This And That

Examiner of Plays' Summary:

A revue without any attempt at connected story, the links between the scenes being provided by the presence in many of them as Miss Clarice Mayne as ‘this’ and Mr Tate (her husband and accompanist) as that. The piece begins with the usual talk about getting up a revue, followed by a scene in the park for its typical frequenters, which include a couple in trouble over the parcels which they have to carry in the absence of taxis. There is a visit paid to the Royal Academy by some ignorant folk whose comments on the picture sure comically wide of the mark; and there is some satire upon an abortive charity-show at a concert-hall. There is some chaff about the proceedings of a committee for the reduction of prices for food and coal and there is a Russian ballet rehearsal. In this last care must be taken as to the propriety of the ‘practice-dresses’ prescribed for the ballet-girls ; and in the song ‘fol-de-rol’ I have marked one verse (the last) which seems doubtful, while from the final ditty, ‘My Don't Care Girl’ I should wish to see omitted the last refrain, which I have marked as too suggestive. Under these conditions the piece is recommended for license, Ernest A. Bendall.