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Sketch “Sunset” by Jerome K. Jerome. The company includes Charlotte Townsend, Eleanor Montell, Bessie Johnson, Fred Erick Kerby, Louis Albion, and David M: Hartford. Special scenery designed by Mr Hartford and painted by Greenberg. The sketch is a one-act love story of 40 minutes duration. The action takes place in the interior of a rustic summer house situated in a garden of flowers. The stage setting was one of the most beautiful I have ever seen. Roses, palms, bay trees, twining vines, and flowers of every description were so artistically arranged and so well lighted that a riot of colour met the eye on the rise of the curtain, and the audience sat enthralled at the beautiful picture presented. The perfume from the flowers was blown (by cleverly concealed fans) into the auditory. Myriads of birds (the fake kind) filled the trees and from their tiny throats poured forth the silver notes of song that filled the air with harmony. Any way it was all right. From all the indications the Hartford Stock Co. will be a hit. Let us hope so. 40 min. Special set. Full stage.
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University of Iowa, Keith-Albee Vaudeville Collection, Manager Reports, 30 April 1906 – 4 February 1907