The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-27
AT THE THEATERS
Vaudeville.

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Uniuue-Contlnuous Vaudeville.
There are several exceptionally good
acts in the Unique theater bill this week.:
and even those that are not new are so
well done that the old theatergoer is
glad to see them again. o.
The leading feature is the >cartoon1ng
Of Dacy and Chase lightning sketch ar
lists, who have a good sense Of humor
They close their act with ridiculous
boxing turn. - &-'s 5a.~ - - -.'',S
George Stewart, "a mohologist with re-
markable n1imetic powers keeps the au-
dience: in an uDroar and makes an un-
usual hit Minor and Calbreth, who have
been seen here before, have a new tray
esty entitled "The King Of Balaboo,'
which Is we'll received. Alice Warburton
has few peers as a toe dancer. .%r. .-
A marvellous contortion turn Is given
by the Germania Brothers, boy acrobats
Joseph McAuley. is retained to sing the
illustrated songs, his selection this week
being Down at the Baby Store 49,
AS usual, the performance is finished
with the anima ted pictures. There are
several funny pictures. besides a scene
from the Russian n-Japanese war.
etropolltan-WiiIlam: Collier In 1.-THE
~ e1o.>.: t+:~s Dictator" !" --'.*~..
A farce that is funny and yet sane
and clean, played by a comedian who
rarely lifts his voice above an ordinary
conversational tone and yet convulses
you with laughter, and by a company
Of unusual merit that follows the meth
DDS of it's star-this makes a grateful
oasis in the desert of musical comedy.
A large assemblage of tired and thirsty
,theatergoers rested in this pleasant oasis
last night, laving in the cool springs
forth SPONTANEOUSLY. They knew that
sooner or later they would have to fare
forth thru the arid wastes of musical
comedy, and this knowledge caused them
to enjoy all the: more keenly there
freshing' hundoi of William Collier and w
'"rhe Dictator" '",.''"
F7i The farce is the handiwork of Richard
Harding Davis, who satirizes the Latin
American republics and their ridiculous
revolutions so effectively as to strike q
new mote, in farce -comedy. The involu-
tons of the plot are ingeniously intricate
and yet 5do not stray too far from the
possible and probable Thes situations are
in ntrinsicaNys4funny and they, lead up tt
our tain ciimaxess that evoke twhirlwinds
Of laughtef.c LII .@,t.6 = . t,&i1,'t ~
I. iMr,e CollieryT has brought hist quiet
quaint style Of saeting; to- q, high sta statt
of perfection. In the role of the New
Yorker; [ffeeing sfrein known Ills to ter
rors, he, fwots onot Of, he extra cts from {
series, of, difficulties a fund. of fun tina
includes no >counterfeits. Everything /
done, with, 50 little apparent, effort, s.
sanely[ and naturally, that the coined
gains Enthusiastically. It is an achievement
/ that places him securely in the from
rank Of American comedians, a place t
which his many admirers have long be
|, lieYeG him 5eptitIed..I- .sr..,.~r@ p. -
i r The .FrohInan standard, of excellence.
111aintained In the company and thruou
7 the xproduction: Charles Jackson: VIII
| plays, the, Sweak-kneed valet, companio
! III flight, of the unfortunate New Yorker
Il IS a conicalv genius with a brand neN
conception Of The valet PERSON. No whi
behind his, coHrade funnakers is job
i Barry mere-4of the famous stage famil
as the wireless telegraph operator. Hi
fun,= too,s1 is irof@ the: quiet, sort and a
I the more effective. for it. {, Then there
George Nash of "Arizona" fame as tn
venal American agitator who dips int
the revolution business. for the sam
i frank reasons that inspire the "grafter
who stays at home The, character is re
lfreshingly, well drawn and the touche
contributed sby the bride dida Hall
lkWf1Om the ECOlOnEi IS TAKING TO snare IL
triumpas as dictator. and American cor
tsul t[add effectively to the portrait. An
other character that is lifted quite O,
fof Extraordinary is the stormy but shrew
Hspanish widow, inimitably played h
Louise Allen. Her Spanish American &C
cent is delicious, and her. routing of tt
army only one of several telling bi1
of business" -. ..'.-
! Then there are "a number of mint
characters, each beautifully done-suc
for instance, as the dunderheaded secr'
service man by Thomas McGrath,= tt
matrimonially- inclined missionary K
Henry J. West, the clustering president
of San Manana by Brigham Royce, tt
intense little health officer by Franc
Sedgwick, and the truculent boniface
> Louis Eagan. Rose Flynn impersonat
, ISthe girl who has travelled far to mari
, 1.-The missionary and who manages to e.
= cape the fate dictated by, her New Ems
|. land conscience and get the man 81
/, Ireally wants at last. 49, 49,,
! It is all well -contrived and well-playe
and there are so many fine touches tn;
Ireally one should see .'The Dictator
J Eleast twice to get from it the full mea
! ure Of enjoyment. s 5E So, =: : 3 .r.
! EE4 &Eto.a: ,es-:rys-W. 3. Chamberlain.
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