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A man and woman in a comedy sketch entitled the ‘Old Curiosity Shop.’ These people are putting up the best offering they have ever given us thus far. They carry their own set which represents the interior of an old curiosity shop, and aside from the myriads of objects painted on scenery, they also have a lot of things scattered around, the handling and introduction of which gives Foy an opportunity to localize a lot of matter and make the act strong in comedy. There are many bits in the act which are really clever and original, as, for instance, a dog which he makes up with a head on the wrong end and which when he sits down on the stage apparently runs backward to the door and exits, which is sure of a big laugh. I cannot see how the turn can fail to make hot any where along the line. 18 min, full stage.
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University of Iowa, Keith-Albee Vaudeville Collection, Manager Reports, 21 September 1903-14 March 1904