AMUSEMENTS
FULLERS' VAUDEVILLE.
RETURN OF PRINCE REVUE COMPANY.
An audience; of goodly dimensions witnessed the new routine of vaudeville at the | Princess Theatre last night, and obviously liked it well enough, although) there was wanting tho sparkle and enthusiasm that the last three or four bills have provoked. The public, perhaps, have become used to a first part that fills the eye and tho •stage—a production, in fact—and the vaudeville specialties submitted in its stead were (with one exception) too insipid to replace so gay an ensemble as is furnished by a revue. The exception referred to was Alf. Holt, an American mimic of extraordinary aptitude, and, better still, a comedian with an original twist that proved irresistible. He snowed third on the bill, and it was only at his appearance that the audience began to sit forward and take notice, the previous exhibits—by M. Nickelsonn and by Slavin and Thompson—proving, the one. bald and infertile, and the other puerile and ineffective. Holt's act was the welcome oasis between these ' two offerings and the first part - finale by Armitage and Hine, which was almost as dead as their last-week act was live and entertaining. However, the second part compensated in full for the shortcomings of the first part. The -charming personality of Miss Hilda FeUtead (who opened tho part) reacted warmly upon her auditors, and - infused the proper spirit of gaiety into the auditorium, and the following acts maintained this pleasant level of excellence. The biggest sort of success was won by the fine statuary exhibition of Do Baker's models, a series of poses from classic and modern sources whoso beauty Won general admiration. The posing of the man and women, whether in tho nude studies "Cupid and Psyche," " Truth," "ahd "Pygmalion and Galatea," or in the war studies, " Forward," and "111 Spite of All," was remavkably fine, conveying tho spirit of the, groups as no mere words could, and the whole exhibition was an artistic triumph, as the audience were quick to recognise. Brown and ■Sorlie's comedy sketch, • The- Ghost of the Violin,' stopped the- show, as the vernacular has it, and tho Littlejohns in their novelty juggling act again amazed and amused.
Altogether, then, the new entertainment "measured up" at better value than the firGt part promised, and the inclusion to-night of the popular Prince Rovue Company (who will provide the whole first part) should bviug the entertainment again to the consistent high standard of the past few weeks. The Prince Company are recalled on the cabled instruction of MiBen Fuller, and will present to-night a brand-new musical comedy, ' The llarem Kcarem Girls,' which is the most ambitious of their productions, both front a scenic and a melodic point of .view. The scene is set in an Arabian city, where the Emir and his band of Arabs have captured three travellers —Sarah Potter, an American missionary (Miss Lilian Colenso), Signor Stromboli, an Italian merchant (Mr
Chas. Zoli), and Joseph Tollyboy, an amorous Englishman (Mr Victor Prince). The quick comedy centres round these three prisoners, and the farcical element is said to have an admirable adjunct in tlie Eastern scenic investiture and the Eastern melodies and dances introduced.
DUFAULT PLA"N T S OPEN 1 ".
Paul Dufault, the. tenor who will for many years serve as the standard by v.'lnch other singers will be judged in this. City, will be heard hsro again a.fteran absence, of two years on Mondav evening next at His Majesty's Theatre. "Paul Dufault has p. genius for preparing concert programmes, and his new ones will be looked forward to with great interest. On his previous visits he lias introduced us to numerous new •songs and to many composers, who were littio known here, but whose work, ma-do popular through JDufault's art, has since become endeared to us. Who .can forsei the impression "made by Dufault during hi? first visit- by his singing of ' Invictus,' then | heard for the finst time. It is to be. doubted if any other song has ever rivalled its sudden bou/id to popularity. lire box plans for the season opened this morning at The Bristol, and judging by the advance booking a full house will greet this famous artist on his reappearance.
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Evening Star, Issue 16092, 18 April 1916, Page 9
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