Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-22
Me1odrama and Musical
Comedy Divide Laurels
At the Olympic Park Madame
Sherry" Wins Much Mer-
tied Applause.

Sherry" Wins Much Mer-
tied Applause.
You are going to make one big
mistake II you don't set aside some
night this week for a trip to Ofym-
pic Park and see Madame Sherry
as produced by the park opera COM
pany The production is by long
odds the best thing the company has
done this year and the performance
compares favorabiy with that given
| by the New York company that for
one whole year put on the show at
the Amsterdam Theatre.
The plot Of Madame Sherry is
not laid in a musty bygone period,
but takes place right in little old New
York and right at the present time,
so that the action, dialogue and
music are latter-day and strictly up
to the minute. Running through the
opera, or three act French vaude-
VILE, as the program expert calls the
performance is that haunting melody
EVERY Little Movement Has a
Meaning All Its Own" and you can't
keep yourself from liking it.
That dreamy refrain has been |
hummed and whistled more than any
thing since the time of the Merry
Widow" waltz and for a haunting,
stick-to-you little thing 1t has that
famous melody beaten to a FRAGILE |
Catchy Music.
And better yet, all the other music I
in the opera, beg pardon, French
vaudeville, is on a par with 1t, es-
pecially the Butterfly song, He
Kissed Her. duet, sang by Miss
Laura Jaffray and Arthur Burckly,
and the island of Love-" sang by
Miss Georgia Campbell, newcomer
to the company last night.
The Franklin aggot company have
given Madame Sherry" splen-
did production, both scenically and
in the cast, the latter having been
largely augmented for the week. A
half dozen new and good-looking
chorus girls have been added, while
besides Miss Campbell Gustav Blum
and Jethro Warner made their first
All the newcomers made good, while
the old favorites fairly outdid tnem-
selves and added new laureis to the
ones they have already gained py
their splendid work this season. Inls
Is particularly true of Miss Jafrray'
who played Yvonne Sherry, the shy
little lass Just out of a French con-
vent
Uses Naughty Word.
Arthur Burckly as Edward Sherry
nut a. lot of ginger into his work last
night and again showed that he can
play a comedy role as well as use mis-
very fine tenor voice to advantage.
There is Just one little criticism that
might be made of Mr.. Burckly's work.
Four times in the first two acts he
makes use of the word that General
sherman said war was when mlloer
and less explosive expletive would mt
in just as well.
Miss Campbell, as Lulu. a dancing
girl displayed a splendid voice and
attractive face and got into the soou
praces of the audience right from the
rise of the curtain, when sne got !.
humming Every Little movement
with her, and she followed TINS py
splendid rendition Of the difficult SOLO,
"Island of Love" in the third act
Miss Margaret Crawford, as Catn-
crime, Sherry's housekeeper, whom the
exigencies of the plot force to mas
ouerade as his wife, made distinct
hit with her delightful irish progue
and her more than capable acting OF
tba servant suddenly raised to the
height of q lady of quality. Like MISS
Jaffray she had to simulate intoxica-
+ion In the second act and DID so IN
i. manner that was never unseemly OF
yuIgar. She sang an Irish song IN
tbis act that earned her frequent re-
calls from the audience.
distinct word of praise must De
o,yar IN little Irene Samsell, VINO |
rIaved the part of Pepita, Jealous
Venezuela lass. Miss Sansell was
ca,led on to play the role, about the
hardest in the cast, when Miss Edna
Raming. who had been cast Tor It,
failed to Join the company. MISS
samsell had little time for rehearsal,
but she was letter perfect In her par.
last night and put lot OF vim anu
action into her work.
lack Henderson, as Tneophlius
sherry. the rich old uncle, was most
In himself in the comedy line ana
kent the audience in a roar with ms
witticisms and his comical efforts TO
s+re,,rbten out the marital affairs OF
Edward Sherry, who has been forceo
~ Gather a wife and two grown-up
children when his uncle suddenly
comes to visit him at his New YORK
81, Mr. Eendersou has made
many hits by his comedy work IN
different productions at Olympic
Park this season, most OF them In the
buffoonery line of comic opera. Last
night he had a straight comedy role
to play and he more than made GOOD.
welcome Newcomer.
Gustav Blum, as Philippe, the jani-
FOR whose Irish wife is borrowed by
sherry. was capable and made q hit
with his French boulevard song,
while Jethro Warner, another new
conner to the company. not only de-
monstrated that he knows how to act
but also displayed splendid voice
to advantage in the second act, when
he interpolated the song I'm Failing
in Love-" from Naughty Marietta.
The three acts of Madame Sherry
are splendid examples of stage set
ting. especially the last act showing
the after-deck Of yacht anchored
off Coney Island. The fittings or the
YACHT are perfect to the smallest de-
tail. while the background shows the
famous New York resort In all the
glory of it's blaze of myriad night
lights.