MEYNELL AND GUNN MUSICAL COMEDY COMPANY.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 558, 13 July 1909, Page 6

MEYNELL AND GUNN MUSICAL COMEDY COMPANY.

■ -B, ELLE; ;QP MAYFAIR." ; • in by I/she W. Bopk ihf. C. i/Brookfieli ;. and•'.- '.Cosmo ;■ : Hamilton. Oastrr:^:;':- : /:.r:;; . v: - ..:•'" ■ //' ; ;-.-..<;,->" ,-. ' : Earl' of ;iloMt.;Hißliote £!!#£;■'' Ho"' Baymond Knclloy ...... Harold Tliorley : :!tillpiitf ■H.S.H. Princess-.Oa,r. ..■..;.......... Ruth ; Lady 0ha1dic0tt.:...:.........-.. BmmoUnp Oriord . Julia 0ha1dicbtt.........:....:...»;«.. Alice; Bcnactto ■ 'Witt? all the' prophetic -.certitude-: of. a. ;seer of old 'a theatrical,personage.. who: was rej centlyintiemowed..stated,,that the reign /of . ; musical comedy wad over, i.and , that his horoscope': presaged-;the;.-return, to: favour of: legi-. I tote comic opera..The message-was equivalent to ;^ying i v.''lhave, ( ]iooked. : i?to%; se SS kipw,: Vriiich '■ grain wiU gro* and which will not'.'- , " Of:coureeVmany would like to renew , their' oomio opera: ■■ wKichbis 'ciiiefly= most peopled, rniid^; wi^ .the^rilhantly^ : -quawfc Arthur-Sullivah.-. which have mubK<fo^S|aW ?: #natio.ne^t::there ;i ;Kv really no ; ieel; to .'wo^T'y' about:,the, fate.,, ot: nraiic^::c^y;Sf ; ;su6^^ai^.cQuld. i be; ■maiiitaiiie^-as ; : ii .Stnart%:meVry!*nflb)::VThcjse!k ] ot ; May.fa.r, : . pany- at'tfe Opera'Housejast. «e;ung.. : ,<Be-, Mas'sager • :or.',Lehar.; qaryll. ifs-He'^ld : .up, M^ werevgiven-v^ Vfftikk b00k.,- : ,Hiß; ; ;talent,■ for -pretentious * catchiness'' ; in; music ■ wae p'ictitfesqueiy'-■'•.forcedI■■■1 ■■■ -to.: ■'}. •prominence; .in %loVodbra-;^. Nbw,,:, years .Wto^.;** , . /;are fair If.i-abounds '.iai good things, which chase one' another in ;a? frolhckingi. mood, wiichcbnv.eys"-one;: from" charm to charm. eternal: "JlbmeoV; with, f . the, who-Wld 1 ;inomentß^ f 't66,; in-tie'"dialogue.", A"consP, 10 " 0 ."? o n . e , ls burlbsqu^:ote' v ','Queen ; Mab"- Bpeechi'.nch -in the;philospphy, of i;by Mr.-Winyi-Gromwell, a good jester, who, jibs :hard; at the final "g. The/ story;, needs no .^further; 1 elab9ration,:- than ,-;to say,. ;that (Miss. Alice Vu Juliet : lierXfather, - Sir. John ChaWicptt (Mr. Edwm Brett); is,old- Capnlet,. but m-this case : one of ■ 'the'. <noveau riche • and,;,an- incurable'vulgarian. ' -Papa 'Montague.'.is TβprSdi'in;th.e Earl Highgate. (Mr "Phil Carlton), andjhis .son Jlaymond Mr/'flwold : riaturally^Bomeo. cutio; /Cbmfe (levPerrier ; : (Mr v arYV is>Comty -Paris.-' and:;Simpspn v Fayno) can- be -stretched■ into \grepresentation of Peter.', Pincott '(Miss Essie Eerrm). is surely Juliet!a^.nurse.:in terpsichprean..djsguise,Tand :Dri' Marniaduke , 'Lawrence (Mr. Fred England) is only Father. Lawrence -up-■tp-date; ■■■'•■;The only character .in the/musical comedy fPr'.'whieh- we- cannot^nnd.a:. prototype is the iPrihcess. Garl-.o! Ehrenbreitstein (Miss Ruth' Lincoln);,>ut' it.' does. .ngt'-JnaWer.