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...credit that He is an Englishman." "Pinafore" came like a spanking breeze to the doldrums of the Victorian stage; it was as new and exciting as Dr. Bell's contrivance that two years before had set the Philadelphia centennial by the ears. And the audience of 1878 found Ralph Rackstraw's imprisonment doubly hard, for "no telephone communicates with his cell...
BOSTON THEATRE. - The "Ideal Pinafore" is still running to large houses. Miss Adelaide Phillips is very successful in the part of Buttercup, and sings the music with good effect. Mr. Fessenden, as Ralph Rackstraw, does not come up to Tom Karl, who took the part last spring, but nevertheless fills it satisfactorily. On the whole, it is, without doubt, the best representation of "Pinafore" that has been given in America. Bartley Campbell's new play of "My Partner," which has been very successful in New York, will shortly be produced. Next Monday evening, "Fatinitza" will be revived...