WOMAN'S WORLD

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2662, 6 January 1916, Page 3

WOMAN'S WORLD

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A Glittering "Mother Goose," In effects that surprise almpst as often as they delight us, in art where taste aud colour invariably agree, in elements that are often quaint, sometimes sporting, and always pleasing, the "Mother Goose" pantomime of this Christinas quite holds its own with the bird of happy memory, says tho "Australasian." While the best . effects of this pantomime may be praised without reserve, its qualities—neither' indicated nor identified in florid advertisement adjectives—might, by comparison v/ith that Mother Goose which gave pantomime new life and new form, he described as the development of wit and tho dccay of humour. When all tho pieces of a Christmas pantomime come to be assembled, it is invariably discovered that the parts aro too 'nany and the hours too few. In the circumstances the comedians usually suffer because their efforts are compress bio Fot that reason a pantomime which is tr last a year should be judged for the first fortnight on its music, its baileis, and its hundred and one stage effects, rather than its laughing impulses. The inclination at the moment is io ask what pantomime dame and boy and real'y have to do with the matter. They Hit hurriedly like will o' the wisps through the changing scenes of a land of long delight. Later, they will find the time and their opportunity. The personal elements may be mentioned as they are glimpsed—ior the present, briefly. Miss Lilian Da Vemiy taii„ symmetrical, graceful, is tie ideal bov i o<" pantomime, whom p odi.ceis seek! but seldom find. Not what we ordinarily call a fine woman, she is distinctly a picturesque one, and she at least has two good . songs in "Soldier Boy" and. "Good-bye, Girls, I'm Through," with a pleasing share in others; songs that sing themselves, and which everyone mil be singing the day after to-morrow. And the boy is happily matched or mated in the girl of Miss Maud Fane, who, after musical comedy and straight-out comedy, proves her versatility in a completely successful pantomime girl. She is good to look at, especially good to hear. Mr., Harry Farrow's Dame is neither flamboyant nor vulgar. All through the first act, indeed," there* is',- perhaps, too much reserve, but Mr. Farrow appears to be feeling his way, and plays on. One feels sure that his best is yet to come. An unusual, touch is the dame transformed, beautified after the manner of Faust, yet longing pathetically for her old plnin face and her happier hours. Mr. Victor .Kelly, the widow's son, and a burlesque Bubbles, has a better chance than anyone else amongst the newcomers, and his points, too, are quietly made. His song and dance, "Follow the Moon," has an easy lilt. Miss Maggie Dickenson has a rare opportunity as chief dancer. How in the ballet of Allies she manages to lead each country's picturesque contingent nnd_ dance for each in a separate and distinct costume, without breaking the continuity of it,, is one of the mysteries of the stage and pantomime. Mr. Albert Felino's goose is simply one of the immortals of birdland—yon have _to see him to realise the real meaning of pantomime, to understand so much from the bird while hearing so little. Miss Gladys Monchieff looks and sings the part of Fairy Queen to perfection—and that is . saying much less than hor.grnce and personal merits doservo.. Finally. Ross and Falls gave their speciality in a balancing turn. as. clever as it Was funny. One of them, seated in a 'chair surmounting several light tables, fixed one on top of the other, .sways and balances the frail structure with an ease and sFiIl that leave the audience gasping one moment and_ applaudine tho next. His companion attempting the feat, achieves a sudden anti-cliniax which like a disastrous bungle, but is really nothing of tho sort.

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