-■iti'the-lea^'-degiee:vHer.'role-;is;to.- ; w«ider oh : arid 'off, looking 'very sw«ot, in particularly! Bongs. , : v IE : the libeW/tp.?ctirwtett;>-'"V.Oh:.:Gome-;My ; of-the/bravura-type, with' aWhirlrof,pretty tadeniasy ffiss ; ■Lincola". -.sang:;- better;than, some-judges'gave-he'r''bredit rfor.v'.lt: is the only: female voice-'in .'the' 'company, ofv any consequence, and'her : vocahsm, -attractive as. if bertainly'^i'could''be jfiiade'-mpre'.'so' j>7 a' ; mow'.'..faithful: ■:'■;pjoriunciation.:-:';---;Mibs : Lincoltf ; v ■■-s'cbrel C s - ; -V;;: ; pomilar" 4:^-:;in v "When' : I- Married^! a" .German -Prince;. a''song'-.(and chorus'.'with. a" joyous -lilt,■:and "caugtt pn ,; . :r, even 'better"in !a -quaint ':'lavender'.a : nd'qrd v lace'!■::-"'tutiQ ; (wxth vMr. Tiorley)''entitled?'-fTne, Shady Side,of;Bond; Street; ~1,: in'-' which the"'crmblines ) : bpnnete, an^ ; other'^irigs^rthe.ieariyj^atprian o era; sot'• an ; airing.•" So. generous was 'the , applause. that-'the ; ■actroni'b?'fterpjay' was unnecessarily interfered'.«. "JJiss-Alice; .Bemiettoj.vas: Julia'Ch'aldioot't;' ; 'play>a and lopkfd was not; a 'success—bottf-'seemed ratlie!-..flat /and-'tpne. ■less" The'little" lady was miich .better * her, '•'^oktezum'a'. ( ' r sbrig.-a>!cl' : <!;ance!;. , . 'Mr. EflWin. Brett.'" that ''particularly;'. satisfying- comedian. ; had'-little.'to So/but ohide his' daughter and; blurt- , out : "malapropisms" and badlrencn. His "Lum Tiddly'TJiri" song had was a full head of comedy steam behind; it. Mr' looked-nice .'and' clean, as Hugh 'Meredith,:''after-. getting .'-used .to .him. 'as Slinks an(l ; th;e : -B'arpn.". 'His ' and. "Won't You., Dance' the -Merry. Widow Waltz With , Me" were' two of: the. many. -''hits'-^of' the/evening'.■;-.Mr; Tom: :P ; ayne, : as Simpson, had top-little to. do;, to, please; the audwnbe,>:Slis's:-;Essie:;Perrm,., as j ;:.Pin<!ott ) ; daiicci with 'ajry> ; gface and"refinement.. j; Mr Thorfey- has never been, see^i , to such advan'taKe'as in "THe Belle of; Mayfair," though he was'a little'flat,at { 'tim.qs-vocallyV.nptably in the : 'song;.''Mf,Youth and; I,V, andMn s ttie, ■duet::''Qno;pf :-: .tlie^-'be"st- ,^tches;;.;in y _«ie, comedy was; the-,' 'Hanover Square , : , Quartet (revived 1 the ..finale);., and:, one; quaintes't;:'.'Th"e. Gibson 'Girls , ;: ;(#lo ;bfcSliss. Dora \Dentonj'i:' v^itH:-. accessones;,,by:; Morley ; .; : ->.^ : -\;"*J■; • The dresses are a feature'Of''the. comedV) and theiscenery'is'qiiite good,-'espe6l?lly,.,tfte; fete scene, "which-represents, a /big. bazaar. ■■ '"The' Belle of- Mayfair" ■ 'shpuld; attnlct, large 1 honses .--■fpr'.'the:- -next; 'four';" eveninfes. ; ; 'emderella"fis> billed afternooh.-;'•;-■; ■ -''■-'■': '■'■■'■<-■'■'>.'■' '■'-'■'. '<■•'•. .■■'.-'■■.': ][-]■