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Lydia Knott, supported by Lavern Titus, Chas. Kenyon and DeWitt Newing in Edward E. Rose’s sketch, ‘A Wall St. Battle.’ Yesterday was the first production of this sketch on any stage, and while it did not arouse much enthusiasm, at the same time it pleased mildly, and should work out into a good vehicle in time. The first part drags badly being too tacky. The comedy introduced by Newing is fair and bad in spots. The last ten minutes of the sketch is quite dramatic, but none of the company plays up to it. The story has to do with the endeavors of one broker to win the wife and fortune of his partner, in which he is foiled by the wife and the office boy. Miss Knott has a very pleasing stage presence, and is quite clever, but up to the present time has been unable to portray the part spiritedly enough or as it should be played. The cast is fair, Newing doing rather the best work. The sketch needs more or less pruning, but should develop into a good vehicle for vaudeville with the proper people, it having a strong finish.
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University of Iowa, Keith-Albee Vaudeville Collection, Manager Reports, 4 September 1905-23 April 1906