The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-30
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AThe Girl and the Governor,

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he Girl and the GOVERNOR"
B JEFFERSON de Angels IS funny all over4rr
from The bald wig and what KIT covers to
those lac etious legs, INV hich8are always
acking Jokes OH theft own aeEDunt.
Indeed, the de Angels legs and 3. their
ways are the funniest part Of the come
ga dian's working capital. Merely to see
hlm prancea across Sthe stage In that In
m q mincing gait., ;betraying the in
ORDINATE conceit Of the HSold Spanish gov
ernor he impersonates, is to laugh. And
there IS q whole unspoken comedy in one
of his airy dances with its unexpected
rails and other mishaps AS for funny
lines, bristling with sesquipedalian words,
none can deliver them with greater unc
lion than he. Topical songs he sings
with such nicely Of pronunciation. de-
spite their tremendous. tempo. that every
Woru stands out distinctly, and with such
illustrative gesture and grimace that
their point always goes home.
Inc Girl and the Governor Mr. de
Angells vehicle this year, possesses many
OF the elements Of a good comic opera.
III contrast with the average musical
COMEDY, with its purely incidental and
extraneous humor, the foundation idea
IS essentially comic. The Spanish gov
ernor is trying to force an English girl
prisoner TO marry him. In order to pre-
vent 1t, She affects @to possess a i very
shrewlsh temper. Her English sailor
s"eetheart appears i and she exhibits
such a. sweet and tender disposition
side OF her character not hitherto shown
10 the goVernor-that he, failing to I'M
oerstand the nature of their relations,
straightwayz hires the sailor as an Off
clal tanner Of his bfIdeGto- be.s The posi-
pllities OF so quaint an idea are obvious,
and luckily they have been improved
cieVerly by S. M. Bremen, who furnished
the libretto. q: i. f.,~E s...-" :. :
MIR: de Angels is the governor, and his
trlnuiatlons In wooing the girl, compli-
e eaeeo ny a colossal egotism, form the
main theme. The girl is charmingly
acted by .Estelle Wentworth, who unites
beauty OF face; and person with intelli-
gence IN action and the musical use Of a,
good voice. The tanner Of the girl us
hlchle Ling, a favorite tenor with far
more notlon of how. to act than the aver
age tenor -
J. G. Miron, bold bad man in fnnunne1-
aole musical comedies, strikes out in L.
ne" Ine here with his big Indian chief,
dispensing miraculous amulets and DO
LIONS 70 all comers. Almost as great a
1aVor!te as the star, ne makes the real
A.1t ~ Siie piece Win MS W1erd- and
whimsical Musical Bullfrog." The huge
audience last night made the chief and
MS circle Of bronze braves do the song
with its. striking effects, over and over
again. His froglike gurgles and batrach-
ian smlrks caused unbounded delight.
Another comic, character is that of the
Spanish beauty who thinks every man
IN love with her and whose Vaccinations
TO capture the governor finally bring
Things to, happy conclusion This role
is IN the capable hands of Carrie Perkins.
Lillian Rhodes, small bit of Dresden
does a little part brightly and carries off
the kissing duet; with Mr. de Angels
1noffensiyely. The idea, however, is not
pleasant. The number furnishes the one
blemish, just verging on vulgarity, from
which Mr.. de Angels seems to find it
hard to escape
'Musically, the production attractive
Julian Edwards having furnished a score
with suficiency of singable, if not
strikingly original tunes. The action
takes place in Eizabethan times; which
affords opportunities for rich and pic
turesque costumes and stage effects that
are not overlooked. There are some
really pretty girls in the. chorus and the
whole thing goes with spirit and DASH
..,.- w. B. Chamberlain.