Word: princess
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Princess Zim-Zim," a new play by E. B. Sheldon '08, the author of "Salvation Nell," "The Nigger," and "The Boss," will be produced for the first time at the Plymouth Theatre, Boston, Wednesday evening. Dorothy Donnelly who played in "Madame X" last year will take the leading feminine part, and John Barrymore will play the leading male role...
...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...
Immediately after the banquet the squad attended the "Slim Princess" at the Colonial Theatre
After a very jolly evening at the Colonial last night, the audience came to a conclusion that the princess was not the only "slim" thing connected with the show. No fault could have been found with the house, for it was both plenteous and enthusiastic. What could have been the trouble...
...book? Yes, the book was pretty evasive, like all well-behaved comic opera librettos. A princess, dwelling in a land where thinness is held to be a vice, proves an eyesore to her noble parent because she has not been able to acquire sufficient avoirdupois to be accounted a beauty. A young American happens to disagree with the ideas of the community regarding the beautiful, and informs the young lady that she is his ideal. She is discovered by her sister in the arms of the stranger, and the news is conveyed to her "papa". The stranger flees...