Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-05-05 — John Shaqi
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-05-05Various
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-05-05
Various
English wit and humor -- Periodicals
Our Mr. A. A. M.'s play is now comfortably settled in its new home (No. 3)
at The Playhouse. A correspondent informs Mr. Punch that since the opening
night Mr. DION BOUCICAULT'S popular part has been developed to the slight
disturbance of the balance of things; not so much by new dialogue as by
deliberate iteration and portentous pauses. That on his first entrance he
now studies a photograph with his nose close up to the glass, forgetting
that, if he is as short-sighted as all that, the protracted gaze which he
had previously directed upon the ceiling must have been fruitless. That
Miss IRENE VANBRUGH has dispensed with whatever serious element there was
in her part and relies for her brilliant effects almost completely on its
irresponsible frivolity. That Mr. BEN WEBSTER has come on remarkably; and
that the part of the flapper is now played according to nature by the right
person.
Mr. Punch's advice to any who have hitherto passed by is to go in and see
_Mr. Pim_ doing it.
* * * * *
"Now one just hates to drag in personal experiences, because it looks
as if one were trying to pose as a nero, which thing I hate."
_Illustrated Paper._
We heartily share the writer's dislike of the character.
* * * * *
[Illustration: _Works Manager_ (_to applicant for post as night-watchman_).
"HAVE YOU ANY PARTICULAR QUALIFICATION FOR THIS JOB?"
_Applicant._ "ONLY THAT I'M A VERY LIGHT SLEEPER, SIR. I WAKES AT THE LEAST
NOISE."]
* * * * *
OUR BOOKING-OFFICE.
(_By Mr. Punch's Staff of Learned Clerks._)
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