly good...
BOSTON MUSEUM. 7.45 P.M. Matinees, Wednesday and Saturday, at 2. To-night, and Sat. Matinee, Boucicault's "Old Heads and Young Hearts," with Mr. Warren as Jesse Rural. Saturday evening, Miss Martinot's benefit, - the "Spark," "Asmodeus," and the "Little Rebel." March 29, "Robinsonnade," and "The Lark," which promise to be very amusing...
...farce, "Aunt Charlotte's Maid," the beginning of which is good. Saturday evening, Sardou's "Patrie," which has long been talked of, will be produced for the first time. In it, Miss Clarke will appear for the first time in some weeks. During the month, "Robinsonnade" and "The Lark," musical sketches, are promised. "Robinsonnade" is a burlesque of "Robinson Crusoe," and is said to be very amusing. "The Lark" is another adaptation of Meilhac and Halevy's "Le Reveillon," which, in turn, is adapted from "Die Fledermaus." The plot is essentially the same as that of "On Bail." The music...
Sought his beloved with the lark...