The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-02-10
THE STAGE


...| UXI HQlI 0FENH NNSe
"a audience sthat tested the seat
~ end standing capacity OF the De-
f56lk opsra house, Thursday evening.
footlaea that three Twins" is a
musical show that can always come
hock.~ On this occasion It paid Its
Mid visit to The same theater and
von greeted with greater applause
ard lnughter than ever.
The piece was originally produced
three or four seasons ago by our own
81 whitney, and from It's initial
porforrI1ance proved TO be a popular
oqcc6s5 and good box ONCE winner.
The Incidents upon which It's two acts
are built came originally from farce
that had wide vogue a decade ago,
called '1ncog.' The parent would not
recognize the. child, however, and
there Is small chance OF the author OF
s.lncog' ever getting damages, for
(, piagsrizing, from the concoctors OF
s.Three Twins
The entertainment is sheer non
sense, dressed attractively and set to
(. tinkling music One of its song num-
bers "The Yama Yama" has been pill
fered" right and left by every other
musical show and half the vaudevil-
Hans, IN the country. II still remains
one of the most attractive, tuneful
and odd conceits I'm It's line on the
musical comedy boards. In the cur
rent production Il is sung by Wayne
Gehfue and bunch OF exceptionally
lively and agile chorus "kiddies ana
wns encore.l over and over again.
The big company is headed by Clif-
ton Crawford. a comedian whose
methods get the crowd at every turn.
Mr.. Crawford is required 10 be on the
utnge most OF the time In Three
Twins and he works indefatigably 70
make the most of his part and It's
opportunities. He Is ably assisted, In
the comedy. by Joseph Allen as the
dyspeptic and pompuos old Col Stan.
hope.
of the several pretty young women
m the cast, Daisy Leon sings and
dances prettily and gracefully; Della
Njven, as the modern Niobe, is clever
and Miss Gehrue, as mentioned be.
fore. made a big hit In the wanna
wanna. song
There is much colorful and elabor-
nts scenery and electrical effects, Al
large and gingery chorus made up OF
young women from the "kiddie' class
10 the statuesque show girl. An en-
orgotic stage manager keeps these
young women continually keyed up TO
he highest tension Of speed. and
things move along at merry clip
vhepever they are on the stage,
which Is pretty much all the time.
three Twins Is scheduled to re-
main In the Detroit opera house, FRI
day and Saturday evenings, with Sat
urday matinee. Monday evening an
other big musical show that had Its
pVomjare season ago on the same
otage, The Echo" will demonstrate
whether or not II can come back"
With the same degree OF success as
s'Thsee Twins" ~
cARRIcK.
Local theatergoers to whom the
name Of Albert Chevalier is linked
ouly with the fame of a music hall i'm
DoYGouator Of French chansons and
coGter character songs, will find that
Chovalier's present visit to the Gar
nick theater is quaint and delightful
o0mody called Daddy Dufard, re-
veals the man as a really great artist,
With q command or the actors art
that encompasses every phase OF CON-
9dy and tragedy.
- Mr. Chevalier opened his enga :
x1ont. Thursday evening. to an audl'l
once that In size, comfortably filed
ne theater and which before fifteen
minutes had passed, proved itself,
uympathetic, appreciative and enthns-
1eetic to degree that resulted In ap-
p1ause SO long and hearty that curtain
calls for Mr.. Chevalier and his asso-
ciates were too numerous to count.
sDaddy Dufard" was written by Mr..
! Chevalier and LechmereN Worrall, a
Lon6on playwright, and while II is
,almpst wholly original and carefully
written to provide just the right sort
,of q role for Mr.. Chevalier, the cell
k3aboratenrs modestly acknowledge In
~ program footnote. their indebted
ness for the character OF Dufard 70
Ian Old French play and to the same
)bource for an incident In the scene
~ the very end of the play. At any
irato the piece is charming I'm It's senti-
Jment, picturesque In atmosphere and
Abe most delightful comedy. Mr..
iChoEalier's Achilles Talma Dufard
loAers one OF the most attractive stage
)charncters portrayed In a Detroit the
Ioter, In many seasons. In Its beauti-
Iful art Il Is remindful OF the late Rich
ard Mansfeld's Baron Cheviral I'm "A
Rarisian Romance" and the same
actors. Beau Brummel The Chevalier
DADDY Dufard Is deliciously humorous,
l1elicately pathetic and fascinating
IDicture Of the honorable scion of
proud and noble house whose grace
Ioe speech and gallantry OF manner
the sordidness OF Soho lodging house
cannot dim.
Daddy" Dufard is a dear old
ixrenchman whose family chateau
stood its proud turrets In old Tour.
pains. but whose family prestige and
fortune were swept away with the
downfall of monarchy In his beloved
France. He had drifted to England,
where he became an actor and mar.
red beautiful English actress. who
died and left him daughter Rosalie.
The old actors love for this pretty
child forms the basic structure OF the
play
Rose had always believed that her
dnddy's story about the chateau In
Tonrraine and his family's former
glorfes was simply fairy tale con-
cocted TO amuse her childish mind