Location:
Date:
Type:
17 min. open full stage, close in 1 – A rustic comedy sketch, “Courtin’ in ‘61”, in which both are made up in character, the woman being particularly funny. Both introduce comedy songs that fit the characters and go a bit of eccentric dancing. Some of the man’s monologue is the same as that used by Arthur Sidman, and more of it is stolen from Ezra Kendall. Act a capital one for early part of the show here, and in some placed I can easily understand its scoring a big laughing hit. It is certainly above the average of such acts.
Source:
University of Iowa, Keith-Albee Vaudeville Collection, Manager Reports, 2 September 1902-3 September 1903