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Managers' report book, July 4, 1915-November 13, 1916

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BIJOU THEATRE, WOONSOCKET, R.I.
REPORT OF SHOW, MONDAY, MARCH 6, 1916.
MARLO & DUFFY: HORIZONTAL BAR EXPERTS, 7 MIN. FULL STAGE.
Good act, disclosing considerable new work, and the comedy gets a laugh here and there.
QUINN & LAFFERTY: SONGS AND DANCES, LADY 7 MAN, 12 MIN. (1).
A song or two new and original, and some clever dancing, especially the toe-dancing by the lady, makes an acceptable offering, quite well received.
BEATRICE MORELLE'S GRAND OPERA SEXTETTE: 6 LADIES, 20 MIN. FULL STAGE, SPEC. SET.
A spectacular affair sumptuously, gorgeously mounted as to stage accessories, with the participants beautifully gowned, and rendering a programme of classic and popular airs in voices of pleasing quality, interspersed with instrumental selections considerably above the average constitutes a particularly pleasing offering that met with very gratifying applause.



BIJOU THEATRE, WOONSOCKET, R. I.
REPORT OF SHOW FOR THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1916.
(1) GWYNNE & GOSSETTE: RURAL SKETCH, 13 MINUTES, FULL STAGE, SPECIAL SET.
There were moments during the action of the piece when many persons laughed, seemingly amused at the "comedy?" Personally, I was at a loss to discern any. If sitting upon a pan of moist dough, and upon arising having the mass adhere to one's anatomy constitutes comedy, then I'll take tragedy. Throughout the "sketch" the lady busies herself in making biscuits, while the man fondles a hunk of dough, and for a finish they pull the sob stuff with the old melodion, and sing a song or two about the farm in good old Sunday School fashion. After viewing the affair one wonders at the vast army of idle and unemployed; why should any one be loafing?
(3) EXPOSITION JUBILEE FOUR: COLORED QUARTETTE, 15 MINUTES (1) FOUR MEN
Voices Blend Admirably in good programme of real old plantation melodies, and there is just the right vein of comedy. Everybody liked them, for they made insistant demands for more.
(2) WALTERS & WALTERS: VENTRILOQUISTS, 18 MINUTES (1) LADY AND MAN
Good act, showing real ability in their chosen line, and the comedy is "immense". Audience stamped their approval by vigorous applause, and act is about the best of its kind offered here.
[W. E. Parmenter?] MGR.

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BIJOU THEATRE, WOONSOCKET, R.I. REPORT OF SHOW, MONDAY, MARCH 6, 1916. MARLO & DUFFY: HORIZONTAL BAR EXPERTS, 7 MIN. FULL STAGE. Good act, disclosing considerable new work, and the comedy gets a laugh here and there. QUINN & LAFFERTY: SONGS AND DANCES, LADY 7 MAN, 12 MIN. (1). A song or two new and original, and some clever dancing, especially the toe-dancing by the lady, makes an acceptable offering, quite well received. BEATRICE MORELLE'S GRAND OPERA SEXTETTE: 6 LADIES, 20 MIN. FULL STAGE, SPEC. SET. A spectacular affair sumptuously, gorgeously mounted as to stage accessories, with the participants beautifully gowned, and rendering a programme of classic and popular airs in voices of pleasing quality, interspersed with instrumental selections considerably above the average constitutes a particularly pleasing offering that met with very gratifying applause. BIJOU THEATRE, WOONSOCKET, R. I. REPORT OF SHOW FOR THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1916. (1) GWYNNE & GOSSETTE: RURAL SKETCH, 13 MINUTES, FULL STAGE, SPECIAL SET. There were moments during the action of the piece when many persons laughed, seemingly amused at the "comedy?" Personally, I was at a loss to discern any. If sitting upon a pan of moist dough, and upon arising having the mass adhere to one's anatomy constitutes comedy, then I'll take tragedy. Throughout the "sketch" the lady busies herself in making biscuits, while the man fondles a hunk of dough, and for a finish they pull the sob stuff with the old melodion, and sing a song or two about the farm in good old Sunday School fashion. After viewing the affair one wonders at the vast army of idle and unemployed; why should any one be loafing? (3) EXPOSITION JUBILEE FOUR: COLORED QUARTETTE, 15 MINUTES (1) FOUR MEN Voices Blend Admirably in good programme of real old plantation melodies, and there is just the right vein of comedy. Everybody liked them, for they made insistant demands for more. (2) WALTERS & WALTERS: VENTRILOQUISTS, 18 MINUTES (1) LADY AND MAN Good act, showing real ability in their chosen line, and the comedy is "immense". Audience stamped their approval by vigorous applause, and act is about the best of its kind offered here. [W. E. Parmenter?] MGR.