Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-04-28
1.-THE Show Grip in Bangor, and Here
at Opera House, Tonight.

Rice's cap of Fortune" or THE
Show Girl" will appear at the Opera
House, tonight, and the seat sale indi-
Gates a large audience. The Bangor
Daily News Of last Saturday says:
In Bangor Opera House on Friday
night a good sized audience saw the
first performance here of the musical
play in two acts. by Robert a. Barnet,
called The Cap Of Fortune, or the Show
Girl, produced by Edward f. Rice with
a numerous company, excellent Orches-
ira, ma a satisfactory equipment in
the way Of clothes and scenery. If
applause may be taken as the measure
OF success then The Show Girl may be
credited with having given Il good
show, for it is not often that more or
louder hand-clapping and laughter is
heard in theatre than marked the
progress of this performance.
The Show Girl is very unlike any of
the other things that have been
brought here under the Rice cOlors.
whether it is rs good or not 50 good as
the others, is something that we leave
to public opinion. Certainly last nights
audience scrmSl to like it, and if an
audience is pleased why, that should
be enough the end ana aim of musical
nonsense is thus fully attained. The
story is scarcely worth reCiting, so
slender is it, but in this sort of thing
people are not looking for logic, Sc
uucncc or substance. The question is,
Is there plenty Of fun and sprightly
music" and in this case the question
can be answered in the affirmative.
The fun is provided in large measure
by Charlie Guyer, who. in the character
of Jhonni" Jhones, property man of
the Sophoclcs Dramatic Co, gives us
n whirlwind combination of the COM
icalitics of Frank Daniels and the gy-
rations of a whole troupe of knock
about acrobats. He is 4 whole show
in himself, and they ought to arrange
il so that he may be kept in front all
the time-if his constitution VIII stand
the strain. Frank Labor, rs Dionysius
Lye, leading man. ana Robert Daley
as Garrick Forrest Macready, of the
SophocIes Dramatic Co, ably assisted
in the fun making, and between the
three there was enough of it to suit
anyone.
Among the women. Paula Edwards,
as Lady Betty Prindle, Looked well and
acted better She Is an attractive,
clever little woman, anu got Il l'iI Sst
share of the applause. Marion Parker
as Cecilia Gay, the Show Girl, made
handsome Appearance beautiful iig-
ure gorgeously gowned, and Marie Hill
ton, as Vivien Epps, also helped out
the attractive stage pictures.
The piece is stuffed full of songs and
dances, and all sorts of specialties, in
GLIDING parodies of Florodora numbers
and various oddities. The song that
will be best remembered is Psyche,
sung by w. S. Hawkins Gas Capt. Z.
Ross Armor) and chorus. 1t is SIM
pie, swingy air, and will probably be
worn threadbare by the whistlers.
There is Il numerous chorus, well
dressed. and the stage management IS
such that the performance moves
prskly Between acts last night Mr..
Rice directed the orchestra in the per-
Torrance Of his Empire State Express
galop-a lively composition which set
the audience TO marking time and call
cd out lot of applause. Mr. Rice
looks as young and vigorous rs he did
ten years ago, and many old friends
are glad to see him here again.