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Roland Reed In "humbug."

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Day
28
Month
October
Year
1887
Copyright
Public Domain
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Mr. Fiedenck Mnrsden's farcical play, 'Humbug," on i te firat presentation in bis city, at the Bijou Opera House, was an instant hit. There was a larire audieuce, whioh it emused and delighted, alihotiprli tlie temperatura in the house was au thiug but oool.and as the play projressed the lauhier be ame continuous. l'he plot - for, unlike most faroical plays, t has a plot, if a thin one- centres in hi! atteiupts ot the rncelens son o( a Germán shoemaker pass himnelf off as the soion of an aristocratie house and his mamase un'ler an ausumed uame to a lady whose predecessore made a great deal of money in the nog trade, rat who is equally anxious to appeir of l good family. Roland Reed, as Bi 1 ?arte, the son of the shoemaUer, would lave been able to carry the piece to success upnn his own shoulders. Nothiug could be more irresiRtibly comical than he nimmer in which He managed to get all his frienils into a dilemma in keeping up the deoeption, and in the third act things geuerally were in suoh a hopeless snarl that he had to pause in some of lis best efforts to let the lsughter of the audienoe subside. He introduoed early in the piay his topical song, "The Accent On," which was demanded and redeManded. 'l'he einging was everything, aowever. Mr. Iieed has surrounded iiimself with a well-balanced and eflecïve company. "The Pocket Mikado," in which Mr. Reed wag oleverly assisted by Nettie, introduced at the end of the second act, was a thorough auccees, and in response to a tremendous encoré they gave a very amusing planiation duet, which was encored. It is lik?ly that "Hnmbug" will be very popular at the Bijou.

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