THE ENGLISH PIERROTS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 1, 23 September 1918, Page 3

THE ENGLISH PIERROTS

It is a tribntij to the English Pierrots to eity that mo uiui'e ouo iiuaiu and aeos of Ui;3 olever iiule show the more ouo appreciate.) it. xuero was not room in tuc Concert Ohamljer on Saturduy oveuing lor liuu the puonle who wiblitd to bo pijj. sent, and luoes wlio wcie successful iu Eotung eeat.l v.ere repaid by a perioralunco mat Delighted all. i'oricct harmony, cojiiOiiietl. wiui nooil stage management, shone tJuougii tlio performance, particularly in- tjmse merry couoorted nuiunej-s wuioh ifao ficrrois Fipcoiaiiso iu eo aptly. Jliss Hsa hauil'iy, who is uiuutestiouably r otar<in tlie tlrmaiuent of i'ierroUand, gave of lior beet in "Susanna's Sabots," of which song shv makes a littlo tragedy, iilies Jjanßley Ino the rain ■ art ■ of senaiiiff the power, whcilicr it be of laughter or tears, of any song she takes up. Her encore number was a rollicking songs about "Stoiuy," the litllii Dntoh girl's ipxer in Amtii!i'(l:iiu. Uiaa Laugley also mane a fcatnri; of the "Jaek o' Lantern" song, really i\ iiantoDiime number, with a pretty girj scaiingr "His" out of loving pairs with the aid ot an illuminated nurupiin, groLciiquoly hiiniiinibcd. Jlr. Leslie, Auetin saiiK of the fiirle who arc "Doing 'ihoir Jiii,' , tbo ssnlunuut of which is doubtful. lie ie gobd in burlesque luid as the olderly ?i)inster in tho.sketch "Whon.the Heart ie Young," he was easily the outstanding, perlornior of the sestet employed, llr. Louis Mitehell, iu ringing yoke, sang "False or True ,, aiid was encored. Miss Elsie Jlosslyu was, unublo to siug her solos owing , to a coid, but participated in the ensemble numbers. Miss Billie Wilson took her place in the first half, and sanu very sweetly "WonkMiVm Miss lie?" and. then tickled the nudiouui! with the kiddie song, "What's the Good." Mr. ltoy Oooke eang "The Last Cull" and "The Hnnds of the Dneort," Mr. W. I'. Turner comically bulToonod the ilnta in "Old iloore's Alni'jnacli," anil Miss. Lnngloy and Jlr. Aubl.in were clinrmingly nssooiiiled in lovo rliicts. Jlr. Chnrlcs Lawrence, who is ulways snappy al Ihc piano, sang "Exits" and "Over the Border line," and Billie Wilson obliged, further with "Plmmi Jjcavo off Singiutr'i mul "Jane." Slips Itiuia Youm; playeil achuiiiaiin'a "To Ihe Sea" with donp beauly of fxpi'<!;slon, and, ns an encoiT, the dainty number "La I'onpeo." Special nienlion should be made of the finale to the ilmt pail. iMi'.itlrd "Itnsging an Opera." As a matter of fnot it consisted in the full strength of tho company in niolloy ragging several grand operas, with Verdi, an the one chiefly olfended against, raging impotently at the liberties taken with his beloved "Rigoletto." Mies Young's accompaniments are always graceful and sympathetic.