GERMAN NEWS.
(Australian & N.Z. Cable Association.’) BERLIN VERSION OF OPERABERLIN, Sept. 1 , Gilbert and Sullivan’s “Mikado’’ brought «p to date, was presentedln the form of a revue at Grosses Schauspiehaus. Nankipoo, wearing Oxfo.d hags, skv bflo double breasted b. assbuttoned blazer, represented a son of an American sugar king, "bom hi» father desires to marry Katisha, the daughter of a Fruit King, to enab.e a Marmalade Trust to bo formed. The performance was interspersed with dancing and gymnastics b\ tic American Jackson Boys in sailors garb. Yum Yum and her companions gave an ample display of western silk garments beneath their kimonos, when the curtain rises in Yum Yurn's apartments; one of the ladies in attendance, who has apparently stepped out of a bath stands with her back to the audience making the finishing touches with a largo powder puff. The music is often jazzed and ballets introduce the Charleston.
Only the most pious Savoy an would object to the changes. Others lnugl and enjoy it, if with a sign of regret
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Hokitika Guardian, 3 September 1927, Page 3
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