Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-10
"THE GINGERBREAD MAN" FOR
MUSICAL. STOCKS THIRD MEEIS


What the management feels iusti-
fec in describing as the third tri-
urlphant week" OF the summer run of
the Comic opera Players begins to-
morrow night At tho Academy OF Nu-
sic with the FIRST OF eight performances
OF The gingerbread Man" This merry
musical extravaganza WAS selected for
presentation after consideration had
been given 10 a long list OF PLAYS With
\ View 20 choosing one that would
make 4 particularly strong appeal TO
both youngsters and Erown-ups Tho
iirEerhreaG Man II is believed. viii
most adequately fill this purpose, and
IS successor 10 THE Eir"fy' ana
The Red MIL" the bills Tor ,rc FIRST
two weeks Of the enca cement, offers
a wide range OF variety.
This weeks play Is tho rutru, OF
a Baldwin sloane. \ composer OF note,
and Frederick Rau';ia Who furnished
the hook and lyrics II l. designed
20 exert a pleasant appeal to the eve
and car. ard IS most Of the talented
principals or the roster Of The Comic
Opera PLAYERS HAY" appeared in Tho
piece in other cities the performanccs.
beginning with tn" trying "nrst-
night performance should move with
uncommon sm>othu"Ss ana raridi,y
This Will he tho tenth city. for ulustra-
tion, in which Dan Marble has hccn
east for tho title role ~ tho cytrava-
Ean2a lie eSsnycI the part uf the
Gingerbread Man 10y the first time
number Of wears ago in syracuse
Since then NJ has Niay.d i in New.
York CITY. Johns;own. Pa. Bingham
Tor. y. -. LciiS ana in several
cities in the IVES, Indies Roger Gray.
700 has staged AMI TAX IN part IN per-
fornances Of "Th" Gingerbread Man
until hn feels almost able 10 prar.c,.
through any Of the roles in his sleep
ELLIE Bush the piquant dancer
Annette Ford and others in the cas-,
confessed at the openin;; rcncarsal that
they could not plead unfamiiiaritv
With the PLAY.
The Gingerbread Man might with
accuracy be characterized as a charm
ing fairy tale set TO tuncful music
There Is liberal sprinklinr Of whole
some. sophisticated humor and no
dearth Of prancinG chorus girls at
tired in fantastic costumes to hold and
grip the interest of adults. ana a host
of characters right out OF the pages of
Mother Goose" to keep the Riddles"
wide-eyed and thoroughly entertained.
OF course, it has plot, and bright
nd breezy one at that. The hero OF
the play is Little Jack liorner, a fic-
tional parsonage whose acquaintance is
vast indeed. Count that grandfather
or grandson lost who never has heard
OF young Mr.. Homer. Myrtle Jersey,
the nrma donna. who has made many
friends in the plays already presented. /
has been cast for This role. As in The /
Freely she will lie seen in the attire /
of youth. Maize. part which An
nctte Ford will play, is her sweetheart
In The Gingerbread Man Mr.. GRAY
will appear nrst in the EuiSe Of Won
drous Wise. and later as the King OF
Bunland Miss Bush will play Mar
jorie paw. Royal Gutter, tho character
actor who joined the company last
week. Will play Simple Simon, and Matt
Hanley will portray the Fairy Queen 4
George Bogues. Russell Lennon. bet 4
mar Poppen, Ernest Geycr. Alice Hills .
and all tho others in the organization .
will participate in the gay proceed
ings.
Mr.. Sloane's musical contributions .
embrace such songs as Moon" John
Dough- Magic beautiful isle OF
Eon Eon." "Ramcses" and Nursery
Rimes" The scenes in the two acts
bear such attractive descriptions as
Santa Claus Land. the Bakers Shop
twhere the Gingerbread Man livcS). the
Toy shop the Candy shop, the King
dom OF Bunland and The Palace OF King
Sugar Plum. Souvenirs in the form OF
cakes baked in ginccrbrcad- molds .
will he presented 10 all children at
tending the Wednesday and saturday
matinees