The Minneapolis journal., 1906-12-17
ADJUSTMENTS
Metropo Helen Byron In Sergeant
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ss Sergeant kitty is undoubtedly "a.
|3comics opera, for ut has plot. Indeed, it
| has splot enough for four comic operas.
The fangle Is matrimonial, and there are
four officers, a private, two maids and a
putative widow mixed UP In marriages
secret, marriages by proxy, marriages
interrupted, marriages disowned and mar
riages forgotten. A bridegroom to he
becomes a bridegroom pro tenn. just to
oblige brother officer, only. to ind that
MS orderly has been a substitute BRIDE
groom In his absence. BY marvellous dex-
terity on the part of r. H. Burnside, the
hbrettist, things are Strengthened out,
despite the musical Interruptions, just
In time for the final curtain. But it
keeps everyone busy. The Interruptions
OF "A. Baldwin Sloane are mostly germans
TO the story and mostly tuneful The
scene Is laid in France in $780, and the
striking military costumes of the period
are worked out in scarlet and pale blue
y Is true the company is rather too
small to give the production much Of the
pomp and circumstance of war But it
is we'll balanced and there are no drones.
Helen Byron, sprightly little person,
IS the pivot of the plot She wears a
blue uniform long enough to display a
pretty figure and justify the name of the
| piece, but mostly she is busy wearing a
| succession of hand-painted gowns well
| calculated to enhance her blonde beauty
There Is wonderful parasol, too, that
lends aid in this laudable enterprise. 1t
must be admitted however, that Miss
Byron is not strong vocally. Her voice
| Is Of pleasing quality, but the effort to
make 1t carry results in overmuch trem-
olo and indistinct enunciation. Ferol
Desmond. who Is the lady of the secret
bridal rites; displays a pure, sweet So
prano voice and an. attractive person
ality. The motionless dance which she
and Jack L.. Clark Cher, unacknowledged
husband In the .play) executed as the
| finale of their duet, made a, great hit
with the audience, which had to have it
over and over again. Perhaps the best
voice In the company is the bass of Car
rick Major, Who plays the old general
CHARLES Fulton, the man of too many
brides, has a tenor of pretty quality, but
not over strong. He is badly overworked
IN helping to. develop the plot
| The fun is mostly furnished by James
McElhern as captain almost entrapped
In matrimony, and Tom Hadaway as the
stupid and compliant orderly. Mr.. Nc
Elhern Is very funny man in dis
tlnctly original way. Whether singing
~ 'NfASoA suns, Alllcl d DlC OF his
own monolog or cutting incredible capers
about the stage, he never fails to be en-
tertaining. Mr.. Hadaway is as great a
success in another way. His vacuous
stupidity provocative of hilarity as it is,
never fails to be strictly in character.
He does not play to the house, but ad-
dresses himself strictly to the situations
"a quality sufficiently unusual, in comic
opera to be worthy Of NOTE. A third fun
maker, of more hackneyed type; is Miss
Marion Langdon as the man pursuing
aunt. The minor, parts. are in good
hands, and the whole effect of the pro-
duction is merry and entertaining-and
ephemeral. w. B.. Chamberlain.