“THE LADY DANDIES.”
According to the “Referee,” sparkling music, beautiful stage pictures, and gorgeous and artistic costumes are the most striking features of “The Lady Dandies,” which was staged for the first time in Australia at Her Majesty’s on Saturday week before a crowded audience. To the music, however, the production owes its charm. The solos are da’nty and sweet, the choruses full of tone and vigor. It is in the “book” that the weakness lies. It is mostly dull, and even the fact that Sardou is the author does not give it distinction, for the great playwright must long since have recognised that his genius does not lie in the direction of
operatic plays. Moreover, the addition of modern —very modern—“humour” has made the mixture an incongruous one.
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New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XVI, Issue 943, 2 April 1908, Page 17
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129“THE LADY DANDIES.” New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XVI, Issue 943, 2 April 1908, Page 17
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