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...superlative feature of the evening was withheld to the very end--Ted Lewis. He is a glorified combination of Pierre Monteux, Walter Hampden, Puck, and Philip Sousa. Ostensibly he is only the leader of a versatile band of jazzy musicians. His title on the program is "the high-hatted tragedian of song, and his musical chorus." But for all his clownishness he has far more real art bottled up inside him than in many a man who scorns the idea of "jazz." Expressiveness is combined with restraint to a degree seldom attained in any kind of a performance...
...fatality which gave a comic mask to a tragedian...
...triumph of a Greek tragedian upon Broadway...
...throughout the play--a beautiful society maiden (she actually is beautiful) who wants to be a star; her sus- ceptible and perfectly-dressed papa; her amiably aimless admirer; a furtive and ominous villian; a mercenary manager; a dejected dinge; and various actors and would-be actors. The broken-down tragedian supplies an element unexpected in musical comedy, for Mr. Hodges succeeds in bringing out the full farcical effect and at the same time a suggestion of the pathos of the proud old actor who really could do "straight heavy" if he only had a chance. The act goes off with...
Salvini, the Italian tragedian, returns next season under the management of John Stetson, of Boston, supported by an English company...