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Keith-Albee managers' report book, December 11, 1911-September 9, 1912

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CRITICISM.
FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE, NEW YORK CITY.    WEEK OF MARCH 25TH, 1912.
MO REA & LEVERING: Comedy cycle act on the order of Ben Beyer & Bro. except both in white face. Introducing various freak wheels, fancy riding and a novel finish with a cycle aeroplane. Eleven minutes full stage.
LES FOUR ELLES: Two women and two men in a series of dances. Carry one set of scenery and give four dances, with one change of costume. Pleasing dancing number although will not set the world afire. Nine minutes full stage.
VENETIAN FOUR: A quartette of men in a spectacular musical act. Open in one, dressed as Italian Vagabonds, second Venetian scene, in which harpist introduces a very pleasing solo, third interior of a church, with the quartette playing the "Rosary" and finish in one with rag-time selection. A very pleasing musical act. Twenty minutes.
FANNIE WARD: In the one act farce "What the Doctor Ordered" by A. E. Thomas with John W. Dean, Mrs. Stanhope Wheatcroft and Mr. Harry Dodd. The story is a quarrel between husband and wife and the ruse of mother-in-law and the Doctor to bring them together. A well played comedy, but one that depends solely on the business in the play to get the laughs, which are frequent. The audience seem to like it. Full stage Twenty-two minutes.
CORELLI AND GILLETTE: Offer a very novel acrobatic and burlesque acting number in one. A great act; could hold any place on the bill. Twelve minutes.
ZELDA SEARS: Presenting "The Wardrobe woman" by Edgar Allan Woolf, with Walter Young, Margaret Armstrong, Mr. Earl Metcalfe and Miss Beatrice Belmont. The scene is an improvised wardrobe room behind the scene on the stage of a one night stand theatre. The comedy is novel, as it presents to the public the manner in which stage effects are produced, each bringing tremendous laughs. There is a little love story interwoven, with a little pathos and a sentimental finish. Splendid comedy, twenty-five minutes, full stage.


ever did before, really a production. Sings four songs and a change of costume, finishing with an aeroplane song in which she introduces the machine. Her songs are all new, each securing plenty of laughs, particularly "Her First Trip in an Aeroplane". With suitable billing this girl would make good as a headline attraction. She is the American Vesta Victoria. The hit of every performance. Twenty-nine minutes in two.
AITKEN-WHITMAN TRIO: Two men and a boy in a spectacular contortion act using their own scenery and doing the regular routine of contortion work. A good act. Full stage fifteen minutes.

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CRITICISM. FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE, NEW YORK CITY. WEEK OF MARCH 25TH, 1912. MO REA & LEVERING: Comedy cycle act on the order of Ben Beyer & Bro. except both in white face. Introducing various freak wheels, fancy riding and a novel finish with a cycle aeroplane. Eleven minutes full stage. LES FOUR ELLES: Two women and two men in a series of dances. Carry one set of scenery and give four dances, with one change of costume. Pleasing dancing number although will not set the world afire. Nine minutes full stage. VENETIAN FOUR: A quartette of men in a spectacular musical act. Open in one, dressed as Italian Vagabonds, second Venetian scene, in which harpist introduces a very pleasing solo, third interior of a church, with the quartette playing the "Rosary" and finish in one with rag-time selection. A very pleasing musical act. Twenty minutes. FANNIE WARD: In the one act farce "What the Doctor Ordered" by A. E. Thomas with John W. Dean, Mrs. Stanhope Wheatcroft and Mr. Harry Dodd. The story is a quarrel between husband and wife and the ruse of mother-in-law and the Doctor to bring them together. A well played comedy, but one that depends solely on the business in the play to get the laughs, which are frequent. The audience seem to like it. Full stage Twenty-two minutes. CORELLI AND GILLETTE: Offer a very novel acrobatic and burlesque acting number in one. A great act; could hold any place on the bill. Twelve minutes. ZELDA SEARS: Presenting "The Wardrobe woman" by Edgar Allan Woolf, with Walter Young, Margaret Armstrong, Mr. Earl Metcalfe and Miss Beatrice Belmont. The scene is an improvised wardrobe room behind the scene on the stage of a one night stand theatre. The comedy is novel, as it presents to the public the manner in which stage effects are produced, each bringing tremendous laughs. There is a little love story interwoven, with a little pathos and a sentimental finish. Splendid comedy, twenty-five minutes, full stage. ever did before, really a production. Sings four songs and a change of costume, finishing with an aeroplane song in which she introduces the machine. Her songs are all new, each securing plenty of laughs, particularly "Her First Trip in an Aeroplane". With suitable billing this girl would make good as a headline attraction. She is the American Vesta Victoria. The hit of every performance. Twenty-nine minutes in two. AITKEN-WHITMAN TRIO: Two men and a boy in a spectacular contortion act using their own scenery and doing the regular routine of contortion work. A good act. Full stage fifteen minutes.