Lalla Selbini

This bill was unique because Lalla Selbini appeared twice in two different feature acts, who styles herself as "the only successor of the Great Lafayette." it consisted of four parts: "In the first she is seen as a sculptor who, while drunk destroys a statue of a woman he has made, and with which, llke Pygmalian, he is in love. then follows a dream in which his statue is restored and comes to life. She is then seen as a piping dryad seated in the center of a fountain." The second act, "The Lion's Bride," is "the story of the oriental princess, who, when forced to choose between an unwelcome husband and bring thrown to the lion, chooses the latter rather than be true to her English lover. There is a perfectly real lion in the case, and the various settings are really quite good."

"The Lion's Bride is an attractive number of a much more elaborate nature than the usual vaudeville production."

New York Public Library, Billy Rose Theatre Collection, Robinson Lock