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"A Bad Boy and His Teddy Bears" Seventeen people are programmed as
principals, in addition to a chorus of fourteen,
a list that compares in number with
much more pretentious productions. William Barrows is the "star" in the
part of "the Bad Boy," William Rhodes, Lew Engel, E. T.
Scott and William Piatt are the "Teddy
Bears," the friends of the "Bad Boy." Richard Burton has a good idea of the
"terrible grown-up" with a ponderous bass
voice and all sorts of frowning severity,
and George C. Clennett makes a rather
pale father of the "Bad Boy." A farcical policeman (Johnny
Inglis) contributed frequent laughs by his
"sissy" manners beside an extremely good
dance." Alice Cook was a winsome soubrette,
the sweetheart of the "Bad Boy" and his
aid and comfort in times of stress. Appropriate lyrics were written by
Frank Dupree. They jingle along with
the music and are simply written, although
some of the humor of the verses is a bit
grown up.
It is a "kid" show pure and simple. The
grown-up who ventures into the Lincoln
Square will imagine that he has intruded
upon a kindergarten in full session.
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Variety 9:4 (01/04/1908)